Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-10-02
1T WILL DO VERY MUCH GOOD.

1T WILL DO VERY MUCH GOOD.
There are many good people who de-
plore the present hot contention over
silver and cannot be driven from the
conviction that Mr.. Cleveland did a
very unwise thing in precipitating the
question upon the country. They are
too timid and too conservative. They
will risk no ventures. We're satan be.
hind them, they would not fly from
present ills to those they know nothing
of. They are plodders, crawling snail
like, along to points only within the
range OF their vision. Mr.. Cleveland,
on the other hand, is q progressive, re-
s%ourceful, impetuous politician, ''go.
ing it blind" where he cannot see the
daylight ahead. Whether others think
so or not, he does not know nor does he
hesitate long enough to care, but he
thinks he is a much bigger nan than
all the rest, and it is his special mis-.
sion, in the dreary absence of all other
leadership and t%alentin the Democratic
party, to make its platforms and form.
ulate its principles. The trouble is,
Mr.. Cleveland is too previous, and a
big majority of his party are too far
rearward, and any amount of disturb
ance, turmoil and conflict fill up the
breach.
But we didn t start out to dissert upon
the internal disquietudes and domestic
Affections of our kind and esteemed
neighbors who are so unfortunate in
their political alignment, nor to reveal
to a fearless and unsympathetic world
the sorrows that haye overtaken them
and the bitter feuds that are rending
the once happy brotherhood. Mr..
Cleveland will attend to all this, and
in due time and in his own way will
furnish the soothing and healing RENE
dies required. Mr.. Cleveland is always
on the side of victory, and his party,
without question or hesitation, will do
exactly what he is pleased TO command.
Our whole and single aim is to prove,
in our weak and feeble manner, that
the overshadowing agitation of the sill
yer question will do no harm, but
much good, you know" 1t shows
to what al extremity of desperation
the administration is driven for an is
u that will engage the public atten-
ton and thought, since the country so
numerically "swiped OUT its platform
last year. 1t is causing a general study
of finances, and the result of the inves-
tigation will be the changeless convic-
ton that the present system is the best
that human wisdom n ingenuity can
devise, and any experiments with it are
fraught with serious perils. 1.-THE
young and rising generation" of our
citizens, still too frivolous to make any
acquaintance with the past, but yet
old enough to understand and appre-
ciate the stability, SO undness and uni
form value of all forms of the currency,
will naturally inquire into the author
ship of the system. And when they
learn that it grew out of the policy and
craftsmanship of the Republican party,
a stately plant out of a fat soil, that it
has served we'll and promptly the pur-
poses of the people who have %prospered
beyond all precedent, they will receive
with favor the whole faith and doc
trines of Republication.
The whole trend of the silver agita-
ton has been to weaken and disinte-
CRATE the Democracy, and to strengthen
and solidify the Republican party.
The Republicans don't care a whit
about the silver issue. When they
come into power, as sure they will,
they will restore the Mckinley law or
do something better, and the currency
will fall harmoniously into line with
the new adjustment of the old condi.
tons improved to suit the progress of
the times.