The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-02-06

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I'm the entire history Of this coun
try the high Office Of President has
NEVER BEEN 80 PKosTITUTED,
and never has the appointing power
been so abused. Claiming to be the
apostle of civil service reform, he
has debauched the civil service by
making appointments only of those
whose sponsors would surrender
their manhood. and. with bated
breath, walk with submissive head
in his presence. With relentless
| purpose he has ignored his oath of
Office To uphold and obey the law.
and has paid out gold instead of
coin and issued bonds to buy more
gold, by both actions
OVERRIDING THE LAW,
and giving no heed to the interests
OF any but moneyed friends-I
might say his owners or partners" :"
While to this besotted tyrant,
coin has come to mean gold alone,
he cannot by his mere 'ipse dixit'
change tho law Of this land and per-
vert the plain meaning of the Eng
lish language. His Republican
partners in crime who set the un-
righteous and unlawful example
which he has so persistently follow
ed, and encouraged him in it to the
utmost extent, cannot
ESCAPE THE CONDEMNATION
Of the honest, working, business
men Of the country as equal partners
in his guilt"
The repeal of the Sherman law, it
was asserted, which was the first
point of attack of this "unholy al
lance was only accomplished
through the aid and in conjunction
with a majority of the Republican
Senators.
"This Democratic President ac-
complished what was not possible
for any Republican executive. under
the circumstances, to have brought
about. A change of the party in
power had left large number of
Offices in his gift
WITH WHICH TO BUY VOTES"
In discussing the "honest mean
ing of parity of gold and silver,
in the Sherman law, he said.
THE object was to have them to
assist each other to hold silver up
by holding gold down, and an hon
est Secretary of the Treasury, who
should have resigned his Office rath-
er than submit to the
DICTATION OF BESoTTED CHIEF,
would have paid out silver to pro-
tect the treasury from the gold
gamblers and bond grabbers, as the
law and the oath of his Office re-
quired. But, alas, the old breed of
Southern statesmen like Calhoun,
who, after life spent in the public
service, had to be buried at public
expense, and his debts paid by the
State of South Carolina, is no more.
No wonder the Senator from Massa-
chusetts feels warranted in twit-
ting US with the decay of Southern
craftsmanship and
CHARGING US WITH BEING DISHONEST
He charges it, however, in another
connection, and as aiding and abet
ting this Judas from Kentucky
who, after a brilliant career o.
twenty years and more as leader
and champion of the silver forces
has, in his old age,
COME TO THIS pITIFUL PASS.
And then to think, that the indict
ment thus brought against whole
section should have so much colo
of truth and of fact to back it up, il
the apostacy from their principles
, of the two other Secretaries from
the South in the Cabinet of Presi
dent who has so disgraced the nam
of Democracy
"The South bows its head il
shame at this exhibition of mora
!, cowardice and
: DESPISES THE RENEGADES:
, but l must remind the Senator from
Massachusetts that there is as ye
only moral turpitude and treacher,
to be charged against these men
The Southern Congressman and Sen
!, ators who came here poor are still
poor. They have not become mil
lionaires like some of their Northern
brethren; and there is no credit mo
bilier steal, or Colfax scandal, o
Belknap bribery chargeable to an
Southern man. Let him
;, REMEMBER THESE THINGS
' and keep back his sneers and taunts.
The Senator contended that
D there has been one idea more pei
J. sistently and prominently presente
9 to the American people by Presi
dent Cleveland than any other,
has been the iniquities of the tari
!. and the demand for its revision. l
u season and out of season, wit
t "damnable iteration he had sun
1, this siren song in the ears of tn
II farmers. In this connection he que
Al ted from messages of the Presidel
'e of 1887 and 1888, and said he did
N for "the purpose of pointing out tt
W evolution of a tyrant and showir
IS the transition from a conscientio,
" law-abiding chief magistrate to an
ARROGANT AND OBSTINATE RULER
who ignores the law and issues bon
n at will, and issues them under
statute that is subject to the susr
~, ciOn that it was intended to be tel
be porary and limited in it's apple
~ ton instead of conferring a discr
nt tionary authority. He not only issu
n them, but does it secretly, with
es law partner as witness to the CO
! q tract, and has created the suspici
in the minds of millions of his cou
81. trymen that q President of the u
he ted States can
lis USE HIS HIGH OFFICE FOR PRIyA
le- GAIN"
to "He differs with the Republic
Ter party only in the one particular:
lg. the tariff, and on that he has bio
hot and cold as his pet hobby, a
will 90 down in history as the m
bs gigantic failure of any man "