The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-10-09

more than was actually necessary 10
Import the government economically :
administered. the republican party
,ed left the people without enough G
medium to transact their |
sgitimate business. b 1t this was all
he work of the Republican party
rbese measures the Democratic party
mad been fighting for years aud was
,till fighting, and whenever given inc
entire control of the government
quickly repeal.
He talked very plainly but ais
passionately to the Alliance men ana
the suh-treasury advocates. lie too
the Alliance men he had read thelF
and could endorse every
line and word of it; but that there
was no place on American SOIL Ior
secret political organization. Ii was
wrong in theory, in principle and IN |
practice. No class of citizens hau
any right to meet behind closed doors |
and make laws or attempt TO make
laws to govern other people. no la"
ought to be made for the benefit OF
class; no law ought to be made by
class, and no secret political orgahlzH-
ton could live in this free country.
The people would do as they had oohe
in the history of this government, rise
ND i'm theiI great strength aud crush II
out of existence.
The sub treasury scheme was wrong
in principle. tie thought it uncon-
stitutional, and had never seen or
heard any opinion expressed by any
LAWYER of any reputation defending
ifs constitutionality If he was mis-
taken in that, it was still wrong In
principle. In the first place 1t was
asking the government to loan money
collected from one citizen, to another
citizen, and then denying to the Arst
the favor extended the second. No
fair man could reason that this was
lust or fsir or right, In the SECOND
place the government did net nave
dollar in the world, and had no right
| To collect a dollar except for it's
necessary expenses. The govern
| ment had no right to levy taxes and
fill it's Golfers with the peoples money
and use it fer banking or speculative
nurposes. 1t was paternalis II, class
legislation, Capitalization, undemo-
cratic and wing.
It was also impracticable, 1t wa
as well or better TO discuss the details
now as hereafter, as they would
necessarily play an important part
JP the sub-treasury should become Il
Law, it wOuld ben..fs comparatively
| few. "a only few were able to hold
| their products. The great bu * OF the
farming products intended tn 0e pro-
tected, would g as no" into the
hands uf the apecu atOr and he would
deposit it and draw his 50 pr cent
! ana hold it for the rise and the
aver3g. farm n wgu,l - the sufferer
at last.
Not on!v 50, bat the enormous OK
penso of building wareh buses, EN-
pIoying bo0k-keepe:5, weigAeFs'
clerks, etc, would ;n4ke the operat-
ing of the law cost III IRE than the
increase in price to the farmer would
Ic1me to. AID il puJ into operation
while Harrison was President, you'd
scatter broadcast over the South 8
hungry horde of black mouth repuoll
can cffine-holders.
After the question had been reas'
,ned with them, and they had been
allied to halt and think about it, ne
did not believe the Democratic farm
ers of the South would commit them
selves to any such fallacy. d'
knew the farmers of this CDugression
al district in the IN Tin were Demo
Gratis. and he had confidence in thei
maintaining their principles. Inc.
MIGHT be mislead and deceived for
day, but not for long. Thy Would
-oon wipe the smoke out of their eyes
and then they would be more fight
ing mad than ever at the men VII
had deceived them.
Tie Democratic party hal always
from It's very birth, been the party o.
the people, and the especial champion
Of the rights of the people of th'
South. He had been in Washington
last winter, and had seen the Demo
Gratis stand As a solid wall to prote"
the SDuth from tho ins: Ia aUlehP
IN mt tuaie- negro rule. lie h'pe'
LnaU he might be gathered unit" III
> fathers before the day should com
> when the negro race could domlnat
', the South, AMI yet that awlu
ca amity was averted by just one vot
last winter. He did not believe tn
=, farmers of the South could so 500
i forget the dangers of that hour, @
that they wo I'D so soon be led ava,
from the true and tried leaders VIII
had saved them then.
,, At frequent intervals durln
his speech Col. Cox was warml
y applauded, and at its conclusion n
L received hearty congratulations frol
a large portion of his audience. III
good impression of his speech Wa
nlain to be seen. and the eXpresslo
: since then gives further proof th'
y tine gentleman made good impres
} sion for himself and did good day
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