Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-10-27
TFor THE HERALD.

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we had in our midst a Chow chow
factory. An industry not protected
by an Ubiquitous tariff" but one
fostered by free-trade prejudice. tits
evidently not an inaninate struc-
ture, but seems to be something pos
sessing a modicum of brains, the
equilibrium of which is considerably
disturbed. This animated structure to
show its generosity treated the read
ers of the Statesman to quite /" mess"
of chow-chow last week. Now
whilst this chow-chow possessed its
usual holiness and bitterness, it lacked
one essential element-streDgth. The
article to which refer was so remark
able for Its weakness and prejudice
that l am surprised that its author
had the cheek to have it published.
OF course it but characterized the dis
position of its author.
He says, I" Didn't Golf make mess
of it in trying to explain to the farm
ers how a high tariff protected them
in the markets of the world" Now /
ask who made the biggest "mess" of
it. Golf or the author of said article?
General Golf did not say that the tariff
protected the farmers in the /" Mark
cts of the world" but he asked Mr..
Wilson to show him (Goff) the So
called Markets of the world" which
Mr.. Wilson failed to do, because he
couldn't. Gen. Golf said it gave the
American farmer " home marketn
for his produce, which it does, and
gives to American labor remuneratiye
wages and its present dignity. Ye
server of chow-chow, put your hand
over your mouth and say nothing
about !" embracing King Monopoly"
Gen. Golf belongs to a party which is
opposed to monopolies and cooperate
powers, whilst your champion Mr..
Wilson belongs to party which has
Monopolist embraced for every place
on the Democratic National Executive
Committee. He says, "Reps. tell
Golf to stick to the text the next time
he comes in this neck of the woods,
&C." Gen. Golf did, and completely
vanquished his willy competitor he
answered every argument satisfactor-
lily to any unprejudiced man! Oh
how uncomfortable Mr.. Wilson look
ed when Gen. Golf with ease and calm
ness answered his pernicious fabrica-
tions. How sheepish he looked when
Gen. Golf would make his declara-
lions and turning to his opponent
would say +" deny it if yop dare"
If Gen. Golf did not give you as
much tariff as you wanted, whose
fault was it? Who caused the digres-
sion? Mr.. Wilson did, by asking
Gen. Golf to answer questions foreign
to the tariff question. 1t was DEM
ocratic dodge. Wilson was the dodg-
er not Golf. Gen. Golf acted perfect
gentleman and never yielded to pas
sion; he elucidated his views upon the
tariff and told the voters &C that if his
views were not in accord with theirs
he was not their man, and didn't
want their votes" Wilson acted more
like raving maniac than anything l
ever know what to compare him to-.
Did Gen. Golf, as in paroxysm of
anger, divest himselfof his collar and
cravat and shove up his sleeves as did
Mr.. Wilson?
The sons of Africa" are told all
sorts of tales about their freedom"
&C., "and that, hadthe Southlaid down
her arms under Lincoln's advice we
would have slavery to-day" No such
thing. Lincoln's idea was to buy the
freedom of the slave. Had the South
yielded to his advice it
would have been better
off, the "sons of Africa would
have been freed. many lives saved
and money also, our country would
not have been grooming under the war
debt. Why didn't you tell the" sons
of Africa" that your party voted for
a bill which made it penitentiary
offence to teach a negro a letter of the
alphabet? Why don't you tell them
that your party voted against the Blair
Educational Bill which was intended
for their enlightenment? No you
won't do that. Can't you see where
your friends are sons of Africa ?"
He says again "that Republicans talk
of paying good wages to the laboring
man, but when it comes to their
pockets they always want to beat them
down. Democrat farmers paid $1.00
a day for cutting off corn, Republican
farmers rs cts, and one is seeking the
suffrages of voters for the Falling
Waters Magistracy," &c. l beg leave
to answer all that such is pernicious
falsehoOd, intended to deceive voters,
for the Democratic farmers of this
community are no more in sympathy
with the laboring man than any
where else. l know ofone Democrat
ic farmers who by the way is candi-
date for the Legislature who tried to
get man to cut his corn for so cts.
per day. The idea of man being a
Democrat or Republican causes him
RI now cuph q difforonooO Tho popdi
date for the Magistracy paid his labor
ers 81 per day so am informed and
can prove it. Doubtless this ANNA
ted Chow-chow factory will have on
hand good supply next week, an
overproduction with the factory stop
ped and its toilers out of employment
all because of this "iniquitous-protec-
tiOn-robber-tariff." REPUBLICAN.
Bedington, w. Va. Oct. Oath, 1888.