The Louisiana populist., 1895-10-25

cumbrances, mortgages or shackels
on any in the great race OF life for
the manly derby" The sub
lime universal and profound truth
propounded is equality of opportunity,
denial OF government favoritism.
These were the enchanting lullabies
sung at the acouchment OF this ma
tion. Again, another fundamental
purpose of this government was to
secure to every man the pursuit of
happiness upon terms of perfect
equality with all other men. Let me
summon here to-day all the idle, the
unemployed. the naked. the abject
poor and point them to the affiuence
OF the few, point them to the super
abundance of everything that contri-
butes to comfort and happiness, point
them to the perfect equality Of birth,
of privilege, OF pursuit of happiness.
organic in your government, per-
petuated on parchment. Patriotic and
manly men, virtuous and womanly
women in poverty, in distress before
this great tribunal declare they are
not stockholders in this wealth of
plenty. l read it in the newspapers,
| hear It ON the stump, that this man.
ner OF argument tends to generate
strife and antagonism between classes,
between capital and labor; it is not
the result Of demagogy or cheap poll
tical clap-trap, but it comes of the
autocratic power OF the one and the
dependent helplessness of the other;
both conditions of law and dishonest
policies.
| address myself to-day to Demo
Gratis. for | charge upon you the sole
responsibility for existing conditions.
Your identity is obscured, the gene
ric term Democrat includes a multi
tude of people, with a multitude of di-
verse and conflicting contentious.
You are to-day speaking with a great
er confusion of tongues aud in more
languages than were the workmen
upon the Tower of Babel. You are
aliens to each other in every state
and in every country. You are ex-
employing in party discipline what
you have taught in government poll
cy, ''hOme rule, local govern
ment." Every man is Democrat
unto himself, he is monarch
without allegiance to party. family.
home or country. You sustain
the same relation to party in this
that the mule does TO
the animal creation. Texas for thirty
years, with one short period excepted,
has been denOmiDated by exclusive
Democratic rule. Each succeeding
election. until the recent past, has
resulted in increased Democratic ma
jorities. | affirm you have not in
thirty years had an honest campaign
in Texas. Your platforms, stump
speeches and stock in trade have been !
deceit, hypocrisy, prejudice and sec
tional hate. You have not had ma
tional platform that was not made to
read one way in the north, another in
the south, that was not made !
10 mean one thing in the east,
another in the vest. Your present |
discomfort is the elimination of this |
aggregation of drifting deception and |
dishonest stimulation. In Texas you
,ave stood for free trade, in PenIsyl- |
7ania for protection, in Massachusetts
or tariff for revenue, in Texas and |
he west for free silver, in New York |
and Maine for gold recommendation.
IN Texas you have denounced pen
'ions, in the north and east you have /
avored the pensioning OF every body in |
Texas you have denounced monopolies,
'ailroads, money syndicates and !
.rusts, In the north and east you have !
nursed them with friendship and
irsfted upon them for the sinews of |
war. In Texas you have denounced
rational banks, in tho north and |
EAST you have declared tho sys-
,em safe, sound and patriotic. |
In Texas you have declared for white
supremacy, in the north and east for
he equality of all races. You have oc-
,upied every degree oflatitude, and of |
ongitude In the political zodiac. Men
,ught to be as honest in their politics
Is in their daily intercourse with their
your judgment, your man.
hood. your home, your country. all
,all for honest individual thought and
lction. Give us free. an intelligent
In honest ballot and the prosperity of
his government is assured; give US
honest politics and courageous elec-
ors, then follows pure and economi-
.al government. A political speech
without discussing the free sill
,er of coinage would be like
discussing Texas and leaving the
,rize fight out The party belong to
avors free and unlimited coinage of sill
Ter at the ratio of l6 to /. We have had
he courage to place it in our plat
orm, it commands the assent and ap-
'roval OF every man in our party.
Ne, however. do not believe that free
ilver possesses the miraculous quail
les Of Aladdin's lamp. We believe
t would only prove q partial restora-
i've, q small factor in restoring TO