The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-07-09
SILVER SHERMAN VS.
SHERMAN. wi
Two Letters to John Sherman-
Trick Exposed, VI

D~nS Vn0 nOU weather in .Tnr.,
amused myself by writing el
Sherman a personal letter askino
to explain why he advocated siI o uN
standard money the day before %a
ped through his bill demonat;-i. 4p
altogether. In reply he sent n.y.
speech, and on page AZ I found q ~ R
ment which I was bound to MOS S"R'
subject of another letter which voc
Senator has not yet answered Tug
easy to see that he is in a hole o,s
he is so fond of gold, he will nroba,S%
keep golden silence. In order tbot
letters may be better understo,sS
quote his statement made in Conc,
in 1873, which has already bean mug nnS
lished in The PROGRESSIVE F,n, re'
I am very sorry to see that the Dor.'
cratic newspapers have paid 8, Ttg,
attention to Senator Shermans incos
sistencies, and, by not PUBLISHING h,
statements which I quote, have beIna3
to screen him from therighteousi n5ia
nation of honest people.
Why some Democratic (profpssea
free silver organs are constant d.
nouncing the alleged inconsistenc,a. n
Marion Butler (who is certainly A t,o,
silver mani and fail to d~enounca fl.
actual Inconsistencies of Senator She,
man I will leave them to explain,
Here is Sherman's statement mad.
in 1878, page $50, part one, Conorga
iOnaL Globe, Jan. 16, 1873, bottom
second column.
IF any one fact is proven BY the
experience of mankind it is that gd3
and silver are the best possible stand
ard of value. They have been
recognized by every nation from The
earliest period of recorded time. How
ever much nations might differ ins
ligioD, habits, production or climate
they have not differed in this primaT
axiom of exchange or barter. e.
periments have been tried with Other
standards from the iron of LyCurgu
to the finest bank note engraving Of
modern times, but all have resulted in
the conviction that gold and silvah
the only true standard. Paper money
supported by the credit of a Cover
ment is a convenient substitute greatly
facilitating exchanges by the ease and
safety of handling and transmitting
it, but it is not real money; it is only
a promise to pay money, and the Od!
test of it's character as false or true
money is it's capacity to be convera
into gold or silver of prescribed weight
and fneness."
AND HERE IS THE FIRST LETTER. WRO1
HIM.
RALEIGH, N. O., June %, 1895.
Senator Sherman:
l send you a clipping which will
doubtless interest you. Your friend
here, who are not as numerous a8yo
could wish, would be very glad to have
you explain why at such q junctNS
you we're advertising your Friendship
for "goId and silver as the best posi-
bic standards of values" They dOnd
understand why you have not sln&
then used such language. The reasN
why you owe it to them to explain
because it is charged hereabout thai
you advertised your friendship To-
silver at that time in order to aI8E
suspicion which might arise the nelI
day when you hurried through the oil
which did actually demonetiz9 silver
a bill which was under your chaFgs
The people are the more suspicious OT
cause the record shows that the el
day you did attempt to hurry the OI
through in the time it took to read "
to Use your own language. Hoping"
hear from you at an early date SI
Very respectfully,
W. J. PEELE