The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-09

In New York, and the more you ory up
the more we will dry you up.
The next thing they say they want 10
n free and unlimited coinage Of silver at
a free silver man. and / propose to Eight
it out on that line If it takes all thus
fall and all next summer and all the rvss
of the fall and summer In which God
shall spare my life and which you people
Of Virginia shall spare my scalp, that
may fight on for the silver dollar.
There are more lies told about the ell
yer dollar, even ia this age of scandal
and SANDER, than are told about men.
The Republican party says that IT - q
dishonest seyenty-cent dollar Hold on
there. Republicans. / will give you nine.
ty-nine cents i'll gold for every one OF
them.
Now. If you mean that it is a seventy
cent dollar. come up and you will make
twenty-nine cents. Can yon tId any OF
them that will come? And don't. you
know they would CONE, if they had not
told lie in the nrst place
and did not want to lose
in the second. What they mean
by it. | suppose. is that the the raw bull
lion which constitutes a silver dollar will
not bring dollar if not Tninted and
stamped, and the platforms recently have
been dealing with the silver question.
The Democratic platform at Chicago is
for the free and unlimited coinage OF
silver, the Peoples party Is for. the free
and unlimited coinage OF silver and
the epublican party is against it.
Now we two being for il, why
shall we not stand together? L know
there is one little word in che Democratic
that new ratio shall be mad for the
silver dollar.
WORTH MORE THAN SILVER.
Do you know why gold bullion is worth
more than silver bullion? j will give you
one reason. Suppose now that | have
gold dollar and silver dollar. take up
a hammer and mash that gold dollar. All
right what is it now? Nothing but
piece of raw gold-meted, meaningless
gold bullion. What is it WORTH A gold
dollar still. Why? Because if you will
take that gold to the mint of the United
States without cost TO you, my friend
without cost 10 anybody but the people
of the United States, they will take that
same piece of gold, and they will put
It back and mint it over again, and
stamp it with the Government stamp, and
it will be resurrected and go on its way
rejoicing. gold dollar again.
But what has become Of the silver
dollar that was battered up. You take
that to the mint and you say to them,
Won nave 1lSI bUTUtu NY lilcHu bVi-
lar, which has been battered up, back
into a dollar. now turn my dollar back
again. Oh, no. they say. Why notI be-
cause the Republican party. in 1879,
when the silver dollar was worth three
certs more than the gold one, de-
stroyed the old free coinage law as to
silver which jefferson and Hamilton,
in the foundation of this Governmenr,
caused to be put on our statutes, which
- 70 nut fhnrn
and which Rutherford b. Hayes vetoed.
Continuing the speaker said: Il only
have referred TO these other things be-
cause they are in every mans mouth,
and if | neglected to refer TO them on IN
occasion like this it would be said had
lodged the issue. 1t is the Issue of the
Force bill. John A. Davenport. of New
York. the manipulation of elections. who
issued 5000 warrants in blank TO arrest
citizens of New York upon the eve OF an
election. was the author of that bill Tom
Read got it passed through the House Of
Representatives under the darkness OF
the gag law.
II came to the Senate. where the De-
mocracy, that some of you say has done
nothing, stood little band n the minor
iry with the Republican majority against
them. but the Democracy has always
gained WLeQ lnc people y llDcIiltS dl' IN
danger. and it stood siege ten months
long under the lead of Arthur Z. German,
of Maryland (Applause), that brave and
gifted Democrat, and at the end OF ten
months the little minority had been joined
by IA little band of free silver men from
the West, and ont of danger was plucked
the power of safety.
This is the first general election which
you have held since Democracy de-
fes ted the Force bill, and will 1t be
said Of the people of Virginia, and OF
those of Church Hill. who have lived to
the inspired words of Henry, that when
your heroes who had fought and won the
battle came back from the field to re-
ceve your plaudits, you turned them
down for the unknown Third party and
banishcd them for their fidelity to your
liberty? Great appause.)
| am plain spoken man, and what L
have to say to you and to all such Dem
ocrots here is that if you desert the men
who have stood by you in trouble and 20
off TO the unknown gods, you will lose
your liberties and you will deserve To
lose them, not having the intelligence and
manliness and fidelity to defend them.
In closing the speaker said: IL do not
believe that people who can listen as well
as you eau will ever vote wrong, and
bid You good night, my fellow-citi2ens,
praying that Gods blessing may be uron
you and that his grace may reward with
victory the efforts of your faithful breth-
rem who fight for human rights equal
privileges TO all men and special paw
leges to none"