The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1900-05-23
GOV. ". S. TAYLOR
GIVEN AN OVATION

Gov. w. S. Taylor, in response to a
unanimous call, spoke as follows: Fellow
citizens, am deeply moved by this de-
monstration on your part. We have all
suffered and toiled together in the cause
Of human liberty, and to that sacred
cause for you, for our children and
for our God, I swear eternal allegiance.
Liberty can not and shall not die from
the fair land OF Kentucky as long as man
hood lives within its bounds. The bal
lot box, the corner stone Of every true
Republican institution shall not be de-
stroyed, and the liberties of the people
shall yet survive. Tyrants may triumph
for while, wrongs may be perpetrated
some time, but they can not always tri-
umph. Somewhere and in some way
godly manhood will assert itself and tri-
umph over wrong, and the banner OF the
free will be unfurled again in this fair
land of ours. The frauds that have taxi
en- your liberties from you and over
turned the liberties of our people are a
stencil in the nostrils Of decency, and as
long as time shall last it will be known
OF all men that a great wrong against
suffering people has been perpetrated.
1t is the black spots that will not rub
out, and wherever it is read, wherever
the truth is known, it will AWAY be said
that the will of the people of Kentucky
was trampled in the dust. l know it
shall not always be 80, and why? Be-
cause l tell you now the ballot must be
free or this republic will die. This Union,
this compact Of State can not exist many
years with a part OF them free and part
OF them slaves. The constitution Of
Kentucky in the bill OF rights. in the
very Ark Of the Covenant, guarantees
to every Kentuckian that all elections
shall be free and equal. That provision
of the constitution has been trampled
under foot. 1t has been disregarded,
but the men that trampled that part OF
the constitution under their feet will
live to curse the day that they commit
ted that crime. When the State of this
Union entered into the covenant that
made them a part OF this great nation
they had guaranty put into that cove
nsnt that every State should have Re-
publican form of government, and l
want to say now end here that the ma.
ton that will not keep its pledge and
give to every State Republican form of
government is not worthy OF life.
A voice: "Hit them again"
Gov. Taylor: In all the history OF the
world men have longed for liberty. They
have climed mountains snow capped to
find liberty, they have plowed the deep
est and billowy ocean to find a heaven
where liberty was. They have gone on
the dusty road and marched and tram.
ped, and in the field Of battle, and in the
roar OF cannon they have given their
lives for liberty. Their bones lie bleach.
ing all over the sunny South, all over this
land that died for liberty. We gave our
boys and our citizens to cross the ocean
and die for liberty in the far away Philip
pine Islands, but here in this. your own
State, is an island, our own dear old Ken
lucky home. that needs liberating and
needs freedom worse than they. Zap
plause) And l appeal to the manhood
of Kentucky to say whether or not we
had better set our own house right and
see our own people free rather than
waste time so far from home.
But, my fellow citizens, have already
talked much longer than had intended.
There are others here who have been
battling for liberty also, and want you
TO hear them. l will part with this
pledge to you. This is sacred; this war
fare must never stop. Your dear old
State lies PROSTATE, bleeding now, but
In Gods name her noble form shall be
lifted up under that flag. Keep up the
holy warfare and never tire. Go to the
ballot box, stand by 1t and watch it. See
that every man that Is entitled to vote
is allowed to vote. And more, see that