The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-12-24
THAT TORY MESSAGE.

JuQ5S O0GEayG0 C1ElSb WAbA d KISS
and re ceived his pay in silver. Thirty
pieces was all he received. Benedict
Arnold was probably the most ardent(O
American in the history of the R9volu
tionary war, but he was the most con-
spicuous traitor. Grover Cleveland
betrayed his constituents Immediately
after he was inaugurated President the
second time. The amount he received
for the job in unknown, and the quail
ity of the money is still in doubt. He
is the most stupendous traitor ever
known, but he adopts the role of a con-
fdence man and goes about it method
ically, seeming to have an unlimited
amount ct gall, cheek or whatever you
may call it.
His Venezuelan message, which we
publish in full elsewhere, is the latest
surprise. The message reads like it came
from a thoroughbred American patriot.
But it is full of bar room temperance
and brotheI morality. The Monroe
doctrine is all right so far as we know,
but nothing pure can come out of cor
ruption.
The President has shown un-Ameri-
canism in every move he has made.
No sensible man will be caught by this
change of front. Oil and water will
not mix. His entire administration
has been in the interest of the bond
buyers of England. He first demone.
tized silver and then began to issue
bonds. 1t is absurd to think that he is
unfriendly to England. By reading
between the lines you can @ the
scheme in all it's horrible enormity.
The same day the message was read
the following dispatch was sent from
Washington and ~appeared~in most of
the daily papers:
"WAsHINGToN, Dec. 1.-THE opinion
is expressed in treasury circles that the
Presidents message to Congress to-day
on the Venezuelan boundary question
will have the effect of causing the Eng
lish holders Of American securities and
stocks to throw them on the market
for sale, thus further depicting the
treasury gold reserve, as gold would
have to be sent abroad in payment Of
them"
We all know what the depletion of
the treasury gold eserv means. More
bonds must be sold. London bankers
want the bonds as an investment. They
are going to get them, and the reserve
must be depleted rapidly. The f1nan-
cial editor of the London Telegram
states that the sale of $50, 600, 600 bonds
has already been negotiated::in London,
the issue to be made when the gold re
serve gets down to 100000. 600. 1t will
soon go there with all this war talk.
Some critics claim that the message
is a bid for a third nomination. No
doubt that has been duly considered.
The goldbugs, regardless of party, want
Cleveland, their most plant tool,
elected again. They hope his patri 0tic(O
talk will put HIM in better shape. Only
four years ago Benjamin Harrison,
then President, attempted to get on
the shoulders of the people by talking
war. He declared war on Chile, a little
spot of earth about as large as one of
the largest counties in this State. But
the %absurdtty of the thing proved a
boomerang and the President was
laughed out OF c~ountenance. Now
Grover tries it by jumping on England.
If he wee an honest American citizen
there might be some results, but as it
no sensible man will be deceived.
There will be no war with England.