The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-07-25

buncombe speeches for the election OF
Grover Cleveland than Harry Hinton.
For watermelons, barbecues, whiskey,
grand rallies and all the pomp and cir
cumstance of glorious war he gave
away his last nickel. Now the decree
comes all old pards to the rear" All
of Harry Hinton's aspirations are
skunk by this decree:
could not believe
That l ever should grieve,
That Grover would ever skip me,
All lonely, fOrsaken and bare,
kind father nitying his children,
His friends were his chiefest care,
Disappointment makes the heart
faint, and often shed buckets Of salty
tears over my past sins and folly, and
all committed for Grover and he re-
wards me thus,
My brightest hopes all torn and scattered,
My heart once glad made desolate.
Ny friends all tell me to wait-to
have patience. Harry Hinton tells
them there is point Of endurance be-
yOnd which patience ceases to be a
virtue. The bent reed is broken. The
burning fax is quenched. The link
that bound our hearts as one has
snapped in twain. If there be a man
who worked as Harry Hinton worked,
and this without reward, or the hope
Of reward, let such a man stand aside.
We will call for him later Where's my
tine2 Where's my money? What
river this side of Jordan can wash my
deceitful soul of the crimes c< mmitted
for you, Grover9 Answer me. The
turns when
BY me an unkind look is given,
When an angry word is said,
Bark! they whisper, patience, pardon;
Want Harry Hinton to have patience
with 10 corn in his crib, no money in
his pocket and no office either9 Have
patience while the wolf is gnawing?
Patience with the ways of Providence
becomes a Christian; patience with
wicked humanity marks the slave.
Want Harry Hinton to pardon Mr..
Cleveland He is not going to do it
until he does Justice. This we say
Harry Hinton has fellow feeling for
Mr.. Cleveland, for we have been run
ming the same race course together for
some bit. 1t all depends-depends,
sc. But when it comes to bowling the
head and bending the knee, Harry
Hinton will not do that to man nor
devil, and Mr.. Cleveland knows it.
Come, let us reason together. To
the~victors belong the spoils. You
must let the old soldiers pick and
plunder. What did we fight for,
Growers Answer that Now answer
that Our enemies are held together
by the cohesive force Of public plum
der. Take that away and they drop
as rope of sand. We disagreed, but
my convictions were laid on the shelf,
for they told me you had more sense
than your party. Since thou hast de-
serted me we part.
We part on this gray gravel, love;
Thou for the eastern main,
l for the setting sun.
When shall we meet again?
I'm for free coinage; you for the gold
standard. I'm against the internal
revenue; you're in favor of the internal
revenue. I'm against the national
bank system in Nation or State; you're
in favor of the national bank system
in nation and State. I'm for equal
taxation in proportion to ability to
pay; you're opposed to an equalizing
income tax. I'm for equal chances in
the race of life for rich and poor; your
gold standard policy favors the rich at
the expense of the poor. I'm in favor
of paying the public debt according to
contract; you're in favor of paying it
in preferred money. I'm in favor of
an American policy; you're in favor of
a Monarchial English policy. I'm op-
posed to lending public credit to cor
porations; you're in favor of special
privileges to corporations I'm in
favor of sustaining public credit by
law; you're in favor of sustainir g pub
lie credit by bonuses to creditors. I'm
in favor of. the public credit not to de-
pend on the will of individuals; you
favor a policy by which individuals
can dictate to government. I'm for a
tariff to kill trusts, sustain our home
industries in healthy open competi-
tion with the world; you're for tariff
for revenue, regardless of all this. I'm
for making government above individ.
ual power; your policy will bring gov
ernment under Individual power.
look on productive labor as the chief
concern of government; you look on
the interests of capital as the chief con
cern.
I tell you now, Mr.. Cleveland, it
won't do. Your policy won't do. 1t