The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-01-02
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sIpisH S Sssh sii1s u af Nh sSs ssaslI
General, that no SUCH demandis made
by the Democratic party, stll snatis
To borrow your own choice p~hfaseoli
ogy toward us (which The State. assures
us is studiously courteoas9 ut may
have escaped your u memory,uH YOU
ever knew, the fact;SY that; the Demo
cratic Platform of 1856 contains the, fol-
lowing plank Congress has no
power to charter National 9bapk.
We believe such an institution one, of
deadly hostility to, the best interests Of
the country, dangerous TO our, Republic
can institutions and the liberties OF,
business of the country within the. CON,
troll of a concentrated, money, power.
and above the laws and the, will Of the
people," Moreover, i,"it" may have.
escaped your memory If you ever,
knew the fact" that this plank}was res
affirmed in the platform OF, 1860, ycopr
pied with the declaration that Demo
cratic principles are Interchangeable, in
their nature when'applied to the same
subject 'matters.NheiU ut dmay haze,
escaped your memory too,a,Ti IL you
ever knew the fact" that every Demo
cratic platform ever uttered by the
I Pht " NoaSO OhS uEoUl uONu W 1COf, COu-
tanned precisely that same strong
language against national banks. If,
then, as the party has mor than once
declared its principles are unchapge-
able,' 10 is a little difficult to dindljusti-
%ication for your charge, ~6fppolitical
heresy against those of us who in 1893
hold to the principle that from 1910
to1S64 was the height of Democratic
virtue, - Z ~
2. You say the s~ub-treasury idea Is
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS really, honor
ed sir, we thought it rather beneath
your dignity to go cracking stale
political schestim c1likdk that Your
reading must haveFbesm exceedingly
limited if,you did not know of as promf-
Enent u Democratic lawyer as Judge
Norwood-of Georgia and others. rof
equal prominence had expressed a CON
trary opinion. But suppose we admit
that the schema is unconstitutional {;
does that debar us from agitating it?
Ii, II beSa good thing for the masses
under tip changgd conditions and pro-
gress o fthe nineteenth century, Why
should the Constitution forever stand
between the people and its enjoyment ?
Are you serious General, when you
teach by implication that 1t is undemo7
cratic to seek any change in the Con-
stitution however ffghteous aid Idesir-
able that Shaaiga ma be-? And magk,
mqnd you wete to discuss
g, You dismiss on, ,demandfo free
coinage OF silver with the simple ques-
ton: SIS this demand in accordance
with the Democratic platform 81" And
is this the best that can be done ?
You set out to show that it did not con-
form Ito 1.-The Democratic platform.
HYoI onlySask us If it does. Assuming
that you ask in good faith, we, atlleast,
will not evade q direct question, SO we
answer unhesitatingly, yes. it does F;
and was SO held by the brainiest and
best Democrats. in the United, States
Senate--such men as Morgan and
Daniel and Irby and Butler, and a
host OF, others. }tnpg al ,lTis.ntt ffn (;
To borrow ANOTHER ehoice. phrase di-
Is 'studiously courteous) '"ty6u have,
we suppose, reid the Democratic plat
form, and If: you compared it" with
the Ocala you will see that both con-
denim the Sherman act, Thus far they
are Identical. Ths NOcala then de-
mands sin lieu tthereof the,free and
unlimited coinage. of silver" The
Democratic goes on to say eve
hold to the use of both gold and silver
as the standard money of the ;coun-
try and to the scoinage Of both
gold and silver; without disorimi-
mating against either metal or
charge for mintage." The meaning is
precisely the same. The. reading
public will note how signally you have
failed not only to justify your charge
that 4ano man who upholds the Ocala
platfotm5 can properly claim to be q
Democrat" but v e to show that tho
platfoGmsare wholly a~ntagonistio.
d.. .You think it II sufficient answer
to Qur'Sdefhand for the ownership Of
r~ailroadxand telegraph lines, in csr-
tain contingencies, that it would cost
severalthnes ms much as the civil war.
Surprising this were true, that does
not prove 1t is undemocratic-and that
is what YOU set out to show, mark you.
You were to5prove hat mo man who
upholdsS' this can properly claim to
be anemocrat," and you. simply argue
that tits costly Again we ask-what
have honorable and spirited men to do
with cash where principle is involved ?
Away with such sordid standards Of
eXpediencyIy LIE us probe these Iques-
tions to the core, and ifathe principle
be cOrfeQt8and best 6ffthe masses of
the people, let lis maintatnthem though
they cost myriads of money and men.
That was the spirit that animated the
Democratic party in 1860. They did
not stop, to count up sqosts when the
rights of| the people We're threatened,
The rightso of the peoplerare Threatened
to-day. 1t is a question whether
the people shall own the railroads or
be owned by them. Already in, this
State fnsolyent railroads refuse to pay
taxes and boldly bid defiance to the
peopleas But are we Shut in to buying
these roadsalready built at the fraudu-
lently INFLATED Valuation Of watered
stock Z 4fathe fraudulent water were
squeezed out of themSthe actual cost
would probably not exceed a fourth of
the AMOUNT Sclaimedf~f What is to
hinder III TgoVernment from building
its own lines2 Certainly such an en-
tcrpriseswo ula be q God send TO the
three million men who are to-day
moneyless and Homeless, with starry
ing wiyes and childrea around them,
simply because the National bankers
panic thasestopped the Awheels Of in
dustryFan damned up misery upon
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