The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-08-05
TO OUR THTRp PARTY FRIENDS.


Mr.. Cleveland has written a letter to f.
Fl. Lively. secretary of the Cleveland and
Stevenson Club in Licking township, Gooch-
land county, Va, in which he uses this Ian
guage:
Il confess that the speculation INDUCED
in from time TO time concerning the change
in party allegiance in your section OF the
country seems 10 me strange and un-
natural"
Mr.. Cleveland may we'll use this language.
Either to denizen or to q stranger 1t must
seem strange and unnatural" to find Vir-
ginians pursuing course which, If 1t re-
suits in anything at all, must result in elect
ing the Republican candidate President OF
the United States What must happen to
them if the Republicans carry the fall cleo
tons?
Every one knows they will pass the Force
bill, and the man is an idiot who. cannot
see that they will do this if they have the
power. The Republicans think all the
negroes do and of right ought to belong
to them, but, while the negroes are gradu-
ally getting from under their domination.
with a Force bill to aid them the Republi-
cans could whip the negroes into their
traces. The Force bill provides that all the
superintendents OF elections shall be APP
pointed by the United States Judges, and
they may appoint just as many for each
election precinct as they choose who will
be well paid out of the United States
Treasury. These superintendent declare
who is elected, Obviously. under this sys-
tenn. the freedom of elections is ended and
those persons are returned as elected
whom the United States Government,
through one Of its functionaries deter
mines beforehand shall be elected. For
us in the Southern States it would mean a
| determined effort TO establish a govern
ment headed by scSlawags and negroes, and
backed by United States bayonets. What
pandemonum would this bring upon us (!
Those who propose TO leave their breth-
rem and risk this dreadful condition do so,
as they declare, because Mr.. Cleveland is
opposed to free silver But is not Mr.. Har-
rison Just as much opposed to fee silver
How will they advance the cause of free sill.
yer by defeating Cleveland and eleotina
Harrison for, of course, they have no ex.
pectation of electipg Weaver. And sup.
posing they could elect Weaver. what show
have they to secure a majority of Congress
for free silver? 1t has been demonstrated
that the whole body of the country with the
exception of the silver States and the South
is opposed 10 free silver. Do they believe
that this great bulk of the nation is going tC
allow the South and the silver States tC
force free silver upon them when they be-
iieve it will virtually ruin and destroy them
The demand of the Southern farmer:
for free silver is really demand for more
money. They have plenty of property bu
can get no money. Let them abandon their
pursuit of free silver which the country viii
never give to them and join with Mr.
Cleveland and the Democratic party in thei
effort to give them State Banks. They cal
then establish State Banks Of issue backeC
by tneir property and secure to themselve
all the currency that their needs call for
We sympathize with the farmers in thei
demand for moro currency and we will e
hand in hand with them for a just ant
sound plan of banking that will enable then
TO secure money in their needs upon tn
faith of their property. Come then. gen
tlemen, TO this, and abandon your vain per
silt Of jack-o-iantern.