The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1892-04-21

pie weary OF these expressions; they
become restive under such burdens;
they cut loose these chains of subse-
ylency and throw off these yokes of
tyrrany; and in one of those might
| lnsurmountable upheavals, more re-
! markable because of the energy
which rivited it, Grover Cleveland
| came to the horizon as their cham
pion of reform. With strong will
| and determined purpose he stamped
to earth the corrupt barter of feder-
al patronage; he proclaimed that
public Office was public trust, to
be held for the good and use of the
| people for stated period, then to be
| returned to them with an account
ing. He has said that the shib-
boleth of true Democracy is Tariff
Reform, the test of loyalty to the
peoples cause"
''He traced the origin of the tariff,
but did not enter into detailed dis
cussion of the issue. Mr.. Yeates
closed his admirable address as fol-
lows:
"Another question which confronts
us, gentleman, and one, too, which
at no time during the coming cam
paign should we lose sight of, is that
of home-rule and local selfgovern-
ment. This is liberty which our en-
emies will try to take from us; they
would carry us back to the dark,
evil days of reconstruction and do
for US what their party hesitated to
do in 1872. They would surround
us with perjured spies and dishonest
officials whose sworn duty would be
10 f,l Iii -
boxes and pervert the will of the
people. Standing there with the
power Of the Federal administration
at their backs they would brow-beat
by insinuation; they would threaten
intimidate and terrorize the people.
''The timid would hesitate-they
wonld be deferred. or they would be
coerced, and the rights of the fran
chise would be prostituted to satiate
| the unhOly desires of the Republican
party
The present administration and
the Republican party of the last con-
gress strained every nerve to bring
| about snch results; and so sure as
they win the victory in this coming
campaign, so sure will the iniquites
and horrors of the Force Bill be
wound around us
The South will lose congressman of
| its Democracy and it will have no
| representatives of its own; carpet
baggers will again proWl through the
Island and fill our office for the pur
Na.Dses of devastatiOn; hOrds of hun
1-y henchmen of Republlcanism will
pnock from the outhouses of their
masters in the east and drink the sap
| and eat the substance of our fair
land of the South. Shall they do it ?
i thousand time no!l
"This is no time for Third parties;
the wolf is in the fold; the alarm
must be sounded. Do you see the
Republicans laugh when the Third
party speaks? Do you see the hope that
fills his eye as he thinks ofthis oppor-
tunity? Do you see his sinister
| countenance as he encourages this
| break in our party? 1t must not be.
We must be alert. Let this club
sound the danger signals! Let it oc-
cupy the highways and travel the by
way of this county, Let it hold
| public meetings to discuss the ISSUES
of the day, and show to the people
that the fruition of their hopes is in
the Democratic party.
''Let it go from man to man and
tell him of the dangers and bastard
| ly purposes with which the Republic
can party seeks to surround US; and
in the end there will be no uncertain
ty of results, ours will be the victory
and liberty still the peoples.