The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-10-23
pies Of Hamilton had trieI

pies Of Hamilton had trteI t, SCI
aside.
50 when they abandoned the JEFF
f%ersonian principals they met defeat.
and when they reaffirmed ana pied@-
ed themselves - stand by them, they
rose To victory for Bryan was never
honestly defeated. And if Democracy
in 1908 adopts and re-dffirms true
Jeffersonian Democracy, they Will
sweep this country like Il cyclone.
| want every agricuIturist. every
farm hand and every laborer whether
in the b unions OF out Of them,
whether Democratic, POpulist Socialist
or Republican to cut the utte"anceS
of Lincoln, Of andrew Jackson ana
Of Hamilton, that we give in tins
communication out. and paste them
on the back of the mantle board and
study them every day from now until
the next presidential election day,
and measure the Republican party by
them and which ever party lines up
closest to those principles that op-
pose placing capital above labor in
the structure Of the government vote
With that party.
| have no fear as to which party
it Will be. if w. J. Bryan is living IL
1908.
Before giving the lincoln utterances
| will call the attention of the young
men OF the South, who have perhaps
not read much about our past politi-
cal history. to the fact that the true
cause of the effort to impeach Pres.
Johnson. was because he was trying
to carry out Lincoln's principles and
policy, ana voted every e1fort Inc tai-
zeal Congress made during his admin
istration to place the sacred franchise
in the hands of the ignorant negroes
of the South.
Here are a few of the u~tterances
for which President johnson was i'm
peached by a Radical house OF rep
reSentatiVes, but not unanimous and
cleared by the honest Republicans in
a Radical Senate.
Had Lincoln lived through that pc
riod this same element posing as Re
publicans, would have i~mpeached
him. but could never have convinced
him on an American soil to his I'M
doing.
Under President Johnson's indict-
'ment, specification first, in his effort
to carry out Lincoln's policy for the
restoration of the Union he was i'm
peached for the following language,
$50 far as the executive department
of the Government is concerned, the
effort has been made to restore the
union. to heal the breach, to pore
oil into the wound which We're con
:eQuent upon the struggle, and to pre-
i'@I LND IN va ~ SiINA "i'C 1'fNH
clan would Il plaster healing in char
'acter and co-eXtensive with the
wound" Then he goes on and says
further of the government every en-
deaVor TO prevent the restoration OF
peace harmony and union. We have
seen hanging upon the virge Of the
government, as it We're, a body called
or which sur to be. the congress
OF the United States. While in fact. 1t
is a congress of only a part of the
Estates"
We have seen This pre-
tend TO be for the union. when its
every step and act tended to perpetu-
ate dis-union and make q disruption
of the states inevitable.
We nave seen Congress gradually
encroach. step by step. upon consti-
%tutional rights. and violate, day after
day and month after month tuEda-
mental PRINCIPALS OF the governments.
We have seen 4 Congress that seem
To forget that there was q limit -
the sphere and scope of legislation.
Ne nave seen q Congress in q minority
assume to exercise power which. il
allowed to be c~OnSummate, it would
result i'll d@SeOtiSm or monarchy It
self" (ThiS is the estimate OF the
successor of Lincoln. Of that Congress
that robbed the union soldier of flrtS
cents on the dollar of the money
With which they paid him to save the
union. and laid the foundation on
which the Republican party OF TO-DAY
stands that has robbed Sy~Stelnatlcall\
the American people for forty years.
Under specification third relative tc
the New Orleans Riot and n efTori
to establish negro rule, he stated
IN place Of the restoration OF peace
the effort to enStall the negro or
equality with the White man. he Mas
accused of being q trritOr to the con
stiatution Of the United States. and the
originator of another rebellion. haNlne
as he stated himself seen il soflgli
, in the radical Congress. Ihe1 ne
goes on and says, Il will tell YOU (
few wholesome things that has beer
done by this Radical Congress II
connection with New Orleans and the
extension of the elective franchise.
Then he appeals TO the Republican
and Lincoln element in the =
can party and says, NV ell. let me SAY
to YOU if YOU will stand by me IN thl'
action (meaning opposition to negro
s~ufferagel if YOU will stand bH ~
i'll trying to give the people q ian
chance-sOldiers and citizens y par
ticipate in these Offices" Cmeanlng m
~offices that the same class Of radlcai:
pie hunters were battling TO hold {
the detriment of honest RepuDllcal
sentiment tina had been built up o.
Lincoln). God being Wiling VII
: Kick them out" | vii: kick then
out just as fast Is | can. | ao not IN
| tend 10 be bullied by nay nemle o.
: Over4uled bv nly friends. But. SOC
willing. with your help, (appea!n=
to loyal men Of Lincoln's strlpe)
5 Will vetoe their measures When eve
-lany of them come to me-.
:! No man even sought or labore'