The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-21
VANCE ENDORSED.

"A Large and Enthusiastic Meeting HE'D
at Jackson---Speeches by w. w. Pee
Dies. Senator Ransom, B. S. Gay and
captain T. w. Mason---The
Resolutions.
Patron and Gleaner.]
large crowd assembled at Jackson
last Monday in answer to a call for the
people of Northampton, irrespective of
party, to meet together and express an
opinion on the silver legislation of Con-
gress, and also to thank Senator Vance
for his able and commendable fight for
the free and unlimited coinage of silver.
The crowd began to arrive early in
the morning, and among the first to
arrive was Gen. M. w. Ransom, the
senior Senator from this State, who
lives about four miles from Jackson.
He was soon surrounded by friends
and it was soon understood that he re
garded the meeting as an indirect cen
sure of him for supporting the admin
istration in its fight for the repeal of
the purchasing clause of the Sherman
SAA u tSCS VI 4OOO LII OSlSIclC0 W IlAJ,
many who favored the object of the
meeting refrained from taking part as
they did not wish to cast an implied
ceneure on General Ransom because
they differed with him on a public
question. Ali the morning clusters of
people could be seen about the court
house square discussing the meeting
and its probable results
The meeting was called to order at
IL o'clock m. and was organized by
electing B, S, Gray, Esq, Chairman,
and A E PeeIe, Secretary.
On motion of w. w. PEBBLES, the
chair appointed a committee composed
of one from each township to draft
suitab e resolutions, as follows: w w.
PEBBLES, of Jackson; J. G.. L Crocker,
of SeabOard; DR. r. Fl. S5ancelI, Jr,
OF Wiccacanee; J. M. Grant, of R1an
oke; N W. Britton, of Rich Square; J.
A, Garris. of Kirby; B. M Pugh, of
Gaston'and NJ, l. Parker, of Occonee
chez. The committee retired and re-
ported as follows:
We, citizens of Northampton county,
North Carolina, assembled in the court
house in Jackson on the 6th day of
November, 1898, in consideration of
the great and important financial con-
test recently waged in the Ha Is of
Congress for and against the demone-
tization of silver; and, being so as
sembled, do
ResOlUe, l. That we cordially and
heartily approve and endorse the course
of those Senators and members OF the
House Of Representatives, be they from
the North, East, South or West, who
opposed the unconditional repeal of
the purcha ing clause of the Sherman
act.
2. That we are truly glad that our
patriotic and able Senator Vance and
seven of the nine Representatives from
North Carolina voted against the re-
peal. For so doing they deserve and
have our Endorsement and apprOba-
tiOn
8. That we need and want more
money and, silver as part of that
money.
4. That the silver dollar helps to
keep the gold dollar honest money"
by preventing ruln0us appreciatlons of
the gold dollar, and by tending to pre-
vent the monopoly and ''cOrnering" of
basic money.
5. That we are in favor of the coin
age of silver and gold at the proper
ratio fixed by Congress And we de-
mand that silver as well as gold shall
be full and complete legal tender in
the payment of all debts of all sorts
8 That we have been taught by our
fathers and by our party platforms and
by the history Of our country, and we
believe 1T to be true, that gold and sill
yer coin Is constitutional money. We
know that the States, by the surrender
of their pOwars in the adoption Of the
Constitution, can make nothing else
basic money or legal tender; and we
firmly believe that Congress cannot
rig htfully and constitutionally prevent
either from being basic money or legal
tender. We also believe and hold that,
whilst the States cannot do so, Congress
may make basic money of legal tender
of paper or commodities other than
gold and silver, but cannot delegate
that power to individuals, banks or
other corporations.
z. That we deem the monopoly OF
money the most dangerous and lnJur-
ious of all kinds of monopoly; and that
it tends to monOpollze all of the wealth
of the world into the hands of the few,
and to pauperize, paralyze, Cypress
and degrade mankind.
8 That we believe that Carlisle, the
present Secretary of the Treasury, was
right when he said, in the House of
Representatives, February 81, 1878,
that THE consummation of the de-
monetization of silver would ultimately
entail more misery upon the human
race than all the wars, pestllences and
famines that ever occurred IN the his