The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-08-01

new god which they set up, in the
similitude Of calf. This was done
because they longed for their servi-
,ude to Pharaoh and for the flesh
pots of Egypt. They had not been
weaned. They had not gained the
highest power of true manhood
the spirit of independence. in the
love and fear of the God of justice.
The Egyptians worsniped Apis,
the sacred bull, AS their god. and
these alarmed Israelites. finding
that the earrings and breastpins of
their women would not afford gold
enough to mould a full grown ga
cred bull, did the best they could,
and their god was no larger than a
calf. But it typefied their lingering
love of Egypt and their
SLAVERY THERE TO A GOLDEN GOD,
and that worship expressed their
servile dependence. Frequently in
later times when Israel and Judah
wsre divided into warning factions
these golden calves were cast and
were set up on the boundaries Of
their Kingdoms to prevent the peo-
pie from going TO Jerusalem to wor-
ship In the temple OF the most high
God. 1t was hard TO wean the PEG
pie from the love of Apis. the sacred
Egyptian bull, as 1; is now very bard
to wean some people from the wor-
ship Of our rich and despotic cous-
in, "Jobn Bull"
Our Aaron, the high priest of
finance, erected a full grown golden
Duil IN h"nOrof our cousin, John Bull,
and, after giving him financial do
mlnlon of America, he set up his
image In the treasury at cost of
, W, OOO,OOO, and he ssnctified it. AT
anOtnerperlod Of our Remarks " iii at
tempt to show what has been the cost
ofour ,acrlfices to this god of gold
Those VINO have not felt; or cid not
wish to realize our Independence OF
Great Britain, in every national
sense and sentiment, found it most
agreeable to their wishes and most
profitable to their personal interests
To take the British statute of 1916,
which demUnetlZed silver by de-
stroying its legal tender power, and
| to
SMUGGLE 1T INTO OUR CODE LAWS,
III the confusion that attended orr
period OF reconstruction and the re-
VISION OF our statutes at large. They
had their success, and now we are
battling for the restoration OF silver
to its rlghtful place under the con
stltutiOn.
ORR SECURITIES HELD ABROAD.
1t is plain truth. but it is hidden
from the eye of the public by many
devices which no effort could Obvi-
ate that.
|. We have few national bonds in
Europe.
We have no treasury notes or
national bank notes, nor Sherman
certificates chat either circulate as
money IN Europe, or that are held
there as investments. We do not.
therefore, need gold to pay our ma
tional obligations to European hold
ers.
8. The stock and bonds of rail-
roads, gas companies, waterworks,
bridges, mines, manufactures, tele-
graphs, telephones, street car lines,
| steamers, manufactures of every
SOFT and size, land companies, loan
companies, banks and insurance
companies, are held in vast sums in
Europe. Their holdings of stocks and
bonds issued by our corporations are
greatly in excess of those we hold in
the United States.
Interest and dividends are to he
paid on all these holdings. and thew
ale required to be paid in gold and
it is to be shipped to Europe. Now
1t Is true, as to a very large number
of these holdings of stocks and
bonds, that they are really invest
ments. The holders of them are
really stockholders in these various
and very numerous corporations.
What then is the simple and final
analysis of this situation9 1t is that
the honor of the United States binds
us, III some awful way, to pay the
interest and dividends in these