The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-15

WASHINGTON, Jan. l+.-[Spccial-
According to the arrangement made yes
terdny the Senate pr,c 'eded to consid
Grafton OF tho financial bill. =, nator
Ingalls, took the floor and said that
thcrc were two portentous evils which
mcnaccd the SAFETY, if they did not TN
danger the existence. OF the republic.
The first was ignorant, debasud, de-
graded, spurious suffrage, fcstercd suff-
rage. suffrage contaminated by the
rage intimidatcd and suppressed i'll the
South, suffrage impure and corrupt,
apathct;c and Indifferent in the great
cities Of the North, so that it was doubt
Jury there bad been y presidential el, c.
tion in this country that expressed the
deliberate and intelligent judy of
the whole body OF the Amcr:c IN people.
lie then referred to tine newspaper
interview had with him several months
ago, in which he had said that the
golden rule and d, dialogue had no plac /.
in an Amer;c III campaign. 1t seemed
supcriuous to explain that in that
utterancc he was not inculc lting Il dec
trine. but desc .ibinI Il c)nlitiun. His
statement WAS the statement Of ( ct.
not an annOunc m mt of faith. Bat
many rt.vrrcnt and eminent divincS,
many disinleresttd editors. many in
NOUS orators pervert,d this utter
anc.. into Il personal advocacy of i'm
purity n police. lie did not complain.
Ii was rs the world went. the legitimate
pol,t cS of warfare, but was an lllii>irl
ton OF the truth that the golden rule
and d, dialogue ought To have Il pllco in
police campaign.
III the cnelny smitc thee on one check
turn the other was 4 z ,od pr. c pit Ia
follow. hut he would observe that until
that pr, O pit was more generally OBJ
srrv, Il than 1T had been or Vas likely To
be, If his political enemy smote him
on the check, instead OF turning him
the other. he would smite him under
the butt ind of his left ear il he could
tlaughter). If that he polite III immoral
ity he must be included among the un-
rtge nerate. The cl,c ion bill was in
t nl. d to deal with one part of the
gr, at evils to which he had alluded. but
it was imperf, ct, impartial and an in
complete IT medy.
Violence was bad, but fraud was no
better, and it was more dangerous be-
cause it was more Industrious. Burke
had said in one of his immortal ora
tions, which emptied the House of Com
mons, but which would be read as long
as the English tongue could endure
that when the laws OF Great Britain
~ nj 81 l.nAMUh ~ ~ h..
Youngest Ilindoo on The banks Of the
Gangrs. the nobl, man was not sa fe in
his castle on the banks OF tho Thames
That lofty sentiment was pregnant
with admonitiOn to us. There could be
no safety ana no stable and ptima u"
peace in this country and under this
Government until IL was just as sale 4, T.
black Rrpuhl can to vote in MiSs :
sippi as it was for white DEN ocrat to
vote in Kansas.
The >, cond evil to which he Ind al
lud'd was the tyranny of combined,
C 'ntraliZcd. cons cicncel,.ss and incyip,-
rated capital. and people, we've consider
ing that great problem now. he con
scirnc. OF the nation was shocked AZ
the injustc, Of modern society
The moral sentiment of mankind had
been aroused ut the unequal distrihl =
ton of w. alth and the un quail diifusion
of the burdens, benefits and privileges
of 81 ciety. We were accustomed to
speak OF Ours ~ the land OF In fire.
and the home Of the brave; md it would
soon be the home Of the rich and the
land of the slave. 1t was no wonder
that the laboring md agrcul ural
classes Of this Country had at last
awakened, and spectators must take
waning
Referring to the late election. HI snid
that it was neither Republican d"fcat
nor Demt cratic victory. 1t was a
great uprising independent OF and
! superior TO both political parties. 1t
WAS Il crisis that might b, c me- = catas-
trophe. 1t was "a peac full revolution
He attributed the depression in tn .
country in - great measure to thu de-
munetiza ton act OF 1879. lie did not
claim that act had been passed fraud,-
lently. Ills only explanation Of it's
passage was that both Houses OF Coz
grrSs and the President had been hypno-
TIED by the money power.
lie had not the slightest doubt that
the err. at majority of the people, irrcs-
pcctive of party. were in favor of the
free coinage of silver and had been for
the pnst fifteen years They had been
''paltcr'd with in double sense and
their will had been thwArtd d, deiied
and cpntumcliOusly tr0ddcn under foot
Warnings and admoniLions had been
pi' nty III this debate. but he would say
To those who were arraying themselves
against the deliberately expressed jndg-
n"mt OF the Am rican people; he would
say to the SENATE, To the House and to
TIL" EX cutirc that there would c,me Il
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