The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-09-25
BUCHANAN SPEAKS
To Large johnson City Audience
on National and State Issues.

candidate for Governor, addressed the
people OF Johnson City ut noon on the
10th inst. He was introduced in an
eloquent speech by Mr.. John w. Bow
man as follows:
FELLOW CITIZENS: In former guber-
Material campaigns the standards OF
Democracy have been entrusted to the
keeping Of men chosen from bench
and bar, or taken from the ranks OF
gallant soldiers, But, as the citizens
OF the Roman government, when sur
rounded by the enemy aud threatened
with defeat ami destruction, sought
and found at the pillow leader, who,
at the head Of Roman legions, met and
drove back in defeat the public foe, SO
the Democracy Of Tennessee, at no
less critical time in its cOuntry's histo-
ry; at n time when iniquitous and dis
eliminating systems Of taxation buckle
and bind great burdens upon the
back OF the laboring man; at time
when n reckless expenditure of public
funds has almost depleted our national
treasury at a time when jealous
ant bigoted Gear in the chair OF the
Speaker Of the House OF Representa-
tives is attempting to strike, by the
passage Of an infamous election bill,
Il dual death-blow to Southern man.
hood and honor, aud turn back for dc.
cades 70 come the wondrous tide Of
prosperity that has just reached us,
and which bids fair to bring in period
of unrivaled development Of our
matchless material resources; at this
critical time, say, the Democracy OF
Tennessee has found its leader, not in
man actually at the plow, perhaps,
but in one who has always been close
ly allied with the laboring and farm
ing classes of his native State, one
VIII has felt the weight Of every bur
den that farmers and laborers have
borne and who dares doubt that un.
der his leadership our victory will be
more eplendid, by far, than the re-
nowned victory in Roman history
since victory in peace means more
than victory in WARP
1t is somewhat remarkable that the
laboring classes of this country
nursed as they are, in the lap OF a
splendid civilization, surrounded and
protected hy laws that can see the
tiny hand Of the little child upraised
for right ust rs well as the red and
fiery nag Of madden anarchism pro
tectpd hy Laws that stop and listen T.,
the weak cry OF II wronged woman fol
justice as eagerly as to land clanor
ings of the rampant mob, have tamely
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