Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-09-07

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SIR sherman then proceeded 10 discuss the
history Of the act that hears his name. BE was
no, In favor Of the free coinage OF silver. aud
regarded IL as hat another name foe the mono
metallism Of silver. and wax ouIY in favor %
the purchase Of silver for purposes Of coming.
The eonferces % the two houses agreed upon
their differences. and In that agreement
secured the repeal OF the Bland Allison
act Mr. sherman reminded senators whsn
they criticised the law that sss named after
him they should remember that this Law nov
on the statute books was far better than either
the house bill or that passed BY the senate.
The president, had, Mr.. sherman said. set
forth the decliae In IN, value OF silver. but
failed TO give the causes OF IN. decline Had
he taken a broader view OF the causes
Of that decline he could have explained IL all
II was due. Mr.. sherman said. TO the fact that
Ne were called upon TO paw our debts. debts
payable In gold England was the grea, cred
tsor country. anal We should neither be ASHAMED
Of nor hate her: we are her children and par
take much Of the characteristic Of the parent
stock England : losses in the Argentine Re
public had to b. made good and she
returned our securities and demanded the
gold needed to save her own tnstttu-
tionS from going down For the Er~t time also
In a number Of years the balance % trad. was
against Us and We had 20 make the diTervnee
good After discussing other matters contrib
aNNAA - ~ AFHfA Vt ~ mia
declared that an erroneous impression had
t~en created when IL was claimed that the >hcr
man law was the canss - all the trouble.
aud this. he said with all dine Difference to
Mr. Cleveland Stli the fact was that congress
must deal with a situation and not a measure
He t~elisved in giving the devil bis due, and
vas ready TO stand BY the law. not as a meas
urc in which he took any special pride. for he
was competed 10 Yield In order 10 prevent
disastrous legislation Without this law what
would tn country have done In l9t and iss.
had - been called upon them 10 meet the
difficulties now staggering ~ lie was not .
new convert to the repeal Of the Law. but a YEAR
ago he had introduced a bill to suspend the
operations 81 the law II was worded almost
exactly like that OF Mr. voorhees,. WHY did
not the d-mocratie senators then see the dan
gers they now see. and come to the help OF the
republicans when they sought to suspend the
law Not a democratic vote was had then. and
democrats must answer why.
This very currency famine was not through
fest tina; the money Of the country Va. not
zoos, and the people should not be deceived g.
to ths reasons for the repeal Mr.. sherman
did nee tclisyr the repeal OF the law would In
any considerable degree relieve the country
from the existing stag1atiou. Its repeal
would ease the money market from the
silver. The Law was denounced BY
49,
makeshift II was a makeshin. ami a good
one. II tended to prevent the Ills growing out Of
the free COINAGE of silver. The democratic
party vas now charged With a great RESPONSE.
bllitY and Mr.. Sherman warned them that II
they attempted IN alter the existing tariff AVS
they would plunge ths eaantry into deeper DIS.
tress than row exists
Taking IL Tor granted that the Sherman law
would be repealed. shat ~ the sufureq Mr.
sherman. while not the adviser % the eemo-
cratic party. said he was entitled tn give his
opinioa - an American eitis-n. First Of all
we must preserve intaxt the parity % AL our
money. IL misht he n-ce~sary tn issue our
securities to secure Talf 10 maintain this
parity the only way ~ which ne can sum
mariIv secure gold
Al this point Of hts speech Mr. sherman e.
waited from the direct path % hi~ argument
reply to and clear away the charges and asper
sioas made ~ senators and others Ia coanectfon
With his sc-ealied act demoaetisinx silver IN ir7
aud he confessed TO some aanOy&nce 81
the ssatemans male the ether dav ~ Mr.
voorhees, that the action Of tha-~ wao had
managed the legislation had been steafthy sad
treaehrrous-
Mr.. VOORHEES, declared that nothing coula Be
farther from his purpose aad int~ntion than 10
say an unkind 81 disrespectful word about the
senator from onio. That senator ~as not in
his mind when he uttered those verbs Hus Is
they were disagresahle or extensive TO him. he
expressed regret AZ having uttered them and
de Jared himself Incapable Of innietiag an az
ront anprovoxed on any gentleman In the <ea-
ate or elsewhere
Mr.. sherman said that certainly he dld NOT
desire to say anything on the matter, being
satisfied that what the senator from Indiana
had said was due To his exuoerans eloquenee
tLanghterl He intended now TO produce IN.
public record OF the matter and make the act
OF 1873 plain and clear ant 10 show thai the
whole proceeding was free from corruption.
and was honorable 70 congress. and hereafter he
said. in angry and excited tones. when any man
makes that imputation I will sim ply say that
il Is a f4isehood. and I hrand IL 50 gov There
has never eeen any bill freer from wrong In.
faence than the act Of Is.5 and TO say that IL
was passed surreptificusiy Is . f~alsehood and
. lie BY vhonewer uttered
SIR sherman devoted some time TO an ex-
posture Of the faIssEood OF = letter written by
someone who Avoxed himself a. an anarchist
and Who professed to repeat . statement sup
posed 10 have been made 70 him By Mr.. Ernest
Seiad as 70 having hrfbet congress 20 pass the
Law Of t-T1 lie declared that Mr.. Seiad vas
90 extreme eimetallist as any man within the
sound OF his voice. and that the statement Of
the obscure anarchist vas = lie made cut Of
whole elcthL
Mr. sherman boldly avowed his connection
with The legislation OF t.z1 ant said (Ailufias
TO Nj. stewart OF Nevada ta1t be would
not plead the BABY asE 1zs sea5Gr from
Nevada repres sntlnx. A. he did. 0oO
Intelligent a-tiye. industrious people In
tcrested ia the n ajax % silver and role.
elgH. 10 have known a. that tine whether the
dollar Ct the Daddy We dad sad gone o.
~" Hs qses+s fFq@ ss2seea Rsis " No.