The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-08-03

Of the Republican committee OF this
county fol twenty years, wants Ia
round up the people and hold
grand rally To please tn. boys. /
have seen YOU. sir. Notwithstanding
YOU have a mortgage on your home,
/ have seen YOU with Il torch over
your shoulders, whooping II up for
the fellow who holds the mortgage
on your farm" tApplause.)
What, you don't mean To say
that the government ought To let me
have the money as cheap as the
banker" why not' Amt you as
good a. the banker: | have been
studying into this matter and DIR.
Franklin was right when, at the
starting out Of this commonwealth
of nusylvania, he induced your
legislature to issue money and put II
out on farm loans, and upon land
loans. That gave the great com
monwealth its impulse and footing
that has held from that day to this.
(Applause.l
Now, my friends, when you have
got courage enough vote for yourself,
my family will try to take care of
itself. Recollect have made more
out Of my bank than | have off my
farm. | have had nothing at all to
harrow up my feelings, and here you
have met regularly, and you have
talked about bankers, and you have
voted us hard set; and want to
say to you. sir, right now that you
need not blame the bankers, it is
your business, it is your flat: it is
your law. and if you will insist on
gong down on your all fours and
putting the saddle on your back, and
the spurs on my heels | will ride
every time.
Nov | came to the conclusion
that this government was not beng
administered as it ought to be. | did
not know exactly about it, but |
knew that this entire business was
all wrong. 1t is all wrong for the
government to let one class of per
sons have money at per cent and
give them chance to charge you 10
per cent. | knew that was not right.
did not know the length and breadth
of it, so | took down the constitu-
ton one morning while my wife was
getting breakfast, and | sat there
studying it, when my wife come out
and told me that breakfast was
ready. She said: What are you
doing. Mr.. Smith, L am studying
the constitution You get cut, said
she, you are not a lawyer "Well,
no., | said, it was not made for the
lawyers Well she says, THAT is
my understanding Of it. You're
wrong said I. we, the people, to
establish justice, ETC., have ordained
this constitution Justice-that is
what this constitution means. Now
| turned over here and concluded |
would study what the powers of con-
gress We're, and | read it: Congress
shall have the power and [ remem-
bered very well that when the con-
stltutlon says that congress shall
have the power it means that nobody
else shall have that power: it is an
exclusive power. SO | read: Con-
gress shall regulate commerce among
the states
W. ell, | SAID, why not they let the
states regulate commerce among
themselves For very good rea-
son. If the states had the regulat-
ing of commerce among themselves
they would regulate it for the local
advantage, and then we would have
tumult instead of union and frater-
nifty. Why not let the corpora tons
regulate it! 1t would not do to do
that. \ corporation comes into life
with a full set of teeth, and they
never have known the restraining
influence af mothers love; they
have never passed through child
life. They have all of the intirmities
of avarice without any OF the re-
Stralnlng virtues of conscience. CAP
plause.) 1t would not do to let cor
peratlons regulate commerce SO
they took it away from the state and
from the corporations, and took
1t away from individuals. 1t would
not do to let individuals regulate
commerce, because the power was
too great"
ITO BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.