The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-10-13
w. r. Henry's Speech.

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the finest speakers in the State. file,
his appointments in this county la,
Tuesday and Wednesday at Louisburc
and Laurel. His speech in Louisbur.
was listened TO by quite number
voters and a good many ladies. +
makes a very fine speech. and seen
to put his whole soul into the varior
subjects which he discusses. and make
1t plain to every fair minded man IL
the splitting up of the Democrats e.
the South can have no other rcsu
than the success of Harrison and Il
horde Of offlce-holders His illus;ra
tons and discussions Of the tariff take
are clinchcrs and are urall> Ner.ble b
the Republican party IT, Shove
up the Republican party n is ;ru
colors and i"lp!orel The people t. s.an
together and vote it out of existence
Gen. Weayer's terrible record wa,
also ventilated. The speaker has II,
words Of abuse FOR any man. but The
public records of all men were public
property aud lie had the rht t.
crlticise them, and right well did he
perform the job. He WIS frequently
applaudel by his audience. which
testified to the fact tha. thcy were
pleased viii, his able speech. The
speaker was introduced in few ap-
prorriate remarks by +. :. SH.uii..
At Laurel the people OF Sandy Cree,
and Gold Mine gave the speakers 4
regular ovation. There were j lar.e
number of Sandy Greek voters present.
besides a large delegation from the
almost solid township Of Gold Mine.
The delegation from Cenrevillc. over
one hundred strong. WAS met at Mai.
K. y. Speeds by Stric,land's brass
band, and headed with Il large FLAG.
borne by a strong Democratic colored
man, marched TO Laurel amid great
enthusiasm. Upon their arrival three
cheers" were given them by their
Sandy Creek friends. That gallant
eN-Confederate soldier and true-blue
Democrat, Capt. p. G. Aston. was in
command of the parade, and was well
assisted by Maj. Arch Williams, Htn~y
Bryan, J. W. Erwin. Louis n. vii
liams, Dr.. Wheless, and number Of
other staunch and enthusiastic Demo-
Gratis. There were in the procession
that came from Gold Mine a large
number of colored men. who will vote
the Democratic ticket. \ larger
portion Of them were Republicans, but
they are Disguised with the ticket put
out by their party and they say that
they will not vote Third party ticket.
therefore they will vote with the
Democrats this year. The first speaker
was E. 5. Spruill, who was introduced
in very appropriate talk by Capt. =.
G. Aston. Mr.. Spruill rpol,e for
about an hour, mainly upon State
politics. He showed to the satisfac-
ton of his hearers, that the State
government was all that we could ask.
lie also ventilated the hypocrisy of
the Third party, which by showing up
the character Of the State ticket it had
nominated for the farmers to support.
His speech was well received
Capt. Aston then introduced Mr..
Henry, and for three hours and fifteen
minutes that gentleman made one of
the most plain, exhaustive aud con-
vincing speeches we have heard in this
campaign. His explanation of the
mlqultous tariff taxes Qhe foundation
cause Of all the present financial de-
press5on) was SO plain that child
could understand it, and it was very
gratifying to this writer to see the
people take so much interest in this
part of MI. Uenry's speech He makes
1t very plain that we cannot hope for
relief, cannot hope to break up these
monstrOus trusts until we can secure Il
liberal reduction of the tariff taxes. He
handles the fraudulent pension system
with gloves off, and pays Il very
deserved tribute to Grover Cleveland.
who had the courage and backbone to
veto the fraudulent dependent pension
bill. Mr.. Henry paid hi, respects to
the Third party leaders who are
endeavoring to fool the people for
revenue only" He had 80 words of
abuse Tor the nest-hcartcd AID we'll
meaning Third party men, who arc
being mlsled. lie would give them
until the Sth of November to inform
themselves and ascertain the error of
their way, and then, if they wilfully
and blindly go to the polls, and by
their votes, turn this good old State
over to the corruptionists, they will
deserve to be abused, as by their own
actions they will abuse themselves
LOuisburg Times.