Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-10-22

argument, looking to the best in
terests of the country and the
progression of modern ideas of
government in harmony with the
christian civilization of the age.
The Democrats resorted to
false cries of alarm -
"Hdrd times" when the coun-
try in general was never more
prosperous.
" High prices" when in the
memory of man things were
never better and cheaper and the
poor people never had more home
comforts andpleasures than now.
" Lou tcdges," when work was
never more plentiful, all trades
and business booming, and wages
higher than ever known.
" Robber tariff" when foreign
countries attest that the Ameri-
can tariff has ruined their trade
and made ours.
" Tariff a tar," when it is
shown on many articles that
they sell for less than the duty
on them.
f." Cheaper goods, f" when cheap
ness means free trade and pow
erty,-it means work for the
English pauper labor, 1t means
buying English goods with
American money itmeans harm
for our industries and factories
that are springing up in every
city and hamlet under the Nc
Kinley tariff bill ; it means less
work and less wages for the
American laborer and less bust
ness for the American merchant.
" Var prejudices " they stirred
up, raking out the dead Goals of
civil strife to find the dying en-
bers of passion and bitterness.
Sectional issues" they APP
peal to of race and color, when
they do not exist outside of the
Solid South kept in power by the
suppression of the colored vote
on which they base their repre-
sentation in Congress. Revolu-
tions never go backward. The
people are satisfied with the
freedom and union, the pride of
America among the nations. A
race suffers, education suffers,
civilization suffers, christianity
suffers, that the Solid South may
live.
" FO'ce bW," lie on its face,
for it provided nothing more than
the Constitution provides and all
parties claim, an honest ballot
and a fair count, unknown in
the South, unknown in Tammany
Hall ring rule.
" Fraud" when in w. Va.
they counted out the Governor
elected by the people; deprived
some counties of representation
gerrymandered States in their
own interests don't deny de-
priving colored people of their
votes fighting among them
selves in the Southern States for
power; the ally of England in
fomenting trouble and harassing
the American government; dis
couraging business and enter
prise by running down our finan-
cial and commercial systems, by
preaching poverty, failure and
calamity in the face of safety,
success and development.
" Corruption" when eleven
Democratic State treasurers de-
faulted in the past few years; 1G
Democratic election officers sent
to the penitentiary in New Jer-
sey Tammany Hall the worst
corrupting power in the country,
debasing justice and religion
Boosting that one saloon is worth
more in politics than ten churches;
repeaters so common in BALTIC.
and New York that they are al
most privileged characters
Chirman Harrity prepared bal
lot declared illegal ;then selected
such a large sized ballot that
there were not presses or paper
enough to print it, and it was
arranged that the strong Dem
ocratic counties" should be sup
piled first.
These false cries were raised
to deceive the people and answer
the purpose of popular campaign
issues of which they had none.
All we ask of the intelligent
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