The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-08-11
CHAPTER ".

''POLK, DALLAS AND THE TARIFF OF 42"
The .arifr ia to the Government. what meat Il
to the famlly.-ABRAHAML LINCOLN.
In the entire history Of our party struggles. Ii
oil tho agitations of the political elements, ii
all our conflicts for power. during every forme
period OF the Government, never had there eX
listed such absolute, open and vile deception al
had been practiced by the Democratic loader.
and politicians on condding Pennsylvania
REVERDY JOHNSON.
Throughout Pennsylvania the friends o
Polk had circulated the report that Henri,
Clay, the Wing candidate, was unsound on tn,
Question of protection. and that Polk anG
Dallas only could be depended upon to sus.
tain the tariff OF ~. Yet it was we'll known
b. the better informed that the Democrat,
National Convention had endorsed practical
free trade. and that Mr.. Polk had satisfied
Southern leaders that he would support them
In all matters relating to slave extension and
the tariff. The rallyinG cry resoundiue
throughout the South was POLK, Dallns aud
Free Trade T. ut the very moment that the de.
ceived voters OF Pennsylvania were shouting
for the tariff.
At this time one OF the most dangerous o,
the demagogues in he State always engaged
IN infaininy the passions OF the people, WAS
Mr.. Lemu-l Buokthorn, lawyer and politician
He held forth nightly in the xrent open SQUARE
In front OF the Fletcher Works, swayed the
crowd gathered to hear him with his rude
orAtory, and VAS already spoken of rs a ii
man to represent the people OF his district il
Congress-.
Following in his footsteps. obedieut and
eubservient satellites, were Gat1.r Gwynne, J oe
Dartle and smiling, dapper little man known
around the town as Gentleman Re lily.
Kelly was a power in the narrow, ill-condi.
toned street whore he dweit. There womer
and children drew back as he passed and h<
patronizin9ly TO another with manner tina,
was a very fair imitation OF the greater Buck.
thorn.
Kelly. in his drunken passion, would bea
his family. break up the poor furniture anc
send the children hungry to their miserabl,
tan fortttude they chung to him..
Mr.. Lsmuel Buckthorn, while searching TO
useful, pliable tools for his DEVILS work hop
came across this man and with driuk. bride
Kelly, after thirty five years Of shiftless ex
istence, could call his own.
During the excitement In the town Kell
grew more than usually shiftless, and at Las
the overseer ut the works informed him tina
his services were no longer desirable aud tina
even his inlrequent journeyings to the factor
tThut night Kelly went home In q At of maud
lin rage.
damn them manufacturers r. he cried. q
he fell In OF the open door and kicked the baby
who was crawling toward the threshold +
D.
Faith, l mustn't be a hnngtn' around there
mustn't II an me a g1ntleman as good as an
Of 'emv
He went to his bed with angry mu.terine
and Mrs.. Kelly took up the crying baby. l,ey
anxiety adding lines to her comey Irish face
"An' its more throuble an more" she sigh
cd, "the bit that Kelly'd be afther brinsin' nov
an thin Is gone an the childer to be fed an
the cowld a comin'r'
As Mrs. Kelly had predicted, when the col,
came tins did grow harder for the littl
kel!ys, but one day, fortunately for them
Nora's thin form and dark. hollow eyes at
tracted Miss Fletcher g attention. A few kim
words and q visit to the dirty room where sh
lived revealed such sad state Of things tina
: Miss Fletcher interes ed herself in tho miser
able father and persuaded her brother to rein
state hi at the works.
The F!etcners' great kindness did not bin,
Kelly to bis own interests, however. He still
drank; and talked at the grog shop. and foj
lowed where Lemuel Buckthorn led.
During his nightly orations many we're tn
anathemas hurled BY Buckthorn at the manu-