The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-08-12

fret horn TO the baptisrnal fount She =.
once vigorously protested agAhss az az
sprinklng of her baby tha bo MAJ he he Gipped
an fha orthodox Baptist style, Whereupoh q
quarrel ensued resulting in dls5olution ,,e "a
the engagement, and thus the paDy W."
,aS-ay horn nor offered an opportunity 10 Dc
horn whose baptism destroyed the pro-
iected matrimonial alliance L,,,.a,,,
eenile There is not a precedent 70 which
MIR. Smith can point in support OF ms a.
ment, and certainly hel. in,r,,U howl have
who Indulge In this CALAMITY, now , ga,
~ Slightest claim be CONSIDERED ulspir-
81 seers If we are to credit mr. o'ilitn uie
re-coinage of silver would actuahy sup eIo
earth's rotation ON its axis. Joshua, Ne 80
told commanded the sun 10 stdhu sun, Dus
that only resulted in a trihing inconVen-
oct1,aI good According 10 MI smith, We
arc All to bust if free silver preFans
People are to stop eating, drlhking anu
wearing clothes. The very crops VIII I ,ss
TO grow; "a condition worse tnah inc ueseii
of Sahara Will befall US because thS 81. WIZ
not be any oasis to relieve Ihe heId oi
1eolstioni what a prospect All our green
backs treasury notes anu sUIu WIN U
vrithdrawn from circulation, checks. bhIs
~ H,-.banga amounting TO % per cent or
our entire currency, viii be destroyed ana
the result will be the wlthdraWaI on Si3
per cent Of our entire currency. leaving Us
only 9i6 per cent of the dollar with winch
IN do business If this should be the case
we cannot Understand how the banks couii
be r4ided by their depositors, as there "oulu
be nothing TO raid; but notwitnstandlng the
co,npIete v-.pIng out of everything. Mr.
smith insists that in time debts being pay
shia IN gold. our creditors would insist on
being paid in that metal! 1850,
Certainly the picture drawn Is a elooIIy
ono In the language CT General ToombS
an a certain occasion: ALEX. this Is heir
Amid this scene of want, poverty, bankrupt
cv ruin ana desOlation, but one conspicu,
oiiIs fsrIIro IAN be- seen 1t IS the learned and
LUXURIOUS secretary OF the interior siluhs
on horseback with his finger pointed 10 the
universe exclaim-ng, ! told you So -
have a granddaughter who is fond or
candy and some days ago / endeavored
to curb her fondness for the sweet by sol
'.,nnIy nrophesyine that If she eat any
more of IL, it would give her pain,
whereupon she looked thoughtbully at me
for a moment and then said: Grandpa, give
me some more: ! want 10 have 4 pa N! 30
i'm the present situation Of the country We
are willing to put TO pfSctlcaI lest M
er we are handicapped by gold nonometal-
ism or by free silver. the result VIII pe
precisely the same. II the picture ar;
Smith has drawn should he realized. Is VIII
not be one whit worse than what VIII De
realized is we continue on our present
financial course Nay. il cannot he as bad.
becasise such q result "a propheSied by MIN
would carry " IN Il the destruction OF an
debts as well all credits and thus enable
the humanity OF the United states TO start
fresh on an even footing while the bank
rGptcy 10 which we are driven under gold
mouome taliism means the permanent I'M
poVerishment Of millions and the permanent
cstabls hment of the aristOcraey OF wealth.
that will In few years bring US back 10
the condition Of the sixteenth and seven
teenth centuries and to the dreadful power
" and practical seTfdOm and eslaveTnent
of the French people in the latter part
0f the eighteenth century
As q financial seer AIR smith is not a
success. His admitted ignorance when he
advocated the free coinage OF silver a few
years ago was not more dense than his evil
dent ignorance Of existing conditions.
lie forgcts that the silver lining TO the
cloud which brings the prospective bright
ness and sunshine is always at the dawGlflg
az the day or az the meridian golden lin
fua- IS never seen save when the sun
is setting ANA then lasts but for the briefest
period. Afterwards comes night and dark
ness So when he tries To dazzle Us with his
eTuigeut golden rays, he cannot remove
from our minds the knowledge that just
beyond IS blacklist night. and that this
blackueSS means death.
AIEN 81. CLAIR ABRAMS.