The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-03-16

hands OF my good name. | accept
the white feather because it is tht
! sign that am flying. The dove
that WAITED the olive branch t.
Noah's ark wore a white feather OF
it's breast and made it the mblen
of hope. Henry of Navarro trained
his soldiers to follow him where his
white plume waved in the thickesi
of the fight and made it the symbol
Of courage; and / doubt not that
David wore the white feather in his
cap when he slew the red pluned
giant of the plains. Carmack says
that no one wears the white feather
but the fools and hill-billies who
are for Tavlor, and that reminds
me of the little story of the deaf
man going hunting and on getting
squirrel freed was standing up in
the tree. An old gentleman came
along and wanted to know Which
of these roads will take me to town. :"
The deaf man answered right up
this tree, and the old gentlemen
said "You are a fool. The deaf
man says Yes, the woods are full
OF them, and Carmack will think
the woods are full of them on May u
My countrymeu, if there be one
among you who has ever allowed
the thought to fit across your brain
that | make any pretensions to that
greatness of intellect aud sublimity
of soul which seems to rank the
Senator above his fellow mortals,
let it be blotted from your memory
But if my loyalty to the Democratic
party and my courage to battle for
its principles in joint discussions
with Republicans is doubted let the
record tell the story. | appeal toI
the record of '78 when the people of
the mountains crowned me with
victory over the able and brilliant
Pettlbone in an overwhelming Re.
publican district, and entered
Congress while yet IN emy youth,
and in the two succeeding contests
with him in more than hundred |
joint discussions, when went down |
in defeat with the banner of Dem |
ocracy unsullied in my hand, if ever
| wavered or ran before his glitter.
ing blade. There is but one man
who remembered it, 'and he has
greaves of brass upon his legs and
a target of brass between his shout
ders."
l appeal to the record of "a when
the party commissioned me to meet
the knightly Hawkins in me arena
Of Joint discussion as an elector for
the State at large-and l led the
ticket with the largest vote ever re-
;eived by any man in Tennessee up
% that good hour--if ever once l
stunned the conflict or quaked un-
Ter his fearful blows. There is but
,ne to remember it and he wears a
helmet of brass and his spears
read weighs 600 shekels of iron. /
appeal to the record of SO when the
Democratic party pitted me against
ny own brother, Alf blood of the
anne blood and flesh of the same
lesh--in the War of Roses, when
We fought it out in joint discussions
N the questions of the day and /
'roke his good sword and sent him
ome to mother. Aud in '88 when
shivered lances again with the
'allant Hawkins in a contest for
Governor did l win another victory?
md did ] not go out in 1890 to can
ass the State for John p. Buchan- :
n, whom we elevated from the
low handles to the Gubernatorial =
hair? And especially do / appeal !
} the record of 90 when the allied =
dversaries of Democracy combined :
} overthrow and drive it from
over. | was out OF the State tour !.
lg the West in my chosen field of :.
ldeavor, struggling to pay my 8,
ebts and to rebuild the broken for !,
ines which so many years of poll :,
cs had brought on me. Delegation ::
tier delegation intercepted me,
rst bringing petitions which l de- :,
ined, but when they brought me n
lie party's stern command to lay :
'wn the hope of fortune and return =
face the gathering storm you :,
low and all the people know how ~
ithfully | obeyed that command, -
i'd after that most terrible battle -.
e party ever had we won another ~