The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-10-03

the great liberty loving people Of almost
every nation on earth. The host that /
stands for silver will never cease its
endeayors until il gives US the free |
coinage Of silver, not only 10 this coun- |
try, but il will plant the banners OF BIZ |
metallism upon the battiements OF
Grea; Britain itself (Applause).
They tell us that gold is sound |
money tell them that We know its
sound" is the death kaSH Of national |
and individual prosperity. applause:
They tell us that gold is I" sound |
money and we tell them that the peo- |
pie Of this country are realizing that |
its sound is but the clinking Of the
golden chains that the money power is
fastening upon our limbs. (Applause)
Duty is the grandest word in our
language. What is the duty OF this
hour? Is it To stir up strife! Is II To
draw party lines: Is it TO cause
want OF harmony among the true
friends Of silverI ! tell you that ]
believe the duty Of the hour Is for us TO
place country above party, to put this
great principle above all others, 10 join
hearts and hands, to settle this finan-
cial question, that has made paupers
on every hand, and is causing distress
country
My friends, We read that Cato the
Wise visited Carthage and saw the
power Of that mighty city. When he
came back he said, in the Roman Sem
ate, and exclaimed at the end Of all
his speeches: Carthage must be de-
stroyed." why? Because he knew that
unless Rome destroyed Carthage, Car
thage would destroy Rome. | say to
you that when we look upon the gigan-
tic power OF the capitalists and bond
dealers, we must recognize that If we
do not destroy the gold standard it will
destroy us, and therefore we will con-
tinue to exclaim, Down with the gold
standard" and every vestige and parti-
ole OF the financial system that is
crushing and opposing the people OF
America. (Applause).
My friends, ever since the demOne-
tization of silver in 1873, prices have
been falling, falling, falling. Since
| that time land has decreased nearly 80
per cent. in value. We read that if the
cotton crop of 1893 had sold for as much
as cotton did in 1873, instead Of bring
ing $lS4, 100000 it would have brought
S4g6, 100000 TO the people of the South.
| shall not attempt to make a
free coinage speech to-day. They
tell us that the free coinage of sill
yer will drive gold out Of cjrcula-
ton. | will ask that every man here
who has gold piece in his pocket will
hold up his hand. mo one had piece }.
(Applause).
How is it possible to drive gold out
of circulation when it is not in circu-
latiOn.
They tell us that the United States
can not sustain the free coinage of sill
yer at Is to |. My friends, look at the
United States; here we have a nation
whose territory and area will make
sixty states the size Of Great Britain
here we have the richest and most
prosperous nation on the globe; here
We have republic Of seventy millions
Of the most industrious, ingenious and
knightly people on the face of the
globe.
Why cannot the United States sus-
tain the free coinage of silver? She
has done it in the past; she can do it
now.
My friends, we demand the free, I'M
limited and Independent coinage of
silver. will vote for no man, for nc
party, under any circumstances, that
does not stand by that principle.
Confronted by these conditions, sur
rounded by the distress that we see on
every side, il we should fail to stand
by the free coinage of silver. then
say let us put out the torch Of liberty
in New York harbor, hurl the Statue
OF Liberty from our national capital
and thunder the praises of liberty ne
more in our halls of State.
!, We would be slaves to the Money
Power, and paraphrasing Prentiss,
would say, should we fail to prove our.
selves equal to this great con uncture we
ought to strike from the banner of this
Union the forty-five stars that glitter
} there, and leave the stripes behind al
emblems of our degradation. (Grea1
applause.
CAPT. BUCK KITCHEN RESPONDS TO
CALLS.
Capt. Kitchen was then called upOr
for speech. He said:
1T is about time for that committee
to return, and every body who knows
me knows that | can't make short
speech, because if | am wound I'D
will talk all day.
l think this convention is tOIerabIy
harmonious, and am sorry that it i:
not more so. am very sorry that oul
Democratic brethren are little tender
footed and little afraid. The amend.
ment that was offered | never thought
about. | don't know whether | ough,
to discuss that resolution while it il
out, but l must say one thing. | dc
think, myself, that there ought to be 8
little limitation to that thing, because
our Republican brethren might put ur
silver candidate, and there might be
thousand things in that platform
which was even more distasteful to me
than silver. They might want to force
me, and l would not want to be bound
The POpulists might put some one ur
who would be entirely dstasteful to the
Democrats and Republicans, and | am
sorry that this convention was moi
called on to pass resolutions upop the
|, financial issue which would include
national banks, which | hate worse
than all the other questions. I would
go further to-day to blot out national
banks than | would to get free sill.
yer. l would go further to stop the
issue OF bonds based upon the indebt.
edness OF our people, which will always
hold us down (the foundation of the
national banks), but this convention
, was called as silver convention, and
l therefore don't think that anything
ought to come into it but silver.
! want to say this: A POpulist, Re.
publican, or Democrat, even though he
Is minister of the gospel, or a Score.
tary OF State, or a United States Sena-
tor, has no business in this body unless
II the fair.questiOn is presented to him
whether he is to join free silver or the
gold standard, he will not be willing tt
walk over the dead body of his party
to get right"
THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
d THE AMENDMENT.
Inc committee on resolutions re.
turned to the hall, and Judge Whita.
ker said: Gas chairman of the commit.
tee, am requested to report as to the
action of that committee, and to re.
port to the convention that the amend.
ment offered by Mr.. Cooke meets with
the dissension of the committee. Ir