The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1891-11-06

proclaimed its ancient doctrines Of
Equal and exact justice to all men
OF whatever state Of persuasion, pc.
litical or religious" and triumphed
over this new foe.
"What has Democracy done %
1t found 200,000,000 acres of public
lands had been squandered as sub
sides to railroads, and under the
administration of President Cleve-
land it reclaimed more than l0O,-
100000 acres. 1t found that the
credit of the Government to the ex-
tentof $50, 100000 had been extend
ed to the Pacific roads, and that
they were not meeting the interest.
Under an act passed through the
efforts of the grandest old Roman
OF them all, the roads were forced
to settlement.
"What has Democracy done 2"
1t found silver demonetized and it's
coinage, except in trade dollars,
suspended. Over protest and com
plant it passed the Bland bill in
the House, forced it through the
Senate, oyerrode MI. Hayes veto,
and put on the statute books the
law under which, since I became a
member Of Congress, as your rep
resentative, we have coined more
than S35O,OO0,000 Of silver-more
than S25 for every family in the
country. Again, during the war,
there had been issued more than
S4OO, 100000 Of treasury warrants
or greenbacks. The Republican
party then in control of the treas
ury, was destroying and had de-
stroyed about $l00,O00,OOO of these.
Through Democratic exertion and
votes this destruction was stopped.
and 46,000,000 of this currency
saved to the people. Thus $780,
Of the currency out of which
the salaries Of officers is paid was
saved by Democrats
"What has Democracy done ?"
All, let me come to that chapter in
It's history which tells how it cham
ploned human rights and the cause
OF good government. There was a
dark day for this land when there
were but four Democratic govern
DIS in all the States but eight Sen
ators; and but forty-nine members
of the House Of Representatives.
The Southern States were under
'arpet-bag rule ; Southern citizens
we're disfranchised and driven from
he polls. Even Col. John Henry
wasdisfranchised. This
same old party, with its same old
,reed- despised by the evil-doer in
government again buckled on its
lrmor, again said to all who would
oribe it to do wrong or terrify it
rom doing right, "Get the behind
ne, Satan" 1t buckled on its arm
II, and with lance Arrest and vizor
Town." rushed to the conflict for
lown-trodden fellowmen. One by
me it placed the dismantled and
iismembered States back into the
rational armament, where they
shine brighter and brighter as the
ears roll on, All, blessed old par
" 1t took the citizen back to the
I'D voting place, whence he had
'een driven, and said to him
; Your father fought for freedom.
You were born free you have liv-
'd free; you shall die free. Like
freeman cast your vote, and as be-
'ometh freemen we will defend
you."
And where was John HI. Mellow
III in those dark days? He, too.
lad been driven from the polls.
lie, too, was a disfranchised man.
lie had but one friend then. Only
he Democratic party was his friend
hen. To it he lifted up his down.
asst eyes. To it he raised his fee
'led and impotent voice. Toward
t he stretched forth his manacled
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