The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-08-17

"AlS1N - was D~A'it III It!su -ultt
demonetized il.
The time for free silver argu
ment has passed. The bankers AMI
bond holers argument has brought
the country To the very verge of ,iam-
nation. Starvation prices for whea
and cotton is the farmers answer.
Watch the free silver Democrats
in Congress aud s.e how they vote on
the Cleyeland-Crisp cloture rule.
Only a little while ago the stool
pigeon editors of the Joe Daniels
stripe were dragging their prince
albert coat tails on the ground dar.
ing the tariff robber" to step on
'em. We don't see those coat-tails
any more. 1t only shows that col
lar-wearlng editor dare not express
al honest opinion. Daniels, fcr
instance, is paid $50 per week not to
tell the truth. 1t would seem very
small pay to man whose vanity
has possessed him with the idea Of
real greatness. But Josephus is not
built that way; he is statesman fer
revenue.
Bourbon-mugwump-the twin fraud
is the latest designation of "a Cleve-
land Democrat. You will find him
wearing IA collar with the Cleveland
monogram-B. NJ stamped on it in
gold letters. Around the hotels, at
the poStoffices, at the railroad sta
tions you will find him. 1t is easy
to identify him. When politics is
mentioned you will hear from him
and you will hear him say "d-n
the Peoples party" No wonder
peop,e marvel at the mysterious and
lnscrutable ways of an All-wise
Providence.
''ro save the South from the hor-
rors of a Force Bill Democratic
Senators voted with the western free
silver Republicans for the free coin
age bill tnat passed the Senate at
the last session of Congress. Was it
trade that ended with that Con-
gress? Can ANY honest man take
that view of it: 1t proves that the
Democratic party wanted the Force
Bill as a campaign issue. 1t was
the ''rebel yell' the Democrats
wanted, and they expected that the
white man VS.. the negro slogan
would bring it. On general princi-
piles they didn't want the Force Bill,
or any other bill tnat would prevent
ballot box stuffins. Every Demo-
attic Senator who votes against free
silver now stulliies himself, repudi-
ates his trade and is dishonest. He
brands himself an migrate.
How is it with Ransom? Did he
vote for free silver to save North
Carolina from the Force bill? Every
consideration compells Ransom to be
consistent. Without the Force bill
there would have been no Raa3om
in the last campaign. He ought to
get down on his knees to the W, ,stern
free silver men in the Senate and do
their bidding without manner. They
furnished him with the material
for his campaign speech, and he
owes them a debt of eternal graft
tude. What say you Senator?
There are howls and howls. And
there are howlers and howlers. But
now will this do for calamity howl
ing: 1t was the howl of 1878 and
the howler was John G. Carlisle,
now the Cleveland -Mugwump-Bour-
bon Secretary of the Treasury. 1t
starts cold shiver up the spinal col
umn. Read it:
"According to my view of the sub
ject, the conspiracy to demonetize
silver which seems to have been
formed here and in Europe to destroy
by legislation and otherwise from
three-sevenths to one-half of the
metallic money of the world, IS THE
MOST GIGANTIC CRIME OF THIS OR
ANY OTHER AGE.
"The consummation of such a
scheme would ULTIMATELY ENTAIL
MORE MISERY UPON the HUMAN
RACE THAN ALL THE WARS, PESTI-
LENCE ANC FAMINE THAT EVER OC-
CURED IN THE HISTORY OF THE
WORLD. The absolute and instan-
taneous destruction of half the en-
tire movable property of the world
including houses, ships, railroads,
and all other appliances for carry
ing on commerce, while it would be
felt more sensibly at the moment,
would not produce anything like the
prolonged distress and disorganiza-
tion of society that must inevitably
result from the PERMANENT ANN
HILATIoN of one-half of the metallic
money of the world" John G. Car
Isle Cong. Record Vol. Z, page IL
Appendix 1878, A in Congress.
To demonetize silver IN 1878 was
''the most gigantic crime of this or
any other age" Now it must be de-
monetlzed in order "to restore con
fidence" or as Hoaxssmiths parrot
says, ''to check the depreciation of
our currency. Take the case.
! lis to be billlonaire profit and
twenty-five cent wheat Congress
Strike down silver and that is the
inevitable result.
Repeal the Sherman law uncondl-
tionally and so sure there as is God
in the Heavens pauperism is the
fate of the industrial millions IN
this country.
Let it stand 16 to l, no change in
the ratio. Put silver where it was
| in 1873.
The imaginationand-f fght-and'
lack-of-conidepce" panic is doing
business at the same old stand. One
day the clouds have lifted, the next
"black and threatening pail hang:
over the land" Let Congress recog'