The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-10-17


and silver demonetized as money OF hnal ac
count confronts us. l believe the people 81
the United States will rise in their wra rat
| before they will permit such wrong. Bu
| with that law repealed and silver no longer I
legal tender. before the terrible wron. tt
the debtor class can be righted. millions WI WI
| now own homes in fee simple. The liquida
ton Of debts and mortgages VIII go on under
the gold standard with one,haf OF the ,, me- in,
| capacity to pay debts reduced one-haif. i
| will take two bushels of wheat or two POUNDS
Of cotton to pay where it took one before
L say, If We are not confronted with human
! slavery of the white race in this couhtr!
where are We? (Applause.) Because: il
| the titles are gone to the homes tnat tnest
men struggled to obtain for themselves and
| their families and they become tenants sub
Jet to the humiliations and the tyranny o o.
them but serfs like they have in Europe:
Serfs. as the gentleman said. aud IL new form
| Of serfdom. They talk about the dishonest
dollar, they talk about the 5S-ccnt silver dol
| lar! My God! my c0untrymen, docsn t the
same amount Of silver buy as much wheat
| and corr as it eyer did? Which Is the dis.
| honest dollar? That which has remained Il:
parity with all ether products. or tne one
which will buy twice as much as it ought to
buy, the gold dollar: (Applause.)
The Money of the Poor.
Silver is the money of the poor; gold is 4
/ robber, and has always been the money OF
| the rich. They talk about restoring conil-
dence These patriots that so!icitous
peal Of the Sherman law! DO they care
anything about restoring confidence to YOU
and l and the millions of American frcemcn
whom they claim to represent:
BY the gracious permission of England
they will do it: otherwise We are not to he
considered. And then the mmbuggery which
they express in their speeches i'll congress,
I'VE are friends Of silver within certain llni-
tationS. Old DR.. Alternately, a celebrated
English physician. used to say the first thing
to do In treating a man was TO get him to
acknowledge that he was sick Well think
the most hopeful sign that I have seen ~
many a month, because | come from Il section
where the sun Of hope does not shine brightly
is that the men of the west realize at last that
these bimetallists. these friends of silver,
their remedy for the trouble of silver is 10
lay the poor thing in its coffin and prescribe
death as a remedy That is a new kind Of
medicine daughter and arplaUse) Let us
repeal the Sherman law demonetize
silver, and then we will take into considera-
consent of England. (ApplauSe.)
Doesn't every man in congress who has
pretended to deceive himself with that delu-
sion know that they never lcgisate after
they have repealed that law. Does he not
knew that Cleveland will veto everything
1hfy a0 n1 If they pretend they are bimeta
plainly and buntly.
\ Noice--That is what we want
Governor 1illman-I speak the language of
me Bible. the plain Anglo-Saxon. Why, for
the conditions they are Offering us. the rene
dy reminds me Of the Old dOgge1pl:
Mother. may | go out to swim?
Oh, yes, my darling daughter:
lang la your clothes on hickory limb,
BUT don't go near the water"
1aughter)
-, Don't You go near the mint with your silver
bullion: don't keep in that direction We
want you as commodity no; MS money.
make you Il slave of gold not its equal. wc
Will redeem you in gold and. therefore de-
s shn y9 ,, as money of final redemption And
plause) NP
The South's Situation.
Hentlemtn, so much by way of generalities.
am not trying to convert any Of you TO BIZ
you | came here for another purpose mi
want now to proceed to fulfill it. I want
You 10 understand once for al and fully
we near from some of these tmid pn,riots-
patriots! God forbid that should so desc
ti;ite 'he Word-politicians, these timid poli
TINS meeting, who have sent no d,.Ie", tns
mere. or who have not taken any pains TO be-.
another-these fellows who feel one side u,tb
a gentle touch to see how the popular feeiinm
+, gong to be-thcy say that this is "A sec,
in it, ''' '"Nc part
The Globe Democrat, one Of tho morri,,
li.tIn or TINS city, had in it this morning a
Those who are proposing to array tb.
s ona and west against the east should read
WIZ NET IL se ss ssss.s w
f fSss i 81, S*. M
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fer what they regard the interests of their
CONSTITUENTS, and it Is not sectiona;sm at all
within reasonable bounds This is II great
COUNTRY. ana ii Is so great that the cYtrpmi
lies OF IT Know nothing of each other Tn,
papers or one state do not circulate In an
other. We never see in South Carolina any
papers from up here aud you see 40 naprrs
form our state if''
Common Meeting Ground.
,,,al'i VuiS piace whore The peop.e of this
sramn country can meet upon a common
ground is In fhc halls Of congress-. and hare
wish 10 suggest an idea that has caused mo
great unelsnesS fer tine nernrtnjfy az mn
lhsf:tut-oLs and the continuance Of the union
as it ts-ihat is the great diversity of infer
cstS and that partisan adherence 70 Marty
which makes men forget thar other mon h.vo
r;ghtS. 'App.auseJ THAT makes them forget
that some Classes which they are Leg $. at:ng
against may DE abolutey ruined Dy the mas,
sage or certain law, and announce today
patriotic enough 10 consider the whoa ma
ton, consider The Interests of every STATE IN
tbs union, Is not fit to represent any stato
in any legislature anywhere. (Great an
p.auSeb Talk about sectionaiism. When tie
fiat went forth from the leaders of the re-
pub'ican praty chat the fourteenth and fif-
teenth amendments must he passed in order
10 hum.fate and punish the southern peop.e
they lacked one vote of the necessary I'VE
thirds majority to carry Ii. What did they
do: Nevada at that time was Il mining camp
The discovery of the ComStock lode had filed
her with adventures from al! parts of tho
earth, and she had Il floating population of
100000 or 150,000. They admitted Nevada
into the UNION, Soieiy with view TO get thar
one vote that was necessary Now Wlat are
they proposing 10 do with Nevada? Uaugh-
teri Now they propose to t,oiiterAtp as
far as they may Nevada by adding Utah 10
it and giving her some population. U.aughter)
| have got no objection in the word because
L think Utah Is democratic or popuI.st OF
something of the SOrt-laughtcr and an
pause)-at least the people are in favor of
free silver. and / don't think they viii ger
rid of Senators Stewart and Jones by that
sort Of hocuS-pocuS.
Probing Old Wounds.
You will excuse me if | rip up some old
wounds, or if | probe those that are healed
| do It in kindness and In sincerity bur ii IS
necessary in order to have Gear and per
feet understanding of the situation We
are-ali men are-Inore or less creatures of
habit and education We inherit our re-
sion we inherit our poiitics. and we trans
nit to our children our hates. II is not
worth while to tax about the war or how II
came on, OF who got the most glory out of it.
You got all the giory and got all the bit
terncSs and ashes am not going 10 speak
of that. / just want to attract your atfcn-
ton 10 it, that those of you IN this western
country who are our aiieS in everything who
haze been fG.low.-!S the ban;,cr of New Eng