New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-20
BLICkBERN dS 4 CIMPAIGNER.
HOW HE URGES THE CAUSE OF SILVER ON
BIBLICAL GROUNDS.

HOW HE URGES THE CAUSE OF SILVER ON
BIBLICAL GROUNDS.
Washington letter to The New-Orleans Picayune.
Colonel William Green sterrett the humoris, Of
The Galveston News" WIS recently IN Kentucky In:
the impressions he brought back
Kentucky is my native land, and like 10 go back
fairs with my Old friends Finance Is now the one en-
crossing topic, and the battle between those giants
OF the forum. Carlisle and Blackburn engages every
OF hnance directly to Biblical grounds Blackburn
which is the most religious State in the Union.
coincides with Blackburn In this view Now every
To-day in Kentucky the Bible Is the campaign hand
book Blackburn as you know. is very ei9,9uen;
gins al his speeches the same way. Blackburn VIII
get w and say:
Mir Chairman and fellow citizens. your liberties
"ot course. every Kentuekian gets excited a. thia
any suggestion that thing they love. Ike liberty,
1 them into or rS nSn' % h'o
Yes. fellow citizens you are ground beneath the
heel OF the despo! and led In chains before tho
Now continued Colonel sterret, ~ you want to
only to mention a despot to him Whenever you
want row. or feel a yearning 10 witness
sF nss Cn" PSns qS the ptp Of
Is to do up despo, every sms ,ney med meet nee m n
show as feather in tiehenna II they'd come 70
kentucky iaskbuIn knows THIS and r,. so , he ' no
I'ut about the Bible and its present place In Ken
When blackburn gets down TO business in NJ:
speech he opens the Scriptures and shows EN- ina.
one OF the patriarchs bought cane ana pa'd lot ".
There says blackburn. isn't the money o. me
Bible good enough for you, Are we 70 a., neps H."
f hsss on % Sa" sssP' That Old ather Israel
bought land In Palestine and paid Tor ~ III s' huy
real estate I IN the Holy Land oush, to good
enough to pay your interest with to the money
leeches OF the Rourse.' . Az,
"At this sort OF talk every Kentuckian yels IKE
wolf He Is romantic and sentmen'ss n and
religious enthusiasm. and Blackburns aiiuson 10
After Blackburn has exhausted the story o. o.
the patriarch and the cane sale he comes down 70
abhor Judas as you do Blackburn will as sa Sn
could take silver for Him. it ought to be sSSS a
are slowly eating out our hearts with their eA'
tortlons.' 49,, s...u., .p,sck
burnt s,a ;St sos ss on on cG ss Tsy
stand the pace When he pulled the Bible on 's em;
s ss had so% ns" out pretty
searching the Scripture and ,r he o. nd aso.
""f rns TN" was 0V an v Sppercai FOR sackbuIn IL
would have a0orsa him 4 preacher The sIs ea, va.
RRsurstive ' and II meant money all kind, O. money
Is MS could 1n HS BE shs" e
q wha. the s silver people would otherwise "'
s,erTss d" the eS sod orators had that the
streets OF Heaven paved with gold .o,rd
There they crying. doesn't tnAt s S"..t
significant? Don't you suppose that the Stc ga
Architect OF the Universe would use the pes. was
better or as good as gold. don't you suppose ,rS
hear something about 1t at this time as path nS
II is They paved the streets OF Heaven VII.
gold and we are at liberty to infer that silver "''
rejected as not good enough for the purpose; 10
That's the way they were talking when ! ie a..
concluded Colonel sterrett and this rTsferl. on
high was enabling the gold people to halfway n''~
Sheir own against their silver foes