The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-06-27


the fear of inevitable condemnation
by the people if it declares for the
single gold standard, the want of
more doodle" or higher bid from
the Wall street reform (deformed)
club, remains yet a thing unknown.
But let me picture a higher pos
sibllity. Possibly, that sweet, serene,
non-partlsan, patriotic soul of the
Record, does not permit it to
dabble in ordinary, everyday poll
tics, or mix with the corruptness of
financial class legislation, or stoop
low enough to express an opinion of
the blighting financial policy, in
augurated by Wall street and Eng
land, and now disgracing the Ameri-
can stage of action. Yes, this is a
possibility but frost-bitten one.
That is, one which the ordinary
Chathamite receives with a GOODNESS,
the frost of which bites the bud.
II l, as some people, were to estab-
ilsh a newspapers mouthpiece of
public opinion-a mirror in which to
show to all the sentiment of the
country-and call on the public to
support it, then l would be ashamed
to appear too pusillanimous to ex-
press my opinion of anything or any
policy which was recognized curse
to my country and not to choose one
side or the Other of any question so
broad and sweeping and vital as the
financial question is, as it presents
itself to the American people today.
And what caused the Observer to
think the Record had taken sides
with silver, is somewhat a mystery.
The Observer might have been
just innocently specializing on the
Records alignment. If SO, he is not
to be seriously blamed, for maybe,
too, what causes the prolonged
hesitation of the Record to take a
stand somewhere, is that it is also
specializing on which side to take it's
stand.
lam told that where there is specu
lation, there is always gains or losses.
If this be true, probably these gains
and losses (gains most probably will
have tendency to strengthen the
Records courage, renew its "sinews
of war" and thereby enable it to an
swer the three great CD questions:
"From whence be l Gomez" "Where
do be7" and "Whither be going7"
"Men of Chatham" listen! "If
you have tears, prepare to shed them
now!" for l must tell you the sad
news that the editor of the most be-
loved and positive Record is now
this day Dune 18th, 1895, A. D.-re-
member the date; tits a national
epoch, eternally luminous) in Wash
ington-far away from you; but
now dry you tears; he will return,
and during his painful absence we
must try to be patient; and when he
returns the Record may make US all
happy by telling us ''where it is at u
and inspire us with hope and victory
by raising a gold standard banner
that cornucopia, that emblem OF
plenty-that emblem of our beloved
"patches" and "holy britches'-to
float in the breeze Of old Chatham;
high above the marble front and
Grecian brown-stone domes of the
Record building, on Cleveland
avenue, in that great commercial
centre-Pittsboro.
Shout! Shout! for that happy time
is coming!
The Record may have kept its
financial position shrouded in gloom
but there is one thing It has made
known to those who have been SC
fortunate as to find it wrapped
around their goods, and that is, it il
an administration paper.
There seems to be a perfect under
standing between it and the goldbut
administration. (And this might b,
taken as key to the Records fnan
cial position.)
The object of that understanding
may be mutual interest, or it may b.
Just an old-fashioned, plain every
day love affair, with the Record do
. ing most of the counting. He love
t Ransom with a kind of bashfu
maiden love, and almost blushe
when he praises him. Probabl
q there comes across his mind, tn
' fact that Ransom's own county me
and denounced him for has treacheroa
y course IN the United States Senate.
! But Cleveland! the Record adore
f him so passionately, so reverentiall
! that it feels unworthy to tie his sho
l string, or arrange his collar utto1
a or even accommodate him with
I corkscrew while he is N a fishin
trip. "Grand old man(D" What
e splendid destiny it is to be the re
r cipient of profit on bonds and sue
f indivisible alteration as the Recor
h gives! Nearly every week the Recor
: prints about column letter fro1
1 Washington praising Cleveland an
q the administration. In the words {
4 Cassius: "He babe the Romans mar
{ him and write his (works ant
) speeches in their books" and the
) did completely.
+ The Record is Cleveland's whist
q and Cleveland blows it when /
:. likes, and when Cleveland spits tt
: Record spits, &c., &c.
+ All it takes to gives the Record
is spasm is an announcement tn;
n Cleveland has gone to the brancl
v dug his bait, and filed his jug wi,
b "branch water" and gone fishin
v Then the Record has q first-cla
D. duck spasm, and in ineffable felici
It cries out, Cleveland has gone ifs
ing" And the credit of the matte
remains firmly on its bearings, +
CARELESS of the excitement.
= How can the Record be for Clev
,e land and free silver, toof Now, N
We Observer, don't be so fast. T.
p. Record is not for free silver, nor
a. the people. 1t is for Cleveland and t
'e, bankers and England and ever
Ut thing else that antagonizes the
terest and prosperity of the comm
sv people and the south, and tends
make the few landlords, aristocrs
and little gods, and the many SCI
rs. and manners. And mavbe the RecO