The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-10-04

did the new profit OF the Lord arise, and
when did he receive the last revelation ol
Democracy Certainly It must have been
since the last national platform adopted by
the Democratic party at Chicago. My
friends, you cannot turn to q platform,
with one exception, from the consumm&
ton Of the crime OF 1873 down to the pres
ent era that does not denounce that crime
that does not designate the men as Grim.
inals who perpetrated it, and that one ex.
Ception is the old Bay State Every state
and every national platform hasstOOd upon
that principle, has declared this to be its
judgment, this to be its pledge, that this
crime against the laboring people, this
crime against their happiness, should nc
longer go unpunished.
I may not understand Democracy, Mr..
Speaker. stand for the Democracy which
has regard to the interests of the great
masses as well as to those of the privileged
few. ! revere that Democracy which was
taught by the fathers Of the republic-thG
Democracy Of Jefferson, who stood for the
rights Of the people as against the aristo'
cratic tendencies Of New York and New
England which existed in those early days.
New York and New England denounced
him as socialist, as a communist and as
demagogue He is what l call one Of tho
fathers Of the Democracy. Thomas Jeffers
son once wrote: II can scarcely withhold
myself from joining in the wish Of Silas
Deane that an ocean Of fire rolled between
the old world and this" Why, how that
utterance would make some of our modern
anglOmaniac statesmen jumpl
/ stand by the Democracy of Andrew
Jackson, and, my friends from New York
and New England, Democrats and Repub.
hcans, what did you say of Andrew Jack
sonP He denounced your national banks
and your stock exchanges and said they
were leeches and vampires upon the body
polite
What, ask, did New York and New,
England say of Andrew jackson in those
dsys3 They assailed him with every vile
epithet that could be found and applied in
the English language. Demagogue was
your pet name for him. Why, your Democ-i
racy of New York made medals portraying
Andrew Jackson sitting down behind a rail
fence, with the epaulets on his shoulders,
smoking his corncob pipe, and his head sur
still extant, and you Democrats of New
York issued them. And you people Of New
England, with your boasted seats of learn
ing-yGA Harvard college conferred the
degree Ol LII. D. on Andrew Jackson and
then passed resolutions regretting such &C.
tion.
have been asked repeatedly since
came to Washington how it occurred that
/, a man of some means and hailing from
Pennsylvania, could ally myself with the
disordered bimetallist. Why, my friends,
II a man from Pennsylvania shall not stand
for bimetallism, from what land shall the
man hail to stand for it? William Penn
came to Pennsylvania, and he dealt justly
and honestly with the poor red man, and
he still has his followers in that blessed
Keystone State who are willing to deal hon
estly and justly with the poor white mao.
Pennsylvania is rich in treasures of coal
and iron, of oil and wheat, but sheis richer
still in her millions of sons and daughters
who Yknow the right, and knowing dare
maintain"
My friends, you tell us that we cannot
win this fight. Gentlemen get up here and
cite the fact that England is against US,
that Germany is against US, that Spain is
against US, that France is against us, and
they even come to me and tell me that the
administration is against US. But / tell
you you may league all your forces, but
you cannot destroy the sparks Of liberty on
this continent. Switzerland has stood for
years little gem surrounded by the
crowned thrones and monarchies Of Europe
and maintained her liberty. But you tell
us the odds are against us. Well
Granted the odds are against us; granted we
enter the field
WhOn fate has fought and conquered, broken
the sword and shield;