The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-10-05
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When ex-senator Allen e.. Thur.
man declared for the free coinage ot
silver and charged that the gold.
bugs trad capslred the President and
the ma jorits of congress, the Nes
York papers referred sueeringly IL
Mr. Thurman and said no better
could be expected Of il man who
''took up with the gr, enback craze in
1875" Now let it b. remembered
that Mr.. Thurman wac on the Pres
ldengial ticket with Cleveland in
1888 as yice-President. The gold
bugs controlled that convention Us
they did the Democratic conycn-
ton at Chicago in 1892. The men
who now sneer at him for being a
greenback"r in 1875 nominated aud
advocated him in 1888. The same
men Dominated Stevenson another
greenbacker III 1892. And yet they
hate greenbackers. Why is this:
They did 1t simply to catch votes of
the people to support "a goldbug
President. Mr.. Stevenson does not
dare to-day open his mouth in advo-
CaCy of his honest convictions, or he
too will be sncered at as Il green
hacker by the goldbugs, the men
who used him as tool to deceive
the people. The people are catching
on to this kind of deception and
will not be fooled by it any longer.
In this connection we wish to say
that any man who will study and
comprehend our present financial
system will soc how unjust and de-
Structiye il is aud how the present
conditions are produced by it; then
If he will 60 and study out what
Il just and scientific financial system.
is he will be a greenbacker at
heart. And If he is IA man who has
the courage of his convictions, if he
is not under the influence of the
goldbug power either directly Or in
directly, if he is not candidate for
office hoping to get it through the
favor and help of monopolies, if he
is not pandering for the boot-lick-
ing social favor of certain set, that
man VIII be a pronounced green
backer: A man who believes that
neither goldbugs nor silver bugs
nor national bankers should control
the volume and distribution of mon
ey, but that ever dollar whether golC,
silver or paper shall be issued and
controlled by the people through
congress, and every dollar shall
stand on its own bottom and be as
good as any other dollar. Who is
opposed to this? We challenge any
newspaper to d dsproval of the fact
that this would be just and honest
currency. We challenge any speaker
believing differently to a public dis
cussion of the question.
Governor Tillman, Of South Caro-
lima, is qHoted as follows:
"They object to greenbacks as fat
money; they object to silver as a dis
honest dollar; they demand gold to
become the standard of the country,
although it means fifty-cent wheat
and six cent cotton, and the loss of
the titles of their homes by millions
of American farmers. | told the
ring in this State in 1888 it was
damming up the water when the de-
mand for reform was refused in the
State convention. | now make the
prediction that similar crisis is ap-
preaching in national affairs and the
hoodgates of the peoples wrath will
be swept from the face of the earth
in the next presidential election. The
farmers will not be pauperized to
satisfy the greed of the Wall street
shylocks, without exercising the bal
lot to redress their wrongs. There
is lots of driftwood in Congress, and
men who have betrayed the people
in the fight against silver will yet
learn that the people are not such
fools as they think they are.