The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-14

dustry.
The devn is in the people. The talk
much-and-do-little IS in the people. we
have two democratic parties, and two re-
publican parties, and two prohibition par
ties and two Salvation armies ana SIX
different kinds OF Methodists, three or
four kinds of Bapusts in spite OF the
truth taught us that lin unity there Is
strength" and "how pleasant it is for
brethren to dwell together In unity.
The truth of the business Is, there are
not enough offices to run for The more
we are split IN the more candidates we
run, and the more politicians lie to the
people. We cannot begin at the top ana
work down. We must begin at the mud
stills, at the founda ton, and work up. Our
boys must be taught 10 think right 1hsy
must be taught political economy lntes-
rity, honesty and industry Wheh We
have the right sort of voters we Will nave
the right sort of officials and the right sort
Of government. Any government aS
good as the people who create 1t ana
maintain it. And times are what the peo-
pie make them.
The silverites say the gold bugs are III
with Wall and Lombard streets-a monu7
mental conspiracy to rob the people. Tue
gold bugs say the silver looms are NOT
only fools but rascals; that they would
depreciate the currency of our country
and gay their debts 30 cents on the dollar
If they could. If half one party says ABOUT
the other is true, there ought 10 De
wholesale hanging, and If you hung many
of them on any given day, the devil would
close the doors when he saw them coming,
feeling that pandemonium would not be
safe If that crowd rushed in on him. Inds
country is not going to the devil or the
dogs, / don't care who is elected. De-
lieve that Gods hand is on this nation
this American peOple-the most clVlllZed'
the most progressive, the most lhtelll-
gent, the most thrifty nation on the race
of the earth. with the greatest resources
and opportunities of any nation. If this
nation should fail from any cause then
humanity Itself is failure, its develop
ment dream and it's triumph an lmpos-
sibillty. W hatever may be the mistakes
of one administration, they can be cor
rected in the next. believe IN the SOBER
after Thought of the people. believe IN
the wisdom of the masses. / believe in
the concur emit aggregate common sense
of humanity.
ASH have said before, this is an intensely
selfish campaign. Thousands and mir
lions of men will vote for a. settlement OF
the question from their own standpoint,
asking: How will my vote affect me?'
Many are Ike the old fellow 1 heard of
in Louisiana few days ago. He came
to town and his friends asked him: Are
YOU for gold or for free silver, Mr.
Blank?" He replied: well, when 1
have got gold am for gold, and when /
have got silver I am for free silver, and
when 1 hain't got nary one | am one or
these damn pops.
1 have listened and read and thought
and with every faculty of my mind 1
have weighed the matter, and / confess
frankly am utterly incapable of seeing
how this government or any government
can maintain the parity of any two given
things which are as wide apart as gold
and silver are to-day. Until can under
stand that one problem l can never be
for the free and unlimited coinage of sill
YER is to /, If the free coinage of silver
means what Mr. Carlisle and Mr.. McKin-
ley and others say it means, that free
coinage at the ratio of 16 to / means SIM
ply that every one owning silver bullion
can carry it TO the minis of the United
States and have it coined into money and
then that money so coined is turned back
into the hands of private individuals as
their private property and that this gov
eminent is under no obligation to main
tain the private property of any citizen
on parity with anything.
Suppose the government owned all the
grist mills in this country and congress
should enact a law that all corn should
be ground by the government mills free
and that while corn was worth but Il
stamp the sacks of meal so that 1t would
bring 50 cents a bushel, and do this fol-
| nothing. 1t is a very hard matter to keeI
| meal above the price of corn. 1t is very
| hard matter to keep the silver dollar
| above the bullion that is in it, and this
| government now is straining every nerve
| to keep the $500, 100000 of silver we have
on hand now coined on a parity with
| gold / don't want a deprecated dollar
| l don't want the United States to fal
! back 100 years and lock arms with Mexico
and march with her in progress and gov
ernmental science and craftsmanship.
Mr.. Bryan is a magnificent orator. HI
is making many speeches. lie is draw
| ing many crowds to hear him. There Il
much whooping and hollering along thu
| line Mckinley seems to be staying a
| home, and his crowd not saying mucn
| At the casual glance it seems that thu
Bryan movement is gaining force, If W.
\ did not know that an empty wagon mad'
| ten times as much fuss going down thu
road as loaded one. But this is FREE
| country, and If man has paid his taxes
! he can vote and If he can get anybody t
| listen to him. he can talk. / have no wa
| to make on men who differ with me, ant
| l have very little respect for the fellow
| who is making war on me because l DIFF
| fer with him.
! I know am not in copartnership witt
/
! London know have no affinities witt
or admiration for the greed that pile
up millions, unless 1t shall distribute 1
with munificent hand. I don't thinl
more Of monopolies than ! do of men
Nor do I think more of mammon than o
manhood. II knew the wish Of my heart
| and did but express II, would say, If MI
Bryan with the Chicago platform, cal
I lift us out Of our present difficulties an
! start us on the road to prosperity, l woul
rejoice to see him and his gang take charg
| of the government. If Mckinley, on tn
other hand can give prosperity to tn
country. and confidence, l am willing tina
he should take the rens of government
in his hands.
The fearful drought that has reduces
our cotton crop in the south 50 per cent.
| troubling me much more than the gol
and silver question. If God shall prospe
us with rain and sunshine, seed and har
vest. we can weather the storm; but whel
famine and pestilence and disease shal
come, then God is against US, and he i
more than all that may combine to oppos
him. I don't believe God will ever SUITE
this country TO prosper until 1t shall breal
| the league II now has with death and 1t
| copartnership with hell. Let the incom
! ing congress abolish all revenue upol