Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1896-06-06
TFor the Observer.

corder of last week, what looked
like a blank sheet tell to the ground,
but on examination 1 found that on
nj side was printed a Manifesto
from one hundred gentlemen Of the
"yalIer metal" persuasion chock full
of disinterested advice to the people
in general, but to Us poor farmers
and laborers particularly.
These one hundred, or their Cen
tarlon, as the case may be, show
corclusively, to themselves, the dire
evil of even talking about silver, and
as to tree colnage-well, that is more
TO be dreaded than war, pesti'ence
and famine all combined. 1t ap-
peared, however, to the obtuse
mind of the writer Of this, that the
labor and disin,erested kindness of
these one hundred in preparing this
address for the enlightenment. CT the
poor farmer and laborer was wholly
unnecessary, or loves labor lost
for are we not now, ecen 70ar, in the
full enjoyment of the sweet fruits Of
the gold standard ? And who of Us
are SO blind as to wish to return TO
the former times" and the days of
silver, when the markets were so
closed TO US, poor farmers, that we
could only get tor wheat from a dol
lar to Que dollar and a. half per
bushel, corn from 80 cents to 81 90,
cotton only II 10 cents per pound,
and farm lands selling from SIG to
$50 per acre, factories closed, mer
chants fearing to buy and all bust
ness at a stand still. Now under
the gold standard and by the grace
OF Wall Street & c., G. & Co are
We not getting from So to ~ cents
tor wheat, corn teom 40 TO so cents
cotton s to I cents, tobacco 2 TO 5
cents, aud for land we'll improved
and having good buildings, we car
sell all the way from So ITO So pei
acre ?-tactorles% hnmming aud the
merchants unable, from the rush o.
business, to supply the demand, sc
great is it, owing to the prosperou!
condition OF the country under tt
reign Of the Golden Gait. Now iol
these latter times" prosperity let u
render due thanks and alteration t
the Golden Calf that we are asked
if not commanded, to worship b,
our one hu adred 'yaiier metal
friends.
l am no part of a financier and N,
knowledge OF the financial problem
extends about as Tar as our lamentet
Senator Vance once said to a trient
I when asked his views on finance, re
} piled that about all he knew abou
finance was that ii took a bette
name than bis to get money at
bank. But / do know that the gol'
: standard has not brought US bette
times. | do not know that fire
} coinage will, but let US try it an
!, take the chances. Which is mos
to be dreaded by the masses, the 5
3 cents silve, dollar, as the gold me
call it, that we crazy men want, o
the 200 cents gold dollar that ID
t sbylocks want? This is all th
twaddle of an idiot, some of 20
will say, but is it not the truth
Aud is not the truth, though spoke
by a simple minded man, better tina
a lie from the brainiest man?
The Democratic primaries ar
called for Saturday, June 18th, at
o'clock, p. m. Have you thought @
| how great importance these prins
-. ries are to US, and how much may b
) lost by our indifference about them
Here at these primaries is laid tn
foundation stone OF the building tba
is completed at the National Cor
} ventiou. How important is it tina
the foundation be properly laid an
} it is our duty to see that 1t IS. Th
matter is in our hands, Shall W
tall short of our duty? Don't lie
the opportunity slip, but turn out i
tui1 force and eleot delegates to til
County Convention that miU go an,
represent you by elecling delegate
10 the State Convention who viii
represent your cause there, and the,
in turn elecling delegates to the Ma
,ional Convention where your caus
will still be heard. II, however, 20,
are careless aud Indifferent abou
the matter, thinking that it is OF u,
lmi ortance, your eyes may be open
ed TO It's great Importance when tn
opportunity 10 De heard has slippe,
away from you, and then you viii
have nobody to blane but your owl
sweet self. What would you thin
OF nine s,alwart, free men standin,
10y aud looking unconcernedly on a
one other man buslly. forging chain
) that they know were to bind then
in slavery, and still stand and loo.
and raise not q hand in their owl
defence? Would they deserve syn
, patty alter they were bound !? An
although it was a chain of gold tha
the one man was forging that was I
bind the nine, would their SLAYER