Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-05
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hordes upon the civilization of South
ern Europe, that the misery, paia and
death caused by the Crusades. the hor-
rors of the thirty years. war in Ger
many, the calamities of the Rebellion,
in fact OF all the wars, pestilence and
famine to be found In the pages Of his
tory, were not so baneful as the strik-
ing down of silver.
He roasted the gold bugs to q turn.
too, in more ways than can now re-
call; but one OF his rare pieces OF wit
was as follows: he said that Julius
Caesar began his famous Commentaries
on the Gallo war with these words,
'.All Gaul is divied into three parts"
but he Clark believed that il the H.
lustrious Roman were alive to-day and
could be present In the U. S. Congress,
he would change that statement to the
effect that ''all gall was not divided
whatever, but centered in the gentle
man from Maryland (Mr. Ray yoor)."
This was brought out by Raynor hav-
ing characterized the arguments and
contentious of the silver men as Grant,
rot, etc"
Gentleman on the floor had calledin
question the soundness of jefferson on
monetary matters; he for one was will
ing to yet linger at the feet OF that inn
mortal genius in craftsmanship and
gather wisdom in statecraft from his
lips; no other star had yet arisen upon
the horizon of the political arena whose
light was not dimm ed by the effulgence
of that great luminary. This effort to
demonetize silver, to strike down ,one-
half the money of the world, was q
blow not at particular or favored
class, but concerned the masses, the
rank and file, the bone and sinew OF
the country, the necessaries Of life and
the material for manufactures; and in
this connection he quoted the lines OF
Goldsmith:
Princes and lords may flourish or may
fade,
A breath can make them as a breath
hath made, yss
But bold peasantry, their country's
pride, . t,., 4 ss9
Whenever destroyed can never be sup
piled. M. 81,
And we do destroy them when we
destroy the means by which they OBJ
tain subsistence, when we draw our
financial policy to the advantage of the
rich and the detriment OF the poor,
when we legislate to the interest OF tho
gold barons of Europe instead Of the
farmers and mechanics OF America.
This thing of .'gold" was but the par
aphernalia of the Mountebank, Her
mann; it was shifted from one side of
the Atlantic to the other with all the
skill of the prestidigitator in order to
create financial condition favorable to
the Shylocks.
Somebody on the floor has said that
only selfishness was at the bottom
this crusade for silver, that only th6H
states in which lay great silver mineey
were interested. He denied this eR.
Missouri had not silv6.
mine Che forgot, or else was ignoraA
of Iron county's mineral resources)wfth-
in its limits; it had everything elise
necessary to great and prosperous
iron, lead, zinc, clay,
,oal, building stone, marble, onyx,
granite, slate. sand, timber Of the fin
,st quality in varieties too numerous
o mention and qualities too great for
with the finest agricul-
ural lands under the broad expense Of
Heaven, and people intelligent, hon
'st, Industrious, hospitabie, generous;
n fact Missouri was an Empire within
tself and as nearly capable Of sustain-
ng itself within its borders as any
tate in the grand sisterhood of COM
nonwealths; yet her people, actuated
y no motives of self aggrandizenent.
" no sordid sense at gain. demanded
he rehabilitation of silver rs Q matter
# common justice and right.
Mr.. Editor, took no notes Of this
peech, and on reading what + have
vritten, discover that it does not at all
Indicate the scope, the force for tho
ffect Of Mr.. Clark's effort, but was 40
thoroughly impressed with II myself
hat cannot forbear sending the above
nyhow.
only wish that every man In Mis-
,uri could have heard it as he ieliv-
red It, for it was great moral argu-
lent. ID.
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