Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1895-06-06

The law Of trade the law Of fairness the
law of justice, requires that that right Of
option shall belong to the debtor and not the
creditor. II | owe you n thousand dollars. |
II is ! who should have the option, II is |
who should have the right 10 say whether !
will pay you In one or the other Of the law
ful moneys of this country. II the option
Is given t. pay u debt either ia silver or
gold. who should hold and who should ca
ercise that option2 DO you say that the
creditor IL entitled toi ~ II 80, IT is no op.
ton at all.
II owe YOU a thousand dollars and both
gold and silver are gpod money under the
law Of the land, should ! not have the right
" discharge that debt or meet that obliga.
ton with either n thousand dollars Of gold
Or silver2 No. SAYS the gold advocate, the
right Of option belongs 10 the creditor and
when you come ~ pay him thousand dol
lArs be says give u 10 fne In gold, and ] say
have not got II, but have II In silver.
You refuse ~ take that and send me of "
Gnd n thousand dollars In gold. One is NJ
much money NJ the other under the law.
nnd but one man who has thousand dol
lars In gold, and | AIN bound to get II, 90 !
Am bound ~ take II on his terms. ! am
bound ~ pay him what rate of Interest he
scas ht ~ charge me, for under your right Of
option It is the only coin In which you are
willing 10 accept payment That is unfair
but the right OF option by the gold advocate
IL claimed b. belong ~ the debtor and then
they sAy you must keep the silver and gold
Al An equality of value How can | when
YOU give the right Of option ~ the man "
whom the debt IL duo who demands the
deArer metal That increases the demand
for gold aud sends the price Of gold up. Re
fusing 10 take silver lessens the demand Tor
silver aud sends the price Of silver down
lower and you force stll wider apart In
value the two money metals In the country.
But when you give the right Of option 10 the
man who pays the debt, either one ans sers
his purpose lie At once says give the n
thousand dollars Ia silver. Ii pays my debt
As we'll ~ gold and Il Is easier money 10 get
control Of by giving that right u option
ia favor % the debtor you maintain the
eauAuty ia value between the metals by
Increasing the demand for the cheaper
metal and lesscning the demand for the
dcArer metal About proposition ss plain
A. that there can be no controversy.
Hut II does not stop there lie says b.
METAL never was maintained by any
people. / challenge the statement for lack
Of correctness II 10 not true lie slAps
history IN the face who sakes the state
ment The history Of the world shows that
from lsU8 10 1915 France did maintain
successfully bimetSllism In its truest and
hrosdest sense Ia that Preach realm sill
yer and gold for seventy odd years hosted
on even terms 81 value History Of our
own country refut.. he statement. The
history of this people shows that from 1892
down o. 1873 when the Republican Con
grc.., by more than = two-thirds Repub-
hcAn majority In both houses, At the dead
hour II midnight. without warning " the
American people, without notice 81 thi,
contemplated assassination, killed silver
For eighty-one years the two metals IN
this land II ours with minis open 10 both
alike, on even terms, had hosted both ~ the
fnAl redemption money Of the American
people Who struck silver down have
told yuu. Republican Congress, Re-
publicsn by t~o-thirds majority IN both
branches How WAS u stricken down
Not openly aud Ia the bright light of day,
but At the witching houruf midnig t.An houi
ai,aA far a. dsstArilv n dc.l ~. & IA, k1al
crime u this or any other age by the pres
eni Secretary oi the Treasury, or whoever
Il was that made that spccch Ia the Fed.
crSl Congress, was consummated. The
utterer u that speech said the passage of
that bill was the greatest crime Of that OF
any Other age, and that It WAS the culmins.
ton ofs conspiracy formed IN this country
aud 10 Europe 10 bring upon the human
family more suffering, more torture aud
poverty than all the wars and pestilenoes
aud fsmines that the world had ever known
why WAS silver stricken down BY these
people, Had IL ever been demAndedy No
sir | defy the man who lives to put his
finger upon a single political platform.
state OF national, Of any party, Repu blican,
Democratic. Populist Womsn's suffrage.
Prohibition, Farmers Alliance, or any
cher platform that ever demanded the
demonstration of the silver metal. No
body had ever asked tor IL
Was u because the metal was not a good
money metal You know better. The
very day that Il was demonetEed IL com
manded premium over gold over the
counters Of every bank within the limits
u your land. IL commanded premium
Of per cent over gold over the counters
81 your bank here in this State and town.
II was more popular with the people than
gold. IL always had been the money Of the
people. The people had never demanded
it, taking of. The people had never ex-
pressed dissatisfaction with IL. For four
thousand years II hsd breasted in the van
guard OF humanitys progress. In times Of
both peace and war Il had been the faithful. |
tried and trusted friend Of the toiler. You
had sent II forth in times Of carnage and
from 1861 10 1865 II armed and fed and |
clothed the soldiers Of your army. Ii |
passed through that fiery ordeal and at the |
conclusion Of hostilities IL came back to |
you with its shining face unblotted and un. |
furnished. In peace II had been your main |
stay and in war II WAS the metal upon |
which you relied; for gold is n cowardly |
money. When the first shot ratified from |
the forts Of Charleston against the walls Of |
f. Sumter this cowardly. craven golden
metal took its fight from among the moneys
OF the country and hid itself away. ZAP
plause.)