The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-04-23

efrect1va in ths councils OF the nation ..
And to the executive.
| when Il man doubts himself in regard 10
! his rights ana hesitates he is not apt to 90
mucn SeIfreliance is the quality in man
end state which secures respect. me pee
pie of Alabama ere quiet, lava bldlilS ana
+ God-feaTing. Since my first residence here
! / ave learned to know these people well.
Providence has led me through many laiiuS
and among all classes of people, but no
! class OF people are truer 10 themselves or
/ today that the people Of Alabama Will tfl-
uinph over every obstacle u,.o,i..o ,,ooa
! government In spite of whatever else may
! happen. Let the people of other states have
| Their divisions, but let US be united as one one
man for the glory of Alabama. That is the
! mission upon which 1 am here to preach
| In its considera ton 1 will not descend to the
: contests for o4ce. which should pass
as an ephemeral breath.
Twenty years witnessed the restoration
Of state government to the people of Ala
bama. There was to be no more carpet
bag rule; no more negro control ,,e Whe4 4,a
people who own the state, who have franz
ed It's constitutions and who have. swept
everything out OF the way and united to
es tabiah a good state government.
That grand man, George 5. HOUSTON, has
co-operated with him. | say was only
one, for at that time every young man was
past with them whether in the war or
out, for Douglas OF Brcckenridge-We al)
felt that we were Alabamians and with
| that holy word upon our tongues the people
listened and we won such : victory
! he'd not been known in the history of the
! time tells Of the building up of
! schools. Of colleges. the building of rail
/ }Ways the opening Of mines and the estaR-
| Of the people of Alabama have surpassed
| ANYTHING in the previous history Of the
Future divisions Forescen.
II am" said the senator with soemnity.
against a relapse, in order to 6ratify the
! wish a return to the decade which ended
! in 1874 / then believed that a period would
| Of today. | looked forward TO the time
! when we would have friendly government
! IL Washington. / foresaW time 10 come
| ter around themselves little factions and
! divide the DhalanX which won the victory
! Of 1871. When Malone came forward in
| Virginia as democrat and failed TO secure
| the $overnorship, he concluded that he
would organize Malone Party, get into
! the senate as Il DEMOCRAT and then go over
70 70 the enemy with Riddleberser. In this
! Alabama Of men who intend to transfer
/ the vote of this state to the republican par
! y. Ii ~ Malone movement in disguise
/ The purpose IS i2entical--to hand over the
Let no man fall ont because he is
! mad At Tom Jones, Grover Cleveland or
BURY them I'll i you wish, but do not
/ sacrifice your principles.
oar k'eGcrak IcsHftOGg.
| THE relations Of the state TO the re-
| public are important, but rot SO much Sc
! as the affairs OF oar own state
/ The senator illustrated the situation by
| the state Of New IOrh-WEose power is
| enormous in the hOuse-not enOrmus IN
! the senate. U4aughter) Since the war end
! ed the south has always voted for a New
| Yorker for president.
! IF, i'll tie last election, we had gone to
| Illinois where Adlai Stevenson would have
| been ~(app'2use)- would have cs-
| capped the Spasm OF New York politics
| Nearly every time that New York has q
| spasm Alabama goes into fits. ! here recur
| to nay statement about the sef-asserticn
/ which every Albanian should have eXcr-
| ciscd. When Alabama discovers that the
| field is wide from which to select candi-
dates, then Alabama stock viii rise. The
| impression prevails that We must get all
| our candidates from New York There is
| but one strong public man LETT there. He
! opposes The tax upon incomes. He hos got
| press, ana the QUESTION is viii re win
! within the next sixty days? l am for the
in il''' Alabama. How '''''n many an; demo;
%rats , here oppose the v tax on ncom mes?
! two years ago was a candidate for the
/ democratic nomination to the presidency,
| now ready 10 strike down the tariff bill
| The wealthy, since the surrender have
| been the pets OF the country. Now that
the democrats are in power these New
| York democrats endanger the fate of the
| tariff Dill. We should stand firmly and tru-
= to eur . ,pIincjples ! call upon you to
| that YOU may be united in principles. No
man should desert now and break front.
They say That the income tax is section
! trained as not to strike the breasts of these
! men. They taxed your cotton and piled UP
the amount in the treasury. ana when
awysr broHsht o up its cqn o1 d
| half and half. What was the cotton tax
but o levy on incones-one that struck
| Fhe state Banks.
| There is another question about which