Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1895-06-06
Mr.. CARLISLE RIPPED up THE BACK
His Previous Record Made Public.

wsnt here before going further o. dc
clare that iu anything ] may say Co day
with reference either 20 the reDurI Ut Oh.
Secretary OF the Treasury or o. the receb
utterances Of that gentleman, / mean tU De-
fair. | mean 90 be more than fair. | meat
10 be generous, | mean % le candid Their
WAS time when this man stood the friend
, Of the people For hi- houored rroUrd boz
the past we owe him = debt uf gratitude.
have no motive, and could not be- urged of
influenced by any motive b. DO that dlstiu.
gulshed gentleman an injustice hsv,
known him long and intimately. l have
served In the hall. ~ Congress with h,m
for sixteen years. My intimate a,4uAint.
ance sud association with him have resulted
ouly 10 Increasing my admiration for Do. Boz.
tellectuAl gift and powers, 10 strengthen
ing and deepening the sentiment ~ per
| sonAl attachment that ! cherish Tor him
| Whatever fame he has achieved. ! stand A
| willing witness by whom 20 prove that be
| fairly earned IL He has stood f,r yesr.
recognized among the ablcst thinkers y our
country among the best lawyers that TIM.
continent has known, among the sounde.l
statesmen that this generation has given tu
the service of the country am prepared
10 testify that ~ all this be- was honestly
and fairly entitled. have served there
either In the House or Scnsle, With this
Secretary for sixteen consecutive ,ontiuu.
as year., never dividing upon questions of
politicsl Character always Together. think
ing together, acting together. votng 10.
gether and Sighting together. even anon
this silverquestion, Tor during all those long |
year, It WAS my wont b. look e. him a, one
OF the ACKNOWLEDGED leaders upon Jar "a. /
OF the same issue over which We are bat. 1
Ting to-day IL was he who by.hjs.ui,ra
Ances leSder.h IN. s..,.-,'sy s"~ SO
n,,er t,vs,ret up among the advocate ~
t.a.As,lIs. slAndard, among ne Peyp,'
pillar Of fire by night guiding smelling I
and leading the hosts of bis c0uutrymeu !
from the darkness II a condition Of bond /
age into the open sunlight If promise
IL there was q man throughout that /
period Of sixteen years IN either house &c
the Federal Congress that stood pre- emf !
nent among the friends Il the silver metal
a. its sblest and boidest Champion, il was
the one who to-day appears upon the hust.
ings 10 heutu,ky's canvass as the ayowed
enemy Of that metal and the advocate of
the single gold standard. Take his record
| will not dwell upon that spee,h IN Feb
ruary, 1875, when he and | were members
Of the House together. However he may
| explain IT, whatever portion of II be may
| contend has been miscunstrued. no matter
what course he takes, that speech Of John
q. Carlisle, delivered On the Zlst Of Febru-
airy, ISIS, IN the House, will 70 sounding
down the sges rs the ablest the boldest the
most unanswerRble argument that ever
was submitted by mortal man upon the
hOors Ot Congress In support of the silver
metal. II his utterances Of TODAY require
answer II Is not necessary for YOU or me I,
make the reply be hss himself answered
himself There IL not proposition In th'
speeches delivered BY him AT Coyington
Memphis or Bowling Green, the error anS
falsity Of which are not completely shOwI
by HE own utterance in 1873. If the PEG
pie Of this State or country want more
complete and crushing answer TO his pres
ent arguments than any Of us can furnish
they can have il in his own utterAnces o
seventeen years sgo.
|, But to-day he tells Us that that speecl
was misunderstood. He says IL was no
intended in advocacy Of free silver. lie
us stop, by way Of parenthesis here, AM
inquire what that term means--what Is fire
silver IL does not mean that the sllye
metal is To be coined into dollars and scat
tered broadcast through the highways an
} hedges OF TINS country IL uoes nor n'e ga
that lne SILVER com Is 70 oe nlaoe ,ree 70 VI
american american PeoPle 70 nsP T 1neSes~ rrSn
the Vaeie OF lne re srel reAsuiy .,,.i,.p
coinage Of silver means this: That 1t
colleu anu 'i'ii'eS ~ .uo 49,.
MAKES no onaree 10. 'lin''ns ~ 'mas a'
e..iIeh .An .I,,s ",as Us hava 4, coin :,
n.o " n,4ao ~ w. W.. 49, a,a9,n ~ he amsrirs,
eagle nm, a. !, .1;,hon, 20, or charge n
, lie Gpysrn,,sn, Co. its coinage That
free silver snd ,hs, IA ali n Does n,ear
The unlimited coinsge Of silver means tba
there shall be no limit nnt uncn the rich
of the holder and the owner of the siISe
bullion 10 have il coined. The two term
Joined together, the free and unlimited coin
} age OF silver, mean that any man who ba,
silver bullion may take il TO the minis and
have II coined in any amount that he