The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-01-03

mofaifxsfion of n-tn.'rssE '~ i@sd.r t,t.,
'hJ~ct Lessons of .'I;o>--' I.aI. in >.r,i
tas"iiaa
lSTeeial !" THrCAy,A-lsN.I
NAsHIEGToN. Dee. 81 At the /
Il Te>nnio .. h.. new Year there l.
everything III the p"llti-a sifi,..inu |
{" alarm, demoraiiz" and a.s.r.Ss !
the Country. a ~,n G ard u,id
a'rogdn"n Of r="ipr ci.y conditions
III naces tie country with "A tar. II
war with Tie Who'll. of Europe What
this means to III" Unit ii SAT-. with
ITS great '"snTrccs cfipsl ii and il
tiu tries pAralyzad by vicious tar
| III ana financial legislation deii-s
| calculation. Two yeas ago rhi, was
| the richest country in the world. Its
credit was unlimited. Its revenues
were ahuI dtnt. lts prosperity WAS
| unprecedented. Manufacture flour
| ished. Commerce was active III re
was work for the unemployed. What
Is the condition todsy at the ihreshol
OF 1879! Perfidious and uishonora
ole DE- mocratic legi ,lation has de
stroyed the governments revenues
|
and ITS hand to moAth existence is
maintained on borrowed money.
Every American industry has been
dlsastrously affected 10y hostile, vi
clous. sectional, incomprehensibly
fatuous Democratic policy. And
| what Is the proposed remedy What
Is the brilliant Democratic plan OF
relief? A financial scheme which
has received the urqual fed condem-
nation of every sensible, honest, ca
pable, discriminating business man in
the country. 1t would be ludicrous,
bu. for the gravity of the situation.
1t emphasizes the unspeakable folly,
the lncomprehensible stupidity, eyre
gious biuuderlng, the complete de-
morallZatlon ana lncapacity Of Dem.
ocratlc leadership. Generations will
not etface it as the most lamenta BILE
exhibition of Imbecility in the polit-
zeal history of the country. 1t pro
vokes contempt and derislon and
threatens the country with panic and
distress. A discussion OF the bill
first introduced in the House demon
strated its fragrant visciousness and
resulted IN the substitution of an
amended bill. There is practically
no difference in the two measures
| 1t hardly needs discussion to discov-
er its obvious defectIons, or to ex-
pose the recklessness and despera
ton OF Its authors and promoters
Democrats will support it when or
: dered to do so by Democratic eau
5 Gus. They follow Indy, whatever
the cOnsequ nceS. If it is a business
calamity II is all the same. What
ever the havoc, it makes no differ
ence. The Democrat who has a
7 mind of his own and the courage &c
=. openly assert it, is a forlorn and
b pitiable quantity in the American
Congress. There is no reason VIII,
, the pending bill, or any other bill
I shall not pass the House. Hardly
Y one of its supporters in 80 has an in
: telilgent conception of It's oanIns
or Its consequences. Nor does thi.
patent fact chill Democratic enthusi
t assn in the slightest. Somebody say,
1t Leads ...resssa...ls to "a silver b.
S.s.' That's enough. When or how
L nobody knows and nobody cares. L
e will pass the House. a solid South
ern vote is ready to send it whizzire
TO the Senate, where the Democrat,
l. destructionists are in a helpless mi
h nority. The country is just tina
10 near another great disastrous panic
At the beginning of the new year i
l. is well that the people should under
stand the perilOus condition of tn
country. They must know tina
& Democratic leadership is incapable
of its solution. They must feel pro
foundry and keenly the insecurit.
If and menace of Democratic legisla
l. ton. 1t is not the purpose of thu
r. writer to alarm the readers of TIL
q CAUCAsIANP Dispassionate state
70 ment compells candor.