Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-15

Ma xntsa sps,n9t the silver bill TO defeat
~ tkss q norton at least Of the Republi-
can silver senators would not have voted
against the closure rale.
rH2 pBAcr1cAL EFFECT.
Isubmit that all this is matter of such
universal belief rs 70 make II almost equiya-
lent 10 positive evidence. In any event the
practical effect Is the same. It would,
therefore, DO doing great injustice 70 AIR.
Cieveland's intelligence 10 suppose that he
was not Is fully cognisant of what was
Transporting in this great national exigency
as any other citisen. In view OF ell these
circumstances I say that / think, 70
put II very mildly, Mr.. Cleveland's letter in
opposition TO tho free coinage OF silver was
inexcusable, and certainly contained an
implied censure at least of the Demo
cratic senators who voted for IL. Let Il be
remembered, too, that Congress was tnen
still in session, and there was reasonable
apprehension entertained that the force
bin might be revived in its closing no o!.ni
Mr.. Cleveland's letter evidently excited
anger and hostility among the hepp nican
SILVER senators, and IL was thought TINS
might jeopardize the defeat OF the force
bill.
cHrsrxRFrEIp's INFERENCE.
I said that Mr.. CIeveland's letter. writ
ten at this critical juncture, Justlhed, IN
nv Judgment, the inference that he pre-
ferred the enactment of the force bill 10
the passage of the silver bill.
/ said, moreover, that Mr. cleveland hau
not said or done anything 70 my know ,,
| LEDGE 10 aid in defeating the force bill.
"Gloucester says AS matter OF fact,
Mr.. Cleveland did denounce in public
speech the force bill as scarcely DIS
guised scheme TO perpetuate the rule or the
Republican party" Well. admit that he
said this much. Was this all that "Glou,,
oester,p who is evidently gentleman OF
| intelligence and cultivation, could In his
researches find in Mr.. Cleveland's utter
anees TO show TO the country that he made
ANYTHING like proper use OF his great
moral influence with the trade barons and
money maenates of the North TO induce
them TO throw themselves into the breach
| and by their controlling and overwheim-
| ing influence and earnest protests strike
terror into the hearts and minds OF the
northern revolutioniste In Congress ana
| thus stop them IN their wild, mad designs
upon the liberties of the people,
HOW We wEBE SAVED.
But for the silver question coming mp SO
OPPORTUNITY, nothing. could have saved
| the country from the force bill but the ex-
preston OF an overwhelming sentiment
against IL by the wealthy and influential
| Glasses of the North. Did Mr.. Cleveland,
in this. one of the most dangerous crises
that has ever occurred in our countrys
history, do his duty as o Democrat ana
citizen l submit that if he did "Glouces-
terri has most signally failed to show IT.
His quotation from Mr.. Cleyeland's speech
does not even deserve to be characterized
as a protest 1t is merely an assertion OF
what the Republicans designed TO 90.
"Only this and nothing more"
,-vv. .xr>,o frr.p Crrp
I am as much disposed to treat Mr..
Cleveland with impartial justice as "Glou-
cester" or any other man can possibly be,
but have no such admiration for Mr..
Cleveland, or confidence in his omnipo,,
tence. his Jeffersonian Democracy, and
sympathy with the masses OF the people
as TO incline me to wish to see him IN the
presidency again in preference TO many
other able and we'll known Democrats
in the country. MY love of coun;
try and its institutions, my devoted
allegiance 10 my party. and my peo-
ple. will ever in the future, trust,
as in the past, embolden me to attack with
ont the fear of consequences public men
and public measures as my Judgment may
dictate. AS a public man Mr: Cleveland Is,
in INV Judgment, vulnerable to severe
criticism. and has by his lack of Judgment
and want of sympathy with the great body
of the people placed himself beyond the
pale of recognition as safe and suitable
standard-bearer for the great Democratic
forces in 1892. CHEsIEBfAELD.