Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-14
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 emissary of Wall street and tts interests is in that city to induce MT. Cleveland to write a letter protesting against the democratic party adopting a free coin age platform at Chicago; the reason for which is that the gold men believe that the election of free silver candidate on such a platform is inevitable in Novem- Der. This same party is reported as say ing that "the New York clearing house has decided to spend $2O, 900, 900 if necessa- " to prevent free coinage platform at Chicago"
 1t is no surprise to learn that the gold gamblers and bond gobblers, the money power of New York and Europe, are pre- pared to resort to the most desperate means for the purpose of stifiing the voice of the people and thwarting their will as it finds expression in the princi- pies of democracy and as it will be crys- taliZed in the platform declaration, espe- cally that on the financial question, of the Chicago convention.
 It is therefore natural that they should appeal to MT. Cleveland, who they seem to think, yet has some influence in dem- ocratic councils, and who has bent all of his energies and powers towards the es- tablishment of gold monometallism in the United States, to aid them in their purposes. And if the president chooses to write letter" for his friends there should be no special reason for com plaint, especially from the free coinage men. MT. Clevelands advocacy of pub lie cause has more frequently injured than benefited it, while his letters-well
  proven to be genuine boomerangs, and defeated the ends for which they were written. Therefore, if MT. Cleveland wishes to write a letter. for his Wall street friends, by all means "let Ter roll!'
 But when it comes to spending $2O,0OO,- 900 to throttle the people and ram repub- ican doctrines down the throat of the democratic party-that's another matter. The very threat of such purpose only discloses the desperat tion and depraVity of the international gold conspiracy and their determination to make every other interest subordinate and subservient to the gold power; that the 25,O00 million aires who now own more than one-half the wealth of the nation may control the labor, skill, genius talents and property of the 70, ,000, 900 of the people who own the balance, and make or cause to be made such laws as they wish to govern them. That they would cheerfully spend I20,- 0O0 900 or any other enormous sum to &C., complish their purpose is not at all doubtful; nor is 1t strange they should think that the end justifies the means. They are unwilling that anything should obstruct their course and defeat their schemes, and in their greed for gold and lust for power would ride down and de- stroy all republican institutions and the sentiments and principles that sustain them-personal honor, love of home and family and country. Without the inspi- ration of true patriotism themselves, they believe that every man has his price, and for it would betray his people and sell his country into the bondage Of plutocracy more unrelenting than ori- ental despotisms.
 But these people have read current history and observed passing events to little purpose if they expect to debauch democratic convention and defeat the expressed will of the people by the use of gold, however bright its glitter or great it's weight. The democratic yoe- marry of the country have made no mis- take in the selection of delegates to rep resent them at Chicago, and the conven- ton will be composed of men devoted to the principles of democracy--men into whose hands for the time, will be en- trusted the welfare and prosperity and destiny of their nation, men who are true to themselves and their country. men who cannot be awed by power nor purchased with gold, men who will do their duty and trust to God and their countrymen for approval and against their integrity, manhood and patriotism all the powers of darkness cannot pre- vail.
 The New York clearing house and it's agents and minions are powerless to harm the people through the patriotic | American manhood that will assemble in convention at Chicago on the 7th of Julv | 1896