The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-08-07
Touching the Sub.Treasury.

| EDITOR COLUMBIA ltERALD.
In your criticism on my letter of
the 18th inst, you were both right
and wrong. You were right in say
ing that was for the better" as all
democrats should be. / certainly
meant what said. If we could not
| get the better" we would take
the Alliance Subtreasury, because IL
is better than any thing we have now
or any thing that has been offered.
In fact we all decide that there has
been nothing offered for financial
relief except the Sub-treasury
scheme, and further that we have
never seen or heard an intelligent
argument against it. We have seen
in print some assertions that the
| scheme was unconstitutional, but no
man has ever cited the article and
section that makes 1t unconstitution-
al consequently, we do not believe
the unconstitutional assertion and
especially in the face of the fact that
orr government has Issued paper
currency. We hear some say II IL
paterHalism; this may be so, but how
| Is it that IL the government loans
corporations and clearing houses
money, also, some preferred intii-
viduals, that no one dare say that IL
| paternalism. l have not got sense
enough 10 see the difference of lOaning
individuals money, than the above
referred to. Others say IL il class
legislation this may also be true, but
isn't that the basis our government
has been run on tor the last quarter
of a century? What right has Mrs.
Polk rich woman, Mrs. Garfield and
others in good circumstances to the
paternal care of this government over
that of any other widow? AS a,mRtter
of course the Legislation that gave
them five thousand dollars annually
was not class legislation, but would
be to give some widow OF the honest
son of toll. Again all movements for
relief OF the masses is undemOcratic,
yet we have always understood a
democratic government was a govern
ment by the people, for the people;
and II our understanding IL correct
why not let the people say what they
want for the people, and IL they do
say what they want, isn't that
demOCratic2 Who can say aught
against? | have never ssen or
heard sensible opposition to the
Sub-treasury IL such has ever came
under my observation or to my ears
| did not have sense enough TO catch
on that powerful weapon, sarcasm
and ridicule has played out with us;
1t dosnt intimidate any more; but
Alliance Sub-treasury scheme or the
Peoples Party. Our old d mocratic
ship will load down to the guards in
1892, with IA cargo of Simon-pure
democratic officers that will put us on
a healthy financial footing. We don't
take stock in the peoples party; we
are afraid of anything that has over
50 per cent republican in It.; let de-
mocracy give us that som ething bet
ter in financial relief, and we will be
as happy as June-bug in a black
berry thicket.
i see you have offered what you say
is the something better, in the shape
of tariff reform for initiating the cur
renoy, and as q circulation medium,
and ask that some Alliance man Offer
something better; that is very easy to
do. The Sub-treasury as detailed by
Alliance men; the present National
Bank System or almost any thing
you may think Of. / wish 20 ask you
some questions which you may ans
wer for puzzled readers of the HER
AID However, 1 will have to make
a statement to explain first. Senators
Harris and Bate are certainly on top
in democracy, probably +. w. C.'s
upper-case fellows. Both are in ac-
cord with democracy in opposition to
the National Bank System also teeth
and toe nails against the Sub-treasury
scheme. You are a democrat and
editing democratic paper in accord
with the democratic party and had
rather see anything else ever come
law than the Sub-treasury scheme;
and in favor of tariff reform against
every thing else for a circulating
medium and Initiating the currency.
Now should Senators Harris and
Bate be successful in abolishing the
National Banking System, and fail in
getting your tariff reform TO the front,
then tell us without evasion what
would be our circulating medium
How much per capita? What shape
IL would be in, and how much the
would be relieved?
yous. J. A. 8.
New Kheatl New Wheatf