The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-08-11
CHAPTER Nv,
'PoLK, DALLAS AND THE TARIFF oE 42p

"PoLK, DALLAS AND THE TARIFF oE '42l"
The ariff is to the Government what meat il
to the fam!ly.-ABRAHAM LINCOLN
In the entire history of our party struggles, IL
all the agitatiOns of the political elements, il
all our conflicts for power, during every fol mel
period OF the Gt vernnent. never had there ex
listed such absolute. open and vile deception at
had been practced by the Democratic leaders
and politicians on cOnliding Pennsylvania
REVERDY JOHNSON.
Throughout Pennsylvania the friends o.
Polk had circulated tie report that Horny
Clay, the Viii, candidate, was unsound ON tn.
question OF projections. and that Polk and
Dallas only could be depended upon to sus-
tam the tariff OF ~. Yet it WAS we'll known
bv the better informed that the Democratic
National Convention had endorsed practical
free trade, and that Mr.. Polk had satisfied
Southern leaders that he would support them
in all matters relating 10 slave extension and
the tariff. The rallying cry resounding
throughout the South was "Polk, Dallas aud
Free Trade i at the very moment that the de-
ceived vot"r- OF Pennsylvania were shouting
for the tariff.
At this time one OF the most dangerous OF
the demaGogues in he State always engaged
In inflalniny the passions OF the peope Q. was
Mr. Lemu 1 Buckthorn lawyer and politician.
He hell forth nightly in the ~ eat open square
in front of the Fletcher Works, swayed tie
crowd alhered to hear him with his rude.
orntory, and was Already spoken of as Il fiji
man 10 represent the people of his district il
Con ress.
Following in his footster 8, obedient and
SUB ervl-nt satellites, were Graft + Gwynne j oe
Darte and smiling, dapper little man known
around the town as Gentleman he lily.
Kelly was power in the narrow ill-condi-
toned street where he dwet. Th-re women
and children drew back as he passed and he
would exchange word with on, and bow
patronizingly to another with a manner that
was very fair imitation OF the greater Buck
thorn.
Kelly, in his drunken passion, would bea,
his family, break up the poor furniture and
Send the children hungry to their miserable
beds, that he might be fed. and still, with Spar
tan iortltude hey chung to him.:
MIR. Lemuel Buckthorn, while searching for
useful, pliabie tools for his devils workshop,
Came across this man and with drimk, brides
and promises soCn owned the little soul that
Kelly, after thirty-five years Of shiftlcss ex-
istence could call his own.
During he excitement In the town Kelly
grew more than usually shftess and at last
the overseer at the works informed him that
his services were no longer desirable and that
even his infrequent jcurneyings to the factory
must cease.
That night Kelly went home in fit of maud.
lin rage.
Damn them manufacturers p he cried az
he fell in at the open door and kicked the baby,
who was crawling toward the threshold ia
meet him, damn EN- an all aristocrats seq
Faith, l mustn't be a hangin' around there
mustn't II an me glntleman as good as any
OF 'em!"
He went to his bed with angry mu, terings
and Mrs. Kelly took up the crying baby, q NJ w
anxiety adding lines to her comey Irish face
can its more throuble an more" she sigh
ed, "the bit that Kelly be afther bringin' now
an thin is gone an the childer to be fed an
the cowld comin'P'
As Mrs. Kelly had predicted, when the cold
came tim did grow harder for the little
Ke!ys, but one day, fortunately for them,
Nora's thin form and dark. hollow eyes at
tracted Mise Fletcher attention. few kind
words and visit to the dirty room where she
lived revealed such sad state of things that
n 'ss Fletcher interes ed herself in the miser-
able father and persuaded her brother to rein
state him at the works.
The Fletcners' great kindness did not blind
Kelly to his own interests, however. He still
drank and talked at the Rrog shop, and fol.
lowed where Lemue Buckthorn led.
During his nightly orations many we're the
Aaathe mas hurled by Buckthorn at the manu-.