Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-05-07
AMEN: SO BE IT.

All that Time, Nor a Word Upon
the Foreign Army of Tramps that
Have Yearly Infuxed Our Con-
tInent.
EDITOR e the ARGUS:
Knowing your views in regard
to the free coinage OF silver, [
thank you for the privilege CT
your columns and nope this arts
Gle may have some merit and not
be noted only for its puudrros
ity and Ii producer Of tired feel
ings; but spring is fast Verging
into summer and the saitry days
OF June will soon be here, and if
the argument for the cause of the
people be Of sufficient interest to
awaken an echo. it will be matter
subject for discussion when tho
burning rays of the sun will
cause men to seek comfort te~
meath the shade. But am making
the prologue too long.
The United States, instead of
a waiting the action Of any other
government, should be a leader.
She should formulate her own
policies, regulate her own fiscal
laws, regardless of what other
nations may do. There have
been great fiscal points in the
past to which all history has con-
vorged. and the close Of the
nineteenth century has every in>
dication Of forming an epoch to
which future generations will
point. Our republic was built
upon the only true principle for
tue perpetuity OF freedoms; it was
located ia the proper place, ana
as long as we remain true to the
grand conceptions of Thomas
jefferson, That all men are born
free aud equal" etc, no disaster,
internal or foreign, a prevail.
To the setting sun the eyes Of
men for centuries have been
turned, and we know that
"Easte n nations sink, their glory ends:
Empires rise where the SUI de:cends. F"
Ours is the land of the setting
sun. and beyond Us there is no
west. Upon US devoIves the
mighty responsibility Of action
that will shape the destiny Of
futur- generations. Oar depart
ure for the past twenty years
has been rapid from true Dem~
ocracy, Now we have paralleled
wealth. and abject poverty, the
millionaire and the tramp; and
the struggle for existence is be-
coming harder each year. Is
theI no remedy?
l believe the adoption Of the
gold standard has brought untold
woes upon our people, and |
predicate my opinion upon the
fact that since the last prop I'M
der silver (the purchasing clause
Of the Sherman act) was knockeI
out, prices of all articles have
been steadily falling. labor has
oeen unemployed and business
has been depressed. Can such a
state Of affairs remain and not
result IN a revolution to be de
plored?
We have just read of a Socialist
parade in The city Of New York
containing 1000. and 5000 sym~
pathizing spectators. Now # we
had sufficient money in circula
ton, so tlaU the products of the
loom and the farm could be con-
sumed, the idle would find work
to engage his time and thoughts.
No thinking man would be in
favor Of fiat money; but by the
coinage of both gold and silver
the amount Of redemption money
would be sufficient to supply the
demand. And any one who will
compare the amount Of gold and
silver mined in any year since
1873 and any year before that
date will see that by dividing the
amount by the population, we
would not have now as great
amount per capita as there was
when we had free coinage Of gold
and silver. and does not this age
of advancement-the develop
ment of civilization, the mighty
hum of machinery, the vast sys-
tenn of railways, the floating pal
aces and huge tramps of the
ocean require as much money to
keep them in motion as before
the demonstration of the white
metal? and every one knows
there is no redemption money
but metallic.
If by the free coinage of silver
our money would be debased.
why has this fact just been dis
covered? Why should Wall
Street so suddenly take an inter-
est in the welfare of the masses?
When did the commandment of
our Saviour, Love thy neighbor
as myself" find recognition in
their exchange? Selfshness and
avarice have ever controlled, and
we are taught that MANS inhu-
manity to man makes countless
thousands mourn"
If the free courage of silver
would cater to the interest Of the
few and not the many. the great
newspapers of New York-the
mouthpieces of organized capi-
tai would in every issue have
Ilabored articles showing the
necessity for the adoption of sucn
la measure. But now they are
scattering broadcast over the
land. line upon line, showing the
ills that will befall US if We aban-
don the gold standard. Be eau