The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-10
TO TENNEssEEANs.
Major Mckinley Pays Tribute to
PeOnIe Of the South.

Mr. Rule and my Feilow-citizens of East
Tennessee-The honor of this call is mine
not yours. / appreciate that you have
cCme q great distance, almost the greatest
distance of any delegation which has yet
visited me, TO pay your respects to me. not
personally. but rather TO testify to your de-
votion to the principles of the Republican
party and your determination that those
principles shall triumph at the election on
the Sd day Of November.
Il recall with peculiar pleasure the visit
which / made to the people of your sec
ton of the State. just about year ago. l
remember the splendid and cordial well
come which you gave me in the city of
Knoxville. and I recall with patriotic pride
the exercises in hich ] participated on the
bloody field of Chickamauga. when Union
and Confederate veterans together Were
dedicating that great field of conflict to
union liberty and peace and the old flag
forever (Tremend ous applause.1
Your presence here recalls pleasant and
inspiring memories connected with the early
history of your State: First. of John Sc
vier and the battle of Kings Mountain. in
tie revolution. for the annals of that mem
Crable era describe no more gallant or he
rolc contest than that signal victory which
our ancestors so bravely won: second of
the hero of New Orleans and his great
services for the young and struggling Re-
public III our second war with Great Brit
ain; third. the bravery, the suffering and
the heroism of the men of East Tennessee
in defense of the imperishabe Union in the
of the rebellion. Perhaps some of the
rIen or some of their descendants who thus
bravely struggled for the right stand about
me to-day. To them / do Difference and
honor. and bid them glad and hospitabe
welcome to my homo. l am sure they will
rejoice with me in the glorious new dis
pensation. in the new order of peace. recon
ella ton and harmony. in the unifcation of
those who fought different sides in the
great conflict. ! am sure. too. they VII
rejoice with me in the obiiteration forever
of all past differences born of war and
passion, and to know that the contest this
year is to be waged, not in heat. but in
the name Of fraternity, patriotism and
honor. Great cheering.)
BIRTHPLACE OF PATRIOTS.
Tennessee can justly boast that she has
been the birthplace and home of many of
the eminent men of our country. She has
given to the presidency three of her dis
tnguished citizers-Jackson, Polk and
Johnson. She gave to the Lone Star repub-
lie of Texas that sturdy old patriot Sam
Houston, of its early presidents She
has given to the Nation such splendid pa
triots, statesmen and upright public serv-
ants as Hugh l.. White, John Bell Felix
Grundy. David Crockett the hero of the
Alamo; Admiral Farragut one of the great
commanders of the Union navy; David Civ
in, of California: that distinguished jour
nalist of Kentucky, Henry Watterson and
that BILE. incorruptible and honored Repub-
lican- Henry Clay Evans (applause). whose
absence here to-day / very much regret
and only excuse because / know he is in
some other part of the great field of pot-
ical contest busily engaged in the good
cause OF national prosperity and national
honor. Great applause.)
The record this year of Tennessee should
be in keeping with the principles emblaz-
oned on her State seal-agriculture. manu-
factures and commerce. With the prosper
ity of these elds of human activity she
can always advance: without it she must
inevitably recede and decline, Men of Ten
nessee. do you stand by the principles
enunciated by the iraInortal Jackson? Do
you favor protectits tariH and honest
money? (Isoud cries of Yes. we do.) / am
glad to be assured by your voices that you
DO and that you have not forgotten the
you believe in his declaration for the en- en-
forcement and the ma ajesty of public laws :?
(Cries of Yes Yes.) Are you willing to
steadfastly upheld in defense of the Con-
Stitution, the courts and the citizen? In
whatever other particulars we may differ
three essentials to the well-b -being-protec-
ton. honest money and constitutional au-
thority-which lie AT the very founda ton of
our political fabric and without which we
cannot have peace. tranquility or prosper
ity tremendous applause). in which every
good citizen must heartily concur
THE administration of James K Polk
was involved in the contentious of slavery
which re happily long since a an end. One
expression of mis- inaugural address has i'm
pressed me as just a $ forcble and appli-
cable to-day as when he uttered it. He said :
Who shall assign limits to the achieve
ments of free minds and free hands under
the protection OF this glorious Union? No
treason to mankind since the organization
of society would be equal in atrocity to that
Of him who would lift his hand to destroy
it. He would overthrow the noblest struc-
ture of human wisdom which protects him
self and his fellow-inan. would stop the
progress of free government and involve
his country either in anarchy or despot-
ism
ENEMIES OF THE COUNTRY.
There seems to be those to-day who
would be willing to check the progress of
free government. There are those who
seem willing to assail it's courts. the safe
guards of our liberty who seem willing that
the United States should not exercise it's
lawful sovereignty within it's own jurisdic-
ton. Can it be possible that they can con-
troll our elections and involve us in greater
perls than any we have yet known? Men
of Tennessee, to my mind, there is no
doubt, and 1 appeal to you to steadfastly
uphold the great safeguards of our national
government. Stand by the party which
seeks to promote national prosperity and
national honor, and rebuke the party or
all parties by your ballots that would i'm
pair the one or destroy the other.
Tennessee is State of immense re-
sources in iron, coal, marble clav and
your forests of the best timber and while
your manufactures have already assumed
me 80, considerable on n proportions of a product
OF S5f000,0 ,000 every year, she has as yet but
grazed the surface of her irnmeasurable
wealth. The policy of the Republican party
invites her TO greater development TO
greater activity, greater population and
greater honor. The policy of the opposition
faVors the continuance and extension of
free trade, whose bHghting hand is felt
upon every material interest of your State
and the country 1t favors free silver
which means the destruction of business
the impairment of values the repudiation
OF debts, the greatest panic in our history
the wreck of all our interests and distress
TO all our people everywhere.
We want in this country neither free
trade nor free silver. (Applause1 we want
neither debased labor nor debased currency.
The Republican policy is uplifting: the
other is degrading. The one means work
and wages. mills and factories good
money, good prices and good markets The
other means degradation, distress and dis
honor.
Men of Tennessee. on which side win
the vote of your great State be cast this
year? cloud cries OF For McKinleyt1 In
these questions there should be no geo
graphical. sectional or partisan divisions
but q united, unbroken country and a com
mon verdict To us alike. whether of Ohio
or Tennessee, Texas or Illinois Maine or
California, Massachusetts or South Caro-
lima, have been confided the interests OF
our common country. our whole country Ii
will be reproach in the future to Will
faith and the fair name of our great Re-
public. We must, above all respect our
selves and our government and protect the
honor of that government at all hazards
and at any cost. Great cheers) We must
unite to defeat any proposition of national
dishonor.
Men of East Tennessee tried patriots
who have not given. according to the words
of your spokesman, a majority for the cleo