The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-08-15
Senator Hslackburn ON silver.

| There was a feeble attempt to
keep the silver question out OF the
Kentucky Democratic State conyen1
tion that nominated John Young
Brown as candidate for governor;
but it signally failed. The delegates
were in fact, almost unit in, favor
Of free coinage, but some doubted
the policy Of embodying it in the
platform. The speech Of Senator
Blackburn swept away this over:
conservative sentiment, claiming for
Kentucky that it set the issue, in
advance, for the national convention
in 1884 when a brilliant victory
was won; that the needs of the
farmers and of the people at large
imperatively demand an expansion
OF the currency, aud the question is,
whether, Democracy will give them
redress, or refuse it,and drive them.
out of the ranks Of the party. 1t is
well known that Senator Carlisle is.
uneasy on the silver question and
Mr.. Watterson, who has been
grooming Cleveland, seuints toward
monometalism.
Aside from lodging this issue as
a question of policy, and as to its
merits, Senator Blackburn said.
7 will not dwell upon the fact that.
for 1000 years.silyer had maintained
its parity with gold throughout the
civilized nations of the earth. / will
not stop to remind yon of what you
already know, when upon that dark
day at Dupont, aud upon that siill.
darker night in 1873, under the
guise of falsehood, suppressing
truth and denying justice,
an irresponsible Republican majority
in both branches of the Federal
Congress, with an assassin's dagger
and murderous aim, and directed by
the malice of d murderer's heart,
struckdowu, in the back and in the.
dark, a metal that commanded pre-
MUM of two per cent. over gold in
every bank in the country. will not
ask your indulgence and your pa
tlence 10 let me tell you silver stood.
a degraded and disguised metal by
The act Of Republican congress
until 1878, when the Lord. in the
exercise not only of His mercy but
of His justice, allowed the
Democracy to sweep back into
power in the lower house of the
Federal Congress, and that an
overwhelming Democratic majority
passed a bill which demanded the
rernonetization of this tiIne-hoDored
coin. / need not remand you that
at that time this country was
afflicted with Republican president.
| crave pardon for a misstatement.
He was not d president, he never
was q president, he his not to-
night an ex1president. Bat this
country was then afflicted with
pinchback counterfeit in the shape
of a Republican president who
vetoed that Democratic silver bill;
but we thank the God that rules the
destinies Of nations that the
Democratic party was strong enough
and brave enough to utter it's
convictions, to pass that bill by
constitutions! majority Of thirds
over that veto, aud make it the law
Of the land from then until now, and
from now until eternity shall dawn.
| will stop, Mr.. President, TO remind !
this convention that the United |
States OF America produce III round |
numbers one half the silver of the
world. 1t is essentially onr metal
We produce it. We own it. We
control it. whereas we produce less.
far less, than one.third of the gold |
output Of the world. It is then not
to be wondered at that the /
American people demand the restora
ton Of silver to its time honored
with geld.
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