The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-09-04
For the Democrat-star.
MuD-SllhGING ORATORY.

MUD-SLIhoINo oRAToRY.
The Republicans, with a few NAL
contents, have opened up the CAM
paign with vindictive falschoods.
Bourkc Cochran appears to think that
he has answered Mr.. Bryan's speech
OF acceptance by d%enouncing him, and
saying that his statements were false.
1t is unfortunate that in a discussion
like this men should resort to malice.
The theme Is great enough to engage
the highest faculties VI the human
mind. Arguments cannot be answer
ed with insults; assertions are not
logic; anger Is a disturber-it taints
the brain and darkcns the mind. In
every case kindness is strength. Can
dor Is the courage Of honesty, the well
fare Of the people; and the nation is
SO involved 10 this controversy that
we should be- calm and sl0w-pulsed.
Our statements should not give Of.
fence. Mr.. Cochran has been employ
ed TO defend McKinleyism at great
cost, and he will sacrifice his honor
for Republican gold and prove him
self to be a lampooner OF large calibre
He will pour ont his vials Of wrath all
over the State Of New York; his burn
ing eloquence will be hypodcrmatically
injected into the brain OF all bankers,
trusts and illegal combines. 1t will
be accepted BY the plain people as
rubbish. II l waited to find a prod
cgy in politics I would hunt up Mr..
Cochran's life to find Is. II he will
step down from his lofty perch for a
few minutes Iswould like TO say Il few
soft words to him. You have dressed
up your late speech in the faded flncry
of Republican buster. You have
made your speech a travesty on jus.
ticc, and libelous in every particular.
You have Drought false charges
against the Chicago convention and
Its candidate. vulture-llkc, you have
scared aloft and dug your beak into
the intestines Of a party that once
honored you. Viper-like, you have
stung the bosom Of true Democracy,
and turned against friends in a time
Of their greatest need. You have up
held the Supreme Courts income tax
decision, when you know its robes
have been soiled with inconsistency.
In your effort, TO fasten Mckinley on
the country You are unfolding trusts
and combines that have grown rich
by extOrtiOn. lYOu have charged the
Democrats with being regulators.
when you know that the Democratic
party is q sound money party, and
never was more SC than 1t is to-day.
You should not think that everybody
is in the regulating business because
Tammany repudiated you and your
wild vagaries. Don't you think II
was foolish and absurd in you to at
tack the money plank in u plat.
form, when you know you are not and
never were considered u financial sue
cess? Don't you know what you said
about the old Shareholders OF the
South was dry rot and rubbish gath
cred from the filth OF Republican
hatred? The sweet words Of undying
love that you, spoke to labor must
have been tfanquillizing; it must
have lifted the oppressive burdens;
it was an oasis in the desert of de-
spair. You have gifts Of speech when
turned loose under favorable condi.
tions that would paralyzc misfortune,
act as a soothing balm to tie liberated
hand OF toll. You have waded through
Republican slums and slung mud at
the Populists. II a diagnosis OF your
case were made it would be found
that you were suffering from a malig-
nant case OF disappointment. When
you get disguised with you. way.
ward course and feel like kicking
yourself, come down South. The eli.
mate will act as an accelerat0r in
bringing you over to The Populists or
the fifty-cent dollar Democrats, or II
you prefer you can affiliate with the
sons Of Ham. ! am about to bid you
adieu, and In all candor, l must say
that l have not thrown my lance
against your shield in malice, far
from it. Although the reading OF
your speech filed nc with gloom, yet
/ soon recovered, and for hours | was
engulfcd with tender emotions. The
whole speech fingers in my memory
like the fragrance of a petfumed
flower. '~ OMEGA.
Orange Grove. Miss, Aug. 20, 1896.