The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-09-16

| Full Text Of His Address at Few Kent
Court House.
| FULL DISCUSSION OF The TARIFF.
lie Gives His Reasons for tho Faith that 10
In Him and shows why the Democrats
should Control the Government.


quite "A large crowd turned out In the
interest of democracy. when Colonel
Tazewon Elicit. democratic candidate for
Congress from this district. made strong
speech in the interests OF his party, and
showed 10y clear and concise argument.
what recent Congress had done and ar
Taigned the RepuDmcan party for ITS
many short comings. and the Populist
for their wildcat schemes Of legislation.
Colonel Elicit spoke as follows:
This was designed to be a government
OF the people ne people. therefore, nave
greater power and great responsibilities
than In any other government on earth.
is remains with them 20 make their
privilege blessing or a curse; n they
appreciate them ana perform their duty
as men. Civiu. their best energies ana
Thought 10 public questions, ana their
support 20 the best principles and 10 non
est men. these privileges viii prove bless
ings 20 themselves and their Iosterity
greater than were ever enjoyed by any
people on the contrary, II they neglect
or cOrruply use them. designing men
Will soon snatch their liberties from
them and heap burdens upon them which
they viii find. when too late, unindurable.
The people should. therefore, watcd
with ever quickeuing vigilance, passln5
events.
A congressional contest Is impending,
and the citizens Of this great country
are 10 0tfllt NnfiHfI lIfN VIII iFAHiH A'''
faithful Democratic servants whom they
chose two years since, or supplaBt them
with their Republican opponents.
coNr.RIsov.
1t behooves rs therefore, to contrast
the history OF the two great parties IN
iher control OF the administration or the
National and state governments IN me
past, and 10 glance at what Is proposed
by the third. or populist party.
Eighteen months since the Democratic
party assumed for the hret time in thirty
wears the absolute control of the iogls-
iature AID Executive branches Of the
government OF the United states. ~
that time the heavens we're DARK WIN
the eliminating clouds OF disaster r.
sUltinc from thirty years 81 vicious &c.
publican legislation in behalf Of the Jew
ami at the expense ~ the many. since
then 1t has fought mantuly ana ioyaIIy
.n storm ana sunshine, AK hltt open
enemy and secret foe, and II comes peioIe
The people to-day and fearlessly and con-
hdehuy appeals 70 them to rduiy |no1
IL has done. That the two parties may
BE- fairly cOntrastcd. let us take retro
speciive glance at each
The Republican party conceiNc1 IN
sectional hate, born IN sectional strl1e'
and was Durtlred and grow fat on sec
tional, unequal ana oppressive laws.
In 1863 when the South had been over
come by overwhelming resources ana
numbers. the Republican party held IN
limited sway over the land, ana every
branch of the government was under us
control then surely II ever, every
instinct. OF generosity and patriotism
should have prompted 1t To pursue a
policy OF reconciliation, the tendency OF
which would have been to cement the
States into a Union in fact as well as In
name. Did II DO this? Let us see.
LIT Us SEE.
They went TO war. they ca med TO pre-
serve the Union, and as soon as the war
ended. fncy dissolved the Union by dis
franchisiug all of the southern states,
making Virginia district 70. ], They
poured in a horde of carpet-bag plundef-
ers, who with the c0ngenial scaiawag.
and the negro were organized into gov.
ernments. and put over the virtue ana
Intelligence Of the South.
These bastard governments were sus-
tanned at the point of the bayOnet, ana
the army continued 60 be thus until by
the strenuous efforts of the Democrats.
fits further use with the hope Of intlnS
dating freemen. was prohibited. These
erished South. until il arose as one man.
and determined that these iniquities
should last no longer. Under this sys-
TEN OF Republican government, the public
debts OF the southern States increased
more than fifty million dollars But this
was not ALL not satisfied with the NE
Of the army, this Republican party pros
tituted the judiciary to its political pur-
poses, and swarms Of United States
marshalls, and supervisors. as numerous
as the frogs OF plague stricken Egypt,
surrounded the polls at elections. United
States JUDGES and dktrigt attorneys,
and visions Of Albany ana sing sing con-
tlnually stared our people in the face
Did not this party. which Is always pratt
ing Of fraud. in the South. commission
Samuel j. Tilden out of the Presidency by
fraud?