Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-10-27

own. Great applause.
What is the trouble with us What
has been the bone Of Contentiuns The
negro question. Have any of YOU ever
heard OF the Hamburg rot | do not
suppose there 5 a man here who has not,
because it was hcraldcd all over the
union and held up as Il typical Southern
outrage. Hamburg is within thirteen
miles of my home. | am n Hamburg
rioter. and desire to ask If YOU would
take me to be a man who would murder
negroes in cold blood and without pro-
vocation? Applause.
We had to rise in our despair and
undertake to restore Anglo Saxon civil
ization. or leave our homes. The rotten
government fastened by Grant upon us
from 1868 to 1876 became so burden.
some that we preferred martial law to Il
continuance of robbcr government Well,
that is the situation. There are in $.
Carolina 40, 900 male negroes over q
years OF age; there is 10000 negro
majority, and they point to that fac, as
evidence that that State ought to go
Republican.
What do the men in the New England
States, where thousands upon thousands
are employed i'll factories. do when they
want to carry an election, They say to
their operatives: II you don't vote like
we want you to vote, you can move on.
That is all right We, down in our com
try, in our endcavor TO maintain good
government and good order. use our
means and say: If YOU don't like il
help yourselves"
There is 1000 Hcgro majority in my
county, and Grant had regiment OF
troops there in '76 trying II prevent us
from carrying it, and we beat them 5000
votes. Laughter and applause lmake
no apology for it. You would have done
the same. AID YOU wouldu have cndurcd
one tenth OF what we had to endure We
were Il conquered people, and we had to
submit.
When they cufranchiscd the negro they
gave us Il club that We have since used III
a very scientific manner to club them
with. They gave us thirty to forty adj
ditional votes i'll the electoral college and
the additional members Of congress by
reason OF negro representation.
We have weed tins club very Skilfully to
preserve our liberties up to this time
| fhey gave MS the club To use and we are
gong to hold ON To if. and if will lie IN
! your benefit that we do hold on to it. he.
cause with if we will win this hpht for
silver and the rights of the masses IN
which we Are now cuuarcd and heat
those who are mainly INST r,mrrt Al IN
cutrauchisinp the ncrro to neruetuotc re-.
uubicau rulc.
Now. gentlemen. have told Won that
the nero is the trouble with MS The
blacklist Republicans. the stauchcst and
MIST outrageous in their demands that
he nenro IN the Snuth shnuld hoy, n free
vote and fair count were in the North.
west This whole North--and rsnrc;olly
the tarmers-was that way. and they
used the spites and hatrcds Of the war To-
in luce YOU to vote as YOU shot. and
they have ou;etlv r,r,latcd III, rronrr.,
and prnwt, Of the country in that it'd,
corner over. wander EAST nf I.,Lr Mich.
gan aud north OF The Potomac River.
| Today gentlemen. some ot yuur rrure
sentat,ycs IN congress who are makipr
| tins Gallant tpht IN behalf of silver and
for the rmanciuatiou of the uconlc from
this financial tnralldom are MS hitter in
their feelings to the South as they have
ever been. This is n complrx condition
Tor us. II We would keep from b>."E
ground to powder we will Join forces
with you rs soon as we have guarantees
that can he trusted implicitly.
tell You 1t is the God 5 truth that as
much as we realize and understand the
evils that confront MS In the single gold
standard. and the losses that 1t will ell
tail upon the people, the grinding, per.
pctual poverty that conirunts us If the
gold standard is adopted III this country
1t does not begin to compare with negro
domination in the South, and before we
permit it We will die
Understand me, we are ready to give
the negro all his rights under the law.
We do not propose to Cypress or injure
him III any way. While do notprctend
that there was not fraud and bulldozing
both in 16 and 1Sin South Carolina,
there has been none OF either since so
and II we are lett to solve the negro prob
lem III our own way, the better it will be
for him and allconcerned.
Let us come right down to practical
business. The State south OF the Poto
mae and Ohio and west of the Mississippi
viii send to the electoral college 224
votes-two more than enough to elect
a president. They have 81 senator's
majority OF 20. They have 10 rcpresen
tat'Nes IN the house, . less than ma
Jorty. Let us cross the river and see
what our prospects are over there. We
see plainly enough that we can hold the
senate; we can capture 1t and we car
hold IT, and we can capture the prCSt