The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1882-10-31
CASSIDY AND MERRILL.
A Large Meeting and Argumentafive
speeches.

ladies being present Notwithstanding
the inclemency of the weather, last
evening. as James Richie, of the Gen.
trail Committee, in behalf of Chairman
Lewis, called the meeting, assembled
TO hear Representative Cassidy and G.
w Merrill, to order. Mr. Richie was
chosen President, DR.. Stevens Vice
President and s. j. Bonnield Secre-
tary. MIR. Richie introduced the only
true Representative Nevada ever had
in Congress,
GEORGE W. CASSIDY,
Who was received with applause. Mr..
Cassidy said there are not many politi-
cal issues at this time, and no over
shadowng issue. During the session
of Congress recently closed, there were
only four divisions Of the House on
party questions, and they were in con-
tested election cases. There are, how
ever, questions of great local import
ance. on which he would endeavor to
show the attitude OF parties. He did
not deal with prejndices; he talked to
the heads, the intelligence, of the peo-
pie, and has no abuse for party or indi-
yiduals. To
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
We owe our system of Government, as
Democratic statesmen organized it and
shaped its policy almost uninterrupt-
eddy from its foundation to 1860. 1t
made the Louisiana purchase, fought
the war Of 1912, acquired the Republic
Of Texas and all the land from the Mis-
sour to the Pncifc Ocean by the Mexi-
can war, and the Government had not
redeemed its obligations to the veter-
ans Of that war. All the territory
acquired by the United States, except
Alaska. was by the Democratic party,
and that party never voted an acre of
the public domain to corporations. In
1860, when that party went out of
power, the country was plunged in
war-not a war of parties, in which
Republicans and Democrats were ar
rayed against each other, but war of
sections, growing out of domestic in
stituton involving pecuniary interests.
Three of the Southern States had not
been reliably Democratic, and many Of
those which seeded had Wing U. S.
Senators. Missouri sent 1876, 600 men
to the Union Army, and kentucky
10000. Sixty-two Of the first rs gen.
erals who offered their services for the
Union were Democrats, which shows
that Republicans are not entitled to a
monopoly OF the glory OF saving the
Union. as does also the fact that 400
600 more men entered the army than
Abraham Lincoln received votes in
1850, and inevitably they went from
the ranks of the Democratic party.
He rejoiced that the war ended as it
did; that the shackles were taken from
the slaves; that We have one flag, one
country aud one destiny and no vote
of his should ever be cast to change the
result of the war. In 1873 the Repub-
licans
DEMoNETIzED SILVER,
And when the Democrats were in
power they remonetized it. Dick
Bland, of Missouri, drafted the Silver
bill, which provided for coinage of silver
on equal terms with gold at the Mint.
A Democratic House passed the bill
and Republican Senate emasculated
it by striking out the free coinage
clause. Three-fourths of all the Re-
publicans voted against the Silver bill,
and three .fourths of the Democrats in
favor of it. When Republicans got
into power in Congress last March, a
bill was introduced by Dingley of
Maine to virtually nullify the Silver
bill. The full remonetization of silver
Is OF the greatest Importance to Ne
vada, as the development of the mines
gives employment to the miner and a
market to the farmer and cattle raiser.
The Democrats in Congress had shown
themselves to be the friends of silver,
and Republicans in the East are and