The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-09-12

change in the circumstances and
temper of a whole nation a. ". see nj
present.
hat has let loose these powers Of
discord and flung this black eclipse
upon the glory of the mighty. trf-
nfnphant. boastfui Democratic party:
hat has wrapped our cities in the
haHie- Of strikes" threatened our
social structure, hushed the wheels of
factories. stricken our fields as with =
blight. thrown our financial system
into chaos, and
TkAILED THE sTAEs AND STRIPES
IN dishonor before the British flag.
Democratic President. \ Demo
cratic administration
Oh. that the shade of Thomas JEFF
ferson might have arisen and driven
out the MEMBERS Of the Fifty-third
Congress. even as Cromwell dispersed
the members OF the Long Parliament
GoLDBU6s TRY TO HIDE BEHIND THE
FINANCIAL PLANK OF THE FLAT
FORM OF 1892.
" hen Mr.. Cleveland and the Demo.
/ cratic Congress are charged with hay.
ing violated the silver pledge of the
/ Democratic platform OF 1892, they and
their sympathizers endeavor to excul.
pate the traitors and criminals by say.
ing that the platform of 1892 contain.
ed no promise of the
FREE COINAGE OF SILVER.
/ This statement is false. | understand
now that the platform was intended a.
"A "straddle," and was drawn for tn.
| purpose OF deceiving the people con
| structed so 1t could be construed fol
goid monometalism in the North anC
| Tor gold and silver in the South an(
West. And knowing that the North
ern wing OF the Democratic party anC
/ the Democratic administration have
| construed that financial plank a.
! pledglng the gold standard, Demo
Gratis IN convention, in State after
i State, IN the teeth of the silver senti
ment OF the South and West, and the
! plain silver promise of the platform
| nave confirmed and adopted the dOub.
lie faced, Democratic twin mOnstros.
ity as '"irrprerd by the National Dem.
ocraticadministratio
The goldbugs say the platform die
/ not promise the Free Coinage of Silver
| senator John w. Daniel, the splendid
Statesman OF the Old Dominion, the
Prince OF orators and The soul of hon
or, SAID IN his great speech in the Uni,
eu states Senate, September 1898, thai
The democratic platform said:
! I'VE denounce the Sherman law as ,
| cOwardly makeshift'' A madeshift is ;
kind of bogus substitute. Now, the Sher
man law was makeshift and bogus sub
stltute, but for what? For the free cOinag,
| ! foly tIo
It's proper and accepted sense and inject int,
1t the meaning of the thing that it applied
70. 1t means that you denOunce the Repub
llcan party for making a ''coWardly make
shit for the free collage of silver AM
Tor not giving us the genuine article Til,
next sentence is significant:
The Democracy
| hold to
| Hold to-" Mr. President. A good wore
that" hold" Whatever other meanins
mold to- may have, beg to suggest to tn,
learned grammarlans that it does not NEAR
let CO. II it be acknowledged that ..hOl(
10 does not mean let co. ought to
HOLD ON TO THE SILVER THAT
we have and look forward faithfully an,
hopefully to that which we desire, for W,
We hold to the use of both gold and sill
Now, say you promised to hold on. Lee
us mold Onto WHAT
both gold and SILVER
In what character?-
as the standard money of the country.
standard? WIG
and to the coinage of both gold and silver
For that is the way it reads. They would
com both metals. They were not going tC
tic 1loat lot of paper on bullion uncoined
That is what the Republicans had wanted
to DO, but the Democrats were going to coin
both metals They said: I'VE are going to
com both metals and l say do it. How
are they going to coin taem?
WITHOUT DISCRIMINATING Against p1rurp
METALS.
Without discriminating against either. The
Republicans have been DISCRIMINATING
against one metal, but the Democrats wonl5
not do 1T, and not only without discriminat-
ing agaist either of the metals, but the Mat
form says:
or charge for mintage.
mat is, they were going to have free
They said
the dollar unit of coinage of both metals
must be Of equal intrinsic and exchanged
bic yalne.
did not like that language, because if q
dollar is OF equal exchangeable value it is
all one wants, commerce is exchange and
Yalue is ratio IN exchange and there is an
equal ratio between the dollar and exchange.
put some gentlemen like to accumulate
words; they are fond of little ambiguity.
ana they put IN the words intrinsic value.'
1t was Just there that the President of the
United States in his letter of accentance
made matters clearer. He said that he was
IN favor of equal intrinsic value or MIR
power" There is the true theory
OF the proposition. If the money has The
same purchasing power we do not care
about intrinsic value.
Then, be 1t noted, the Democratic conyen-
tlon did not insist it should be positively
and absolutely of equal intrinsic valne
but the platform added:
Or
With emphasis on ''or''
II was going to get gold and silver money
without discrimination, and if it could not
get there by one road it was going to take
another. and it said:
Or be adjusted through international
agreement
Let 1t be remembered that an interna
tlOnal convention had been called: II was
ABOUT to meet: and if it could be adinsteI
mere, well and good. But it was not adjusted
mere, and the Democrats at Chicago con
emplated that it might not be adiusted
here, and they added another clause:
Or by such safeguards of legislation az
snail insure the maintenance Of the party
II the two metals, and the equal power If
very dollar, at all times, in the markets
md IN the payment of debts.
These are the words. If other nations
lid not do II S