The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-06-07

! ing SUBSTANTIALLY ali the BUSINESS
of the civilized world, and the sup
ply OF it is steadily increasing :
unless, as l have previously sug-
gested, there should be revolution
airy changes. The power of the
few to manipulate gold is not
measured by its quantity pounds
or feet, but the wealth that it will
take to control it; and its difficulty
will be determined by the breadth
of its distribution, as we'll as the
quantity and source of its supply.
| may say, without exaggeration,
that it would take more courage
and wealth for any set of men to
undertake to corner the little twen-
ty-two cubit feet of gold, than it
would to undertake to corner the
worlds supply of cotton, corn,
oats, rye, wheat, iron, coal, copper
and steel. And the broader the
use of gold becomes, the more diff
cult the task will be. It's strength
is that its value is above the pow
er of any set of men. At all events,
it is less subject to manipulation
than anything else.
But | have been asked where
will our government get its gold,
as it has no mines. Now, as we
are not running the government
| have not worried nyself about
that. / have worried a little about
where the silver miners will get
theirs. But, thank God, | know
where the people Of Mississippi
and Of this southern country will
get their gold. When they shall
come to their senses, and adopt
sound money methods, when they
shall learn to live at home, they
will ship their cotton to Liverpool,
and if need be, drain the bank of
England of its gold. And thenaall
the gold in the bank of Engl nd
will be just as much part of oar
per capita as if 1t were stored in
the vaults of the Jackson banks.
If we leave it there, it will be
merely for safety and convenience.
And when the southern people get
gold, the government will find
some way to get part of it.
have left the enemy's citadel
for the last. Its strength lies in
its appeal to the law Of self-preser-
walton. 1t presents a trout so spe-
cious that | am told has frosted
the wings Of more embryo goldbugs
than all the other arguments COM
bined. 1t goes about thus, no
man can be elected constable who
IS not for sixteen to one. When |
meet an argument too big to tackle
I bow, step aside and let it pass.
When our people shall cease to
depend on the promises of pollti-
clans and look to themselves for
prosperity; when they shall accept
conditions that they cannot control
they will fast become prudent and
thrifty; they will learn to avoid
debt, they will gradually accumu-
late capital, they will seek safe in
vestments, they will build homes
and churches and schools and fac
tories; peace and plenty will fol-
low; the lion will lay down with
the lamb, the populite will beat
his sword into a plow-share, the
silver men will ali get fat offices,
gold bugs will be elected consta
bles, and sounds Of joy will be
heard in the land.
TO love ones home and country
is a common virtue, but honest
men may differ about how to serve
them best. 1t seems to me fortu-
nate that our interests, as | see
them, are at one with humanity,
and that both demand that we
should strive, in the end, for a
simple stable unit, with the world
for its base, with its value and its
sanction written in the hearts and
minds Of The people, where ~
John Sherman can break through
and repeal: for a dollar that will
stand unchallenged through war
and pestilence and famine, unmov-
ed b. the rise and fall of men and
parties and dynasties; the same
dollar for borrower and lender,
rich and poor, high and low, good
and bad, jew and gentle.
One word, in conclusion, about
politics. | have tried to deal with
this money question fairly and
without reserve. | am gold bug,