Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-07-21

cnsuc and opposite legislation will con-
tinuc the cry of bankers panic"
These uttcranccs of Senator Il. B.
Vance on question of great interest
will be welcomed in the realm of his con-
stitucncy as the voice of the patriot
whose fidelity to his people is as un-
swCrvinE as the daily round of the sun.
Senator Vance was seen Wednesday by
The CITIZEN at G"mbroon, his summer
lodge in the heart of the Black Noun
tains, and when asked for talk on sill
vcr replied as above and. taking man
uscript from the desk before him, said
that he had just embodied his views on
the all absorbing question in a letter to
the Mccklcnburg County Farmers Ali
ancc, "of which will be glad to give you
n copy"
The letter was written III response to
request from the Alliance to the Mort h
Carolina Senators and Representatives
for an expression of their views on the
silver question and urging them to OPP
pose the unconditional repeal of the Sher-
man law.
The letter follows:
GoMBRooM, N. c., July is. 1898.
burg county Alliance.
SIR have received copy of the
resolutions Of Mccklcnburg Alliance
| adopted at a recent meeting urging Sen
| ators and representatives to stand by
the present silver purchasing law until
some satisfactory substitute shall be
adopted.
l observed their action with great
pleasure for two reasons: In the first
place 1t is in the exercise of one of the
most valuable and legitimate functions
| by which the Alliance can be made to
subservc the interest of the farmcrs-ths
concentration of their whole influence
upon the issues of the day. In view o
the notorious fact OF combination:
among all other branches of industry
and in every form Of capital l. year:
ago, urged upon our agricultural classes
the Importance of such organization a
would enable them to make their vast
but widely scattered and disjointc'
strength felt, promptly and efficiently, ii
legislation.
| Vital Issue.
Now the preservation of silver as
part of our currency is one of the mos
vital of all the issues which our peopl
have been called upon to decide for ha
Il century. The enemies of silver none
have displayed wonderful sagacity i
their tactics. Though scattered through
out the civilized world they hav
obeycd Il single voice from hcadquarter
in London.
From New York the word comes dow
the line to all American capital and I'll
response is immediate. What is know
as the Sherman law is the only legisli
tion on our statute books which binC
us to the use of silver, and the cry
raised for its repeal under various pr
tences. all equally false. The bank
stock brokers, bond holders, chambe
of commerce, ct id on1nc genus, clam'
for its repeal and urge the calling of 6
e extra session of Congress to assemh
and sit during the dog days, for th
purpose alone. Tariff repeal whi,
formed tho chief issue of the last car
paiEn, is thrust to the rear and the ints
est OF capital is placed in front to
dealt with under the dcmoralizing co
ditions of a fraudulent panic created
capital itself. called by Mr.. Ingcrsoll, t
"bankers' panic"
Another word.
Under these alarming circumstances
have listened. and mostly in vain. for t
Z. voice of the Farmers Alliance soundi
their opinions and wishes and of tho
whom they represent, comprising fu
onc-half of the nation; giving the fee
and vacillating among politicians to I
dcrstand what they had to expect if til
betrayed the peoples cause on this gro
=" financial question. The action of yo
Alliance is the first official utterance
the subject have seen in the State.
is time your order was bringing eve
atom of its influence to bear. 1t should
every means possible to let it be kno'
that there 10 yet another and entir
different world in the fields and homes
toil-whose interests demand attenti
az well as that combination Of moI
y. dealers, stock brokers, gamblers 6