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

morants and pawnbrokerA Nothing
short Of the American tax paySrs-iass
pcund Of flesh will aatiafe their horse
Ieech demand. IL was the purpose Of
free trade Democrats In the last Con-
grrss TO subject Ameeican markets 20
1oreign dictafion and pauper created
oompetifion at the terrible cos; Of de-
ssroyiug American industries-in the
name Of tariff REFORM In the name
of currency reform IL IL nov the
purpose Of the Democratic admi MIS-
iration To establish English gold SUI
p-emacy in this country. Thv trst i'm
portant step has been taken in the de-
monetixstion Of silver. The next and
inevitable step 10 the retirement Of all
paper currency. Only fwo year, ago
the TAXATION Of legal tenders wAsa
Boosted DEMOCRATIC ACHIEVEMENT.
IL Was q common boast In the last
state Campaign that :" tie Democratic
Congress according to the state la~m-
ocratic Handbook passed . law depriv-
ing the legal tender Treasury notes OF
the Federal government Of IN attribute
which the Republican Congrss.es had
given them. The RepubliSaa Con-
gres>es had declared chat Lo town.
county or State should tax these notes
And these things show how the Demo
cratic Congress Is in sympathy with
the people" And what q demaScgical
Democratic Congress did tao year.
ago, by way Of sympathy with the
people," democratic policy now de-
mAnds shall be andone. by way Of
sympathy" with the gold spectators:
or what - tanfamount Ia 1.-THE per
petuafion 81 the gold standard in this
country. Yet in the face of this glar-
ing Democratic record. and in the very
teeth of . most aggressive gold policy
Southern Democrats affect q belief In
the nomination Of . silver candidate
for the Presidency and the ultimate
restoration OF silver A. q Democratic
measure. IL seems impossible that any
intelligent man should entertain. -
transparent a delusion. The Demo
cratic candidate will be an avowed
and unconstitutional gold man. The
administration h. actively and zeal
ously At work already To secure such a
nomination. Its determination IL ev-
erywhere in evidence. Its purpose l.
nowhere disguised. IL il under bond
10 do il. IL will Ice done in defiance of
souther. protest, and with the certain
understanding Of unconditional south n
ern submission. All the Democratic
silver agitation IL worse than cross
roads demagogery. All the talk about
revolt and characterization will end ~
did like episode i'm Kentucky.
SUCH II BoURBoNIsN.
Twelve years ago the people Of Ken
lucky were confronted with the alter
native Of electIng To an important
State office. . degraded drunken, Oh
scene wretch who had been nominated
by the Democratic party. or OF choosing
a decent man nominated by the iade-
pendenfs. The signs were that they
would do the latter, when the Louis
Vile Courier-Journal threw itself into
the breach AM demanded To know il n
man nominated by u Democratic State
convention was to be defeated Just be-
cause he got DRINK, and il tried Ia ex-
cuse the besotted wretch's orgies i'm the
public lobby Of Louisville hotel by cx-
claiming" What IL he did think he was
a roaring raccOon from the mountains.
and that il was his night To howl -
He was elected, and had TO be kent NJ
home, while a subordinate performed
the duties of his office.
THE NEw-BLOODED SOUTH.
The Democratic ticket, with CIeye-
land at Its head, will command south
ern Democratic support. The ticket
cannot be made too offensive, but that il
will be better, by comparison, than any
opposing ticket-whateyer its excel
lence. That is Bourbonism. The
younger generation Of Democratic
voters may see things differently.
Party revolt in the impending cam
paign will come from that source.
BourbOnism will owe its extinction
some day to the new FLOODED south.