The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-09-25
Raleigh State Chronicle.I

We're not Vance Man.
Raleigh State Chronicle.I
We lay before Our readers this morn
ing. to the exclusion of editorial mat
ter, the gist of the speech made by
Senator Vance in Goldsboro, and spe.
cially reported tor the Chronicle. Gu,
correspondent writes that all Friday
evening and Saturday morning people
were calling in crowds upon the Sena-
tor at his hotel, and no public man
has ever received SO many manifesto
tions of confidence and affection as
were extended to the Senator from all
classes of citizens from all sections OF
Eastern Carolina.
People from the country spent sew
eral days in town for fear of missing
him, and one old soldier stayed in
Goldsboro three days for that purpose,
and declared that he would stay a
month if necessary. This old soldier
declared that he would leave his wife
if she were not Vance man.
THE SENATOR'S SPEECH.
Introduced by Chas. B. Aycock,
Esq, as "the greatest living North
Carolinian," Senator Vance spoke in
substance as follows:
He began by stating that he was just
from the conflict at Washington where
he had been giving his best efforts to
opposing the adoption OF the iniqui-
tous tariff bill, and watching the legis-
lation and endeavoring to secure such
as would not be unjust to our people.
He complimented the people of the
State on their adherence to the Demo
cratic principles and urged upon them
that no consideration should divert
them from their steady support of the
Democratic party, which was the con-
servatism of their peace and safety.
The safety and welfare of the South
was identical with the triumph and
permanence of Democratic principles.
THE FORGE BILL.
Sectional feeling has been revived
in the North and the Force bill now
pending in the Senate will surely pass
unless the Democrats can prevent by
dilatory motions.
The Senator then went on to show
how offensive the law could be made
if the Force bill should pass; how that
Republican supervisors would do all
the registration of voters, count all the
ballots, give certificates of elections,
and be clothed with power to call in
the army and navy of the United
States to assist them in suppressing
elections. alt is to this Goddess crew
that we are to look for honest govern
ment and honest elections"
FINANCIAL POLICY OF REPUBLICANS.
That he had said boldly among
enemies of our section what he said
to-day, that the financial policy as
administered by the rabid Republican
party is hostile to the interest Of the
masses, and in the interest of certain
favored classes. Under this policy
immense fortunes have been accumu-
lated and trusts have come up and
reaped the fruit which should have
come to honest labor. The agricul=
tural and laboring classes have not
held their own but have generally fol-
lowed behind.
That party led to the demonetiza-
ton Of silver, which was accomplished
in 1878, partly by fraud and partly
by intention. The legislation demon
etizing silver was so concealed among
the mass oflaws in the Revised Stat
utes that many members Of Congress
did not know that they voted for it
and President Grant afterwards stated
that he did not know that he approved
it. So great was and is the power Of
the bond-holders that this fraud has
never been wiped out and the statute
repealed. The bill to remonetize sill
uer, supported by him, was recently
killed in the house through the efforts
of Speaker Reed, and a substitute
passed which leaves the quantity OF
silver coined in the discretion Of the
Secretary of the Treasury who is under
the influence of views which obtain in
Wall street.
THE TARIFF.
The Senator discussed the tariff at
considerable length, and showed that
while factories, &c, received benefits
from the tariff, the farmer received
none, and paid all the profits that the
manufacturers enjoyed. The Senator
illustrated the way Republican Sena-
tors from farming States were helping
the farmers down South. Senator
Davis, of Minnesota, offered an amend
ment to the tariff bill putting binding
twine, made Of jute, &C., on the free
list. Every Democrat voted for it and
it was adopted. Vance then offered
an amendment putting jute bagging
or the free list, and every Republican
except one voted against it. binding
twine was used by the farmers of the
West for binding wheat-bagging was
used at the South. The Senator
thought some of the Western Republi-
can Senators were talking right on the
tariff, but he found that they voted as
they had always done, for high tariff,
though they were apparently anxious
about the farmers movement in the
West.
When the Republican Senators
voted against his amendment and de-
feated it, he told them that their acts