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C0ERESP0TOE1TCE.
COL CROCK AND HIS PARTY
(Continued from last week )
Now, to tho question of tue robber tar
iff and the robber Republican party. I
ask the farmers, the consumers of all
classes, to point out one single article that
thoy purchase, or consume, that is not
cheaper today than such mamifactuied
products ever were before this date—ex
ctpt peail buttons. 1 lie at tide of stixi
i ails, pi evious to the passage of this so
called robber tariff, ’ was from $100 to $165
A bittu ,
p( aitielo can be
pi i ton, undei the pusent
iiibb(i r.uih, so i al.i d by these agitatois.
I his SHU pci ton was paid to England
and hi i laboiing peop-e. Lmlt i the
pi ot.( cti\e f ai ill tlu steel i ails au made
in tho United States, and by her laboring
people and llu money kepi, line at home.
Steel iails aic about, •>()(. pi 1 i tin. < heap
II undei Republican protection, 01
than they were under Democratic free
tia U , 01 low taiift. fake the ai titles of
pi ms, lieedies, pins, bolts, salt, tin pans,
nails, matches, and such articles as the
common people 1 are compell to have ami
use and add the prices together and they
will average :500 per cent, cheaper to the
poor laboring consumer under the pro
teetive robber tariff, so called by these
agitators, than such articles were
free trade. The articles of clothing,
boots, handkerchiefs, laces of all
such ns the laboring classes are
ed to have, will average 200 per cent,
cheaper to them under a protective
than under free trade. Thes are
known by all the people who were
and farming and laboring previous to 1860
Their purchases prove what I say is
and their purchases prove further
wliat these agitators are saying
the Republican party is false, and
protection is robbing the poor is false
so. ls reducing the prices from 200 to
per cent, in the interest and to the
fit of the laboring people, robbery?
tainly not. If any robbery ever did exist
an the administration of this tariff ques¬
tion it must have been on the part of the
Democratic party, and not on the part of
tlie Republican party.
It may be asked by some, wliat is pro¬
tection, and wliat is this protective law
that is being denounced by these agita¬
tors? I answer, that it is a law passed by
congress that requires the payment by
such persons and nations as wish to im¬
port manufactured products into the
United States from England, from Eu¬
rope to pay a revenue tax into the treasu¬
ry of the United States. This tax is col¬
lected 011 such products as come in com
petion with like products made and man
ufactureil in the United States by our
Americaii manufacturers, and American
laboring people. Let mo ask this ques¬
tion, which is the best for our govern¬
ment, for our people to have their pro¬
ducts manufactured in England, in Eu¬
rope than in the United States? Certain¬
ly not. If free trade is the best for our
people and nation, why tax the foot ped
dier? Why not let him sell his cheap
goods that compete with our merchants
free from tax? We all say it is right to
make him pay a tax for the right to sell
his goods to our people. Is it right in
principle, is it American to let our man
ufacturing enemies import into our gov¬
ernment such manufactured products as
■our people are making and can make?
such as come in direct competition and
conflict with American manufacturers
and products? such as are produced by
our American laboring people? Should
our enemies be allowed to do this with
out paving to our government a tax ior
the right so to do? Most certainly not.
Fifty-five per cent, of all tlie products
from Europe that is imported to this
government is on the free list, and day
ing no tax to our goveniment for the
right to use our maskets aud destroy the
same, and by so doing create to tliem
seslves a monopoly of tho American mar¬
kets, and then increase the prices of their
products to what we hail to pay them
previous to the year UKiO.
What the American people need is tho
shutting out of all such products as they’
•can produce—that has hindered and is
hindering our people in the developing
of our home resources. This policy on
the part of our people will diversify la
make mwe P ,aoes fo1 ' 0l "' people to
get work to do, will inenas their wages
wdl ... make . homo . market for the
a farm
ei s produce . at . higher , prices. „„ This . poll*
ey will keep our money at home. . „„ The
„„ I he free trade policy crushes out
our
American . . industries. ■ , . - u It closes , our man
ufacturies; , . . it .... blows out . the lights and
closes , the ,, doors , of r our various industries; . , , .
stops the growth of our cities;and
c , lufjcy to dwindle and die. It puts
■ , laboring , • people , of
our poor out , employ
ITieut au( j increases the prices of our En*
importations.
The Republican party took charge of
£j )0 administration of the government in
;o, They found it, under Democratic
ru ] e f 01 .35 years, in a bankrupt condition
Eo , boilds drawing « per cent . interest
t0J id not be discounted at 12. The
re ^ ar y d ic treasury suggested that the
states become the security for the gov*
eminent , that ,, , she , might . , . be , enabled , , , to
borrow money to pay her obligations.—
yyj iat . g the condition of the nation today?
Her bonds about at t par; , her prosperity .
and , development , , . . to
superior any m t on
on the earth; ,, her , war debt, , , that
brought about by these agitators, has
bee n reduced from nearly four billion
dollnl s to l C ss than one billi. iu This has
all been done by the Republican party.
lam proud of its record and principles,
Let us see who lias lived ill the
that were tariff robbers, so called,
ident Washington signed IS
tariff bills, the first that ever
laws. Thos. Jefferson was a protection
ist; so was Henry Clay, Millard
President Buchanan, Lincoln,
Garfield, and so is Hariison, Blain
,, the napoleon , of protection, lion. , ... \V
McKinley. , r , ... Here all ,, those men and , ,.
now living . robbers? ,, .. Is . it ., right . , , and ,
mendable in the ■estimation .. of ... fair . ,
eil , for these fellows to the ,
men, use
robLer . , of . and , about , . the ,, party , that ,, , ,
the life ... of the nation? Did they rob
o£ . anything m the restoration ... of the
ion? Did tliey rob . ,, the people , in . the _ re
auction ... of . the ., . of . what , . they .,
prices con
sume, on an average of , two , or three ,,
cent? ... I T cannot , robbery . , .... this
see any in
protective policy that has made this gov¬
ernment the wish and desire of the na
tions of the earth.
This government must have a tariff tax
and the Republican party says tax fo;
eign importations rather than home pro¬
ducts. Why should England have free
access to our home markets? She pays
none of our national debts; she educates
none of our children; she employs none
of our laboring people; she is our indus¬
trial enemy and doing all in her power to
destroy our home industries. The Dem
ociatic party will never repeal ihe pro¬
tective tariff laws. Mark what I say.—
The Republican party is the friend and
life of the nation, and they will control
and lead the nation in the future. Hon.
Wm. McKinley, the Napoleon of protec¬
tion, will defeat the Hon. Jas. Campbell
for governor of Ohio, who is a Democrat¬
ic free trader.
What has made Tallapoosa what it is?
I answer, protection. What has made so
many Democrats in Tallapoosa so much
betti r off than they were a few years
since? Protection. Who is it that is
leading Tallapoosa in her great prosperi¬
ty and improvements? I answer, Mr. R.
L. Spencer and Mr. J. II. Plummer, tw’o
Republicans who favor American indus¬
tries, rather than England’s interest and
industries. Every man who labors on the
farm, works in the furnace, in the facto¬
ry, should be outspoken Republican pro¬
tectionists, that they may find a greater
demand for labor.
In conclusion I will say that the next
president of tlie United States will be
Beiij. Harrison, if he is the nominee of
the Republican party, if lie is not the
nominee, then the Hon. Jas. G. Blaine
will have an easy walk over.
W. Biiock.
Don’t, forget to consult us before buy
ing a sewing machine, tve can give you
a bargain in three or four different makes
of machines. Call at this office,
OSCAR COMPLAINS
llciMiiiNe Me does not Get IMs Mail.
Well, Col. Nix, I am getting wild and
wrecked again, but Mllledgeville is a life
tie further off than it was before. This
time it is caused by not t cutting . . any
mail. I , some tames .. think that I _ , have
outlived all my friends . , , because nobodv , ,
writes ... to me, . but . after a more consider
ate . thought, ,, T I conclude that maybe there
'
. something ... else , Wrong, becauso , I don’t ,
is ,
get . any papers cither, and . you know
they don’t care a cent about friendship,
So they get the money. My final decis
ion is this, that the mail agents and pos
tal clerks down this way have all gone
fishing and got on a drunk and have for
gotten to return at five proper time. I
hope they will sober up and return to
their duty in time to distribute the mail
by Christmas, so they can get on another
“stiug-a-ree.”
Somebody raked me over the coals one
time because they were impressed that
I was a “radical” and l believe now that
some of , them ought to be—well, the ofh
cials ought to do their duty, then I would
get more mail than I do, for I know that
all ,, the ,, girls . , , hav . nt , , back ,
gone 011
me.
I have heard people say that to wiite a
letter was the hardest thing they ever
h 'ied to do. When they took a seat at
the desk they couldn’t think of a thing to
write. Well, I always found it an easy
i matter to write a letter, because I always
| S° Vou to wiiting wliot have I’m thinking about,
see * dlat I a tendency to want
to pub somebody’s ears about my mail,
j and that is about all I can think of now,
for I liavn’t read any thing from Georgia
in a long time, and liow can 1 think
much unless 1 read? I feel very loue
some without the Messenger and South
em Alliance Farmer. Then, ’ again, " ! I do
not know’ what Democrat lias done with
me and the sub-treasury J bill. He may J
have pecked 1 both my J eyes J out and left
me to grope my w’ay through the world
j in darkness, or torn up the Alliance plat
j and severed the sub-treasury J 1 plank
twain—burned it to ashes and scatter
ed them to the fore winds of heaven. Or.
per chance, he may have acknowledged
it to be the penacea of all evils; if so, I’d
like to tell him that there are other
things which are very important also.
When I get nay Messengers I guess you
will hear from me iigain.
OscA.il Wild.
From Early, Floyd Co., Ga.
Mu. Editor: —Times are good in these
parts now. Potatoes are ripe, and ’pos¬
sums are,—oli hush! Coons are plentiful,
but the dogs are not equal to the job.
Grapes are abundant, walnuts lie in piles,
and luekory nuts are superabundant, and
very large. Fish are fatter than wo have
ever seen, and rabbits unnumbered. So
you see that there is a prospect for some¬
thing for them that are left alive to eat,
if cotton is short
Them fellows who were shot at IIol
eombe’s the last of Aug. got well enough
to walk about, and were honored with a
lodging down at Centre at the expense of
the county of Cherokee, Ala.
A very sad tragedy was enacted near
Kirk’s Grove, Ain. recently. One Berry,
at the house of his father-in-law, John
Banister. Berry, for some cause began
to beat Banister with a piece of lumber,
audJBanister said, “Berry that is d—cl
hard.” Whereupon Berry said. “It is not
as hard as this, for G—d d—n you, 1 in¬
tend to kill you” and grabbed apiece of
timber that had been used as a door step
and raised it on high, and John Banister
ran under the piece and stabbed Berry in
the breast to the heart with a pocket
knife then cut his throat and cut him
about other wise. Berry was dead in ten
minutes from the first cut. When Banis¬
ter saw that he had killed Berry he was
seared almost out of his reason and lie
has left the country, and no tracks be¬
hind him. Banister is a civil, quiet man.
He, however, was always a freely con¬
versant man, having something to say to
every one he met. The killing was a
surprise to every body.
Health is generally good with the peo
pie, except the Bailiff gets on a razzee
sometimes and breaks a buggy, t es up
harness, and knocks an eye oat for
the horse.
Simon Cokdwood.
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&
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4 4
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Notions.
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FALL IS HERE
AND WINTER IS COMMING!
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SUPPLIES?
Give us a call. We want to sell you goods at figures that
surely
Please yoU.
Bring ns your Cotton and let us sell
your goods.
Respectfully,
T.J. LOVELESS & SON,
BUCHANAN, GEORG: