Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-08-22
fFor the Spirit of Jefcrson.l
A Drop.

A drop of water in the Potomac
river would not prcceptibly reach
Washington, and yet it would get
there; so atreatise on anything toucli-
ing the present political worry may
not have any weight with aw-makers
at Washington; yet, Indirectly, If
anything pertinent is written, it win
reach Washington sooner or later,
however humble the source may be.
Knowing that 1 sometimes write u
little for the papers, people say
''wbY don't you write.on the times2"
Well, answer that / don't under
stand the silver question, and to dis
cuss what is not understood is to ex-
pose ignorance, which had better be
concealed.
1t is true have fraction of COM
mon sense on the financial question,
which is that when the government
makes silver dollar it pledges the
faith of the United States to all re-
ceivers of that dollar to be worth one
dollar in gold; and If by any subsid-
larry legislation silver money should
be made the subject of barter, it is
fraud on the people for whom the
money was made. OF course bullion
before being coined is the subject of
trade. Now, 1 will not venture fur
Their on this question. There is a
cause for ''hard times" will ven
ture on a reason; perhaps some
reader of this article may agree with
me. Last November the whole vo-
ting population of the United States
cast their ballots, after a thorough
canvas of the tariff issue joined be-
treen the ms and outs. The outs
we're overwhelmingly successful, and
the verdict was--the tariff must be
modified; and so the verdict stands.
The great manufacturers, who are
seldom nonplussed, seing their legal
lied ROBBERY of the consumer denied
by the result of last fall's election,
called on the money power Of the
country to nreeure a money panic,
for the purpose of diverting tariff
Legislation by the new Congress I'M
der Democratic ascendancy. There
fore the bank deposits must be
withdrawn, confidence shaken, and
tight times procured, per contract
between the great manufacturers and
! the great money owners, either OF
whom can make hard times at will
and after grinding the poor and in.
vesting while commodities and stock:
are depreciate d, are then prepared tt
initiate values and procure better
times; in order that stocks and Other
values in their hands may be mark.
eted at greatly advanced rates.
The conspiracy seems about t.
succeed. The tariff reform policy
which brought our party into power
seems suspended, or at least subor.
dinated 10 the momeatOus % lcgis
( Iatfve labor of repeating the Sherman
> silver purchase law. Mr.. CLEVELAND
;. says it ought to be repealed, and
expect he is right. but what then
; is that the panacea for all the people,!
: ills2 The voters thought the tariff
r should be modified, and they thinE
so still and if it is not speedily mod
flied our party will hear it thunder
e Clouds are gathering now. The tar
iff exactions, which are oppression
on consumers, LOT enanunS Srea
4 manufacturing combinations to dou
: BILE their profits, should claim thu
r undivided action of the peoples ser
o wants at Washington. But if side
r issues are to be injected into Demo
: cratic legislation, whereby the MAR
e issue is to be defeated, or even post
s poned, then will pledges made bt
! disregarded and a whitening rebukt
I be administered at the next election
for congressmen-an employee who
r refuses to do the work for which hC
+. was employed, deserves to be dis
: charged. Nothing should be per
( mitted TO come between the people
and their DEGREES. V. ri. FIRoR.