The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-09-23


And all that was the grand work OF
the mighty masses. And what the
masses did in that day is what we
masses have got to do in this day. we
have got to go to killing the rich men,
those who have got more than we
MASSES have got; and we must hang
the Vanderbilts, and Goulds, and the
Astors, and the Morgans, and the
Rockfellers; and we must lake van
derbilt's fine palace at Billmore away
from him, and turn it over to the mas
ses for some public use /; it is too flne a
house for one man to live in; and he
did not make the money honestly that
Maid for it. Where did he get that
money that he built that fine house
with? He got it from us masses he
robbed us; and that house ought to be-
long to us masses when ME and Bryan
get elected. The plutocrats and trail
tors have got to be put down there
are too many Dug Carriers and XII
Gudgers in this country, who ore after
nothing but Mark Hauna's pie couD.
ter, and we masses must see that they
do not get any of what they are after.
The fact is, fellow citizens, that is the
main vital issue with me in this cam
paign. l do not care anything very
much about silver, you know | was q
goldbug two years ago, running Tor the
slate senate to get to vote for that arch
goldbug of North Carolina, Matt Ran.
som, for the United States Senate, and
of course if l had not been for thegold
standard | would not have been will
ing to have been made tool of by the
Runcombe County Court House Ring
fer Ransom's benefit. But there is
another phase of this Ransom ques-
ton; and more of that further on in
this free silver speech.
Now fellow citizens, what do you
think of the proposition for the free
coinage of all the silver in the uni
verse at the ratio of l6 to l? You
have doubtless heard of the battle OF
Waterloo. 1t was great battle ;
thousands fell upon that field of glory.
There is where Napoleon's destiny
failed him, and his star went down.
10 those who beheld it, the charge OF
the Old Guard was a magnificent sight.
1t was the last act in q wOrld-tragedy.
AS they came towards where yelling
ton was standing, with their banners
blazing with the glories of Marengo
and Australia, their warehouses
neighing with the breath of battle,
their hearts thrilling with the mem
ories OF mighty achievements, and the
voice of their great commander ringing
in their ears, they looked SO awful and
terrible that Wellington thought his
men were going to run, and he SAID To
them, "Boys, don't run away; remem-
Der Old England" And they did re.
member her, and the Irish Scotch lad
sang Bonnie Dundee, and remembered
the blue-eyed lasses of Ben Lothian.
Now some Of you may know that this
last thought is stolen from Victor
Hugo; but then he is dead, and he
don't know anything about it, and be
don't miss his property, and he don't
need it, and it is not doing him any
good any way and he dead, and il
makes no difference, and besides,
have added little word or two to it,
which makes it somewhat mine; and
then you know the democrats stole
their free silver platform from the po'
pulist party and you know also that
Bryan stole that sentence in his Chica.
90 convention nomination getting
Speech about the crown of thorn and
the cross Of gold, from radical up in
Massachusetts, and that radical is
alive, and knows all about it; and if
the Democrats can afford to steal from
the Populists; aud if bryan, with
whom / have already proven TO you l
am at parity, can afford to steal from
a live Massachusetts radical, l do not
see why / may not be permitted to
steal from dead French radical. But
to return to the battle of Waterloo
none of Wellington's men ran away ;
they stood like GibraltarWall they
drove them back; they slew thous-
ands Of them, and by remembering
Old Ireland, aud the blue.eyed lasses
of Ben Lothian, they won the field.
And what | mean by this is, l don't
want any Of you democratic masses to
run away when you see those traitors
Dug Carter and XII Gudger coming.
You Just stand your ground and re-
member nothing but that they are
traitors and deserters and pie'hunters,
and that Mark Hanna has bought
them up.
Now give me your careful attention
and | will proceed with this great ar
gument for the free coinage of all the
silve. in the universe at the ratio of Is
to l.. There is one prime fact that |
want you to get a hold of in this great
contest, and that is, that Dug Carter
and ii Gudger have sold their prn-
ciples for u mess of pottage; and
Richmond Pearson used to be for sill.
yer too, and he is mighty bad trait
or and anybody who says that any
body hollered for Jeff Davis at the
Opera House the night ME aud Ki
Gudger spoke there is liar and a
traitor. Pearson is all awful man.
By the way, fellow citizens, did Pear
son ever tell any of you about my
apologizing to him some time before
this campaign began for my attacks
on him III the campign of 1894? or
course nobody is foolish enough to
suppose that meant TO be bound by
any such an apology as that: pri-
vate apology for public offense you
know does not count for anything. !
told him that | never Intended to say
anything hard about him again, and
suppose he thought meant it all in
good faith, but l guess he knows by
this time what my apology meant. |
told Dug Garter away back in last
January that did not have any crit
icism TO make Of him or his course in
politics that did not class him with
traitors and deserters at all by any
means; that I was his true friend,
and that | did not want any mere
difference Of political opinion TO in-
terfere in the slightest degree with our
relations of personal friendship TO-
wards each other; and Dug was weak
enough to drink it all in, and to
imagine that my words of friendship