The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-09-26
VANCE AND VICTOR.
A GREAT DAY FOR THE DE-
MOCRACY.
Senator vauce, Hon. B. III. Bnnn and
Hon. w. III. Kitchen Address the
PeopIc..A Great Occasion.


The announcement yesterday morning
that Vance, Bum and othfrs would
speak at Brooksde Park during the day,
caused crowd OF about 1000 people to
assemble at that pretty spot at 12l5
O'Clock
The people were both from the town
and country i'll considerable numbers,
and they listened with absorbing inter
est to what the speakers had TO say
THE SPEAKIN..
Shortly after 2 O'Clock Ed Chambers
Smith, E-q Chairman Of the state Dem
ocratic ExecutiyC Committee, called the
gatheling TO order, AID announced tat
Hon. q w. Sanderlin would introcLce
Senator Vance.
Senator Vance was introduced by State
Auditor Sanderin, who did so in his
best style, giving interesting war reml-
niscences, showing how Senator Vance
had clothed the solllers during the war.
North Carolina soldiers had the best Of
clot ling and food, and the people viii
be lrue and faithful TO Vance, because
the Senator has always been faithful
and true to them. Within the heart OF
ey,ry true orth Caroiinian We shall
and enshrined there the name and line
fiment OF Zebulon Baird Vance.
Vance Begins Ills Speech.
Amid great cheering, Senator Vance
began his speech He declared that the
elections this fall portend more than the
ordinary elections which are held every
two years. The Republican party orig
mated mon the question OF slavery, and
it's macninations brought about civil
war. and has ever since been kept
alive by the bitterness engen.
dered by the war. It has no righ
to exist. 1t is not based upon the con-
sttution. If war prejudice5 were with
drawn the Republican party would be
useless corporation.
He Tells Il Joke.
II would be like the Irishman's terra
pin. He cut off the terrapins head. 1t
was still wallowing, and the cook COM
plained that it was not dead The lady
of the house complained to the lrishman
who had killed the terrapln. lie said:
"Faith and that beast is as dead as hell
but re isn't sinsible of it, 1t would be
SO with the the Republican party if pre-
judice could be put aside.
The Farmers Movement.
+ There is new movement the Farm
ers' Alliance which was begotten by the
outrageous legislation of the Repubii-
Gao party The Alliance has partially
been orgauizsd by his advice BY ally
lug itself to class interests-the Repub-
lcan party had given Legislation at the
expense OF the people. He had advised
the farmers all along to organize III or
der to fight the devil with fire. He had
tcld them that delegations from all IN
terests except the farmers had lobbyists
in Congress. The farmers asked FOL
nothing invariably, and they always go
it.
Legislation for the Glasses.
The farmers movement was necessary
When bad men combine good men mus
associate or 90 to the wall. Ever since
the close of war war all legislation ha
been directed at the expense OF th'
masses. Special privileges We're glvel
to bankers, manufacturers and others.
Silver Dcmonetized.
He showed how the bondholderS had
by falsehood and fraud, demonetizet
silver and made their bonds payable i
gold, which was then at premlum o
forty per cent Their wealth could no
be taxed by county, State, or munlcl
pality. Silver was the money with whic
Abraham bought himself a buryin
around; and silver, which has alway
been the money of the people, was de
monetized by the Republicans. A
property is measured in value by tn
money in the world. Little none
makes products low, and enough none
makes them higher.
One-half of the currency was struc
out when silver was demonetlzed, an
the price .. very product that tn
tarmer sells wds .cduced by demon,
ization.
The man who aad $1,000 before d,
monetizaLon, could buy twice as muc
as ever before VITA the money, and tn
seriously and inJuriously affected me
who were compelled to sell their labo
The Farmers are Right.
The farmers have right and ought
complain of these things. The effect
the tariff laws is that whenever foreig
products come in and a duty OF fifty p,
cent ad valorum is put upon them, th
amount Is added to the price of tt
goods We could stand that, but tt
oppression did not stop there.
How The Tariff is Tax.
The total amount of duty collected c
foreign goods is S2lS, 900, 900, yea
For every dollars worth of goods We il
port we buy of home manufacture
$500 worth, at the lowest caculatio
some gay we buy $500 worth |
reason OF the tax, the home manufa
turer Is enabled to put up the price
his domestic goods. We pay so cen
tax on foreign goods and about 45 cen
tax on home made goods. 1t does n
60 into the Treasury, but into the lie
hand pocket of the protected manuf,
.turer. This is wrong and the Suprel
Court of the United States in the ca
of Topeka VS.. Loan Association has
cided that whenever the governme
lays one hand on the property of t
citizen and transfers it to another, it
robbery under the form of law"
A Practical Application.
IL the county commissions of Wa
county order the building of a brid
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