Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-31
AT MOSELEY'S FILL.
One Thousand People Heard
Some Great Speeches.
Col. Josiah Patterson, of Memphis, the
Orator of the Day, and Makes
Great Speech.

About one Thousand people assem-
bled at Moseley's Fill Saturday to
hear good Democratic speakers and
enjoy a magnificent barbecue. The
good people Of that section mad made
excellent arrangements for the great
denomination, and all went merry
during the day. The ladies were
there in large numbers, contributing
their presence and influence to make
the day a successful one. Providence
favored the mighty hosts of Democ-
racy and shed his kindly smiles on
all assembled. Hon. Josiah Patter-
son, Congressman from the Memphis
district, Col. House, Judge Tyler, M.
Savage and other able speakers were
on the grounds.
At IL O'Clock Judge Tyler, master
of ceremonies, mounted the stand
and made a short, pointed speech,
closing by introducing Col. House as
the first orator OF the day. Col.
House made one of his famously
strong and powerful speeches, which
have so endeared him to the people
of his State for years past. He came
forth well loaded, and as one Demo.
crat remarked, he looked like he had
been eating matches for an hour be-
forehand. He had Democratic fire
and blood in his eyes. He was
given profound attention, and loudly
cheered. He thought the only rea.
son that Buchanan, Allen, Slaughter,
Ledbetter d Co. were candidates was
that they had been badly treated.
Weaver and Sister Lease were in the
same fix, since they left the sacred
precincts of the Georgia crackers in
front of an Over-ripa egg, II they
claim that they have already
been badly treated, the Lord
only knows what they will
claim after the Sth day of November.
Col. House has no personal axe to
grind, and is not dealing in cam
paign lies, hence the people Of the
country have confidence in his in
tegrity OF purpose. He is doing
much good for Democracy by his elo-
quent appeals, and many wanderers
are being brought back to the pa
rental fold.
Dinner was the next feature Of the
program, and as Col. House closed
his remarks, the band struck up
"Dixie," and yell after yell rent the
air. Men and boys cheered, and
threw their hats into the air; women
waved their handkerchiefs and joined
In the wild rounds of applause, and
shout upon shout burst forth from
one thousand Democratic thrOats.
After diuner, which was an excel
lent one, Hon. Josiah Patterson was
introduced to the audience He be.
gan by saying that this is no time
for favorites. There are two great
ideas of government cOntesting for
Supremacy-lhe Jeffersonian and
HamiltonIan ideas.
The former is for the purpose OF
perpetuating liberty and equality.
The latter is for Capitalization and
paternalistic government. The citi-
zens who live in parental govern
ment are weak, emasculate and eff
Terminate. But the men VINO live in
n government like ours are manly
and selfreliant. An American citi-
zen is an American sovereign. The
people run the government and do
not ask for boOns and bOuntie5. Civ.
ilized people are capable Of govern
ing themselves. Start them on an
equal plane, and under similar cir
cumsances all would prosper equal
ly well. Their interests would be
common and we would have no ia
vOred few, but an Independent many.
How far we are from this to-day |!
Thirty-one thousand men own three.
tlfths of the wealth Of these United
States. We are infested with peri
odical floods OF tramps. All this is
wrong. A change must be made.
Don't pander to- the whims Of any
man. Don't consider men. DON'T
consider Turney, Harrison or Gleve-
land, but consider your families,
your homes and your interests.
Consider principles, not men. Go to
the polls on the Sth day of Novem-
Der and cast your votes, not for
Cleveland and Turney, but for the
principles they represent. Soon af.
ter the late war milionaire5 sprung
into existence as if by stroke OF the
magician's wanI. We live in the
only government in the world where
wealth is exempt from taxation.
AstCr owns hundred millions OF
property in New YORK City which is
exempt from taxation-from the
purposes of the government. Yet
the government protects him in his
luxury. We want to protect all
men. We want TO protect the pau.
per lahorer as well as the million
aire. Lay the burden Of taxation