The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-20
cnrIi.Ic.r silver Rccnrd.

Secretary Carlisle has written letter
relative 10 that speech lac delivered in
lSlS which the silver monomc talIlsts per-
slst in asserting shows that al that time
he was ala advocate OF the independent
and unlimited coinage OF silver at the
ratio OF is TO J. They have published
ear5ied extracts from il which appear 70
sustain them. As matter Of fact. the
speech shows that 1lr. Carlisle was al
that time. as ne has always been since.
opposed 10 the position now occupied by
the silyer.tes.
4lr- Cariislc's letter is addressed 10 Hon.
John II. Jones Of Prestonburg, Ky. and
was published day or two ago in the
Louisville Courier-Journal. In the begin
ming Of his letter Mr. Carlisle says that
the report that he made a speech in favor
Of free silver coinage was first put in
circulation about three years ago. and has
been kept in circulation ever since, not
withstandlHg the well-known fact that
the only speech he ever made upon the
subject and which IS printed in the ON
cial records Of the proceedings Of the
House Of Representatives. shows clearly
that he was opposed to that policy.
There isn't an intelligent silver mono
metallist in the country who doesn't know
that the speech. from which extracts are
taken TO show that at one time he advo-
Gated independent and unlimited silver
coinage at the ratio Of 10 TO !, made it
clear that he was against free silver coin
age. And yeL because by garbled OK
tracts from the speech, it can be made to
appear that MI Carlisle was in favor
of free silver coinage, the silverites have
not hesitated to adopt that method Of try
ing to sustain the cause of silver.
If all the falschoods that have been IN
vented to sustain the silver cause were
clearly and fully exposed silver would be
left without any support whatever. The
whole silver agitation is based upon er-
rors, and. regrettable as it is, many Of the
suverite leaders know that it is based up
upon errors When these errors are pointed
out. however. they simply take refuge in
some dogmatic assertion or other. 1t is
impossible to argue with them, because
they have made up their minds to stick
to the position they have taken. The only
thing that can be done. therefore, Is to
beat the silver craze at the polls and
then to trust to time to cure it.
In the course of his letter Mr.. Carlisle
says:
My position upon this subject is briefly
this: 1 am opposed to the free coinage
Of either gold or silver. but in favor of
unlimited coinage of both metals on terms
Of exact equality.
mo discrimination should be made in
favor of one metal and against the other;
nor should any discrimination be made in
favor Of the holders Of either gold or sill
yer bullion. and against the great body
of the people who own other kinds OF
property.
"A great government should treat all
its citizens alike, and whenever it at
tempts to do otherwise 1t viii engender
a spirited discomfort which sooner or later
must disturb the harmony if not the peace
of society.
1T is scarcely necessary to say that a
gross discrimination would be made be-
tween the two metals if the owners Of
silver bullion were permitted to have 81
or So cents worth of silver coined and
stamped as dollar, when the owners Of
gold bullion were required to present 100
cents worth Of gold in order to have their
metal coined and stamped as a dollar
The two metals are coined upon terms
of exact equality only when dollars
worth Of silver is contained in the silver
dollar and dollars worth of gold is con-
tanned in the gold dollar, and when no
more is charged for the coinage of one
than for the coinage of the other"
The silver monometallists don't want
silver coined on terms of exact equality
with gold. They wan, to discriminate
against gold by putting into a silver dol
lar only 81 cents worth of silver. Yet
they talk as if they wanted free coin
age of gold and silver on terms of exact
equality, and when they talk so they
cannot help knowing they are not honest.