Show H 10 MB MOSES speech yesterday in the convention was an appeal to the avarice and prejudice of the farmers no farmer has to sacrifice half of his earnings because at the system of tariff and yet such was mr statement the gentleman cannot name a single article used by the farmer hi cb is not cheaper today than it ing the period of free trade in this jantry jn still mr stands up before bis admiring demo cratic friends and tells them a farmer could buy as as be today bays for a 1000 were the tariff but removed does mr or any of his friends fe f e equal to the task of sue cess fully defending that position THE would like to algne the negative of the question with any one who might apply we do not believe any reasonable defense can be made in behalf of BO utterly absurd a statement the wonder is that a man of mr and standing m the community should ma e such assertions we do not believe ha was sincere in his utterances relative to the farmers being robbed of one half their earnings by the republican system of projection ho must have known better yes we will say that he dues know better |