The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-03-19

shops, every place that 1t q t5mpta
ton to the masses Of the people to
spend their money for worse than
useless objects Do this, and you
will as surely open the mills and the
shops. III had my way, would
write on the side walls Of both Houses
Of Congress those words Of Gladstone:
ut is. the duty Of the Government to
| make it easy for the people to do
right and difliculr for the people to do
wrong" and those words of Burke:
aWhat is morally wrong can never be
politically right" and in front |
would write Henry Claws words: Il
would rather be right than President
and underneath that this adaptation
Of General Grants saying: 1--WE will
fight it out on this line if it takes o
whole century! But. instead Of
such maxims as these, what ones do
our legislators observe? Here they
are: ut is tie duty of the Govern
ment to make it easy for the people
to do wrong, and difficult for the
people to do right "Whatls moral
lily wrong may be politically right"
AL things TO all men, il they'll only
i'd us buck again." and "We'll fight
it out on the wrong line forever and
ever, amen!" l do not say that some
of our statesmen are not intelligent
and wise. But il will not do for q
man TO be all brains and no heart;
for then the int, llect shines above
the bosom like an electric light over
= graveyard. Mr.. Chairman, If you
had 10 90 across East River in skiff,
you would want. the skiff TO be good
md strong, wouldn't You? Well,
shat about our Ship of State, out
there on the waves, with 100000
passengers aboard and every one cry
ing, "Gome on, emigrant; there
room for many another!"
The question Of labor and capital
causes much trouble. / think there
is a good deal Of truth put into that
English cartoon Of the king, the sol-
dier, the bishop and the workingman.
The king has 4 scepter over bis shout.
der, and be says, II rule all" The
soldier has a musket in bis hand,
and he says Il fight for ALL" The
bishop is reading a Bible, and he says,
81 pray fer all. ? And the workings
man carries q shovel on his shoulder,
and be says, 81 pay for all" l have
said that I travel much over the coun.
try. Isometimes stop at hotels which
have barrooms attached, and / stand
and watch the mel who 60 IN and out.
VINO are they? The capitalisrs? Nc,
no They are the workingmen.
Every onr knows that Irel4nd ia ops
pressed, and her people deserve i
better political lot But how is it
that the annual drink-bill of that
country amounts to 81, 100000 more
than all the land tents? Ill tell you
Zone thing: along with every anti-mo.
nopoly transparency should be an al.
tiIum transparency; and for every
help labor society organized there
should be help-ourselyes society.
There is no economy in placing a
nigh price upon vice; and to feed ia
counlrY's vices that gold may cliDk
in the treasury is a living uisgraeo.
1 say il Is too bad that this whole
question should be hung on finance
/ spoke, q Jew moments ago, OF The
death Of Harry Clay. Go 20 Lex
ington, Kentucky. There is where
his old mother lives. Go and ask her
what she would take TO be relieved
fthe anguish which the memory #
that shameful death causes her. Ask
her whether $500 or loo would ba Il
sufficient price. / tell you, if the
peOp.e Of this country don't stir up;
God Almighty will make woman's
ballot q war lnea ure, just Us be mace
the abolition Of slavery q war meas.
ur,l But hos Ii the question If the
liquor traffic to be seltledl 81 H;gl,
Licensel By Missouri COmpromi ses'
/ No. There il only one way u settle
great NORA principles, AID that Z IA
settle them right. When the slave.
~ question was up, Henry CLAW step.
] ped out, and said: Gentlemen. here
Is the Missouri Compromise; Il dis.
poses Of the whole natter Bul
William Lloyd Garrison answered.
THAT does not settle il; for Il does
not settle ii right" Daniel Webster
lquite smart man, q high license mai
on the slavery question, BY the way
| mention this only to show our *,
cellent high license friends that mel
may be smart but still be mistaken
Daniel Webster, too, thought b,
had The slavery question settled; bnI
William Lloyd Garrison said: mo
sir; you have not settled Ii right.
Nv hats righll" Here Is the Bible
and in il you read, "Thou shalt no
kill" Human law avs. "Thou shall
not kill, thou shalt not kill, thou shall
not kill" Echo. But then peopI,
10 kiln Yes; that cant be altogethe
helped; but what would you think o
a iudicious high license law permit
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