People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-16

/ gentleman myself.
Cries of, Yes, you are.
Mr.. Watson. [ am the represen.
tative of gentlemen; I have the
prayers of honest men and good
ladies myself, and no man shall in
suit me without getting the reply, as
I just said, that honor and courage
demand. (Great applause.) If
there is any one thing that ought to
be made palmer than another it is
that no white-feathered man shall
represent the Tenth Congressional
district. The Tenth is no white
feathered district. wild and long
continued applause.) Up at Craw-
louisville last Saturday, as I said,
there was nothing but denunciation
of Watson.
What remedies do the Democratic
party demand? The death of Wat
son.
What are the abuses from which
the country is suffering? The life
of Watson.
What are you gong to give the
people in order to relieve their dis
tress? Disgrace Watson.
What is going to ruin the country
if he is elected? Securing the prin-
ciples which the people demand.
Should such a campaign succeed,
my friends, you will sooner or later
curse the vile passion and prejudice
which deferred him from meeting
me face to face to discuss the issues
just as they should be discussed, and
with calmness, with fairness, to ana
lyze the position of the parties.
Civilization would suggest the RENE
dy. The heart of the Tenth Con-
gressional district is in the right
place and sooner or later will select
the man to elevate the condition of
the laborer, the farmer and the me-
chanic without injury to any one.
asked him in my Charlottesville
speech if he would endorse this bust
ness of raking up my private feuds
in bygone years; if he would en-
dorse the method Of going into my
legislative record; if he would en-
dorse these contemplate dodgers
like that Bradwell business that has
been thrown among the colored peo-
pie to prejudice them against me.
/ His answer was that he said nothing
against me, but declined to answer
er justify the dastardly course by
those men who have neither the
honesty to tell the truth nor the
courage to face me in telling a lie.
Now, let ME put it to the honest
judgment of both black and white
alike; is not Mr.. Black, the manE as
piring for the seat which now hold,
the man who ought to make those
charges against me?
Cries of. No! No! No! and
Yes! Yes! Yes!
If anybody makes them, ought not
he to be the man? His skirmish
line ought not to sling their poison
ed darts; they ought not to put him
in the contemplate attitude of &C
quiescing in their contemplate
methods if he has not the manliness
to denounce them or face me in en-
dorsing them. He ought to endorse
the methods or condemn them.
Turning around and facing Mr..
Black.) You bring to my mind
single disrespectful word that any of
my followers bring against you, and
| will either endorse it or if justifa-
BILE, or correct it if unjustifable. I
believe in fair aggressive fighting.
(Turning to the audience.) If they
can throw me under these circum-
stances, let them do it. One of us
is going to get whipped, and get
whipped badly. (Cheers.) This is
not a little dog fail business; this is
not compromise business; this is
a war to the knife, and the knife to
the hilt; it IS a contest to the finish;
one of us is going to hit the ground
and hit it hard.
Cries of g You bet he's hit the
ground now, Tom"
Mr.. Watson (handing Mr.. Black
picture headed Congressman Tom
Watson defeats a worthy colored
mans claim in Congress. Read what
the Rev. Charles L. Bradwell says"
and the picture of Charles L. Brad
welD. Now, of the man or men who
circulated such dodgers as that, I
have only this to say: brought that
to the notice Of your leader at Craw-
louisville, and he scorned to take any
notice of it. Now, the Democrats
or the papers that circulate this story
are putting Mr.. Black in a very hui
initiating position. They are either
dirty enough to do the dirty work
for which Mr. Black is not response
BILE, or Mr.. Black is willing enough
for them to do it and not man enough
to take the consequences. wild and
long continued applause.)
AS l said at Charlottesville, will
not go into these personal matters
any more until he repudiates them or
dignifes them by his silence. And |
say here now to his face, let him DARE
to mention the Bradwell matter here
to-day, or if not to-day, let him no
tify me now that he intends to allude