The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-07-27

= anu Idt bp' II HAS Iou5ut ltS Ia
> battle laughter aud no bugle wi
i ever call 1t 10 glory again. (Al
) plau,c.) The evils that are CON
planned of before the people tods,
II are it, own Internal brood. The
have sprung INTO life, grown au'
nIaturcd under its fostering care
:, and the Democratic party is acces
! sorry after the fact to all of ii
! tI-aughtcr.) don't wonder tina
j Colonel Natteroon should say, Us h
c did IN his speech, that the conten
tons between the two old partie
amoant to what he sums up to b,
"mlghty small politics" zap
plause.)
SO it is now, my friends; and
want to say to YOU here tonight thai
. | have nothing against amy lady OIL
gentleman who may differ with NE
i'll politics. | have learned some
very important lessons during NY
brief political career, and that is
that other people are apt to be us
honest as | am, even though they diff
fer with me in politics: and | want
to say here ri ght now that | hold it
to be your right. | 90 further than
that, aud | hold it to be your duty
to differ with me if, after investiga-
ton, YOU ascertain that | am wrong.
| Applause.)
Now | want to make another ccn-
fesslOn before this audience before |
proceed to discuss the situation
thoroughly. have learned that do
not know it all and | have found out
that it requires everybody to know it
all, and then after we have obtained
the sum total Of human information
we are cropping our way in the dark
at best.
And now | want to make another
confession here brethren. We love
our party, but we NAV be wrong.
Now we do not believe we are wronr.
We believe we are right with all our
mind and strength, applause but
know enough of the fraility of HUI
man judgement to know that we NAV
be wrong after all, and now is it
not bare y possible that you may be
wrong? Have you ever thought of
that: (Applause.)
SO with charity for all and malice
towards none | wish to discuss the
issues before the people presented by
cur party, and | want to say now
that the gentleman who follows me.
the Hon. Stewart l.. Woodford, must
speak from the stand point of his
platform, and not from Mr.. Wood
ford's point of view. [ want him to
stand upon his party platform, and |
want to stand on the plat
form of my party, applause or the
platform made by my party and not
one made by mysef.
This revolution had a peculiar ORR
GIN. 1t began in its present form
and shape some four years ago.
though We had been working up to
1t TOR quarter of a century. |
Will illustrate it hy an allegory.
An old gentleman past middle life.
iecrepid, in bad health, called one
morning upon his neighbor, by whom
ne had lived for more than a quarter
)t century. His neighbor was busy
1t work K, and he did not even look
lp as he approached him, but as the
visitor spoke he saw that there was
agitating the old mans
mind. He said, my friend, | have
'ome over to talk to you upon a
natter of great Importance to me. !
md | think it is to YOU" "Wbat
: 1t p said the neighbor. NOTICING
us agitation. Il cannot tell YOU
lere, but if you have time to step
nto your house and SIT down and
I'VE me an hour | will tell you. 7
Tins Is matter of great Importance =
o me- The neighbor replied, "You .
ave been my neighbor for a q quarter =
i century Step into the house q
nd take seat" AS he took a seat :.
his man laid his old hand upon the l
nee OF his neightOr, and as he did I
o tear stole down one of the fur L
ows in his timeworn check. He d
and, My friend, | am getting old" =,
20 am |, but let us not complain of u u
his" replied his friend; "don't N"
axe that to heart; this may be said y
all OF us THAI is not what is q
n my mind,' replied the visitor: Il d
ave hVed by you for quarter of a =
entury, and you have seen me everv =.
forming, or you haye seen the light q !,
'om my forge, for am blacksmitb: u
GU have seen it light up the window T
ext to you house before daylight.
nj you have seen the same light y
lere when you went to bed at ~
light, and when | was not WORKING %
my forge l was working in nv p
tile garden as a holticuiturist near ', "
y, and | have had to work NV u
llldren when they ought to have u
cen in school, and now nv child,e en- u
re full-grown, but they cannot ap- |.
ear alongside of those of the rich vi
an, who have had better opportuni IL IL
es. L have to work hard, and nv IL
lie has worked as hard as | have.
I'D the truth is We have never had q oi
xury in our house, and we have al a.
lly had part of the necessities of u
-e. l have never had a bath room II
my house in all my old life. and "
NV l am old, and l have reached pi
e point where l cannot produce
~ more than I consume. and
'nnot see anything but the poor
'use ahead of me, for / have -
.avy mortgage on my home.n
ell" said the neighbor, Il am Of
ad you came to talk to me about u.
at for | am in the same fix, (Sen- II,
tom My wife and | talked about az
the other night until we both cried II
Id she said to me, John, quit talk hi
g; there is no use in it, did omit
Id l laid there with my ewes to,
ards the stars, and as | thoupbt
er the gravity of my situation a a
ought flashed into my mind that 65
emed to me to be bigger than the -,
'rld. l wish l had thought of it Ca
len | was q bow. and 7 wish wi