The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-08-22

T go anes. that ss any !. poor ios
provided he is eligible. But Mr.. Sib-
ley, though possessing a large portion
of all that is best on earth, whose per-
sonal interests under present systems
would put him in antagOnism with the
of the Alliance, has so great
philanthropy, Christianity and love
for his fellOwman in his heart, that he
joined the order and espOused its cause,
though by so doing he knew he sacri-
feed much that he could gain by q
course of self-aggrandizemeEt and
selfishness which he might easily pmr-
sue" (Cheers.)
When I began the fight as your
President l was denounced as an an
archist. All the great leaders were
telling you that the tariff was what
was the matter with the country. The
men who told you that on the stump
Il have found by examining their
tracks in WashingtOn) voted more
times on the financial question than
on any other question before the
country. They vO,ed on one side or
the other, but never would explain
how they voted. They either knew or
didn't know what they voted on. If
they didn't know, they were unfit to
represent US; if they did they were
dishonest. They take either horn Of
that dilemma and perch on it till it
hurts them. They lhowled tariff
These Congressman told you you were
robbed by tariff barons. Every body
knows that the trouble is with that
thing which sucks the wealth out of
the pockets of the producers. For
every 81, 100000 made by unjust tariff
laws ten times that many millions
have been drawn by the men who
fixed on you this financial trust. Every
time millionaire is created, mil
lion men lose q dollar each. Ii you
had been put in the garden of Eden
where Christ was born and earned q
dollar, above expenses every day, you
wouldn't be worth a million dollars. If
you had been born with Adam you
wouldn't have as much money as the
Vanderbilt estate. l am not quarrel
ling with men of wealth because they
possess the wealth. l denOunce the
system that permits the taking Of
wealth from those who produce it by
those who produce nothing. We are
not honest if we denOunee the man
who has a million. l know and you
know that if either of US could make a
million dollars to-day, we would do it..
| wish had q million dollars and had
a heart as pure and soul as great
and grand rs that of Joseph c. Sibley.
But millions are not to be accumulated
in lifetime by man unless it be
through systems which despoil many
men for the advantage of one man.
There is something wrong with the
laws of country where such cOndi-
tions exist. We all ought to wake up
and study this question. An Alliance
man is q traitor if he doesn't vote for
his principles.
Here the Senator explained the
principles of finance as taught by the
Alliance, giving special attention to
the demand for the free coinage OF
silver. He illustrated the disastrous
effect upon prices of products by con-
tracing the volume. of currency. He
then asked: "Are we in favor of re-
storing the silver law that was killed
in 1873, and are we willing to show
our sincerity and intelligence in ia.
voring it by voting for it regardless
of party affiliations and prejudice!
II so hold up your hands. Let usi see
how we stand" Every: man in the
crowd held up his hand.
You have gone on making more
that makes the country rich, but yor
have grown poorer all the time. Il
you could take dollar and plant it
and make it produce more dollars, JUS
as you plant corn and make it producs
more corn, you could soon have all tn,
dollars you want. But you now pro
duce what exchanges for dollar. Coo
didn't intend US to plant seed an(
raise dollars. He INTENDED that yol
should raise products and send mel
to Congress that would make dollar
enough to exchange those products
Experience shows that the laws whicl
tend to cOnfine these dollars to gol,
alone will not make the exchange il
an equitable and just manner. Tn
gold demands more of your product
than you can give and at the sam
time prosper. Let every man in thi
audience who has q piece of gold rails
his hand! (Not a single hand raised.
Now l am advised that dinner j
ready. You have just shown that
you had to pay gold money for you
dinner not single one Of you coul
get any, and yet there are men wh
have nothing on earth who walk abOu
like q poll parrott, talking about gol
being the only sound currency. Their
are plenty of good things to eat O
those tables to-day. But suppos
there should not be any spring lam
and that you should cay Il vii
/ eat nothing but spring lamb" 1 n
q spring lamb man. Just because 20
couldn't get that. you would back u
against a tree and starve to death, an
nobody would cry because it woul
just be one fool less on earth. Bu
you wouldn't be any bigger fool tina
the man who goes about saying Il n
. gold standard man." though b
!. hasn't got grain of gold and can
!. get it.
To-day your circulating medium
in the hands Of greed. Will you brea
3 off the yoke of tyranny? Men in eac
party say they won't whip the golt
! bugs unless they can do it in their ow
> parties. These men are the be
agents and servants of the g0ldbul
and the devil that were ever Dor
) Our ancestors drove the red coats fro
our shores. The British are now q
your shores in possession Of your 60
ernment and are now fighting "
81 (Confmuod on fourth page.)