The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-09-26

He said that he had cniti-
waited 4 crop 1t potatoes this year that
ut a reasonable prizes should have
brought him from six to eight hundred
dollars. They nettrd him eighty
dellars, and he added that hs was
lucky il shipping ut an Opportune
moment. as his neighbOrs shipped
their crops and received a net return
Of five cents per barrel, and some If
them actually came ont in debt to their
merchants. / told him that The had
u consolation" that his five cents
per barrel was in ..sOund money!
which appeared to be all that was
necessary by our gold bug Re-
publican friends. SO long as you
received ''sound money" it was not
much difference whether you obtained
five cents OF five dollars per barrel,
according to their logic" The only
thing that will bring tears to their
eyes is the thought that some Of you
might receive fifty cent dollars.
ITO the devil with their sound
money" 1t my head is white AZ snow
| have still some sound knnckles on
my arms, and ii sOm:ae Of those gold
robbers bother me with their five cent
per barrel potatoes and s'sound money"
| will prove to them that If they o
destroy my means Of making living
for my family that they cannot des-
troy the strength Of my right arm. /
would like to see one Of them 20 into
the field and work for months 10 the
hot sun to raise a crop of potatoes and
sell them for Ave cents per barrel,
even if it would be sound money. The
miserable ranters would not he 80 flu
int with their advice to The Ebay.
seeds" to keep their mouths shut.
On last Sunday there suddenly burst
forth . brilliant meteor in the town Of
Franklin in the Parish Of ST.. Mary,
calculated to illuminate the silver
heather followers in southern Louisi-
Ina as the light from the Bartholdi
statue . New York, bfightens up the
dark waves around the goldbug den
in the midnight shadows. Astonished
mankind, il any one could be aston
ishod in St. Mary Parish, listened with
open mouths and eager ears to hear
this youthful prodigy denounce the
supporters Of free silver. as traitors,
rev0lusiOnists, constitution haters, n
archists and regulators. Because The
wage earners, farmers and latMring
men 1T the country favor the bimetal-
lis,n that our fathers beqneathed rs
this blatherskite cannot fluid language
sufficiently degrading to express lis
lofty opinion Of them,
Daniel Webster has said that
neither gold or silver could he des.
troyed under the constitution Of the
United States, and Daniel Webster
knew more about the constitution any
morning before breakfast than this
self constituted m~ete0ric light ever
did, or ever will, know if lie lives to be
as old as Methusalei.
He prates about millions upon tops
Of millions Of gold aud silver and BY
his countless numbers thinks to bedaz.
zle the minds Of his hearers: but his
flowing language does not have much
effect upon a man that realizes five
centa q barrel for his potatoes.
What;dOes a farmer or laborer care
how lany hundreds Of millions Of
dole ! are locked up in the money
dens of New York, or whether there
be aore gold or more silver when he
: mot sell his products, or his time
i enough to feed and clotLe his fam.
ily I What the masses of the people
want ia a circulating money and one
THAT circulates. The free coinage OF
Silver will supply that circulation, and
that circulation will restore prosperity
to the people aud make them once
more conteated and happy.
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