The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-09-14

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cap. can not refrain from quoting
some of the eloquence Of that Senator,
which meets not only with my appro-
baton. but highest admiration as a
literary performance:
Mr.. President, | come now to our next
promise to place gold and silver upon the
| same footing. 1t is safe to say, L THINK.
| that bimetallism was the most popular, II
not the most potential, factor in the last
campaign. 1t was the one plank common
| force which made itself felt under all con-
| ditions and placed its seal on every party 5
| banner.
That is true. He then goes on to
say:
1t is true, sir, that these prOtestations
and promises antedated the election; ana
| it NAV be interesting hereafter 20 compare
votes in Congress with votes III conVen-
tons or party action in Congress with
party promises in platforms. fear. sir,
| that the contrast would put to shame the
Misunderstanding patent-medicine adVer-
tisement, Before and after taking.
Mr.. President, | am greatly tempted
to say that | fear the Senator from
Georgia has digged pit into which he
will fall himself when he votes for
unconditional repeal, and that his
course will be condemned out Of his
own mouth. And L. said the Wild
eyed, lone-haired man who accompanied
the temperance lecturer, Il goes along
to serve as frightful example,
| Laughter.
| will not be stampeded into giving
| this death blow to silver. II the
emergency Of the time be so great as
to call for concessions on the part OF
the silver men, it is also necessary
that the gold men should concede
something Giving and taking is fair,
but when one side is to do all the
giving and the other side gives moth
ing in return then it amounts to a
surrender.
do not beliye in hall the allegations
OF public distress and danger which are
constantly thrust upon us. | believe
that in thirty days from this time all
distractions to the business Of our
country will have passed away. The
financial papers all say now that the
worst is over, and from day to day they
cite from every quarter OF the country
ing business.
The Fnancier OF New York, a paper,
presume OF high authority in bank cir
cles, announced day before yesterday
that the banks OF New Orleans Memphis,
Mobile, Galveston, and other places in
the South report that there will be cur
rency sufficient to move the cotton crop.
Like a gorge OF ice in q river, once the
first obstructing block breaks loose, the
| whole mass begins to move and the
| blockade is gone. Let my good and
valued friend from Georgia take heart
| and stand by the object OF his love and
| mine Il little while longer. To insist upon
repeal right now, in the face OF the aid
! mitted fact that the Sherman law is not
| the cause OF the trouble which the country
is feeling, is an acknowledgment that it
can not be repealed without some substi
| tute in cold blood and in times Ofreason-
able prosperity. 1t must be done now
| right now, or not at all
suppose, sir, that we weretO take these
! promises in the bill that at some day thu
remainder OF the PLATFORM will be carried
| out, what assurance have we that a bill
to provide for either the free coinage OF
the limited coinage of silver could become
IL law? Is there any Indication by any
vote of the House OF Representative:
upon the passage of the bill that such {
bill would meet its appreciation? Is there
| anything in the message of the Presiden1
or i'll all his public utterances, or is ther,
any spokesman here authorized to speal
| for him who can 81 We us his assurance
that such a bill would meet his apprO
baton?
Mr.. President, we know that it would
not become IL law: and it strikes me, sir
that to permit the passage OF this bill
without attaching some other Legislation
to it-knoWinS that that other legisla
ton could not be secured INDEPENDENT,
and by Itself-that we consciously sur
render and turn our backs upon all tn
pledges we have made to the people. |
strikes me, sir, that if we do this we mus
do 1T with our eyes open to the conse
quences; we must do it knowing that W
are sublectlng ourselves to the seriOu
accusations OF our constituents.
1t seems to me, sir, that the grea
Democratic party, which | have Away
supported because believed it TO be no
correct i'll its theories of government
but devoted to the interests of the com
mon people, the masses of the land-i
seems to me, | say, that ii we pass thi
bill now Internationally, that this grea
party will then cease to be the people
friend and become the subseryient too
OF combined capital, and will constitute
itself i'll its legislation the lineal and legi
innate successor OF the thirty three year
OF that Republican rule which we hav
always heretofore denounced as buildin.
up the combinations and corporation
which have well-nigh absorbed the wealtl
OF our country.
speak plainly upon this subject. Mr.
President, because | feel deeply. | an
too old have been too long in publi
Lille, have been too greatly trusted an,
honOred by the people of my State-tt
make myself Il party now to anythin.
which appears to me may be construed
Us Il want OF faith to public proiessio IS.
Let Senators consider for IL momen
the hOpelessness of securing further legis
latlOn If it can not be secured in cOniunc
ton with this repeal. Ii capital is one
satisfied by the repeal, then to trust tt
its influence to secure what we want
what the people wants. Just an appea
to the bowels OF OmniverOus Mammon
As well might We appeal to the mercy O
the hungry tiger, as well might we depre
cate the unsatistiable appetite of tn
tapeworm.
The people know this, Mr.. President
OF course ] impugn the motives OF NJ
Senator; they are as honest as | am,
hope; II they are, then they are fairl,
honest men [laughterl: but l am obliged
to impeach the Judgment of those whe
would take this course | think it sac
and fatal mistake. The honest way i:
the best way, as we all agree, if We cal
find 1t, and it seems to me the faires1
way OF Interpreting this platform is tt
construe it as the people understood it
as we taught them to understand it
through the press and upon the hastings
and III every way by which we urged tn,
campaign, and as | believe its authors
honestly intended it to be understood
and that was to repeal the purchasing
act and do all other things necessary to
ward the preservation and upholdina
OF silver money before or concurrently
with the abolition OF its only hold on life
think the carrying out of the first
pledge and stopping would make the
redemption of the Others impossible and