The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-05-27
ON THE ROCK OF THE CON-
STITUTION.
IDemocracy vs.. AIIIance.

lengthy article in the Progress
sive Farmer this week, headed
al Definition of the True Prln-
ciples Of Democracy and Third
Partyand a warning against
the latter. The communication
throughout is able and instruc-
tive, and will furnish food for
the alliance to think about on
|rainy days. Mr.. Beal says the
only objection he has yet seen
to his plea for Cleveland were
raised by two correspondents
of the Progressive Farmer, one
| of whom "read him out" of the
Democratic Party, the other out
|of the Alliance, using his lam
guage:
"And both In this summary
ejectment have shown a spirit
|of bitterness which tramples in
the very dust that Injunction of
our G Constitution, "To constantly
strive to secure entire harmony
and good will among all man.
kind, and brotherly love among
ourselves" The Constitution
of my country guarntees to me
freedom of thought and free
dom of speech. The Constitu-
tion of the Al lance and the RI
tual give me a solemn pledge
that there shall be no interfer-
ence with my politics or my re-
ligion. W ith this shield / can
turn all the shafts of malice that
may be hurled at me. In that
plea / attacked no mans life, ]
impugned no mans motives, ]
|indulged in no personalities. /
simply appealed to the sense of
justice and right that all true
hearted men possess"
In Mr.. Beal's defense of
Cleveland he says Mr.. Cleve.
lands letter was not directed
against a judicious coinage and
circulation Of silver but against
a certain congressional bill
which threatened to food the
country with a deprecated cur.
rency, which does not affect
capitalists so much as il does
the poorer classes. Mr.. Beal
here brings to bear q very for.
chile illustration as follows:
Under the unlimited free coin.
age clause, every owner Of .
silver mine would become more
powerful than Aladdin with his
wonderful lamp. Every capi.
talist could more than double
his capital in three investments
Let me illustrate: The mine
owner has 500 worth of silver
metal, or bullion, as it is called,
or the capitalist goes into ths
market and buys 300 worth Of
bullion (the market price of a
dollar is 20 cents in bullion)
Now under this bill the govern.
meDt must put its stamp on it
and it is Immediately worth te
the holder 81, 900, thus clearing
$500 ON a single invetment. Bui
this is not all: The capitalist
buys q poor mans farm fol
81 900 and gives his note, pay.
able in ninety days. He take
800 and buys silver bullion
gets it stamped at the mint in
TO 81 900, then offers to pay hi
note, and the poor man mus
take it, for under this bill il is ,
legal tender, and thus pays hI
81 900 debt for only 500.
/ Mr.. Beall closes his letter
which by the way, we woul,
publish in full but for lack o.
space, with a burst of eloquenc,
that shows how deeply in earn
lest he is:
In view Of the recent peri
which the nation, in the Soutl
particularly, has just escapes
from force bills and other des
Ipotic centralizing measures il
looks like the folly Of madmel
for us to abandon our fortifica
tions and expose everything ",
lhold most sacred to risk Of de
lstruction.
| What will silver bills and sub
treasury bills be worth TO us i
we are again placed under th,
domination Of ignorance ant
rapacious greed, as in the day
Iof reconstruction 1T Ii foil,
TO fly from ills we have to 9th
ers we know not of.
What | have written isintend
ed Tor the good OF the Alliance
and will received the calm con
sideration Of my conseryativ,
brethren. Extremists will dc
nounce IL as treason. But tn,
word has no more terror for m
than il had for Hampden AM
Pym, who stood up boldly 70
their constitutional rights.
] plant myself on the impreg
mated rock Of the Constitution
and the pledge Of my Alliance
and in the language Of Patricl
Henry, who was also denounce
as a traitor, | say eff this b
treason, make the most of it.
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