The Brookhaven leader., 1891-07-02
Judge Cassidy on the sub-Treasury.

Judge taseedy on the sub-ireheuEy'
by invitation, Judge II. Cassidy last
Saturday addressed the Mt. Moriah ALI
auco on the political issues of the day,
aud the LEADER regrets that lack of space
forbids it's giving a full synopsis of bis
speech. He started out by saying that
ever since the days of reconstruction, the
people of the North and South have been
engrossed with issues aud influenced by
prcjudiccs growing out of the war. IN
/ the North it has been the bloody shirt
and in the South the race question, which
it has been to the interest of politicians
to agitate, aud the people have thus been
made to lose sight of the great questions
of government and finance. However,
the time had at last come Tor change
and the great farmers organization was
bringing the people of the two sections
together again in fraternal spirit and af-
fOrding an opportunity for the study and
consideration of economic questions such
as had not been offered since the days of
secession. The platform of the Demo-
cratic party of 1885 was quoted from, i'll
which it was declared that gold and silver
coin only was the money of the Constitu-
ton and National Banks were denounced,
and attention called to the fact that at
that early day, it was not realized by the
Democratic fathers that the business of
the country would grow TO such proper
tions that the gold and silver supply
would be wholly inadequate to furnish
all the money necessary. The position
taken III reference to National Banks, was
right, but owing to the influence of the
money power in the East, the Democracy
had not reiterated its position on that sub
iect in late years, but silently acquiesced
in the National Bank monopoly inaugu-
rated by the Republican party, which had
oppressed and robbed honest labor of
millions upon millions of money and
should be speedily abolished as demanded
by the Ocala platform and in accordance
with he early declarations of the Demo
cratic party.
The best way to do this and at the same
time furnish u sufficient volume of cir
culating medium on safe basis, is to es-
tablish a sufficient ndmber of Sub-Trcas-
uries aud issue money directly to the peo-
pie on their land, as contemplated in the
land loan plan proposed by the Alliance.
This he declared Constitutional, Demo
cratic, and practical. and ridiculed the
arguments against the constitntiopality
of the ub-Treasury made by some of our
statesmen and said they had never been
able to see any thing in the Snb-Treasury
plan but the ware house. All of the de-
mands made by the Alliance will stand
the test of consttutionality. ''The Con-
stitution was made for the people and not
the people for the Constitution"
Referring to Senator Georges recent
letter to the Amite county Alliance, he
said the Senator seems to be toning down
a good deal in his opposition to the ALI
ance demands and he predicted that by
the time the Legislature meets he will be
willing to swallow the whole Ocaia plat
form, horns, hoofS, tail and all. The
Judge took occasion to announce that he
himself is not an aspirant for any Office,
regarding, he said, at this time, the pri-
yate station the post of honor. The
speech was well received and highly COM
plimented by those who heard it. The
Mt. Moriah Alliance is one of the largest
in this county and several weeks ago en-
dorsed Barksdale and the Sub Treasury.