The Forrest City times., 1893-08-18

oi Ehgland so strong and prosper ous, Western Europe would have to come to the American standard ar abandon its commerce with the Tinted oVates and with all civilized countries
 WOULD HAVE TO RECOGNIZE SILVER.
 The United States was the best mar. Ret Tn the world for the manufactured products of Europe, and that market Europe could not have unless it recop- hlzed and accepted silver at the same value as the United States did. The monometallists of Europe knew that II this country went into the free coin- age of gold and silver at a fair ratio it would settle the question for the | world, and hence their interest and determination to prevent it. It was | not only serious question for the united States. but the oppressed peo- pie of the old world appealed to this country to settle the question for them and for the whole world.
 The money requirements of the United States, with the vast wealth. industry and energy of it's people, were equal to those of England, France and Germany combined. and the whole civilized world would have to look to this country for it's future monetary | supply. And yet he said, with yehe. mence, we are asked here to-day to lay the bloody hand of confiscation on millions of our population in order tc satisfy the greed of England Will congress do it? Will you tramplc down the interests of your own people and destroy the value of one of the pre- cious metals simply to gratify the greed of Wall street. a mere agent of mbard street? It can not, it shall not, be done. Applause.
 NOTE OF WARNING.
 Speaking for the mass of the people of the Mississippi valley and of the people west of it, say you shall not do it. Renewed applause. And any, body, or any party that undertakes to do it will, in Gods name, be trampled down as it ought to be-in the dust of condemnation now and in the future. Continued applause on the floor and in the galleries.
 speak as democrat, but yet as an American above democracy. Cheers. We do not intend that any party shall survive. if we can help it, that will lay it's confscating hand on Amer. ica, in the interest of En. gland or of Europe. That may be strong language: but, in speaking to you of the eastern democracy, we will bid you farewell when you do it. Applause Now, you can take your choice of sustaining America agains, England, of sustaining American in. dustries and American la borers against English industries and English labor. CTS, or of our going apart We have come to the parting way do not pre-. tend to speak for anybody but my con- stituents; but 1 believe that l can speak for the masses of the great Mis- sissippi valley when I say that we will not submit to the domination of any political party However much we love democracy) if it lays its sacrificial hand upon silver and wounds it in this coun | try.
 UNDEMoCRATIC AND UNAMERIcAN. 1 For myself, will not support such a party here or elsewhere but will de nounce it as undemocratic and un' American, and the democrats engaged in it will ask the people of the country to condemn as the agents and tools no, will withdraw that epithet-as the representatives of the moneyed power and moneyed interests, instead as of representatives of the American people. You can not hold the demo- cratic party together on that line. Applause In closing his argument (Which he said he was entirely without prepara' tion for) Mir. Bland declared that the time had come to decide whether or not the country was to go to bimetal- lism. He thought it the duty of the house (especially of his demo cratic associates) to settler the money ou.stiou at once and to settle 1t al once on the democratic lines. It would not do to demonetize silver and then tt undertake to restore 1t afterwards There was time enough now to arrange it according to the principals of bi metallism, and in manner conforma blv to the promises of the democratic party. If, he said in conclusion ad' dressing his words particularly to east ern democrats. you do not do it, yours is the responsibility, not ours. lAp' plause.
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