The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-09-20

Senate do Its duty, before the first of
October these provisions modifying to
such an extent the internal revenue
laws would be passed and glad and
great prosperity would be showered
upon Forsyth, Stokes and Surry.
But my opponent says ''yoi have
not said any thing about the tariff"
Why my countrymen the Republicans
are further along about the tariff than
they are about their internal revenue
system. (Laughter.) The cid Henry
Clay system OF taxation was this, if I
understand it. loved Henry Clay.
| When l was boz only about 13
years of age | was once standing upon
the streets of Washington, where I
was born and raised, waiting for the
stage to come in; the stage driver
was big man in those days, and
when he came in sitting behind his
four splendid grays, blowing his tin
horn | ran out and little boy as I was
| eagerly said to him, "what is the
news from New York and he said
"Sonny Henry Clay has been defeat
ed in New York and will never be
President of the United States
And my countrymen, loved Hen
fy Clay so that I crept off to my
home and went to my room without
saying word to any one, threw my
| self upon my bed aud for the first and
last time in my life cried over the re-
suit cf political election (Laugh-
ter.) Henry Cay had been defeated
and would never be President of this
gre at people.
Let me tell you my friends that at
ter | am inaugurated | want you
come down to Raleigh, Republicans
as we'll as Democrats, for you are all
my brothers, every man that has the
Anglo Saxon blood in his veins is my
brother, though he may call himself
Republican, let me say to you that
after am inaugurated Governor,
come down there to see me aud will
take you into that little sitting room
of mine and there l will show you up
on the walls picture of one of the
great statesmen of America, it is
Henry Clay. 1t was painted under
Henry Clays own order and sent to
ore of my near connection on ac-
count of our devotion to him in times
) that are past and there it hangs, the
} very best likeness of Heory Clay in
America. Now what. was Henry
Clay's idea of the tariff?
l will give it to you plainly. His
idea was this. 1t is like an old man
with family, an old man saw with
five sons; one was farmer, one Il
doctor, one a carpenter and another
lawyer there still remained one SON,
so they had & family council and
: when they were all gathered together
| they said Here is jim, Jim wants
to be manufacturer, what can we do
: for Jim And after talking it over
they say to him, "Why Jim we will
Z bear your expenses while you are get
ting start Thereupon Jim goes to
: work and these other brothers and
E the old man pay their own expenses
e and Jim's too. But after Il while the
Y money begins to drop into Jim's
4 pocket until he has as much money as
! the carpenter, then he gets as much
money as the farmer after while he
i is as rich as the lawyer, then as the
! doctor and finally lie has as much
d money as the other boys aud the old
D man put together.
d After while his father says to him,
: Jim let us have family council; we
t had family council when you started
y in business and now let's have anoth-
It er. The other boys came and Jim
: comes there and they say to him,
"Iin owing to the fact that we have
+ been paying your expense for the last
nine years, now jim you are richer
= than all the rest of US together, and
r do you think Jim we ought to go on
y paying your expenses" The Repub
d licans say yes The Democrats say
Il no! Which is right? applause and
n laughter.)
s. Now what do we mean by tariff
n Suppose you go to Virginia and you
ct meet a man there going along with q
le pair of shoes on his arm and you say
l. to him, "My friend what is the price
y of those shoes p and he says these
,e shoes cost 5000 You will put those
le shoes on your feet there in Virginis
is after paying the price. But suppose
10 instead of putting them on your feet
IN you put themon your arm and come
N here to the State line, when you came
le to the State Zine. You woul1 find {
le man standing there and he would say
l. to you, "My friend you can not carry
d, those shoes into North Carolina; yol
IN must pay 81 cents on the dollar befor
I'd you bring them in. Now how mucf
more would those shoes cost you il
OF North Carolina than in Virginia ?
A. Now do not misunderstood me.
Is do not mean that there could be ia,
Ly upon shoes at the North Carolin
is line. That beneicent Constitution
to of the United States which
K venerate and esteem more than an.
~ other instrument save and except tn
us Holy Bible itself, prevents any tarii
ic between states. But l do say that
en- you go down to yonr great seapor
a Wilmington, and box Of shoes come
lie in frcm England, Paris or any Of th
n, foreign people, though the shoe
ut may be no better than the ones yo
IN have, still some one will be waiting
to make you pay a tax on those shoes
er and the man that will demand the ta
I'll is custom house officer.
he Well now my friends | am oppo
e. ed to this tariff I am opposed to
ot. because it will be admitted by my dis
n tinguished opponent, hat there is
ot large surplus now in the treasury. ii
to says it is $145, 100000. 4 said it ws
vs, $4,000. | see that some one latel
Id has stated it at $132,000,000. It