The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-02


aNtNal4,l. sNIDN OF 1T.
Commenting on the passage Of the re-
peal bin by the United states Senate the
London Standard says:
"a weaker man than Mr. Cleveland
would have been beaten, 50 divided IN
oDiniOn are the States even now, so VI
tious have been tnc effects upon the Ma
TONS mind Of long familiarity with paper
money and false economy doctrines ii
popular belief In the capacity OF the Ike
public to pay paper dollars ana SILVER
certificates IN gold be undlsturDed' II
may sul1 be possible to reneW the 1ouh-
datious Of mercantile credit in America
without a violent disturbance OF the goa
markets Of Europe"
We quite agree with the hard-headed
Fnglishman. Long familiarity with ana
daily practices Of pernicious paper money
and protective tariff theories have so
perverted the minds and reasons Of
great body Of the American people that
we should probably have fioundered along
for a considerable period yet in'aH the
mud and slough Of departing credit, but
for the masterful hold which Mr.. CieVe-
land took upon the subject and the firm
ness and statesmanlike tenacity with
which he adhered to 1t. The cheap dollar
was insiduously but surely doing its work
1t was gradually driving the whole coun-
try towards a process of liquidation when
81 600 900. the amount Of the country's
currency. would have TO stand through
one process and another for the great
bulk Of the $4,000, 900 worth OF property
in the country. This process would have
gone on until the whole land was covered
from end 70 end with bankruptcies and
ruin had not Mr.. Cleveland's powerful
personality been thrown into the scale
TO bring 1t down upon the side OF conserv-
alive order and exact payment Of debt
according 20 contract.
The public judgment has now met this
last tide Of Reputation and communism
snd has turned it back, Until another
moon OF Simpsons, Weavers, Leases and
Bryans shall form to raise it again with
their unholy attraction. The country has
now before it a season Of rest and ex-
emption ffom the poisonous sgitatons
OF selfish men seeking nothing but their
own ACKNOWLEDGMENT, in which its business
will be allowed 70 run naturally along
in its cwn course, willie men are permitted
to trade and swap for what each one
wants whether it be for piece Of paper,
piece OF silver. piece Of gold, or any
thing else. 1t has an era Of great pros
perity before 1t. But let DO one be de-
oeiyed Since human society has eX-
listed such men as raised this silver
agitation have always existed, too, and
they will always exist. They were known
IN Rome at one time as agrarians. They
have been known in France as commu-
nists. Jack Cade led them long ago in
England They turned up here fifteen
years ago as greenbackers, and they have
just been laid in temporary graves under
the name OF free slverites. But they
were the same under ali their different
names. They are men who want 10 get
rich without working for their money.
They have no regard for obligations 10
pay, and they hope that government, by
disturbing all existing relations through
the strong hand of power, may produce
an upheayai and wreck that nigh;
possibly cost them a derelict. Such men
have always existed to curse society, and
they always VIII. They are not all dis
honest Some Of them are el.tiTely sincere
and eagerly in earnest. These belong to
that class which believes in Perpetual
motion and thin ks government can make
money out Of air. They are the most
/ dangerous of the set. The country is
/ happily relieN cd of them for the present,
| but they viii come back again. What
name they viii take next, no man can
! foretell, but they will not fail OF their
[ destiny for went of name. A name
will be found, and whether opposite or not
/ 1t viii answer all their ends. They viii!
collect under it all those who love 10 live
! without work, all who have failed at every
thing else, all men who have wheels in
their heads. and finally all the enlightened
statesmen out Of jobs. May we have a
Grover Cleveland TO crush them when
they rally their forces agalnl