The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-10-26

.b,., q. m,.r,. tnAu any other man
Of ordinary Intelligence 'eil"~eN
IN. t..x a : young man. HN' neNs'
overlook il. Ny observations "'
r,eulturr we're all taken from 'ne
out.,d 4. the fence st = safe distance
Rat NV friends. lt there II any man
IN North Carolina. or IN the Cni'ed
State. of America, that has been nh.
der obligations 70 his people Tor OF
r.n.nr,d. uudeserved kindness Ead
ION 6.f-uee, am that man. And
With all strength Of mind and soui
that | possess, have studied those
questions that affect you. II Is moi
ont of place. conceive, To speak 10
Won of this silver matter. aiihguh 81
an agricultural fair, for II - NOT \
nnrtisan question. The great Demo
cratic party is split WIDE IN tw" on
this question of silver. The kepnh-
licau party. while not so absolutely
divided. is very much divided upon
the subject of silver, and, therefore,
| say il is not inappropriate, or out
IF taste, for me To speak 70 you At y
strictly agricultural meeting on tins
question, this great question OF n
nance, which so greatly interests
YOU. | have done So To the best oil
nv ability. wish you all prosper
ity and happiness.
| do trust that in some things you
will think am competent 10 advise
YOU. advise you to do noihlne
rash. advise You 10 continue your
consel vative methods, and | do pray
| that YOU will take means to combine
and organize and make your strength
| felt in the affairs of the natoin as II
ha. been felt in the affairs OF your
| State with such beneficial results.
trust earnestly that you will do it,
and my word for it, you will never
regret il.
One of the happiest things To me
that has occurred in the past several
years is the fact that you have as Il
| farming class determined that you
had other duties To perform besides
making your daily bread and mine
and your people, with great unani
nifty, like little children going to
| school, have been seeking informa
! ton and learning of those question.
of finance which so much affect you
Keep on at it. The day will com,
when power will be held by those
who have a majority, and you hav,
the majority in this great land o.
ours. The only question is that when
that power comes into your hands
whether you will abuse it. Let u,
pray God that you will not. 1t i,
natural when men have been op
pressed and wrong has been done Il
them for so great while, that wher
their hour of power comes they can,
stop at the line of moderation. Tn,
horrors of the French revolution
were just in proportion to the injury
which had been heaped upon tn,
people there for centuries. 1t wa
begun by the Girondists, who at
tempted to equalize all the taxes %
France as the remedy for the ole
feudal privileges. The barons pal,
no taxes to support the government
whatever, and the proposition wa,
made in the first general assembly
of the French people for the equal
ization of taxes, to make noble
man pay taxes as common men, JUS
as the peasant did. 1t was adopte,
and made with universal approba
ton. And the authors having foun,
out that they could redress on,
wrong SO easily, advanced a littl,
further, ard thinking that they coul,
go along as they had begun, advnce
ed beyound the bounds with visible
ferocity and bloothirsty cruelty, an,
the first man at the guillotine wa
this mad man who began the Orion
dists. So with the farmers of Amer
ica, who have submitted so long t,
this legislation which has robbed
them. High tariffs, which preven
the coming in of foreign product,
and prevent the foreigners from
buying their products, and at tn,
same stroke of the pen compelled
them to buy all their supplies at the
highest market in the world and sci
everything they had to sell at tn.
cheapest market in the world. Their
came the national banking laws, b,
which the State banking institution.
were swept out of existence, and
power was given to the nationa
bank to control the currency, to con
tract it whenever they thought Their.
was too much, and to initiate it wher
they thought there was too little
/ After these things then comes tn,