The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-27
PART Of wEAs alas RECORD
some Of The Things He said
When in Congress,

some OF The Things He Saiu
When in Congress,
If the peoples Party evei
had a possibility of carrying q
single southern state, or if its
leaders eyer dreamed Of secur,
ing a large vote in any Of them
the nomination of Jas. b.
Weaver must have destroyed
their hopes.
Weaver is a political hack
who has been a member Of
every political party organized
in his tune and has been true to
none.
He is a wild, visionary indi.
sidual, a fiuctuating mortal,
who is your best friend today;
your bitterest enemy tomorrow;
who praises you today; damns
you tomorrow.
In a debate in the house of
representatives on July 1lth,
1888, Mr.. Henderson of Iowa
quoted some extracts from Mr..
Weaver's old speeches against
the Democratic party and the
south. Mr.. Weaver instead Of
denying them said they were
true.
The southern man who can
desert the democracy and vote
for Weaver after reading these
extracts is not worthy the name
of a southerner.
Here are some of Mr.. Weav-
er's utterances in speeches in
Iowa when he was not a demo-
crat:
~ want to congratulate you,
fellow citizens, on the suppress
sion of purely democratic re.
bellion, gotten up by the demo-
Gratis for the democratic purpose
of discovering this union and
perpetually establishing human
slavery. Now and forever it is
established as an eternal truth
that the democracy in no place
or state can ever be trusted
with government. As a party
1t should disband just as a Sec
tion Of it did at Appomattox."
Again he said Of the Democra.
cy:
81 am astonished beyond
measure that a party with a
record SO utterly vile and
wretched and wicked should
be so lost to all shame and de-
cency as to make an appearance
before the people of Iowa"
In another he said /:
"What is the use Of further
arranging the defunct democra,
cy with all its hoary crimes al
the bar of public opinion? We
know that its acts comprise
murder, treason, theft, arson
fraud, perjury and all crime.
possible for an organization Il
connive at"
Here is another
"No republican can ever
under any circumstances, hay,
any part or lot with the hungry
rebellious, man-hating, woman
selling gang corporated undet
the name of democracy, a name
so full Of stencil and poison
that it should be blotted from
the vocabulary OF civilized mar
and handed over to the barbar
ism that it so fifty now and ii
all the past has represented. Z
And another:
"But, then, what could yol
expect frQsn the poor, blind, dis
eased, decrepit, dismal, damned
old democratic party 4"
Here is still another:
"There can be no doubt abou
the question at all. With green
backs and national bank notes
our business needs are well met
There can be no better pape
currency than these. But iii,
assaults Of q party which
through its financial Legislation
inflicted untold wrongs anC
robberies upon the people b,
permitting banks without
solid basis to issue a circulat.
| ing note. *f*s The fact Is
gentlemen, the democracy neye
has been able to comprehend
the financial question. Between
its inherent dishonesty AM
apparent sensibility, IL makes /
petty, but not unusual exhibi
tion Of its coporate consolidate,
idiocy."
A picturesque specimen, this
for a party TO nominate or an,
man TO cast his ballot for.
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