St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-15
MASSES AGAINST CLASSES.
A Glorious Chance for the People
to Get Even.

These are free. Are we free? One
is astonlshed in reading over the free
list at the great number and variety of
products placed in the free list of which
the masses of the people never heard.
MadDa, balm of gilead, skeletons,
sponges aud leeches may well be. upon
the free list. If there are any things Oh
top of earth which the farmers need
more than others they are dragons
blood, fossils, skeletons. musk, asa
fetida, stuffed birds, nux vOmica,
sponges, leeches, mama and balm of
gilead. Laughter and applause.] Why
not put a prohibitory tariff on nux vom-
lea, asafetida and musk instead of upon
Injuries such as WOODEN clothes, ma
chinery. furniture. hardware. cotton
cloth, Irvine. and everything we use
from the cradle to the grave, and which
the Republican party selects TO tax to
support the government, while taxes on
incomes, bank deposits, checks and the
products of domestic manufacturers and
the wealth of corporations are freed
from all federal taxation. NOta penny
of the tax to support this government
is levied on the wealth of the country.
The consumer OF goods pays it all.
In 184S and 1852 California, Illinois,
Indiana. Iowa, Name, Michigan, Ohio
and Wisconsin. and Texas, Alabama,
Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina,
West Virginia and other Northern, West
ern and Southern states were ali vot-
ing the same Democratic ticket. Zap
plause.l Tennessee. Georgia and Penn
sylvania were voting the Republican
ticket. There was no solid South or
solid North then ON the tariff issue.
Applause.] 1t was not until the I'M
fortunate question of slavery and its
extension into the territories became
living issue that our unfortunate coun-
try was formed into geographically hos
tile political camps; or the slavery Ques-
ton divided the nation. In 1856, four
years before the war, we find Califor-
MO, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine,
Michigan, New Hampshire, Ohio
and Wisconsin changing their par
ty vote from Democratic to Re
publican and wheeling into the line of
anti-slavery Republicans, with a unan-
unity which then betokened the coming
storm of war. The slavery question was
the issue. The fire of the Southern
heart was kindled. The hot blood of
the South coursed quick at what they
deemed an unjust interference with
their rights on the slavery question.
States in the North. which from their
organization as states had voted with
the South on the Tariff issue, immedl-
ately changed party name and stood, in
solid column, to hurl back in their
teeth the challenge which came up
from the sunny South. [Applause.l
You have heard of Fort Sumter, and of
the lurid flames of the civil war. You
have heard how the sons of sires who
fought side 10y side in the war
with England. We're marshaled
against each other. They who fought
and bled together side by side in the
war with Mexico were marshaled to
fight each other. Brothers fighting
brothers. The gallant sons of the South
and the gallant sons of the North
heroes all-on many bloody, CHASTITY
field of death. fought each other. The
hurting missiles of death flew through
the air. The clash of steel was heard
under sunny skies. The neighing of
the cavalry horses and the tramping of
infantry were heard in our now peace
full land. A million homes were sad, a
million hearts bled. mothers and sisters
and wives wept scalding tears. The god
of battles was with the armies of the
North. They were right. Thrice is
he armed who hath his quarrel just, and
he but naked, though locked up in steel,
whose conscience with injustice is cor
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