Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-08-11
Speech Of Cspt, A, F. Fox to the
Nominating Convention.

- mocracy Of the Fourth Congressional Dis
, tTiet, sems expression Of the sesp srat.tud
% l issl for The distinguished honor While
ysu have for the third tine conferred upo.
ne.
NJ Enforcement Al tie recent plmars
vas al the more gTAtifYirs bsczus, itw
% emphatic and given with such sre1
unIminity. tt, result was doublv graft
iying because WAS unable 70 make can
yass and because I simply trusted Tax
= people to DO what Was right without tt.
aid q any machine politics aud without
any organized ssort to Manufacture publ,
seaiinen: in NY favor, Tits especially
pleasing to know that the people whom
have the hoaor 20 represent 10 the highest
eoun-ils Of the Sation approve the record
which I have made there. am we.
sv4rs that Il is not brilliALt enc. but ]
hope that It I, Al least made honorable by
unfAltering loyalty to the interest o. nv
constituents, 10 II. honor o. NJ country.
and TO the principles OF nv party. II I
have 10; iiluniusd the pages OF history by
great SehieVusIt, have at least not stain
ed them BY any act Of dishsaor or selfish.
nea.
Will, nv heart is flll ofSratifuta 70 the
Thousands who have stood By me at The
time when, 90 geeeunt CT great affection. I
have been unable 10 help myself. have 90
AnimetitT sgsinst these gentlemen who. liz
an honora6, way, supported nv opponent
Ny ambition cow is 10 faithfully represent
the Interests Of nv constituents with fair.
meas to al and ill-Eill to none.
We are again on II. eve Of 5 grsai M
tionM conflict, the Issues Of which are Of
grav.r moment than any thAt have divided
! the American people since the birtl Of the
Republic. The Democratic party has taken
its position for ihi. great battle under the
leadership Of that second Thomas Jsae--
.ou, william J, Brya1, aad proclaimed 70
the word set OF principles more dtsuzct.
ly American and Democratic than were
ever embodied in Any political platform O.
any party, That platform writes anew tie
declaration Of independence snd declare,
the paramount question to be, Shall the
republic liys'"
1t declare. for government by eou,eu; OF
the governed. Il declare, for the equality
sfIII men before the law and the EQUALITY
Of opportunity to ali msnIn the great FIELD,
81 labor snd Industry. I, prezchs. the old
gospel, that as .ong as every man must
earn bis bread by the sweat Of hf, brow.
be and bis family ,ban ea, t5a. bread and
enjoy the irui. Of hi. toll.
ltrseesuizss that sutee.dsut 10 zr law.
stand uualt.rsbl. and inperishs5ls the
crest principle, Of right, the sane when
Magma Charter was vrestsd from Kin.
JohB, vheu Jefferson wrote the Dee'ara.
ion Of independence. and whea the Demo
cratic Representatives Of the Democrat
People startled the sE.mies Of free govern.
nent BY proc|siming th. platform s55cts5
At kama. City,
1t declares that tn. strength OF our gav.
.rnment /, not IN battlethips or thir,ser
inch guns, but in the devotion ofour pso. 4
pie TO liberty aad law and order.
II rseognize, that this gleat country ba, /
gained the 6rst place among the nations Of I
the earth, not through the tread OF mighty I.
armies, or tn. thunder OF great navies, or
couquests ofterritory, but it bas attained .
iu proud position through liberty. through 4.
.i government, and through 4 ChAis,isn .
civilization which has given TO the world .
NOR. enlightenment, more Of progress In I
science and art, and more OF general ad /
'incemeut aus uplifting Of mankind than I
all the empire, and despoum. Of the
earth.
1t points With pride to that g.orlou.
natural expansion, the acquisition OF ter. .
ritory under Democratic rule. stretching
from the Fstner Of Waters to the Pacific
and from the Gulf to the great Lakes; that
great territory with it, untold richie, to be
settled b!a homogeneous people in love
with American institutions and lit for
American citizenship and statehood.
Itealls halt to acquisition OF TERRITORY
By conquest and declare. that forcible /.
annexation ofteritory i. criminal acsres.
.ion +"
1t declares sg,inst,th. acquisition Of re.
mote tropical territory where white men
eonnot live, svarming with yellow hordes
wholly uuhtt.d for ire. government. who
must be kept in subsection by great armies
to be supported by the NEST burdensome
taxatioa on American labor. It declares
that the Constitution follows the flag and
wherever the stars and stripes way. II
shall be the emblem OF great republic,
guaranteeing protection,of life, liberty and |
propert! to all who come under its folds.
and not the emblem 90 imperial govern.
ment by hauser rifles and Krupp guns.
1t declares for the expansion Of our com. /
mercs 10 all the market. Of the world. but .
recognizes the fact that the United States
have won commercial supremacy. not bv .
colonization and conquest, but by reason .
OF the fact that under the protection and /.
stimulus OF our free institutions our work. |
men and artisans have developed skill |
and industry that make the best aud cheap |
CIV ENShs'
II recognizes that while the products of
our fields and forests and mines fill all the
markets of the world, In England, in Ger.
many, in France, IN China, in Japan. in
lnoia, it is not because trade follows the
flag, but because trade follows the enter |
prise and skill of the hustler who gets
there first with the best bargains.
1t recognizes that there is more expan.
ion of trade to be gained by digging the
Nicaragua Canal, thereby bringing the
markets OF the Orient thousands of miles
nearer home, than by conquest of all ihe
islands Of the Pacific Ocean.
The Republican party has also lined up
for this great battle under the leadership
OF Mark Hanna, the master, and has dis |
tnctly declared for imperialism, govern
ment for the army by the army. for corpor-
atoms and by corperations. for capital and