The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-09-11
SENATOR MERCER AGAIN.
He Sends Another Installment of That
Unspoken Speech.

he SenuS AnOiHSH VI
UnspOken Speech.
EDITOR News: The only excuse | have
to offer for delay in writing this is that |
have been too busy earning-actually
earning-the shekels about whicl you
have given yourself so much trouble OF
late.
The only excuse | have to offer long
suffering public for writing at all is, |
found that my silence might be miscon-
strued. Lee, if you had not written the
words, "Jess, we like you," [ fear our
friends would not have guessed you did
from anything else you wrote. Irecog-
nize your privilege as a newspaper man
to criticise my public acts, but as to the
distance l happen at present to be from
"the people of Baker, Calhoun and Early
countless" whom | am proud to represent
in the state senate, | feel more directly
amenable to them-the press and the
people of these counties.
It's to the people of these counties /
am indebted for the Office, and its to the
people of these counties | am indebted
for thousand assurances that my feeble
efforts to serve them faithfully have not
been altogether in vain. Their kind
assurances and communications, while
perhaps unmerited, have the effect of
terrifying me against any spiteful criti-
cisms. Be assured that [ shall not let
selfish ambition stand in the way of their
proper representa- on, except so lar as
applies to my incapacity. have put
the matter in the hands of the executive
head of the party in Georgia and will
cheerfully abide what he deems advisable
g
You say "THE News stands where it
stood three years ago." Is there any
argument in that? Most of the inmates
of the asylum at Milledgeville.c can make
that point, but DR.. Powell has never seen
to turn one loose on the argument. Don
'stand where you stood for the sake OF
consistency in your Inconsistencies. l
admire "standStitfoIsneSs" in politics,
but its bad idea to get stiff because you
are wrong. You "wanter'' face about at
least so YOU can see the "band wagon" as
it rolls past.
To illustrate, l have always been a
sound money man, but it does not signi-
fy that [ would hesitate to join my silver
friends if | believed this country could
maintain the 100 cents value of our silver
dollars under free, unlimited an indie
pendent l6 to / coinage law. II | did not
believe that such legislation would in
crease the advantages Of those who get
their wealth by their wits, as against
those who get their daily bread by the
sweat of the brow, by retiring gold and
thereby decreasing rather than increasing
the volume of circulating medium, to
say nothing of the utter disaster sure to
result from the change to t1uctuating
and deprecated currency, which wise
and patriotic statesmen all agree is more
to be dreaded Oy the poor manufacturing
man-than any other class of people.
You say "some of the gentlemen (Who
were with me three years ago. have seen
the error of their ways" Mark this
prediction: some of the gentlemen will
see the error of their ways again in less
than three years.
The superabundance of your cand0r
leads You to say that ] understand the
first duty of soldier. You might afford,
for the sake of decency and democratic
decorum, learn the first duty of Geor-
gia editor. Leave off your spiteful atti-
tude towards the democratic administra-
ton and NIX some justice and moderation
with your wisdom.
While it is true that one office does not
unmake a man, failure to get one office
has sometimes had the effect to undo
him.
The most remarkable of your piquish
parallels is your warning to me about
democratic moorings. The spectacle of
pseudo pOpulo-democrat counseling
Grover Cleveland, administration demo
crat is, to me, superlative preposterous-
ness. Respectfully, j. E. MERCER.