The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-22
sARcAsMs SCENIC sAYcTuM.

American.
sARCAsMs SCENIC sANCTUM.
See the actuaities Of pleeful terinoil
Life's sarcasm takes a changeable hue;
Whatever be your status plebiau OF
royal.
Future existence Is dark for you--
II to goldbugism you dare to stoop.
Free silver souses you in the soup!
Xenophon, the pupil. friend
and historian of Socrates,
relates that when that old
philosopher was nearing the end
of his eminently ideal life, and
when just in the act of stepping
into Charon's boat which, as
he supposed, would ferry his
soul across the river Acheron to
Hades beyond, INDUCED in this
pathetic .efectioa: II am old,
and nothing remains for me but
TO decay in faculties and genius.
This is the proper mot. snt to
die?
1T will be remembered that
the era of Socrates dates back
90 centuries-B. G. 47o years
just that many centuries re-
moved from the political and
other influences IF today; and
in view of this fact we cannot
but tdmire the old marty RS
honesty in acknowledging that
he had lived out his days of use.
fulness, and was no longer
needed as a factor on the scene
Of action-a scene behind
who's curtains life's drama was
then and there TO close forever,
leaving him in the embrace Of
eternity and in the presence of
tie oIympian gods! Now, if
such a fruitian be a possibility
Of our monometallistic cranks,
who are clamOring ,or the gold
standard, what a joyous occas
ion il would be to the laboring
classes of the world il those
worse THAI fanatics were to
pack up their earthly assets
gold standard included-and
preeipitately HE themselves
away to their deistic bowers,
wherever they may be in the
realm of chaos or discord!
That much abused So cent sill.
yer dollar, which we hear so
much talk about days,
buys just the same quantity of
the groceries cf life as does the
highly .lauded gold dollar of
those inono-carping idiots of
Wall Street; and yet those saLIe
fakIrs call il n dishonest dollar,
and are bending all their ene:.
gies in the endeavor TO make
the slaves of toll believe thai
the silver is cheating them out
of their labor logic wholly with
out reason or application in
practice. theoretically, this
doctrine might, possibly, coin
eide with the reasoning capabil'
tiles of a maniac chimpanzeei
bu, when brought in contact
with the average Anglo Saxon
intelligence. the sophistry oi
the argument is too thin tt
catch a smile of contempt from
an honest corpse.
For prudent: :al reasons--minC
YOU, we are not superstitions-
we would prefer to find a las
resting place on the bottom o
be Vastly deep, rather than il
4 nei shborhood of gold, stand
arc adyocates--one Of our .teetl
is gold plugged, and that un
fortunate molar might be tn
innocent cause of n prematur'
resurrection on our part wer
We deposited in their vicinity
Bryan-contemptuously style
! the boy orator of the P.att"-
is deserving Of success; not onl,
} ON account Of that vast strear
J Of silver eloquence which he ha
b turned loose on the unbelievin
natives, Int also for the prir
; cipIe involved. which claim
, that the United States al
capable, and must govern then
ssiyes whether the rest Of th
world are willing to Il or no
We claim that IL our countr
takes the initiative in the silv,
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