The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-09-08

connected with the most highly pl
tected establishments of this count
sadly attest the fact that high p:
; tective tariff affords no protection
; those who earn their bread by da
toll. 1t was never intended to bene
. them. Long enough has the wag
Garner been deluded by the cry tn
high tariff means high wages. Tari
have no effect upon the wages, exec
to diminish their purchasing powe
The higher the tariff the less the pu
chasing power of the wages. Wag
are governed by the great law of su
ply and demand. If the claim of Il
protectionist is we'll founded, wi
have not wages increased, as tariI
have increased? Why constant r
duction of wages in the most high
protected establishments in the land
To the toiler the Mckinley bill h:
except the word of promise to the ca
but broken it to the hope
In his great speech against the hig
tariff corn law in the British Parlia
ment in IS43, the matches orator
Daniel O'Connell, said: "But wha
is the meaning of protection?
means an additional sixpence for eac
loaf that is the Irish of it. If he ha,
not the protection the loaf would Sc!
for a shilling but if he has protection
it will sell for one and sixpence. Pro
lection is the English for sixpence
and what is more, it is the English fo
an extorted sixpence. The real mean
ing of protection, therefore, is robber,
robbery = of the poor by the rich.
THE FORCE BILL.
Another issue of great moment in
the pending contest, is the Force bill
The magnitude of this issue cannot be
overstated. 1t may mean the control
of the election of representatives in
Congress by the bayonet. The Re-
publican party, by its acts in the
Fift, first Congress, and by its plat
form, in its late National Convention.
stands pledged to. the passage of the
Force bill. That it will pass this bill,
when it has the power, no sane man
can doubt. TO all of the people-all
who desire the peace and prosperity of
our common country-this question is
important. TO the people of the
southern States it is one of transcen-
dent importance-shall they still have
peace and the protection of the law :;
or shall the horrors with which thew
Ire menaced find their counterpart
only in those OF the darkest hours of
he reconstruction period ?
x X =.
Fellow-citizens, l firmly believe
hat your interests, the interests of all
he people of these United States, are
pound up in the success of the party
hat came in with Jefferson in the very
infancy Of our republic; the party
which for more than a century of our
Existence has stood at the helm of
state; the party which in all periods
# our history has been the bulwark of
'ur constitution and the faithful
Guardian of the rights of all the peo-
lie; the party under whose broad ban
'er the men of all nationalities have
'een welcomed to share with us this
1od given heritage the party which,
rom the beginning, has been the foe
f prescription, whether on account of
birthplace or of religion the party
'hich knows no privileged classes, but
emands equal and exact justice for
II the party which, under Jefferson,
urchased the great valley of the Mis-
ssippi, and extended our domain to
he gulf and to the ocean; the party
'hich, under Madison, bore our flag
, victory in our second struggle with
treat Britain, and which, under his
successor, established firmly
'r all time the rights of the American
alton, by the declaration and main
enance of the Monroe doctrine; the |
arty which, in the early morning and |
the noon of this century, gloried in
the leadership Of Jackson and of
Douglas, the undaunted foes of special
rlvileges and of unjust taxation.
Under the matchless leadership of |
le man who gave you an honest ad- |
Of the government !; who
rested from the grasp of those who
ad robbed YOU of your heritage
ghty millions Of acres and restored |
to the public domain ; whose prin-
pie in action is, :" A public Office is a
lblic trust under his leadership
,e Democratic party confidently sub
Its the momentous questions at issue,
nd will abide by the determination
the final arbiters at the polls.
" am exceedingly anxious that the
tate of North Carolina should main
in her place in the Democratic
,lumn, and l have never been able to
'are the apprehensions of those who
ar that she may fail US in the coming
eCtion. | desire to see her stand |
eadfast to the Democratic cause on