The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-24

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silver would not result in the flooding of the
country with the silver Of the world. That
bad not been the experience OF France. He
would have the United States, like France,
remonetize silver and put IL on an equal
footing with gold.
cARLIsLE's POSITION.
As showing the policy OF the Democratic
party and the views of its leaders, he quoted
from a speech made by Senator Carlisle in
the House in the Forty-fifth congress in
which he said that the demonstration Of
one-half the metallic money OF the world
was a most gigantic crime, and would ulti-
mately entail more misery on the human
race than oil the wars, famines or pestilence.
be tMr. Pierce) agreed with Mr.. Carlisle all
along the line. Quoting further from Mr..
Carlisle, he called attention to the utter
ances of the Kentucky senator to
the effect that the act OF 1878
was the first victory of the people,
and that he trusted the fight would be kept
up. The representatives Of the people here
to-day proposed to take up what the SEN
ator said in the Forty-dfth congress and
push it to finish.
Mr. Pierce next quoted from a speech
made by Mr.. Mills In the Forty-ninth con-
gress in support Of silver legislation. To
that language he said "amen" over and
over again. With those two distinguished
leaders of democracy he stood in favor of
theremonetization Of the peoples money.
Mr.. Pierce again quoted from Mr.. Mills
speech during the last congress, and, a re-
publican querying whether Mr.. Mills
would vote for free coinage now. Mr.. Pierce
exclaimed: az know that he will vote Tor
free coinage this fall, as he has always
DONE" [Applause.]
NEW ENGLAND's THREAT.
In conclusion Mr.. Pierce said: "Thsre
are gentlemen Of New England who
say to US that if we pass a
fres silver bill in this House, New
England will send an unbroken body of re-
publican representatives to this hall. and
that they will give us the force bill.
want to say to you, gentlemen from New
England, that all democrats of the south
and west measure our action by democratic
rule, and Thomas Jefferson, the father of
democracy, having said that a cardinal
principle OF the democracy was submission
to the will of the majority fairly expressed,
we in the south and west, when the major
ity speaks. bow to it and support the nomi-
nee and platform that the majority present.
[Applause.] That is our kind of democracy.
We do not recognize as a democratic expe-
dient this new remedy which, believe,
they call the gold cure remedy, which, 1t
appears, is lately killing SO many people
who are undertaking 20 save them
selves by it, and tell you
the gold cure which you are proposing TO
take will kill you as effectually as the
Kelley gold cure is killing some others.
When the force bill passed this House and
went to the Senate gloom settled over this
country from one end of It to the other.
Especially did dark clouds lower over our
beautiful south land. An intimation had
gone abroad that the force bill was TO be
put upon US. Expectancy was deepening
into certainty. eThe press of the country
informed US that President Harrison had
pledged himself to approve and use his off,
clal influence to carry through this measure
which proposed TO strike down the last vess
tige of personal and civil and political lib
erty in this country. But, sirs.
the lowering clouds that lowered
over our land began to break away; each
rift had silver lining, and through the
riffs we saw the grand. glorious, brave and
patriotic republican senators OF the west
standing between their party and the Hber-
ties Of the people By their votes the force
bill was defeated. / want to say to you,
gentlemen from New England, that the
same grand. brave, glorious and honorable
men stand there to-day as bulwark be-
tween the Republican party and the inter-
ests OF the people of this country. They
are men who we know will again interpose
to save the liberties of these people. With
this reliance we do not fear the force bill.
We have no fears of anything of that kind
that the Republican party may undertake
to impose upon the country. but we de-
mand that this House give to the people its
full measure of redress for the wrong done
in 1878. loud applause on the democratic
side.
NEW YoRK's OPPOSITION.
Mr.. Fitch of New York said that he was
earnestly opposed to the passage of the bill.
He had intended to give his reasons for that
opposition, but he had presented to-day a
petition from the New York Chamber Of
Commerce against the measure which stated
with accuracy and clearness re 1sons why
the bill should not pass. He felt that there
was nothing to add. He had never known
such a unanimity of opinion among all
classes of people as existed in the state Of
New York in opposition to this bill, and it
was source of gratitude to the opponents
of the measure that the New York Cham
Der of Commerce, which for 1874
years had voiced the sentiment of
that state, had spoken as clearly
as it had on this occasion. The gentleman
from Illinois (Mr. Taylor had said that the
Democratic party had shown its ability to
get on both sides OF this question. The
Democratic pnrty had no monopoly in this
regard. [Laughterl The republicans in
the Senate had also managed to get on both
sides. In the coming campaign Mr.. His
cock would ask for votes for his party
because he had voted against the bill; Mr..
Stanford would ask for republican votes
because he had voted for the measure; Mr.
Hoar would say that the bill should have
been defeated, and Mr.. Sanders would tell
his constituents how bravely he had voted
for free coinage. The arguments with
which the gentleman from Missouri (Mr
Bland and others had presented the bill
yesterday were taken from the speeches Of
Messrs. Stewart and Jones, who had fur
nished for years the brainssof this agitation.
The republicans were not op-
posing this bill on the ground that it
would prove detrimental to the people but
for the purpose Of obtaining party capital
1--WE will put the democrats into a diff
Guilty y was their common expression. Who
made the real fight against the bill1 Nobody
but the democrats from New England and
New York. Where did the literature come
from in favor of free coinage! From the
silver states represented by republican
senators, who were not generally believed
to have been plunged into poverty by their
connection with silver mines
AN HEIRLOOM OF THEBLAHD FAMILY.
Mr.. Stone Of Pennsylvania derounces the
pending bill as being not bill for free coin
age of gold and silver but bill for an un-
limited issue of paper money. He had O
suspicion chat this bill is an heirloom to the
Bland family Laughter.1 In reading the
history of his country he discovered that one
Richard Bland was leading member Of the
house of burgesses of Virginia in l748. He
was a man of patriotism and ability, but