Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-08-27

Henry GasSaWay DAVIS, democratic
nominee for vice president Of the United
States. ON August II was notified Of the
honor conferred upon him by The party
at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va, by the
committee appointed by the st. Louis
convention. Hon. John Sharp VIII
1iams, democratic house leader, deliy-
cred the notification speech. which was
an Outbursi of historical and politica.
sarcasm unique in campaign oratory.
Opposition critics pronounce it one OF
the strongest arguments ever made.
Among the salient features Of Mr., Will
lams talk the following appear to be
the most interesting:
AS soon as learned that was to be
the mouthpiece Of the committee for the
performance of this pleasant task be-
gan 10 lC0k about me In order TO see
how the duty had been performed by
others. | found that for a notification
speech a historical essay is altogether
the proper thing absolutely necessary
for the emergency. We shall therefore
entitlc our notification address: a
Brief Historical Disqulsltion Upon
Some of the Bluudcrs Of our Ancestors
a. vio,.o5 t-o,,, ,i,o c,androirt of IN,
Wisdom Of Republican Statesmen Who
Have Embraced The Strenuous Life
'Thc first of these consisted in dis
.ccorn, 81 Tho roco ar1 colnr .rd nrovi-
ous condition. supposed incapacltios. of
which lis color was but the outward
sign. Be that claim pretonse or sin
ceritv we found to our astonishment,
that the door of opportunity and hope
in the way of office-holding and voting
had been closed to. 10. the poor Indian.
This first violation in America of the
divine right of manhood suffrage and
of the cherished fundamental dogma
that all men of all races are equally
capacitated to govern themselves, and
especially TO govern others, has doubt
less been the Iliad of all our woes
Plainly, II was what the Boston Tran
script so eloqucntly calls 'colorphobia.
'Tbe next great blunder in our early
history consisted in taking ND arms
against King George and his forces,
when the latter were actuated. as they
themselves confessed onlv BY The kind
est designs of beneyolently assimiat-
ing 10 themselves our sources and our
opportunities
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world had that far witnessed.
"Comine on down the current of time
we found another period of popular
MYSTERIES that Is incomprehensible TO
MS of a wiser generation in view of some
enlipbteninp facts in our recent history.
Somo men In the troublesome little
ans seized and threw into the sea GER
tain cases Of tea belonging 10 certain
merchants of the East India company. |
Tho consequence was that tho entire |
population of Boston. men. women and
children. observers of the law as well
as law breakers. were punished and the
Boston mort bill was passed. thus in q |
fashion royalv excommunicating the |
little town, commercially and indus
trially. Our ancestors could not be
ouieted. but got worse and worse, until |
their misguided counsels led 10 the fool |
ish result of insurrection' and free
and independent American govern
ment.
The Loss of Free Trade.
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IN amcable relations with all the other
nations of tho world and entancline
alliances with none of them
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Who nav ovnoct npr ,nIeranoo and
W. onu p'o'po. ~ 'hoso WIZ SWIM