The Appeal., 1892-10-08

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party can have an existence there. They
recognize the right of but one political
party to have tickets in the field, and
that is the Democratic party. If the
Democratic party had nominated John
l.. Sullivan inste I'd of Grover Cleveland
ne would have got the vote of the Solid
South. The Democrats do not look at
principles. All they want to know is
whether the nominee is a Democrat.
The Republican party deserves your SUP.
port, not because it has earned it, but,
because of the principles it represents.
You know and know that whatever
has been accomplished, worthy, honor
able and pure, was the act of the Re-
publican party. Whatever has been
mean and impure in our government has
come from the Democratic party.
"The Democratic party is consistent in
one thing-its advocacy of state rights.
Its whole policy on the tariff, on the con-
duct of elections, and on the financial
ques ion is in entire harmony with it's
doctrine of state righte. The Democratic
psrty is opposed to any legislation to
protect the ballot box. They claim that
it was the business of the state and not
the federal government to insure fair
elections. They cay that a man must
look to his state to protect him in his
rights of citizenship, and if the state
can't or won't do it, he must 60 without
redress. The Republican party on the
contrary takes the stand that ifthe s'ate
can't or won't give this protection, the
federal government must The Repub-
llcan party says mans paramount al
leg'ance is to the federal government:
The Democratic party says to the state
government.
lone CT the oobies of the Democratic
party is the force bill, and 1 am going to
talk of Southern methods and this bill.
I am
FORCE BILL NAN.
The Democrats use force and they re-.
spect nothing else. They show no favor
to US and we expect none. If you plead
with Democrat he will laugh in your
face, but if you tell him you will whip
him he will say amen. The only mistake
the Republicans made when they had
the power IN congress was in not passing
what was unappropriately called the
force bill. If it had been passed, four
Southern states would have gone RepuE-
lican this fall. All we want in the South
is a fair count. They allow us to vote
but they do the counting. it has be-
come settled fact there that as soon az
the nominations are made the elections
are over the polls are closed. The pro-
ce edings Of your Democratic county con-
vention here reminded me very much
OF our conventions and that Minnesota
Democrat is simply branch of a Miss
issippi Democrat. The only difference
in the proceedings is, that if the
convention was held in Mississippi
the whole thing would have been over.
Here the Democrats try induce the COL
ored man to vote with them. knowing
that they cannot count his vote out. The
only reason the Colored man has an ex.
istence is because the Republican party
has adopted him."
The speaker proceeded to show all the
party had done for his race, and he was
frequently Interrupted by the applause
of the audience present. If the Dem
ocrats in the North were better than in
the South the main reason for it, he said
was because they could not help them
selves. He warned his Republican aud
ience that if St. Paul sent Democratic
congressman to Washington he would
act and vote like Southern Democrat
from Mississippi, the only difference
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