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CORRESPONDENCE.
COLONEL BROCK’S LADY.
Mn. EniToit.—1 see that Col. Brock has
been so condescending ns to answer my
letter, which appeared in your paper
June 25th. I am sorry that tho dear Col¬
onel has taken me fur a lady and has
kindly refrained from answering my ar¬
gument. But Col. Brock will find I have
a good many masculine qualities for a
lady.
The Colonel says that nny one living
previous to 1800 knows that what he said
about republican reform lowering prices,
was H ue. Well, my dear Colonel, I was
not living then, and am sorry to say was
not brought into this life until a much la¬
ter period. But I would like to know
why, if a high tariff reduces prices and
makes better times for us all. why 1 say,
did not the republican party double the
present rate of tariff? Why didn’t the
McKinley bill increase the tariff rate fifty
per cent instead of thirteen? We can’t
have too much of a good tiling. Then
why don’t you give us a higher tariff if it
is such a good thing.
My dear Colonel you arc mistaken
when you say that l readily admit the
fact of republican reform
udueing prices. I do not, and
never shall admit it. 1 do not know
that it is true, but ldo know that it is not
‘ true. For if it were true, bow in God’s
name does it make sugar half as cheap
jjv.ow as it was before it was placed on the
free list? The Colonel states that he nev
or has nor ever will advocate a thing that
is not to the best interest of the people.
Now, Colonel, I know you will pardon a
l.idy, if she says that is false. Why, Col
one), don’t you believe the American peo
pie have a little gumption? Don’t you
suppose that they, after a thiit.y year’s
experience of a thing, know whether it is
for their good or not? Look at the clec
lion last fall, if it will not be too great
a tax on your niemoiy, and see whether
the people think that what you advocate
is for their good. Let the people speak,
dear Colonel, and pay heed to the voice
of the people you claim to love so dearly.
You, Colonel, accuse me of being an En¬
glish free trader. Now,Color el,is not that
rather a harsh accusation to make against
a “nice good lady, especially a Dutch la¬
dy?
Now, Coiouel, answer truthfully. Have
the republicans any right to accuse the
democrats of trying to deceive the peo¬
ple, when republicans try te deceive them
by calling them free traders and friends
of England, when they know it is a dam¬
nable falsehood? But, dear Colonel, sup
pose it to be true, is it any worse than al¬
lowing, age, even aiding aud encouraging
English capitalists to buy up our great
American industries, as the republican
party has? Don’t you know, Colonel,
that every dollar of the immense income
from such industries owned by English
capitalists, goes out of our country to
England.
Col. Brock seems to think this high tar¬
iff has done so much for the laboring
classes. Oh, Colonel, you surely liavn’t
been around much. What makes the
mortgages on real estate in the great
'■ state of Ohio amount to over $400,000,000
and the state of Illinois to over $402,000,
two of the wealthiest states in the
union. I know whereof I speak for I
have seen with my own eyes the slate of
affairs in more than one state. Are the
laboring classes in a better condition now
than they were prior to 1800? If so, then
the laboring people t ie getting to be a
set of rank fools and chronic kickers, for
we hear the wail and cry of oppression
from every quarter of our country.
The Colonhl states that the republicans
are in favor of taking the tai iff off of
such articles as are not produced in the
United States. Then why not take the
tariff off of tin? There is no tin produc¬
ed in this country. “The republican par¬
ty,” says the Colonel, “removed $10,100,
000 of tariff off of tobacco,” and calls to¬
bacco one of the prime necessaries of life.
Well now, Colonel, are you not trying to
deceive the people, or are you so densely
ignorant that you do not know that to
baccois not even a necessity, let alone a
prime necessity of life? And don’t you
know that the revenue on tobacco is an
internal revenue ami has nothing what
ever to do with a high protective taiifT?
Then, after all this, lie asks, “will the
people be deceived much longer?” No,
they will be deceived no longer by repub¬
lican schemers.
Tho Colonel says that he cannot reply
to all the points made by me, whom he
designates as a person, buf presumes that
I am a nice, good lady. Well, I was sor¬
ry he didn’t even answer any of it. But
I say to Col. Brock and to all the
readers of the Banner-Me8SKN«eu that
I am a staunch democrat and am proud
of it. I am proud of the democratic par¬
ty and the things sho has done. I am
proud of her founder and the many great
and noble nu n she has put forth. She
has withstood nearly one hundred years
one hundred years of the vicissitudes of
political life. While she wears the crown
of many victories, she also bears the
scars of many defeats, yet she bears iier
solf proudly as a knight of old “ Victorians
in defeat.” While Colonel Brock is
proud of his career as an earnest worker
foi what he thinks is right, yet he must
know there are others, though they be
democrats, are just as earnest, and just
as zealous of what they believe to bo
light as lie. I here are others, and demo
mats at that, whose prospects for a good
and useful life are as good as Colonel
Brock’s pvospoets were at the same age.
I withheld my name for private re a
sons,and l kuow the Colonel is gentleman
enough to respect them. I did not sign
myself “Ex-Farmer” because I am asham¬
ed of iny name at all, for L am proud of
my name and ray lineage, for I can trace
it to the great nobility of Scotland, fre
land and England. Some of my ances¬
tors have figured gloriously in the affairs
of America.
I will assure Col. Brock that if our ar¬
gument continues he shall know my
name in the near future, for I will sign it
in full. I do not desire to carry on tiiis
argument for the sake of arguing, but to
place before the people the twog e it par¬
ties in their respective lights. And now,
as l do not cave what people call me, just
so they call me in time for breakfast, and
as the Colonel is desirous of thinking me
a lady, I shall drop the name of “Ex
Farmer” and sign myself for the pres
enc
A Lady.
FELTON.
A Miss Wade died last Saturday night
week and was buried Sunday. The b
reaved family and relatives have our sym¬
pathies.
Married l ist Sunday week, Mi. Thom s
Price to Miss Sleety Griffin, Rev. William
Johnson officiating. Also at the bride’s
father, Mr. N. E. Brown, on last Sunday
morning, Mr. Blakely Winkles to Miss
Ferdie Brown. May their pathway be
strewn with flowers.
Mr. W. Hilton's son is visiting him
who has been away. He sei ms to like the
climate and has come to stay.
Messrs. J. F, and J. M. Hilton spent
last week on the Lookout, Sand and
Brindley moutains. They report good
crops out there.
I heard a gentleman say he went to
church last Saturday and there were ten
male members present and during preach¬
ing he counted seven of them asleep at
one time.
Uncle Asa.
MAIUUKP.
At the residence of Mr. Benj. Bullard,
of Tallapoosa, 19th inst., Mr. Henry
Hoots and Miss Rebecca Malone, ’Bxuire
A. L. Newman, officiating.
Also at the home of the bride on last
Sunday Mr. Blakely Winkles and Miss
Ferdie Brown. May happiness aud pros¬
perity crown their way.
A Good Farm For Sale.
Having decided to go west, I now offer
my farm for sale, consisting of
100 acres, 40 cleared, including twelve or
fifteen acres of good branch bottom; good
apple and peach oi chard, and good we 1
water. In stock law and no farm in tl e
county is better fixed for pastures, and
convenient to churches, mills and mar¬
kets, being mid-way Bremen and Tem¬
ple on the Georgia Pacific K. K.
B- M Bryant, Bremen, Ga.
Uncle Muses anil l>« Liaucn.
Mu. Enrron.—l’s bin studyln bout, dis
yere Banco bisness a long time, and I
hear som white folks say it taint nothin
nohow; lint but 1 tell you whats ilo fac, it
is sompthin’ now. Data do God’s trtiph,
case I wu8 cr guino er long totlier evenin
an I heard sombody talkii.’ui a house what
de Bailee meet in, an I stop an listen and
it was sombody prayin’ an I here one say
“God bless de Bailee,” an I know do li
ance folks was in earnest right straght.
I tell you whats de fac, do white folks in
clis country is curia lout do Banco, case I
was at church totlier Sunday tin heard as
good a sermont as you mos ever hear, an
bless de goodness jus as soon as dc
preacher say you are dismised, I thought
we was guino to sctiss de sermont, but
what you recoil, dey begin to talk boutde
Banco, despeekin’ on de 4th ob July, etc.,
an I tell you whats de truph de white
folks in dis here country done mity near
los all de ligion dey ever had, if dey had
any, an got liance in its place.
I hear um talk bout dc liance so much
till I done got to bloave it is solution’, but
j hear some of'our white folks say it
taint. One ob our publican leaders say
jj taint much, case dey say dey wont vote
for a publican, nor a democrat, nor no
body else dat wants tariff an wants ter
keep on doin’ jus like deps bin a doin.
l>e liance folks wants more money an I
does too, case we nerds it. l)ese yere
publicans an democrats case dey got
plenty oh money dont care fur us poore
folks, hut we care, an de fac is de Bailee
guitie ter have it, ease L done heard em
ask God to help em. Dey aint talkiu
bout liance so much for nothin, if dey is
done los all de ligion dey had an mos quit
guine to clmrcli devs workin on politicks
mity hard.
De publicans is mity mad wid de liance
folks an so is some ob de democrats, but
it dont make no diffence wid de liance if
dey is. 1 specks if de niggers would jin
de liance in dis country dey wold whip de
tight light now, an I speks dey will too,
fore long, an den we will lraye subtreasu
vy an de free coinage ob silver, an low tar¬
iff on free schools, an client goods an 1
dunno what all. You watch dese yere
liance folks deys not a sleep. Doys as
mad as tucker ease de govnoy want ter
give ilat fare at Chicago $l(M'tOO an dey
kiekin bout it mity hard, but I think our
good representatives nose better an dat
what ter do fur Georgia. Study dey do,
case I done heard ob them talk an dey say
deys guine ter do de best dey can fur de
| people, an you know de, poor people not
i guine to Chicago, ail it' de rich ones wants
to go, deys got de money. Do licit folks
am mity proud. I speck dey ought be a
shamed to take de people's money an
waist it dat a way, but deys gitin mity
hard-hearted. I tell you dey is.
1 was talkin’ wid a cullucl man tuder
day and he say, “Uncle Muse what you
think boutde liauoc?” I say coarse its a
• good thing. I dont hleavoall dese publi¬
cans tolls me boutde Banco, case I knows
jus liow doys talked all de time an I aint
neyer got dat 42 accrs ob land a mule yet,
an I specks I aint a guine ter git it nedc.
rlc says, “well, what is de Banco guino
ter do?” Isay, dar now you ax me too
quick, but deys guine ter do lots. Dey
dun dun lots. Deys gwiut ter coutroll
dis government in spite oh all de publi¬
cans an democrats. Dey is now. Dais
de God’s truph sho. you see if it aint.
He says, “spose dey do, den what?” 1.
say, well dar it is er gin. How dos I
know. But I sees it in de pap Ts dat deys
guine ter pas a subtreasury lii 1 an you
knows what dat is, and dey guine ter pas
de free coinage bill, an you knows what
dat is, an dey guine ter peal all dc tariff
laws, an you knows what dat is, an deys
guine ter stop all dis yere quarlin tween
de norf and de setuf, ail you knows what
dat is, an deys guitie ter lix de law's so
dar will be lots more money, and you
knows what dat is. He says, “yes; well
den, uncle Mose, if dey is er guine ter do
ail dat, I specks wo ought ter j n em.” I
say, yes; fur dey is guine to do all dat an
lots more, so I speck you better write to
dese white folks to be more ligious.
Moses.
Here We Go! Where?
To T. J. LOVELESS & SON'S
—To Buy__
The Cheapest and Best HATS
In Town!
The Nicest and Best Dress Goods
In Town!
The Cheapest and Best SHOES
In Town!
Well in fact everything we need,
fhey keep it and we are going to buy
it!
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Yes; come along, Ladies and Gentlemen, we are ready t<
sell you what you want, and at Lowest Figures.
Respectfully,
T. J. Loveless & Son
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