Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-16

State shouts the grand hallelujah.
We all are happy tonight, of course
we are, and why should we not be
happy? You don't realize, fellow
citizens, what this grand Victory for
the Democratic party means, but you
will realize it pretty soon. But, fell
low-citizens, it would be superero-
cation on my part to detain you
longer. We have here tonight a
gentleman who is fresh from the fields
of victory, and without further ado,
will now give way to him. ! intro
duce to you tonight Hon. Jas. A.
Mckenzie, OF Kentucky"
MIR. M'KENZIE.
When Col. Mckenzie stepped to
the front of the stand the applause
was deafening. 1t was some time
before he could be heard above the
din of horns and the shouts of the
throng. At last silence was secured
and the gentleman said:
"Ladies and gentlemen If you
will suspend those horns half min
ute will convince you that can
blow louder than they can. l wish
Sam Jones was here to line out the
doxology. We would sing it so it
could be heard in the moon. Fellow
citizens, l am happy to tell you to-
night that the Republican party is
dead. 1t has eked out its miserable
existence and nobody mourns its de-
parture except the postmssters. The
Republican party will go down in
history celebrated for two things
lying and telling ghost stories. /
have studied the history of the Re-
publican party for thirty years and
am convinced that If Ananias and
Sapphira had livel through a Re-
publican Presidential campaign they
never would have made their
reputation for lying. The Re-
publican party is an adept at telling
ghost stories. Just let wavering
come in there lines and some leader
will take the wavering ones off to
one side and tell them ghost story.
They tell this class not to vote the
Democratic ticket; the niggers will
be put back in slavery. To another
party they say don't vote for the
Democrats; the country will be
flooded with wild Cat currenc, /
have never yet seen any very great
abundance of any kind of currency
under Republican administration.
| am glad the Republican party Is
dead and l am here tonight, if you
will allow me, to deliver a
funeral oration over its remains.
The Republican party is the
party of tramps and millionaires.
The money devil has taken the place
of patriotism very nearly in this
nation. l tell you, !ellow citizens,
this country was on the verge of a
national revolution. The protective
tariff of the Republican party makes
the rich richer and the poor poorer.
At the beginning Of the cam
paign the people began asking
themselves conundrums. Nv hat is
this tariff? What is a tax? 1t is
money taken from the people for the
benefit of a few protected million
aires. My definition OF The Republi-
can protection is this: 1t Is a system
which keeps the rich man from get
ting poor and the poor man from
getting rich. The American people
are tired of this kind OF business and
they have come up in their might
and have put q Vn. They have
relegated Ben Harrison and his pious
hypocrits to everlasting innocuo,ts
desuet,tde. The only things l have
heard from yet that have not gone
Democratic are Vermont, hi and
Montgomery county. The Republi-
cans get their idea of protection from
the Bible. The thirteenth CHI pter
and twelfth verse OF Matthew says {:
"To him that hath shall be given,
and from him that hath not shall be
taken that which he hath / have
searched the holy book from Genesis
to Revelation aud not one word can
l find, with this exception, uphold
ing the Republican idea of protec.
ton. I believe the Republicans can
be saved, but would hate to witness
the strain on the saving power II
they were all to be ransomed at the
same time. The Democratic party Is
back in power to stay. This govern
ment by right belongs to them aud
they have given the Republicans
notice to quit. The only favor we
ask OF them is not to break the furni.
ture to vex the Democratic land
lord. A change has come over the
spirit of Americas dreams. Twenty
years from now the people will Won
der how they stood Republicanism
80 long. There are going to be more
things ON the free list than salvation
and quinine. The only things the
Republicans have left on the free LIST
are sunshine, air and water. The