Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-08-24

last Saturday night. Mr.. Clark
commanded the closest attention OF
the entire body for two hours and
when he finished his effort was
pronounced one of the great speeches
Of the debate.
After a five minutes preliminary
talk MI. CLARK went directly to his
subject as follows:
THE ISSUE STATED.
To demonetize or not to demonet-
ize silver is the question that now
confronts US. We might as well
recognize the truth and look it
squarely in the face. There is no
good to come of beating around
the bush. There is no IN
whipping the devil around the
stump.
No subterfuge, no sophistry can
delude the people OIL this momen-
tous subject. The issue is squarely
Joined. There is, there can be no
misunderstanding about it. From
utteranceS, public and private, here,
from articles in current magazines
and periodicals, We know that it Is
the remorseless purpose of a minor
ity of this House to utterly destroy
silver as a money metal, while a
majority of us are determined to re-
store it to its place of ancient honor,
usefulness, and beneficence in the
coinage of the country.
There can be no straddling, no
lodging, no foraging between the
lines, and no fence riding in this
fierce contest.
He who is not with us is against
us
The newspapers say hal the mo-
nOmetallists have hoisted the black
flag and will give no quarter. BE it
so. We d0uble-standard Democrats,
knowing that we are standing on
the Democratic platform, and all of
lt-nOt on n sentence wrenched
from It's context-and realizing that
our cause is righteous, propose to
faithfully and steadfastly represent
the people who sent us hlther.
The Western Democracy says to
the legions Of the single gold stand
ard:
Come one: come all. This rock shall fly
From its firm base as soon as l.
To demonetize silyeris practically
to contiscate one-half of all the
property IN the United States; to
double the difficulty of every debtor
in the land to meet his obligations;
to cause stagnation in every branch
OF business except clipping nontax-
able gold coupons off of nontax-
able gold bonds; to carry ruin, pau
perism, and misery into one-half the
homes between the two oceans.
Then shall be fulfilled that scripture
which says:
whatsoever hath not, from him shall
be taken away even that he hath.
CARLISLE's EVIDENCE.
| will quote to You words strong
er than any my tongue can fashion
words from man whom from nv
youth up | had regarded as an ideal
statesman-a man whose genious
and %eloquence to a large extent ed
ucated the people ofthis country in
to thorough ~detestation ofthe high
protective tariff system-a man
whose speeches have been used as a
tnyt-hnnI f0 MIN untnru 70 oorxnat
political opinions-a man whom
millions of his tellow-citizens had
fOndly hoped to see Presidentiof the
Republic Hon. John Griffin Car
Isle, now Secretary of the Treasury.
In 1878, when a Representative in
Congress, on this floor, on the ques-
ton OF demonetizing silver, he used
this remarkable vigorous language:
According to my view OF the subject,
the conspiracy which seems to have
been formed here and in Europe to
destroy by legislation and otherwise
from three-seyenths to one-haIf of the
metallic money of the world is the most
gigantic crime of this or any other age.
The contamination of such "a scheme
would ultimately entail more misery
upon the human race than all the
wars, pestilence, and famine that ever
occurred in the history Of the world.
The absolute and instantaneous de-
struction of half the entire movable
property of the world, including
houses, ships, railroads, and all other
appliances for carrying on commerce,
while it would be felt more sensibly
at the same moment, would not pro-
Unpa' anythina EEatho nrnlopnaj lii
tress and disorganization OF society
that must inevitably result from the
permanent humiliation of one-half of
the metallic money in the world.
These were words fifty spoken,
and are like apples of gold in pic
lures of silver. When a monument
Is erected to his memory there
should be inscribed upon it that
prophetic utterance as his noblest
epltaph.
Shakespeare says:
To gid refined gold. to paint the lily.
10 throw a perfume on the violet,
10 smooth the ice, or add another hue
INTO the rainbow, or with taper light
10 seek the beautious eye of heaven to gar
Is ~wastefuI and ridiculous excess.
And really to undertake to add
anything to the forceful and truth
full words of the great kentuckian
Is a work of supererogation. They
sank deep into the minds of the
Western and Southwestern people. /
and have contributed largely to give
hearts of oak to those who under all
vicissitudes have loyalty fought un-
der the double standard bequeathed
to us by the Fathers of the Repub-
he as a portion of our priceless her.
ltage- The people-oh, the people,I
have wonderful memories, and they
still fondly cherish those words as
containing a truth of portentous
import.
THE PLATFORM.
| am a Democrat. [ stand by
the platform-by all OF IT'D, every
lot and little of it; because | be-
iieved in it with my whole heart
when it was made and | believe in
it with my whole heart now. 1t con-
tains the Democratic gospel pure
and andefled. Over no political
utterance did l ever rejoice more