The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-06-05
ADEFENDER OFSlLVER.
Senator Blackburn's Answer to Carlisle.
The Secretary's Change.

LAwREScEBURG, Ky, May 25.-
Senator J. G. Blackburn, who was ad-
vertised to answer Secretary Carlisle
here today, was greeted by a large au-
dience. He spoke substantially as
follows: They We're not satisfied TO
let Mr.. McCreary, Mr.. Buckner, Mr..
Brown and myself fight this battle on
its merits, but they imported man
who is greater than is John the Bap-
tist +, drive back this silver craze as
they cal it. Now understand that what
I am Going to say about Mr.. Carlisle
will be said in the kindest terms posi-
bic. I do not mean to complain of
Mr.. Carlisle for coming here to his
own State to speak. He has the right
to come. 1t was not necessary for him
to apologize for coming.
Il do not know in what capacity the
gentleman came and spoke-whether
he came as citizen of this grand old
commonwealth or as Secretary of the
Treasury. But God knows l am will
ING to believe he came in the capacity
of the Secretary of the Treasury to die
tate to his people what to do about
this ail-important question. But no.
matter how he came or who he IS, L
have the right to answer him, and
that is what I am going to do. It may
be called sacrilege for me to reply to-
so great man, but would reply to
the President should he come down
here and take issue against me. Zap
plause.) No man can get so big IN
mind or body but what he can be an
swered." ="
Mr.. Blackburn went on to show
what he termed Mr. Carlisle's incon-
sistency in saying in Covington that
he had never been for free silver.
IF the speech he made in 1878 was
not free silver speech" said Mr..
Blackburn, what was it? He let his
speech 60 for seventeen years without
saying anything against it; now ne
comes out and says it was not a sill
yer speech. Well, then, we will be-
lieve Mr.. Carlisle and not his speech.
and I will 60 on and give you little
proof that is proof. On the 7th day OF
! November, 1877, Mr.. Carlisle while
sitting by my side in the House of
Representatives, voted for the Dick
Bland bill, which as you all know,
was silver bill out and out. lido not
ask you to take my word on this vote
but look on pages 143 and IA of Jour
nal proceedings of the Forty-hfth
Congress, book No. 1,093. Only five
years ago the Sherman bill passed. /
voted against that bill; so did Carlisle,
yet he is making the same old speech
Sherman made then. Now I know
you will say showing hisinconsistency
does not answer his argument. l.
know that, and am now going to ant
swer his argument, every point Of it.
Il thought when the mighty Cag--
Isle came they were going to throw
new light on this, subject, but they.
did not. He did not advance single.
new idea. First, hemakes the assertion
that if you have free coinage Of silver
you will put the country on a silver
basis and would drive all the gold out
of the country. This is not true. We.
have tried it once, and when we gust
we had three dollars to every one dol
lar in gold more than when we began
He says this country would be the
dumping ground for all silver bullion
He is off there, for ours is the only ma
ton under the sun that has silver bull
ion"
The Speaker went into every point
of the Carlisle speech and was gener-
ously arplauded.
Mr.. Blackburn then paid his respects
to the administration, saying: Il am
greatly handicapped, but let Messrs.
Cleveland, Carlisle and all the rest
take the stump and I will win this race
in spite of the whole combination.