The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-04-07
Speech of Hon. B. I. Grady
AN ABLE AND INTERESTING
PRESENTATION OF TRUTHS.
HIS MAIDEN EFFORT.

Weglve below a few extracts from
speech Of Hon. Mr.. Grady in Con-
gress last week. We wish we were
able to give it in full. 1t is replete
with burning truths-and facts. He
fully sustained his reputation as a
man Of ability, and reflects credit
upon himself and his district. In
this no one who knows Mr.. Grady
will be disappointed, and we feel
safe in predicting an enviable record
of our Congressman.
All the people of the Union who
gain their daily bread by the sweat
of their faces have been diappointed
and the mutterings of their discon-
tent can be heard in every quarter of
tho Union. And 1 trust, sir, that
this discomfort will swell in volume
until it compels the favored classes
the aristOcracy of this country crea-
ted by the laws of Congress to lis
ten to the cries of distress AMI loosen
the shackles they have place on the
people.
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The justification, Mr.. Chairman,
for the contraction of the currency
by converting 1t into interest-bear
ing bonds, has been that it was to
sustain the "hOnor of the nation"
To his have TO say that if my peo-
pie are to be reduced to teggary in
order to save the "honOr of the na-
tion," tie "hoDor of the nation is
curse to them instead Of a blessing.
The "honor Of the nation" has al
ways been the excuse for expressing
the people. The Pharisees were the
special custodians of the "honor Of
the nation" so were the patriciaus
Of Rome; so was Charles /; so were
the naughty nobility of France and
so are the protected ard petted class
es of this country.
The farmers is the slave of the plu-
tocrats, while the only limit to their
rapaclty is the exhaustion of his re-
sources.
In behalf of the laboring people
of this country, in behalf Of the
coming generations of my country
men, in behalf the tranquility, and
general welfare Of the country, in
behalf of the pets of the Govern
ment, who are rushing along the road
travelled by the optimates of Rome,
and the naughty nobility of France,
/ implore the lawmakers Of this
Union to retrace their steps, TO stop
the robbery Of the people, and re-
pair as far as they can the money
power.
The poor and the helpless will be
forced to bear the burdens of gov
ernment, while the millionaire, the
banker, and corporation magnate
will be exempted.
The loanable capital in all New
England and New York is S270 per
capita; in North Carolina S6.47.
With this small sum we have to pay
our State and county taxes and more
than So per capita to support the Fed
eral Government.
One century of government under
the Constitution therefore, Mr.. Chair
man, has been a century of injustice
to The farmers and laborers of the
of the country, and the promises Of
wrong in the beginning Of the Gov
ernmeut have been fully realized.
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We have the enormous unearned
wealth in the hands of the few, will
ingly contributed or fried out, cor
rupting the voters of the country.
We see it combining in syndicates
and trusts TO control the prices OF
the necessaries of life. We see it
controlling the transportation facili-
ties and debating ruinous freight
rates. We see it debating nomina-
tious in political conventions. We
see the peoples money squaudcred
in subsidies to remedy the evils of
our shameless and arrogant protec-
tive system.
In conclusion, Mr.. Chairman, /
wish to remind those who can wear
| purple and fine linen and live on the
fat of the land at the expense of their
fellow-cruntrymen, that the time
may come, as the wheel of fortune
makes its inexorable turns, when
their children may become the vic
Tins of the class legislation which
they are struggling to fasten on the
country as permanent policy. Ap-
plause on the Democratic side
| THEX MADE THIRD-p PITY