Birmingham age-herald., 1894-07-18

Colonel Mllner-There were no bonds ls- sued.
 Senator Morgan-We took our slaves, those of us that had them, took contracts and worked on the roads, and those who did not have slaves hired white men to do the work and paid them out of their own pockets. Yet the people of the north and east say we did not have any enterprise or energy, when, If they had kept the hand of war from us, we would have displayed enough energy and enterprise to have trundled their manufacturing establish meuts from New England down here and put them to work. Loud applause. Then, when we were prostratcd, there was nothing else to expect of people like Alabsmians except that they would revive. Applause They could not make any other calculation. They were not going to slink out of human observation and starve themselves to death in the wilderness while others came and took possession of their state. They took upon themselves the government of this great state; they took upon themselves it's develop ment, and it has been their labors and their credit and the credit of what they had here that has enabled this town of Birmingham q call it town because town is good deal bigger place than a city) to bloom out upon the world until 1t is the only place have ever seen that really was entitled to the name of the Magic City.
 THE OLD DAYS.
 If you had been along with me when used to ride horseback and in a buggy right across where we are now, in little lane be- tween cotton patch and a corn field, going up 10 Ashville to practice law, when there was nothing in sight or hearing but cock partridge sitting on the top rail of fence whistling for you, instead of a steam en- zine, as now, blowing off it's wrath as you seem to approach, you could understand with me what has been accomplished here, of,A At,hf hoc 6nno unn with me; and the very same men and their sons are around here today to teke care of the physical and political welfare of this country. There sits one of them-Mr. Wilson. Now, having accomplished 80 much q must run over this matter great have no reason to be ashamed of our selves, and we make the asser- tion that we are quite competent to care for our own affairs; that we know the principles of government; that we adhere to them; that we love them; that we in- tend to defend them whenever and wherever they are concerned. [Applause.l It is not the slightest degree impudent in us that we should say these things, nor are we to feel ashamed, fellow citzens, ex- cept for one thing, and that is, even in our best efforts to be what we ought to be, we still fall short of that worship and rever- ence for the divine hand that has bestowed these wonders upon us which are still here to bless us and generation after gen. eratlon to come. [Applause.l If you will acknowledge his power and right to pre- side in the exercise of his lawful and just authority in judgment among his people of this land, forbearing to do wrong, to be harsh or to be cruel, but ever steadfast in the defense of the right, we shall have nothing to fear, no matter how many clamors may be set up around us here or how dark the zenith itself may grow under our contemplation.
 KoLB AND sKAGGS.
 Now, claim that the political organiza- tion which has attended every step of this people of this beautiful town and valley, and brought about these splendid results, islno other than the democratic party of the state of Alabama. IApplause.l It is no parasite or off shoot or sucker that has grown up around the.roots of the party that bears this splendid fruit; it is the grand old trunk itself standing there. Applause. The democratic party of this state, which is a name of honor only one man in this state that l know of has dared to defame, and that is man who wants to be elected governor under his own laws Reuben Kolb. Applause Do men thus think, who have read the history of this great party, in all of it's controversies with the grand old whig party and it's controversies afterwards WlLn LQ6 lHlbeThDl6 SdlTdp Dduu that ruled over us with rods of iron, and hot rods of iron at that, during all of which time we maintained the integrity of our honor and the steadfastness of our progress? When l present exam pies like that, running through years and will go himself, leave his post or send his agent with his hat in his hand into north. ern communities to beg small sums of money, as much as 5 cents if you haven't got more, to help few of the latter day saints of the democracy of Alabama to try to save this state from being scandaliZed and ruined? Loud and long cheers and applause What sort of figure does fellow cut in any decent country going about in this beggarly style to defame all these grand and splendid people that see around me here now, by saying that their bama by fraud, perjury and robbery? Why, these' men forget-Mr. Kolb, MT. Skaggs and the like-they forget that the administration of the laws of Alabama arc still in the hands of these people; they forget that all the institutions of this great and beautiful state will exist in their spiendor and in their power; they for get the fact that more than million faithful hearts are ready at any time to bare their bosoms to the dagger of any open enemy that may come who will assail the integrity or the honor of the state Of Alabama. Loud and long continued ap- plause. They forget that in this splendid state, where human rights, civil and crim inal, are administered by the courts of our country, consisting of two different bodies of officials-one is twelve jurors selected from the body of the people, sworn and charged; the other is the judge. commits stoned by the governor, afGer proper cer- tification of election, and all are sworn ac- cording to the respective offices they hold to administer justice without fear, favor, denial, reward or the hope thereof. They forget that when they are challenging the reputation of men who are sworn to per- form their duties, to keep the ballot in trust that deposit in the box, and hon. estly to count it, and fairly to certify it; when they allege against us iu foreign