Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-04-22
"MUDSILL- HAMMOND.
x-aoverncr OF South Caroiinn
Who Said Cotton Il King
Arp sa the Dsngfey Btll-Th~ PhsIess-
ph~r sees Prophecy On the
speech OF the csrsstsiaa
Ia 1855

In my last letter said that did not
know who first Said cotton IS king"
This admission Of my ignorance seems
10 have surprised and awakened sonse
of my Carolina friends and now I know
from MANY sources thar ex-tsoy. Ham
U4ond said il in a spec Ell IN the United
States senate in ISIS. during he debate
en- the admis=ion Of Kansas. IL was a
great speech. for he was a great man
IL was a states rights speech such as
Calhoun might have made. and in il ae
ids ~No. sir. yVu dare not make war
on eottOa-eetton is king. Until late
" the Bank of England was king. but
last fall she tried to put tire screws
upon our cotton crop and was utterly
vanquished-cotton is king That
speech gave much 0ffense at the north
and wcn tor him the title Of -NudsllI
Hammond for in Il be said: In all
social systems there must Be class to
do the drudgery Of life class rvqair-
ing but a low order OF intellect and but
little skill This class must have vigor.
docility and fidelity. such ! class You
must have or you would nod have that
other and higher class which leads
progress. refinement and civilization
This inferior class constitutes the very
niudsilis OF society anal OF government
and you might as well attempt To baild
a house ia the air as % build excxps
upon the nausI-ilis. Fortunately s-fr the
south she has a rase adapted 70 that
purpose. We shall cali them slaves
word discarded by ears polite bat you
have a similar class at the north fex.
YOU have tit Is there. Il is every
" here. il is eternal
remember how the northern press
searified him for his mufsili speech. but
he spoke the truth and il i still the
truth. and more so. for the mudSiiiz are
more numerous row in proportion 70
the population Almost every body IN
this region is a mudsiIl and 4 that Ding
ley tariff bill becomes a law the masss.
will all be mudsilis for the privileged
and protected classes The common
people Of 4 nation can never prosper I'M
der protective tariff until a man cnn
lift himself up by the straps on his
boots Only the protected will prosper
and they are but a small class compared
with the unprotected Even Mr.. Atkin-
son. the Boston statesman. SAYS the
Dingley bill will prove a burden on the
people and bring in but little revenue
But I did not intsad to branch of on
this tariff question. though it is an
alarming and serious one To the south
eru people. for we manufacture moth
ing to speak of. Everything in this
room where I am writing came from
the north have been working in my
garden all day with northern tools and
even tine wheelbdrrow has The stamp OF
-GFaH,l Rapids" upon il. Didn't use
q be 4 mudsilI. but I am row and my
hands are 50 crsmped by digging and
fortsing the ground that can hardly
Lold the pea in my fingers
But : at0r Hammond did rot use
that word in any inviIious sense. He
did not mean TO sling mud at anybody.
lie bad built a mill on his farm aud
kew that il WIS necessary for the
Hsudsill 10 be sunk deep down below
the water and quickSand or Else the
foods would wash the mill away. Pro-
lection props will rot protect the mill
unless tue foundation IS laid eeep and
streng. and IL i the toll and sweat of
labor that Brakes our food ard cloth
ing Labor Is the nudsiIl-the fnunda-
ton of society and government Ex-
tiuguish labor for year or half year
or even n month and the GOuids and
Astors and VanderbiIts would perish
We are told that there * never n weeks
supply of food in New York and those
miIIionaires couldn't ride and wouldn't
walk TO the west after it, I ans mighty
sorry for these rich and heIpl-xs pso-
pie Just let the trains stop summing
and the cooks quit cooking and all rhe
butchers ard bakers shops be closed
for Lack of supplies and all the horses
get cut Of fool. n hat wuuIi become of
the millionaiFes in New YORK city :
They would be as helpless as Eainted
! ship upon n painted ocean Thy wouId
be like Mr. Kouss. who says he VIII give
any man 81 900 coo who Will restore his
SIGHT The nusisiIIs mEst not be dis
houored. for they are the only class
who are fulfilling destiny. for the Lord
said to the MANI BY the sweat OF thy
face shalt thou eat bread Yes. am
mudsiil right now. aud IL IL is curse
it brings a blessing with it, work
hard at manual labor and get all over
in sweat of perspiratiou- rs Cobe says.
and | feel proud Of my days work. and
Mrs. Arp gets OF her matrunIy dignits
end walks out to see what have done
and eoude=cendz few remarks of sp-
| probation That satisfies me till next
morning. when I work some more be-
fCre brealSfast-work makes me forget
10 brood over little troubles and il
gives me good appetite and NV food
digests and sleep better and snore less
and don't cry out with the nightmare.
II Is a blessed privilege TO be a mudsiII.
a horny-handed son of toll. for il Sc
cures good health and brings a man
nearer to his Creator. for he was made
cut of Dirt and unto dirt he must re-
turn Adam worked in garden and 50
do l. Eve stepped around and smiled
on Adam while he toiled and 50 does
Mrs. Arp smile on me- So let the tariff
roll on 1t Won't affect what raise In
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