The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1895-07-19

ton. and as for blind tigers we believe
there is not one in the county.
While it is true the Scimitar has
no circulation here, vet it is fact that
our people manage to get the news
from other reliable sources, and are
very liberal patrons or The TIMES,
the Commercial Appeal, the Atlanta
| Constitution, the Courier Journal,
New York World, st. Louis Republic
and Chronicle, and other great papers
too numerous to mention.
The Scimitar lays much stress upon
the personal abuse of prominent men"
the defamation of fellow democrats"
and such like, which it imagined fell
from the lips of Carmack and Young.
On this score it says. among other
| things: The campaign of defama-
ton has been waged by them alone.
From John G.. Carlisle down to the
humblest OF the sound money advO-
| Gates on the rostrum there has been
| none To utter abusive words about
free silver democrats. What excuse.
then, have these Is to / speakers for
| trying to stir up bitterness between
democrats E?
| Are there no arguments on the side
OF free silver that they must devote
their attention to defaming fellow DEM
| Ocrats, or do they think the class OF
people which they chiefly address. in
capable OF approaching anything but
personal abuse Of prominent men ?"
Personal abuse of prominent men or
OF any person, WAS entirely foreign to
the speeches delivered 10y Messrs. Car
mack and Young. The only reference
made by Mr.. Carmack to other men,
was when he stated position taken
by them, and then in clear argument,
sustained by facts, figures and history,
he dispassionately proved their theories
false. and demolished their receptions.
Mr.. Young paid Secretary Carlisle the
highest compliment that man can de-
serve. Personally he believes him to
be possessed Of the greatest OF minds.
and Of wonderful sagacity. Gave the
history of Carlisle's first speech on
the silver question, in 1878, which made
him famous. and then cited Carlisle's
denial OF his public record on this ques-
ton in CovingtOn, and with the ex-
PLANTATION that he bore no ill will to-
wards him, said he was the most con.
temptible public character in the Uni
ted States.
There we're no epithets, no abuse,
no reckless statements. Every asser-
ton, eyer position, every tenet, WAS
logically sustained. Yet these men
are accused Of leading campaign Of
defamation. The Scimitar with re-
markable suavity and sangfroid Gays
that Carlisle and his school are free
from ''abusiye words about free silver
democrats" In the next paragraph
the Scimitar contemptuously refers 10
this gathering of the democratic yOe-
many, as composed of populists, ignO-
ramuses, backwOOds illiterates, and AS
residing in section where blind tigers
Outnumber spelling books. No such
insults and miserable lies have ever
characterized the speeches or writings
OF the advocates Of free silver. No
greater insult could be given a"swamp
democrat" than to dub him a populist.
yet every day we hear it or see it ap-
piled by the gold bugs to the patriots
who relieve in the peoples money,
and who will vote for the peoples in
terests. "Cranks," ''lunatics,' IAN
archists," ''repudiationists," "infla-
tiOnists, these are favOrite ex-
pressiens applied by the gold bugs to
the free silver democrats.
Lastly the Scinitar asks "are there
no arguments OH the side of silver?" n
We could not put an answer too
strongly, by declaring all arguments
III her favor.
Is 1t no argument for silver that
prior To its decentralization the United
States were masters OF the carving
trade that the ships of gold countries
had been compelled to abandon the
high seas
Is it no argument for silver that
prior to its decentralization this coun-
try was the most prosperous OH the face
OF the earth. That prices were high
and money plenty that vast areas of
new territory was opened. new enter
pIises and extensions sprung up
throughout the country
Is II mn nrUufpant for oilya. ~.