Nevada County picayune., 1885-10-15
PRESCOTT, NEVADA COUNTY, ARKANSAS OCTOBER 15 1885

our Union)'wanted to destroy both paper and silver, and that it would in the end triumph, and unless the people took the matter in their own hands, ruin and staryation was near at hand. He urged the people to secure their rights by ballot if possible and if not then he favored the use of the bayonet, and said he was ready to begin the work at any time-that the right of revolution was always reserved to the people and that he believed the time not far distant when the people would have to resort to it in order to break the grasp of the Money Kings and Monopolies of the Great East. He said he hoped our Representative in Congress who was present would be able to do something to postpone the evil day, and was glad to know that he would oppose every measure look ing to the suspension of silver coinage or :he retiring of treasury notes. He promised him all the help in his power for the benefit of the great body of the people.
 He spoke about an hour and twenty minutes, and then intro. duced Hon. Thos. c. McRae, who spoke abont forty-fve minutes. He said in substance:
 FELLOW CITIZENS:
 At the earnest request of some of you, and with some inconvenien- ces to myself, am here to-day to speak a few words for the cause ot triumphant Democracy. l am un- der obligations to my friend who has just addressed you for the time that I shall occupy and for it l thank him. 1 feel that I ought to and do thank you for your votes ill the recent Congressional elec- tiOn-including those of the oppo- sition as we'll as those of my Dem. Ocratlc friends. Coming as 1 do to repras seut the Democratic party, do not mean to make war upon the individual members of other par. ties, and l hope that I shall say Lothing to offend any one. There are good men among the opposition and 1 know that 1 have some as good personal friends among them as l have anywhere. Iwant to see them return to the old fold, l know that the contests in this country have been such as to ere ate no little amount of prejudice on both sidcs-sOme of you no doubt have said that you never would come back-but 1 hope you will disregard these nasty, un- guarded declarations, and yet come home. You tell me you are Democrats, and if So your place is in that party. If the party is not what you would have it, assist in making it so. The principles and policies of political parties are shaped and controlled by men, and you can have the same power in the old party that you have in your new one. If my friend is cor rect in the statement that both the other parties are unworthy to be trusted, then you can not hope to accomplish Wore out of our party than in it. In the Dem. ocratic party you have only to convince members of their CT. TOT; on the outside you must convince them of error and then pursuade them to abandon the tra- ditiOns of their party as we'll as old associates and friends, for new and untried ones. For the high character, honesty, courage, learn ing and patriotism of my friend, l have 6 high personal regard, but l think his currency theory very dangerous, and l ask your careful attention while I endeavor to an swer it.
 His arraignmemt of the Demo- cratic party is unjust and not war rented by the record. Judge us as you would be judged and l am not ashamed of the history we have made. It has been the friend of the people in every contest against their rights, and it has always been equal to any emergency. The fun damental principles renafn as m the days of Jefferson and Jackson, but as the country grows older dead issues pass away and new IS sues arise. My friend is more of an l ol,r,n;ot thon I sunpoSal until