The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1904-10-13
plish the object with certainty aud ease,

pllsh the object with certainty aud ease,
resumption will come" There is not q
finer play upon words In the English Lam
guage. Not long after democrat tried
to collect note from aRspubllcan friend
but the friend was not able just then to
furnish the funds and IN answer to
the question a. to when be could pay Ii
replied: "After wise preparations shall
have ripened Into perfect ability to 40.
compliSh the object with certainty and
ease, payment will come" Mr.. Muir
dock did not say all Of these things but
his speech was on these lines-the firing
line-so 10 speak. In a conversation
with Col. Jacques, JEFF Davis said, "ws
fight for independence not slavery" and
also said that he tried to prevent this
trouble but the north would not listen.
John ]. Crittendon iaid his compromise
measure failed from the fact that six
southern senators refused to vote. Mr..
Murdock spoke Of whltnsy's cotton gin.
The south stolu bis patent and refused to
rsmunerate him although be struggled
for years to got Justice. The invention
of The cotton gin was primarily the cause
Of the war. trevolutiouized the cotton
industry and the southern people were
swelled with pride and hautiness. An
old Missourian said as to his grasplng
propenslties NJ was clear more land, to
buy more nlggers, to raise more cotton,
to clear more land, to buy more niggsI
to raise more cotton, etc, Gen. Logan
in the Great Conspiracy speaks "With
the then recent invention by Ell Whitney
Of Massachusetts, Of that wonderful i'm
provement In the separation Of cotton
fibre from Its seed known as the cotton
GIN, which with the almost simulta.
neous invention Of Hargreaves and Ark
wrlght's cotton spinning machines and
Watts application Of his steam engine,
etc., to them marvelously increased both
the cotton supply and demand and COM
pletely revolutionized tho cotton indus.
trY-contributed to rapidly and thiCkly
populate the whole region with white
slave holders and black slaves and to
greatly enrich and increase the power OF
the former" Wiffall Of Texas said In a
speech In the U, s. senate February 7th,
1861 "You may bankrupt every man
south of North Carolina so that hls credit
is reduced to such point that he could
not discount note Of thirty dollars at
thirty days, but the next autumn chose
cotton states will have just as much
money and just as much credit as they
had before, They pick money off the
cotton plant. Every time a negro
touches cotton pod with his hand, he
pals piece Of silver out Of 1t and he
drops 1t into the basket In which 1t is
carried to the gin house. A bale Of cot
ton rolls out five ton dollar pieces. We
can produce five million bales OF cotton,
every bale worth fifty dollars" Speak
Ing to New England he said: "When
this tariff ceases to operate in your favor,
and you have to pay for coming into our
markets, what will you export? He also
said we have revoked our ratification Il
the treaty commonly known as the Con.
stitution Of the United States; a treaty
for common defense and welfare and
there ara pages and pages Of this in
sufferable bllllngsgate and staggering
insolencs. "Roosevelt the issue-he be-
lieved in the law. No man Or set of men
are above the law. While governor he
wrote to the legislature to pass a law
taxing franchises. The letter was abb
stracted, he wrote another and the law
was passed-forced through you might
say by Coy. Roosevelt" Mr.. Murdock
might have added that the Missouri leg.
islature refused to pass a law taxing
After Mr.. Mardock closed
MIR. Thomas, our commandant, was In
troduced who made quite fine speech.
1t was 90 well received that Mr.. Grobety
tells Mr. Pettljohn, the chairman Of tho (.
committee to make some
dates for Com. Thomas, Mr.. Psttijohn
spoke and also Comrade Cook, II was
an enthusiastic meeting, all speeches be.
Ing punctuated with liberal applause.