People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-09

and I shall make no further reply
until they make it again. They
said that | was wrong about this
| personal difficulty; I shall not notice
it further until he dignifes it by his
silence. They said that speaking at
Sandersville last week, I used an ex-
preston SO disgusting that no man
would let it cross his lips. I tell
you, gentlemen, the man that-(the
uproar was so great at this D Joint
that [ could not hear the conclusion
Of the sentence. In that Sanders
vile speech, | alluded to the fact
that while | stood for principle, Mr..
Black stood for party; that his posi-
ton, reduced to It's true anaylsis,
sanctified error if that error had on
its side the advantage Of being an
old error-that it should not be cor
rected because it was venerable. I
made the point that on that line
Luther never would have started the
reformation or john Wesley never
would have started the Methodist
church because the errors they were
designed to correct were even more
venerable than the old gray haired
warty nosed Democratic party Gan
indescribable scene of confusion oc-
CURED at this point. Cries and ieers
and bowls of rage and wild exulta-
ton, shaking of fists at the speaker
by some and cries Of encouragement
from others made picture impossi-
ble to present by the pen of the
writer or the pencil of the artist.)
It was in connection with that point
that I made that statement, and as I
hope to live In this world, and as |
hope for salvation in the next, do
most positively assert here in the
presence of this vast assemblage,
that / did not use the nauseous
phrase quoted in the Augusta Chroni-
Gle. (Faoing Mr. Barrett, of the
Constltution) | might have been
misunderstood, | hope was, I hope
no man would so willfully and ma
liciously distort my language, hope
that no man would be so lost.
Mr.. Barrett. I reported it, and
understood you to say that but
might have misunderstood you.
Mr.. Black; L accept your disolai-
mer.
Mr.. Watson. MIR. Barrett says
that he so understood me, but that
he might have been mistaken. l am
glad he made that acknowledgement.
That annoyed me more than any
thing in this campaign. Whatever
may be said of me by my most bit
ter enemy, think | know how to
respect lady, and if | am to be de-
feated, [ want still to have my char
acGer left as man as a gentleman!
: Many voices. You never can be
defeated, we are with YOU.
l must hurry on, my friends, you
know that the confusion and the
wind make it exceedingly difficult
for me to address you, therefore, I
hope you will give me your atten-
ton. l can take care of these other
little fellows. Indicating q point
where babel of voices kept up q
din.)
The speech / made at Thomson
on my return home, has been de-
nounced from one end of this state
to the other. Why? Because it
hurt. I meant it to hurt, and it got
there. (Great cheering and voice:
You bet it hurt! Hurt then again,
Tom, and laughter.) They tell you
that that speech has been picked to
pieces, and that it has been shown
that every statesment in it is false.
Cries Of: "It is false" and counter
cries of: dts the truth that hurts
'em, Tom. Hurt 'em some more"
Now, if that be true, so great 8
man as Mr.. Black can surely expose
those lies. I here deliberately re-
state every assertion made in my
Thomson speech, and | defy Mr..
Black to controvert them. (Great
cheering.)
Now, just one thing more. The
Augusta Chronicle had an article on
its first page, August 26, headed
atson's Work" wherein was de-
tailed the insult of colored man to
white lady in Sparta. "a voice;
"That's what we want to hear
about.")
Fellow citizens, that card went on
to state i believe it was the one
signed by Mr.. Bennett = that that
lady told me in her heat Of passion,
consequent on that insult, that she
did not want me III her hotel again,
or any of my gang. (Voices, "That
is right; hurrah for the Augusta
ChrxnisIe; hurrah for Watson" and
general confusion, with a seemingly
settled purpose to prevent an expla-
tion.)
Mr.. Watson. I am going to have
all my time, and the time consumed
in these Interruptions will not be
counted against me. (To his friends
Let them alone, boys; I'll fix them.
If that lady was insulted on ac-
count of me being a guest at her
1o,,ro che o,,orh+ m have told mo ao