Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-06-26

condemnation on the free trade doc
tines Of Golden and Calhoun. The
overwhelming and revolutionary ma
~jorities which Numbered against the
Wilson-Gorman measure convinced
Cleveland and his advisory friends that
the tariff gun was loaded for Demo.
Gratis, and they set themselves assidu-
ously to work in contriving a plan to
conceal their own blunderings and fol-
lies and at the same time to present m
entirely new front to the country. The
result of this long and laborious con-
ference was the currency question, and
Immediately followed a fierce and re.
lentless warfare on silver. Now, no one
is so ignorant of the history of this
country as not to know that from the
start up 10 within the last few months
silver has been the Democratic idol.
But Cleveland, Carlisle and other ex-
plorers in the field of politics have
suddenly discovered that the white
metal is the Pandora jar from which
have come the whole brood of evils
and calamities which afflicts us, and
now they propose to disgrace the money
of Abraham and the precious coin of
our forefathers by forcing it out of our
monetary system and accept the single
standard of value denounced by the
gold bugs of Wall street. Now, that
this is a false issue, is proven by the
fact that you can buy as much land,
as much wheat, as much corn, as much
bacon and as many clothes with silver
as you can with gold. And why is it
SO? Because of the pledge of the gov
eminent to redeem its silver and paper
obligations with gold. And the Re-
publican party made this promise the
foundation stone of our monetary sys-
tenn which is the safest and most salts.
factory in the world.
This Democratic clamor about the
currency, the best that human wisdom
ever devised, is to conceal the short.
comings and failures of the present
administration and to smother discus
sions of the tariff-the overshadowing
question before the people.
The President and his cabinet and
the leaders of the Democratic party are
free traders and whilst they are in
1icting incalculablo injury upon the
industries of the American people, the
Republicans must not allow public at
tention to be directed from the iniqui-
ties of their Wilson-Gorman tariff law
by the false alarms they are raising
about the currency.
Republicanism stands for sound
money and will not consent to a deg
radiation of any part of our currency.
But Republication also stands for the
protection of every branch of our do
mestic industry and it will never cease
its efforts nor abandon its enterprises
until that protection is completely re-
stored. Republicans should not allow
themselves to be entrapped into irrele,
yant discussions that the Democrats
may spring in order to avoid contro-
versies on live questions in which they
can not maintain themselves.
The Republican party in due season
and at its Owl good time will select the
issues and field of battle in the cam
paign Of '96, and the beaten and dis
rupted party of free trade heresies and
financial delusions will be served with
due notice that it will be held to a
strict accountability for all its follies
and crimes and will not be allowed to
hold its concealments nor to dodge a
single issue. And by the time the cam.
paign is opened the currency craze will
have spent its force, and protection to
American industry in all its forms and
branches will be the dominating ques.
ton.