The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1891-07-17
HON. B. A. ENLOE
Discusses the Political Situation,
and Gives His Views on
the Subtreasury
a FOURTH OF JULY ADDRESS.

DlSJflct:
The anniversary of the Declaration Of
our independence furnishes fitting oc-
casion for the dispassionate consid-
Grafton of those public questions
which relate to the prosperity, the
happiness and the liberties of the
people. have received several in
vitations to deliver addresses on that
day in different portions Of the coun
try on matters of public nature, and
as l could only accept one, l have
decided that my Fourth of July address
shall be delivered to my constituents.
Honored as / have been with the conf
dence Of tho people OF my district, feel
profound sense of gratitude and obli-
cation to them, which l have tried to
express in steadfast devotion to their
service. If | could find words which
would. be moro eloquent witnesses Of
truth than actions are, would take this
occasion to clothe in words the gratitude
feel but there is no language which
speaks the impulses of the heart so elo-
quently and so truthfully as actions. AS
your representative in Congress have
sought every opportunity to have laws
enacted which would promote our well
fare, to have laws repealed which oper-
ate unequally and unjustly, and to pre-
vent the passage of measures which
were inimical to our prosperity and dan
gerous to our liberties. have found
myself in minority most of the time,
and sometimes1 have figured in the un-
comfortable attitude of q minority of
one. 1t would be foreign to my purpose,
if not Inappropriate, at this time, to at
tempt u particular review Of my course
as your representative. 1t would also
be in a measure unnecessary, because l
congratulate myself that have con-
stituency which keeps abreast Of current
public events. 1t is sufficient now to say
that | have followed the lines which l
laid down in my public pledges to the
people of my district.
That the policies to which stand
pledged as your representative have not
been carried into effect, is neither my
fault nor yours. 1t is due to the fact
that the people of the United States
have not given us a President and a
Congress in accord with our views. The
power to legislato in national affairs
has been vested for thirty years in the
same political organization which dom.
mates tho country today. The party tc
which belong has not had in that time,
FOR ONE MOMENT,
the power to enact or to repeal law.
/ refer to these facts In order that just
public indignation over the multiplied
wrongs in Legislation may not miscarry
but concentrate on those who are re,
sponsible for them.
The material prosperity of the nation
for the last quarter of century has
been phenomenal. Our people are in
telligent and Industrious, and through
the favor of Divine Providence we have
been blessed from year 10 year with thu
most bountiful crops. Every branch o
industry has been stimulated into un
wonted activity by the abundance o
our harvests, and the world has looked
in wonder at the rapid growth of on
national wealth, but there is serpent
in our Eden.
In the midst of the fabulous wealth
which tho patient and intelligent in
dustry of their people has done so mucl
to create, those sections Of the countr,
which are devoted to agriculture ar,
not prospecting as they should. Grea
financial distress prevails among al
classes, and all are suffering alike be
cause the prosperity of all depends o.
the prosperity of agriculture hav
not felt it incumbent on me to hasten t,
give my opinion on the present situa
tion in advance OF the action of tn
newly elected Congress, and so far il
advance of the time when the peopl
will pass on the political issues, bu
there seems to be a general desir
GOaong the people to take counsel now
and in obedience to this demand speak
To find the cause for the present de
pressed condition of agriculture, and tn
general financial distress, and apply tn
remedy is a patriotic duty. Among hoT
est men who agree as to the cause of tn
evil there will always be differences c
opinion as to the remedy. Doctors ofte
- i e l..
differ about the treatment In times c
public distress the multitude Of couI
sellers always increases, and in takin
counsel the people, who govern, mus
decide between the true and The fals'
the right and the wrong, the wise an
the unwise. Where public honors an