Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-04-04
COL. A. K. MCLURE'S ADVICE
THE SOUTH. AND HONEST MONEY.

THE SOUTH, AND HONEST MONEY.
''The Southern State That Shall First Plant
Itself Unmistakably on the Platform oi
Absolute Honest Money Will be Fore
most of all in Development
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, March
25.-It was expected that Col.
Alexander Mcclure, editor of the
Philadelphia Times, would stop
in this city on his way North
a1d preparations were made to
give him a reception. But to-
day Mayor D. U. Fletcher re-
ceived a letter from the veteran
editor, who is at st. Augustine,
stating that it would be impos-
sible for him to accept Jackson
ville's hospitality. The letter is
a most interesting one.
The concluding portion of the
letter is devoted to the financial
question and is as follows:
Pardon me for saying that l
have grave apprehensions for my
intercourse with the people of the
Southern States during my pres
ent journey. I believe that you
are now confronted with an issue,
second only in Importance to the
issue which led to the civil war
We have tested the question of
the dismantling Of the States and
settled it by the arbitration of the
sword; but a nation would be
vastly better dismembered by fra
ternal strife than to determine its
union by baptism of blood and
then destroy it's honor and it's
credit by obedience to the subtle
teachings of the demagogue.
IA nation cannot live without
scrupulously maintaining its in
tegrity, and the Southern States,
above all, must command the
confidence of financial, CONNER
cial and trade circles, at home
and abroad, if they would hope
for prosperity. They possess
countless millions Of wealth
which await development, and
that Development, can only come
by commanding the confidence of
those whose capital and labor
must be invited to aid in the
work. That can be done only by
maintaining honest money and
proclaiming to the world that
every honest dollar invested in
the South will be repaid in
equally honest money.
"A coin of the Union, whether
silver or gold, must possess the
intrinsic value and not a promise
to pay, and every dollar issued
by the government whether gold
or silver should be such as would
be accepted by the civilized
world, and every paper dollar is
sued should be Of equal value be-
cause redeemable in coin of in
disputable value. I am not a
capitalist or a money lender: [
have no personal interest in the
issue excepting that which is the
interest of the entire South. My
life pursuit is aided or hindered
in prosperity by the success or
misfortune Of the Industrial
classes of our country, and when
they are prosperous I am pros
porous, and when that class is
prosperous in the North there
must be prosperity in the South.
1.-The Southern State that shall
first plant itself Enthusiastically on
the platform of absolutely honest
money, will be foremost of all in
development, in credit and in re-
spect in our own and in other
countries; and as long as there
shall be hesitation in the South
as to her financial policy, there
must be distrust in every quarter
that can aid you, and growing
paralysis and distress throughout
all classes and conditions of your
people. speak earnestly on
this subject only because I earn
estly desire that the South shall
prosper, for when the South shall
be prosperous, there must be
prosperity throughout our entire
common country.
AOpO tAdt lOI1ud Will u1dhG
an earnest and united effort to
aid the Atlanta Exposition. It
should be a landmark in the his.
tory of Southern progress and
every State south of the Poto
mac should make common cause
TO aid in the great work. Great
as has been the advancement OF
the Southern States during the
last dozen years you have hardly
reached the beginning of South
ern development, and the At
lanta Exposition should be made
the most successful illustration
Of industrial possibilities ant
achievements in it's reconstruc
ted state.
Sincerely yours,
"a. K. MCCLURE.
Ewart's Letter to Governor Carr.