The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-11-14
oopnS OF WISDOM.
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"tR roLITICs--THoo
II gg,Ir Nor STEAL"

lud 3i '"' ,h ohio
banquet in Columbus ONO
'l' ,,l.n. Etening, November i3'
oa Rc.poa,e TO the Toast
' i.ln citifcn'hir''
a..aa Of frugality aud econ
.a.at factors in American
no f1ult with the accumula-
and am glad to see energy
.as, receive their fair reward.
..rs that our government IN its
,.rig, is exactly suited to a
.a economical people; and be-
safest In the hands of those
strong and self-reliant
.u.h.a. by self denial and
p r...gl.ugs of an enforced
q Tni. aud careful watcntul-
a.urs among the people
.ra a thrifty government;
g4 careful living on the part
ought to enforce economy
r.rg1.y expenditures
therefore, men in high places
r.ed with the responsibility
si executing our laws, not
nu Dat hlppantly deride
sal economy within the
Cur people, aud when the ex-
-.f the government are reck-
81 .,,tfal. We may be sure that
,,t. wrong with us, and tkat
u exists which calls for yigor
r.se at.ul defense Of American
-vy maa worthy to be called
Il4l citizen.
tle question of cheapness and
whether il relates TO ludlvl-
4 ntae operations of the govern
"A .s Democratic party, true to It's
"a M i.s traditions, will uualterably
attached to our plain and frugal
Il Taey are especially entitled to
"a Ftgt.gI care and protection of their
mueg. aud when they are borne
III l burdens greater than they
"a ana are made the objects OF
n.M4r! tashmasterS, we Will not
|l i..r side. As the great German
rr insisting upon his religious
.,. in the presence OF his ac
-.1 Hmed. Il can DO nought else.
n ,,1l God help me, > SO, how
lae., may mock and derlde
.,, ald The poor and frugal men
F-,s /. or land, we will stand
defence Of their simple Ameri
a = l.amdy proclaimiug, eve car
else Here We stand. "
shen the question IS raised
people shall have the neces
rat cheaper rate, we are
ID Stain 4 to confess ourselves I'll
sympathy with the demand fol
81 .ss. C04ts. and we are not dis
hr3cl uy tae Elut that this seems "nec
eNdy 20 involve a cheaper man OIL
wouu under the coats
hLe4 tle promoter Of a party meas
Or which iagadys every home in tht
hrd with higher prices, declares tha
"ta.aP aud uasy 60 together and thi
Et t..s system o. cheap things is badg
ol plyerF; iJr cheap merchandise mean
chap m.l aud cheap men mean a cheaI
ccH.ry, weiudisuantly repudiate sucl
q Interpretation of American senti
men
Md when another one, high in part
cola's, who has become notorious a
y advocate Of a eontriyance to perpet
ute PARTISAN supremacy by outrageou
nirriereuce with the suffrage, announce
tla. "the cry for cheapness is un-Amer
el We scornfully reply that his speec
- not indicate the slightest concel
~ Of true Americanism.
NAlt was the occasion of these COZ
auatlous Of cheapness and what ha
noAest American men and women don
Y "lat were they likely to do that the
Lo1'd be threatened with the epithe
'eeai, TASTY and American
4 Is uard to speak patiently as we a.
~ THESE questions. Step by step
~ number Of our people had been |,
ig.Iowrns blindly in the path of pa
Y lney had been filed with hate al
.lto-al prejudice; they had been caj,
Y N'In mlsrepreSentations and fal
'u'ses they had been corrupted wi
'1ey aad by appeals to their selfis
S' All these things led up to tn
-'' betrayal to satisfy the demands
-yse who had supplied the fund
NaT corruption.
.l'S betrayal was palpable; and it "
r possible to deny or conceal the f;
N ladtthe pretended relief rendered
r. Peoplen fulfilment of promise
.",el TIE burdens OF their life. ma
'ne party entrusted with the COVE
- was but a scheme to pay the de
o'reo by the purchase of party S
h "aIIe 1t further increased the
G1,t'shmeat Of the masses.
/ lNe people We're at last aroused
4 I"lded au explanation. They
.yI 'aaght for one hundred years
'ue 0Jstrbution of benefits their G
"uelt should be administered "
Ky! ana justice. They had lear
~ wealth was not indispensable to
t'..'o'Ilty and that it did not ent
Po'sessors to especial government
tsJ humble men with scanty incoI
s s't ygea encouraged by the influt
'' l"e spirit of our institute
H. 1oellee economy and fru
W tae end that they mi
?! To- the utmost the rewards Of /
\" Iue influence of the Amer
~,y, lg Was still about them. In t
.I pl,ity they knew nothing of a
tV|54llon which made cheapness
,,,, s1,aJ'g' and they still loved the cl
AVN " Llacoln and Garfield. and
faJ fi' oi their countrymen whom
r.',tl ~ ~ yeneration. And thus t
,'pllsueated Americans, unconse
S1e.t wrong doing. demanded IN,