New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-16
HILL TO MISSISSIPPIANS.
AN ADDRESS BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE.
HE ADVOCATES THE REPEAL OF THE MCKINLEY
.r,EIEE sLEu,LAN -nI.NER LAWS.

TARIFF AND SHERMAN SILVER LAWS.
Jackson. Miss, March Ex-senator Hill arrived here
! thu morning. and greeted by the cheers OF oooo
Missssippans. Governor stone met the senator ana
welcomed him to the state. Mr.. Hi became the guest
of Governor stone during his stay In Jackson ana
/ reception wa held at the Executive Mansion at IL
o'clock where the senator shook hands with the stream
Of visitors for over hour
At O'Clock the Legislature met in Joint session in
the hall Of the House Of Representatives, with Lieu
tenant Governor Evae and speaker street as the JOINT
presiding officers. The galleries and lobbes were
crowded TO the utmost, and loud cheers greeted the
appearance Of senator Hill he entered the hall In
company with Governor Stone. Mr. Hill was introduced
/ by the Governor, and spoke In part follows:
l deeply sensible gentlemen OF the legislature how
your be>Owa has been OF that Distinguished honor
which with open pride hithcr TO receive at your
to acknow ledge with gratitude, What states
of Republic, the nest venerable the most
renowned The living tie dead In the very HOVER
ing OF rs would not have made haste and travelled
long for the gathering OF such leaf to bind WIN al HIS
laurcsl applause.
There is good reason q all times Yer interchange OF
thought between the people OF forty four states Dadeu
together HE to insure anohers liberty IN the pur
suit IL happiness there excellent reasons at he
present time for such an interchange between whose
political philosophy and practical politics alike are summed
up preserving benefit and for the ben't OF inc
times come great Democratic faith ana truItloh
The ground upon the Democrats OF the State Of New
York have taken their stand is the whole Democratic faith
and tradition OF H. merely not some
splinter merely but the whole. This IS the ground
upon which / would fan the Democrats o Mississippi
with all Democrats North South. East and West
both OF the regular Organization and the Farmers Alliance
unite and take their in the approaching contest
| (Applause)
The Democratic party thar any man or set OF
men, No man ever indispensable its encwed
| applouseJ For rs strength Is with the people.
doubt Il there anything better anywhere than our
old Democratic fal:h and tradition, which among mon as
civilized as We finds legitimate to consolidate and cr
lloy the whole physical and moral power Of the sca
aggregate first, resist foreign aggression next ana
chiefly TO prevent and punish individual az
erosion. The sOuh in her proplnquty with
| Africans whose type OF civilization awaits
historic record has caused the only alteration thus far
| made I'm our Governmental structure. For the com.
promises at fist embodied concerted In it, frame
there substitutes in tn last three amendments
Now l do not hee 70 discuss this one change IN
Governmental structure. What seek TO fix at
tatlon upon absence Of any other lawful change. tho
standing marvel Of contemporary history The Ola TOM
stituton these United States exists with its indcSTuct-
parts and It's iDies,Fucbe unity IL is foremost
among Lnankinds political deeds Being quite authorize
tive stu supreme up t. H. IL Is any egalz'd
by Congress outside the Constitution which eN'
plains why still live and move and have our being
beneath it, aegis. II j. IN dcs1ito OF ttges'os not
| by hclp Of thoni that SIN live; We have
not pron,4d by them, have survived them.
II Is the individual freedom, not Republican fore BILL nor
gresslcn1l Leading strings. that VIII enable tho
gifted fcloNtcltzcs. Sectional Interference has lost ~
ONLY fuicru. State right. survive Appause) The lat H.
publican tried - put nanaces on southern limbs
The Democratic party answered: shall Northern limbs
then the like. We all freemcn nowF' Never
will Democracy OF the yeat North and the greater
cOnfound and confuse your present social problem
with past aud gone political prohlcms 1t shocks He
historic witness that recent forging OF Force Dill
chains.
submit to your candid Judgment that every trouble,
every disturbance exists every disaster that imIends
and every danger that Is feared .. this time Throughout our
whole land merely In parts II It. IL the dire
and obvious consequence 4 Republican legislation In dis
Of the spirit @, the letter OF our Constitution
Three years the Democratic Iafty experienced d.
asrous overthrow aHd lost the House Of Representative
which til then II had controlled Tor many years Botl
branches Of Congress and tbs Executive being then In IT,
publican hands. their power complete To writ new
laws upon the statute books and to do with re Gov
eminent and H. administration whatever they would
Of hey tried pass Force BILL They did PASS
the Mckinley law suIradding 10 the prot'td taxes
Of tariff Of 1888. the reciprocity humbug and he ne"
subsidy and bounty swndc. The tarn on imported sugar
every dollar which saisht tn .he FEDERAL Treas
ury they abolished Tor the sake q cro~ulng up and per
potuntng higher prOtcd which, besides taking ho
less the peoples pOkots FOR the needs Of ue
peoples treasury, take also many times gT Ater Gums nom
he peoples packets. dollar OF whih goes u tho
PEOPLES treasury nor raise wor6men's wages bn'
all go ino tho private ca-hboNes % few employers OF
les than W cent u industrious. tollng millions
! CApplau.eJ
But SEX to clear that ~ repeal the Mckinley
avs to ve them OF books reyving the lesser
,,rong. tloy .uf.-,dcd il merely ~ step To-
| ward living up unmpsucd, authoritative tohsutu'
ton, and keep it in plain sight OF ne people ul h'N'
| November.
Apnln-t united Democratic yotcs Republican Congress
also passed the Sherman law into which every IL"
publican monetary hccsy Is crowded that ha~ kept our I'M
ancs Ia Dip Ia disorder fos thirty year, rurd our mcr
chants with unc"rttntz aud fear tuned our foreign com
mcrce of wheat. our ~lc Of cotton. into daily
gamble II ic,i,cs the mott daugcfou, hcc-y which tno
Republican party packed uo bench Of the SuI' mr
Court yet false judgment upon rs constitutional Ana
while sherman, Silver Law !, draining OH our gold b.
Eurupc in steady and driving u heldong to an
exclusive silver basis not one Republican lawyer not one
Republican merchant board Of trade or chamber Of
commerce The North has raised against that law the
demand that repeal It FOR that constitutional re1son
cvylng less bad law which II superseded but that
would b. nt.t stop toward living " the Constituto'
aud would keep plain sight Of tho people I'll next
November Republican crime. the peoples verdict ana
the PEOPLES duty unite In it, renewal
Permitted make laws In order o promote the
general welfare" which nothing else but what
s for the welfare Of all. they rcd into IT. magnanny
and l adth their little rascaliy permlssons to pro-
mote any bodys welfare that biibc appropriation
from The peoples force his waynto Government
pnrtnershlp with protected nonopnlics. That +
the way they 'promote the general welfare "
They promote their welfare But We need 10 help
from Republican Iartsans In next NOvcmbcrs elections Of
the good people OF the Untd STATE" viii make alliance
with and Democratic party to rrplt their
verdict on the Of the Republican Congress aud
upon the Executive ndorssd them all and made them
Law. (AppauscJ That is tho first and rratest stu
I'm the pathway OF return the old Democratic ful
and tradition the IN begin living up TO our
constitution I'm obedience b. IL unqualified supr'-
macy instead OF taking Iatcinal guidance
from Republican royoutionists over cruched Cosui'
,iou We need no help from Republican plrisans; II i
enough that ultc to hate tcso Republican
wronedolngs In order elect Congress and an E\ecu
tive that will pub stop them. repeal uc odious laws
nd nTtr4nr
plause)
I}y unity concord IN ranks We can surely
triumph Unity VIII endow with nc,in power the great
Democratic party to-day the sole ccient instrument OF
REFORM Unity will enable IL force relief from nnust
tarlr taxes Unity will enable ~ call halt In tn
ni nrlnd-n mnnnnI-..s univ VIII