The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-06-18
FINANCE AND SENSE.
THE HONEY PLANK IN THE PLAT
FORM DISCO USED.
A Case of Craft or Ignorance-"hat ID INC
Dollar Unit of CoinaSe?-NothlnR
Has Intrinsic Value.

Savannah. Ca. June 16.-[Special. 1.-The
savannah Press published this afternoon
the following from ex-senator Norwood: -,
To the democrats of the south: l VIII
present some views on free coinage y. eli-
YER under the head of The Common sense
of Finance
AS the use Of words Is to express
thoughts, it is necessary to UNDERSTAND
the terms employed in discussing hhahce'
clear conception of them VIII throw
light on a subject which to many is dark
and incomplete. The darkness is not In the
subject; it is purposely produced by men
whose interest lies in the ignorance Oh the
people as the interest of the priesthood TOT
sixteen centuries was advanced by Keeping
the laity in ignorance of the Bible Wheh the
Iaity after the reformation got the Blple
in hand the priests lost power and
Christianity advanced So will it be in
finance AS the people explore it's functions
and fictitious mysteries and learn the truth,
its high priests in Lombard and Wall street
will lose their power and the whole country
will partake of the wealth and prosperity
which they now almost monopolize.
For centuries it was heresy and ceatn
for the laity to read the Bible. 1t is now
presumption, impertinence and fagranf
trespasS for a farmer, mechanic, laborer.
doctor or lawyer to attempt to discuss or
to dare express an opinion on the dWIul
mysteries of finance. Finance is the sacred
ark to be approached only by the consecrat-
ed and anointed. The layman who even
humbly ventures to whisper the mysterious
word FINANCE" or "feenaunce,' deserves
the fate of UzZah for touching the ark Oh
the covenant He is at once overwhelmed
by an avalanche Of jargon like that WIN
which the lord of the manor Overwhelmed
little Nose, the wears son. lie opened the
argument by asserting that the concatiha-
ton of self-existences, proceeding in re-
ri 1nDicatp
a problematical dialogism when IN soihe
measure proves that the essence OF Sp1llt-
uality may be referred to the second Preol-
cable" And, as the young lord was uis-
playing his wit to lure the wears daughter
to her ruin so we may beware OF the de-
siqns of eastern financial dOctrlnarlanS
when they launch upon us the studied ana
involuted nonsense that marks the hnanclal
plank in the Chicago platform as a mohu-
mental deceit. 1t was seduction IN poth
cases the only difference being the pat
form was intended to deceive millions in
stead of one. [ wish it borne TN mind that L
do not hold the southern democrats respon-
.ible for that Delphic oracle on silver Ihey
were threatened with the force Dill ana h1d
TO accept the best they could get. 1t was
then believed to be wise to submit but such
policy in the future would be suicidal.
The Nomenclature of Finance.
The money unit is the integ@r estao-
liShed by any government loi iiiS""NA LIB
values and solving debts as the dollar
with us. the franc in France the pound III
England the mark in Germany etc IL Is
for all commodities what the yard STICK Is
for cloth the pound for weighing, the bush
81 for measuring.
Money STANDARD" is the number of grains
tlf pure metal with the alloy added thal
A Institutes the unit" as 412l2 grains make
HAIR standard silver dollar and 25.S make our
com lard gold dollar.
them thew" means equality, or at par. 1hat
tiers had tn, used in the Chicago PLATFORM
too. They he two metals" means equality
TiN- -fY5,-Tr HrrTfude IS and silver, not as coin
,boluh there is alJurt'ion This construction
rranv would have ncthi4 next words, to-wit:
-, rf,a a>--necro citiZensn of every dollar at
.['ai,. faithful friends tne Of all debts" If
1i4tla while they mad beent mean GOLD
l,tiIt7.d Inv the carpetb lss"ra, cords ''the
tal,a thc whites had made bed httcre then
litter of confusion. eat
Reniah Beasley was as southern in odd,
WAYS as any of his knslnen and neShbo de-
11a was hard-headed, set-Wllicd, indepenGn-
ar md bold lie knew That he was right
10 begin with, and scorlfd to acknowledge |
that he was wrong TO qH With lie soon |
found himself the VlctlI OF public sent- |
nent. and circumstance which he was |
either too sef-Willed or Po weak to resist |
drove him TO act with 6 carpet-bag ee- !
rncnt 10 this clement II furnished ammu- |
milton that was sadly laGhS, to-Wit-hrainS |
and audacity. lie was member of the
etate convention of 1S6and was elected
10 the legislature haVl behind him the