The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-07-30

timist can give any assurance oo OF the re.
lief the people voted for in 1892 and are
demanding every hour? 80
Almost by concession the next house VIII
be republican. If SO, the same vote VIII,
no doubt, shift the majority in the senate
from the right to the left But with re-
publican house the last end Of the ADMIN
istration will be worse than the nrSt, ior
relief will be just four years further off,
Returning to the main question, to-Wlt:
endorsement Of the administration, in the
light Of the foregoing history what snail
we, what can we say? There are men with
conseiences so facile and elastic that they
can discern a very broad distinction be-
tween lie in politics and a lie in business.
They do not hesitate to resolve in cOnVen-
ton what they would not say in private.
Judgment surrenders to expediency. Party
right. We must defend in public what in
private We diSapprove. We must appear
to be of one mind, though irreconcilably di-
vided. The majority must yield to the NIL
nority and say amen; so be it," That
majority of southern democrats indig-
nantly scout the policy of bowling to mon
archS for permission to coin silver cam
not be doubted. And to resolve that we ap-
prove of delay and waiting for interna-
tlonal agreement is to speak what the ma
Jofity neither approve nor intend to sub
NIT to. Our patience is fatigued the ar
sument is exhausted, and resolutions thay
approve apr further delay would misrepresene
| will gladly go as far as any other dem
ocrat IN according to President Cleveland
al the virtues that make a noble manhOOd.
lie possesses lofty qualities which very few
OF MS predecessors in the presidential
once possessed in like degree. They de-
serve to be and will be chiselnd in historic
marble Among them candor truth,
kindness, patience, hrmness, honor and
justice.
And shall we be less truthful and candid
than he? Does any one who knows him
believe he would say by resolution or other
wise mat he approves act which he
does not approve? Has he not been frank,
open and bold in telling Us he believes in
international agreement as a necessary pre-
cedent to bmetallism that he differs rad
lcalIy with his party on the coinage of the
seigniorage; that he differs with his party
on the policy OF issuing bonds to raise
gold to pay the bondholders? And shall q
million democrats dissemble TO hatter one
VINO is frank to us? Shall we justly incur
his contempt by saying approve his
veto of the seigniorage bill when he knows
we do not approve his veto? Shall we say
endorse his wisdom, his finarcial judg-
ment; that the purchasing clause was the
cause of our money famine. and that it's
repeal would restore confidence and revive
business when we know from bitter expe-
rence that time has demonstrated the I'M
soundness of his judgment?
This is time for idle compliment.
Never in the history of this government .
have candor. truth and manhood been at a
higher premium. A candid avowal of our
convictions and the grounds of disagree
ment is demanded by truth and manhood.
policy of John Sherman. To do would
be imminent peril to our party south as
surely as to pursue that policy will be our
ruin T. NJ. NOR WOOD.