The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-09-17
R VS.. PRINCIPLE.
Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.

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party above principle, and shows the
extremely low grade of principles that
paper carries in it's vest pocket. 1t is a
base demagogic appeal and an applica-
ton of the party lash. He says:
"The C ontroversy among Democrats
on the silver question seriously threat
n a disruption of their party, and it
therefore behooves all the conservative
members of that party to call a halt
ere it be too late"
That word sc )nservative," Mr.. Rec
ord, has been used as a synonym with
bankers, tories, traitors and %goldbugs,
and to throw a cloak of protection over
their damnable criminal actions, OBJ
iects and intentions, until it has be-
come a stencil in the nostrils of true
and honest men.
I suppose you have reference, by
conservative" to Cleveland and his
coterie of Federal omceholders, Mr..
Record. You speak of the Democratic
party as that party" and their
party" just as if you didn't belong to
it. I thought the Record was II am O.
Democrat" but his language puts me
in doubt. Oh, 1 remember now, he is
a Cleveland Democrat, a goldbug Dem
ocrat, and the goldbug Democrat is
giving the silver Democrat some ad-
vice. Ga, yes; it all comes plain now.
He wants the conservative members
bankers, millionaires, landlords, Cleve
land cuckoos, etc } to call a halt. Do
you think, Mr.. Record, even if the
bankers and goldbug Democrats should
call a halt. that anything would halt
when they called9 Can a free man be
halted on the public highway of
thought and action and forced to re
trace his steps9 Will a man halt on a
burning bridge while the flames leap
over him2 Will a true Democrat stand
still while the hot ''smell of Wall street
and birthstone" cffands his nostrils7
No, Mr.. Record, and your pleading is
all in vain. Even the ''old reliable'
Democrats themselves are tired of your
goldbug claptrap, and you are going to
see the biggest exodus from the old
corrupt money ruled Democratic Or
g%anization between now and 1896 you
over read about, and don't you forget
it. Again, he says:
ALREADY many rash and intemper-
ate threats are being made which, if
carried out, would disrupt the Demo
cratic party"
And why, Mr.. Record, are these
threats being made7 Didn't you prom
Use them free silver in 1922 And
didn't they put you in power3 But did
you give them free silver7 Didn't you
cowardly break your promise and tell
them the trouble was with the TARIFF
And now because they demand free
silver, and threaten TO leave your party
if they don't get it, you call them
trash" and ''intemperate." Don't
blame them, but blame your own
Office loving, promise breaking souls.
You are the cause of the threats, and
your disgraced old party ought to be
disrupted, and you goldbugs and
Clevelandites ought to have to pillow
little steer yearlings about five years,
with nothing to eat but corn bread and
peas, so you could sympathize with the
common people, with whom you are
now SO badly out of sympathy.
And oUoiD ho GO &C.
''Many sound money Democrats are
vowing and declaring that they will
not vote for a free silver candidate for
President, if one is nominated"
We don't want their votes Let them
vote for one of their own color. We
can float without them. And again he
says:
''Ard many honest money Demo
Gratis are with equal vehemence declar-
ing that they will not vote for a gold
bug candidate for President if one is
nominated"
That's right. Let them stick to what
they say, and vote for their principles.
And again he says,
"Of course, if the threats and vows
of either are carried into effect there
can and will be but one certain result,
and that is the disruption of the Demo
cratic party and the complete triumph
of the Republican party"
Then the Democrats can get no more
Office. How sad! How many nights
have you spent in tears over these sad
thoughts, Mr.. Record9 And really, is
your oil poured on the troubled waters
to induce the goldbug Democrats to
compromise with the silver Democrats
by voting for a free silver" candidate