The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-07-16

are here now leading fight to enlancipatp
the white slaves ! do not know whether
can truly say whether | am Il representative
of the entire South or not. | have been in
fourteen States since April, making the an
nouncement of 4 new declaration OF inde-
pendence that "16 to or bust Is the slogan.
In the last three or four or five years the
Western people have come to realize that
the condition of the South and the condition
of the West was identical. Hence, we find
to-day that the Democratic party of tie
West is here almost in solid phalanx appeai
ing to the South-the South have responded
to come to their help to remove this yoke.
1t Is not worth while for me to say that
which will breed any discOrd between the
sections, for such a thought does not harbor
In my breast l deny utterly having one
i'll thought or angry passion In my bosom III
contemplating the wrong which we have en-
dured. But il you have listened TO the truth.
and Ii has entered your brain, you are bound
TO acknowledge that the most of these im-
provements and money In the Eastern and
Southern States where all this wealth has
gone has not gone for the beneht OF the
people, but the wealth Is owned by lew
men. Look at this city here-not paper III
it in favor of the money of the Constitution
and of the people, every one of them bowling
day by day and abusing the majority OF their
fellow citizens in this section even. and
further West 10y calling them bowling der.
wishes and silver lunatics. We have instead
of Il slave oligarchy, a money ollgarchy. The
one is more insoient than the other was.
The only thing which can keep the move
ment-this revolution-frOm succeeding in
sweeping this country from end TO end Is
that we may Submerge our patriotism here,
forget the duty which we owe our people.
follow after the banner of some individual
rather than principle, and fail to discharge
that duty which we owe to the masses OF Sc
lecting man here whose record VIII MT TINS
platform. The Senator from New York is
to follow me- He despsed the President of
the United States in 1892. He has had cause
since to more than despise him. But for some
inscrutable reason, although he has been be-
trayed by his own party and his own State,
he appears here as the sponsor and apOlogiSt
for the administration. As Grover Cleveland
stands for gold monometalism, and we have
repudiated ii, then when we are asked to in
dorse Grover Clecelahd's administration, we
are asked to write ourselves down as liars.
We need money to spend or we cannot pa
troniZe the local merchants; IL we have not
money, the local merchant cannot order from
the jobber; the jobber cannot order from the
factory; and you see the sequence of cOnse-
quences. The farmers of the Northeastern
States are just as poor and just as hard up
as we are. They are ready to join this army
of emancipation. The Democracy are face
to face with this issue, and 1t must be met.
We of the South have burned our bridges
50 far as the Northeastern Democracy is
concerned, as now organized. We have turn
ed our faces to the West. asking our breth-
rem of these States to unite with ns In re-
storing the Government to the liberty of our
fathers, or which our fathers left us. The
West has responded by its representatives
here. For myself and for those of my State
who came with me, we came here primarily
to see that we had platform which meant
what it said and said what 1t meant. We
have got ii. Now give us any man you please
who is true representative OF that plat
form-we have no choiceTfind We pledge You
that every vote South oOihe Potomac will
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