Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-10-28
SPEECH OF HON. W. P. BROWNLOW.
REAL ISSUES OF THE CAMPAIGN CLEARLY DISCUSSED IN FRCBlE
MANNER AT NEWP0ET.
Depessions and Pancs the Result of Democratic Administration Of
Government Affairs.
Protection American Labor the Cure for all the National Sod Currency ues
National f-Aons Question Discussed DaIFacts and Figures on the
larffAdvocaes Liberal Pensions


speeches during the present campaign in
Tennesses was the one delivered AT New.
port by Hon. W. p. Rrownlow, Republi-
can candidate for Congress in the First
District, and member of the Republican
National Committee for Tennessee. THE
full text is as follows:
Fellow Citizens, Ladies and Gentle
On the 18th day of last April. in a pri-
mary election that called out nearly the
entire body of the Republican party,
was honored as its choice for Congress.
l have been life long Republican, and
my best energies have been freely devot-
ed to its service. / have followed where
ever its standard led with unfaltering
hope and confidence. In the hour of its
triumphs, have always been firm in the
conviction that the result was for the
good Of the country; in the hour of its
defeats the conviction was no less strong
and engrossing that its good work was
only suspended to show the people, from
the lessons Of bitter experience, that
the foes of Republicanism are wholly in.
competent to manage the vast and grow
ing interests Of this great country.
The periods of Democratic rule have
been marked by weakness, imbecility
and corruption. II there was measure
OF prosperity, in any Of these eras 1t was
progress in spite Of adveristies owing to
aspiration and effort to advance
the party in power furnished.
Disorder and Confusion
were everywhere manifest and the griev-
GUS ills that have befallen this nation had
their origin in the Democratic creed and
practice. The most distressing industrial
depressions and the most violent and pro-
longed panics have occurred under DEM
ocratic administrations and were wholly
due to Democratic legislation. So mark
ed have been the failures of Democracy
to rule the country with advantage and
prosperity to all its business interests,
that now the very threat of its triumph
arouses the uneasiness and fear of those
who provide the capital forits industrial
operations, thus crippling business and
abridging the opportunity Of the work
ingman for constant and profitable en-
ployment. The history OF Republican
ascendency is signalized by
Eras of Abundance
Of money and the products Of toll Of
healthful stimulation to enterprise, of
content and hope among the masses, and
Of solid thrift and rapio accumulation
among men Of diligent application who
were quick to seize the opportunities laid
before them. The greater part of our
railroad mileage was constructed, tele-
graphic lines built, mines developed and
opened for occupation and
for statehood under
Protection to American Labor,
furnaces, factories, workshops and mills
increased ten fold. Hamlets and villages
grew into thriving towns and towns into
crowded cities. The farmers were afieid
from sun to sun sowing with hope and
reaping with profit, Improving their
farms and building up beautiful, COM
Portable and happy homes. The Repub-
lican party came into power In 1860 and
brought with 1t new and grander ideals
Of progress and nationality, and under
the fostering influences OF Republican
ism these ideals became such control
ling factor in the policy Of the Govern
ment, that in thirty years, from 1860 to
1890, the national wealth increased six
teen billions to sixty three billions, near
ly four hundred per cent To carry on
the enterprises and to stimulate the &C.
tivities necessary to such wonderful
fiscal policy was devised
by Republican financiers that furnished
an
Adequate Volume of Sound Currency,
Under these new and inspiring condi-
tions Of national thrift and development,
our quick recovery from the losses Of the
war far surpassed any result accomplish
ed by even the recuperative energies of
the French people.
With two such records before me-the
Dpe dark with misfortune and disaster,
and the other luminous with prosperities
that have made our people the envy of
The nations and especially in view of the
1esolations wrought by the vagaries and
Follies Of the present Democratic admin
stration affecting every section and
every interest of the country, could be
Nothing Else But Republican.
Therefore, l subscribe to every sentence,
phrase, word and syllable of the Repub-
ican platform adopted at st. Louis with
)ut mental reservation or any conceal
ment of my own personal convictions.
In my Judgment this deliverance is the
highest conception Of patriotism and
wisdom recorded in our political annals;
md being the only sure and practical
plan Of relief and escape from the ills
lpon us, 1t is not only rift in the low
,ring clouds and q beacon of hope that
he night Of adversity is rapidly passing
away,
But Providential Boon
% a distressed, impoverished and over
)urdened people.
If elect to represent you in the next
Congress, shall, In hearty cooperation
With my Republican colleagues, do all In
ny power to have the industrial and fl
lancial policy indicated In the st. Louis
n n 10 kAItnl s.+ Il 1. A.
and. stand now, as | have always
stood, pledged to an unyielding advocacy
md support Of Republican principles,
it as my bounden duty to
ny country and people first, and to my
'elf last. / feel assured that before
people, intelligent, seeking after the
ruth and the right, giving every man
what is due in due season, and never
by discrediting motives, that
;his declaration, supported and confirm
I'd by my whole political life, is ample
against the false charges
brought against me by
Unreasoning Jealousy, Envy and Malice.
Many thoughtful and conservative
men are convinced that the present is a
grave crisis in our history, insist that it
8 the turning point Of our national des-
.iny, and that the honor and creditof the
Nation is seriously menaced. Whether
his may be true or not, the fact is not to
be doubted that party great in number
md intellect, beaten upon every issue
lpon which it has offered battle, has
combined in an attempt to drag down
his country to the low level Of weak
md struggling powers chained to sla-
very, superstition and methods of Gov
.rnment that bar the hope Of their re-
This Nation has confronted
many perils before, but the intelligence
and patriotism Of its people have always
rescued II from the threatened disaster
and to the same influences
The Present Conspiracy
will succumb II timely appeal is made.
It, therefore, behooves every Republi-
ian to be true.to his party standard, to
'enew his devotion TO his party princi-
Pies and to give an unswerving support
% all his party candidates. When this
iuty is discharged there can be doubt of
'he election Of Mckinley and a Republi-
IAN Congress. This resultwill be follow
ID by the enactment Of laws that will