The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-08-01

tHouSHt tidt NY liiIcIllilll WIS HIS
taken, but when | went homo hunted
up the authorities, made mcmoran-
dunn Of the exact dates and went to
Spirit Lake loaded for bear.
CInyton-Bulwer Treaty.
l had the. opening and close. DOlli-
YER had the middle speech. In my
opening speech | went after Hay and
his treaty with Paunccfote without
gloves. TO my surprise and delight,
Dolliver walked promptly into the trap,
declaring that the Hay PauncefOte
treaty was an amendment to and i'm
provemcnt OH Democratic trcaty-the
ClaytOn-Bulwer treaty, negotiated by
James X. Polk's administration. In
my closing speech jammed the truth
into him in great chunks. and the truth
Is that the Clayton-Bulwer treaty was
negotiated on the part of Great Brit
ain by Henry LyttOn Bulwer and OH
the part of the United States by John
NJ. Clayton Of Delaware. who was not
n Democrat at ALL but who was secre-
tary Of state under General Zachary
Taylor. the last Whig ever elected pres
ident. SO Brother DOllivcr found him.
self in hole. and ut the White Cloud
Nan.) ChautauQua he stated that it
was Wing and not Democratic
treaty!
That Democrats may have all the
facts to thump into Republicans here
by give all the dates touching the
ClaytOnBulwer treaty. These facts
may be found OH page 234 in govern
ment publication entitled "COmpilatiOn
Of Treaties Now In Force 11IS-1S90;"
also in Treaties and Conventions.
1885," page 44O:
"ClaytOn Bulwer treaty concluded
April 10, 1850; ratification advised by
the senate May 22. 1850: ratified by
president May %, 1850; ratifications ex-
changed July 4, 1850; proclaimed July
3. 1850" 1t may be added that that
was almost the last official act of Pres
ident Taylor as he died July o. 1850,
from eating cherries and ice cold but
termilk. l take pleasure in adding that
the man who fought the ratification
most bitterly was that immortal Demo
crat Stephen \. Douglas.
| wish to state emphatically that |
do not accuse Brother Dollivcr of de-
liberatcly or Intentionally m;Srcprc-
senting the Democratic party in this
matter. Doiliver is Il gentleman. While
generally intelligent. he was ignorant
in this particular matter. He knows
better now. | instructed him. He will
never charge the ytCn-Bulwcr treaty
up to Democrats again. He gracefully
came down at White Cloud and charg-
cd it to the Wings. but | set out the
facts above i'm cytensO because have
every reason to believe that Republic
an spellbindcrS generally make the
same mistake made by Brother DOlli-
yer until | operated on his understands
ing and added to his stock of Informal
tion ut Spirit Lake. III.
Having Fun With Lands.
At Sprlngdale. Ark. also let some
light in upon the intellect of Hon
Charles B. Lands of Indiana. when we
debated before the Chautauqua assem-
bly, there. In referring to the sale Of
bonds under the Spanish war revenue
bill. he declared that the bonds were
| purchased. not by the rich, but by the
body Of the peoplc-thc farmers. mer-
chants, mechanics. clerks and laborers
when everybody knew that the state
mcnt was all tommyrOt. Springdale is
a fine little city in fine farming sec
! tion We had splendid audience Of
! about 3,pI0 people. / concluded to Try
! sam Jones plan on Lands. 80 in my
reply repeated his statement as 10
the pcUUl,-tGc plain pcoplt-buyinw
the bonds and asked al in that audi
cncc who were the happy poSSessorS
OF United States bonds. or Wno bid on
! the Spanish war honGH 20 stand IN
| AMI I've counted. Not Z soul arose al
though | repeated the invitation VI
| gently. Instead such Il mighty roar Of
laughter burst upon the summer air
as To make the leaves culver on the
mighty oaks under which We were
| speaking. Safe to say Br'cr Landis will
never repeat that pcrformancc-w where
there is anybody to expose his trick.
Put other Republicans will DO so when
! speaking alone.
At Winfield. Kan, when Landis and
debated Before the Chautauqua as
| scmbly | had some more fun with
him and again added To his stock of
information. He StcVrcd clear Of max
ing his prepOStcrous assertion about
the body Of the people buying bonds.
but he went into the hole after the
fashion Of Mr.. McGinty on another
OCCASION In desCuding tie Atlantic
! n In = tl,-
said: why should you fear the banks ?
The people own the bankS.' Once
more tried Sam Jones plan. We had
Il magnificent audience: the very
cream of tn" people of the Arkansas
valley. In reply l rcstated the PROPOSE
tion Of Brother Iandis and invited all
who IN that splendid audience of 1000
j ALLliAl .ia.aLl l.