The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-01-26
DAVID B. HILL AND HIS CAUSE

prominence to have his name handed
around as a probable candidate for the
Presidency, all the word snappers on
his side make him honest, great and
glorious. They praised Cleveland to
death, and if Hill don't come out pretty
soon on the side of the people, he'll be
killed by the slush Of his friends. One
thing marks everything said and done
in political circles nowadays. The as
sumption that all of the common peo-
pie are fools, and that a party name
has more power over them than a com
pliance with their rights with even
handed Justice. Nor shall we advocate
Justice, but shall we advocate party
success? is the universal criterion Of
action.
We have read D. B. Hills silver
speech, and q more deceptive argument
never met our gaze. His effort to con
ceal what he was really for, was the
strength and power of that great states
man. A few words will unravel the
mystery and bring his chicanery to
light. lam in favor of a well planned,
weQ-guarded and competent free bi
metallic coinage of gold and silver, but
as to the plan Of diplomacy | have no
suggestion as yet to make. | believe,
with this free bi metallic coinage, silver
will bear the crucible test Of gold" If
any man can make the free coinage of
silver out of this language, L would like
to see him try it.
1t means evidently quitting III the
hidden links that after consulting with
the money interest of Europe and it
and the money men of America can
agree upon a silver dollar with about
o~ne-fourtn more silver in it than our
present dollar, then I am for equal
coinage Of both metals, That is to say
it must be we'll planned, well guarded
and competent. For what? So as to
raise the amount Of silver in The dollar
so as to keep on parity with the gold
dollar.
For whose benefit was all this snug
Cling of words donef For the benefit
of the bOndhOlders. These bonds are
now payable III silver dollars at Al q
grains weight, but several Congresses
have n~eutralized this portion Of the
contract, and still orders and permits
the Treasurer ID pay them III gold dol
lars worth 81 cents as compared to
the bullion price of 412t grains Of sill
yer. The people have lost by this
svin6le in clean cash sixty millions of
dollars, and many other millions Incl
dantally. Now comes along this Machia-
velli and wishes To make Il cart wheel
silver dollar 80 as to b. able 10 satisfy
these nOrmorauts and the peoples Ge-
maud for free coinage.
To the common reader the inquiry
may come what Is all this fuss about
free coinage for, any wayf We will
state, it is an fort on the part Of cap
italists to commit depredatiOns on the
peOple-tO continue in their wholesale
robbery by the change OF billions of
contracts made payable in certain
money worth a certain value. They
wish to raise the value Of the money to
be paid. Hill by ~cOnsOrting with these
swindlers and endeavOring to serve
their interests to the robbery of the
people, places himself squarely as an
enemy Of the people.
If the concealed portions of Hills
speech be not thought sufficient to
brand him as a traitor to every prin-
ciple Of justice to the people, let uV
dive into his C0nundrums again. He
goes on 70 impugn the integrity of the
Supreme Court of the United States in
deciding the greenback dollar a legal
dollar. He thought it an improper
paper currency. Notice his words,
Improper paper ClA1-COl14DSlCI1U lISO
cOinage.D What did he say about the
paper currency of national banks? Not
one word. Here we catch the waller
dog under the wood pile" His idea Is
to do away with the nearly four hun
dred million of greenbacks 80 the gov
eminent can give to the banks that
amount to lend out at s to 30 per cent.
and still not initiate the currency to de-
preciate their holdings and make an
offset to about sixty millions of silver
coined annually, which they r oppos-
ing so strenuously.
If David B. Hill is called g Democrat.
may the Lord deliver the people from
such a Democrat. What's in a name?
If any such a man as Hill or Cleveland
or anyone else holding their monetary
views are nOminated for the Presidency
and any journal claims such men for
the interest Of the people, Knowingly
well, when the people have candidate
he will say what he does say. When
the people have q candidate, he will be
in favor of the free coinage of the silver
dollar of our fathers of 4123 grains.
The fact that bOndhOlders have agreed
to take that dollar, will be guarding
and planning and competency enough.
All the planning and guarding of these
gentry is for the gold dollar, and this
false anxiety is all not for the people,
but for Wall street. If they are so
anxious for a bullion party-if they are
so anxious about the expectation of
gold, why do they not talk about les
SEEMING the gold in the gold dollar as
our honest fathers did. Oh, my u
trymen, what a fall is here!
And the word snappers are calling
these men in this conspiracy against
the rights and liberties of this people,
Observation-Disclosures. What a
SANDER upon the honest dead! Policy
dealers all and their best advice
amounts to this: you must vote for
the witch or the devil will be elected"
Turn over on the other side and what