The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-09-17
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fog the true tissues and deceive the peo.
pie. They have almost abandoned any
attempt at argument, and simply depend
upon inflaming the baser elements of
ignorance and prejudice. Last week all
the country Democratic weeklies were
filed with pictures of Pops taken from
the funny columns Of eastern papers.
These they held up as samples Of how
the farmer was esteemed by men who
believed in making silver dollar as good
as gold. They could just as easily have
selected caricatures Of the greatest men
in our National history. Lincoln, Grant,
Sherman, Cleveland, Mckinley, Blaine,
Logan, Foraker, Harrison, and thousands
of others have been caricstured. This
is an age of caricature, and no person or
class Of importance escapes it. But the
resort to such contemplate methods is
a virtual confession that they have moth.
ing better to put forth. They hope to
array class against class, regardless of
consequences, 80 that they may secure
the spoils.
We quote at random from number
OF our Democratic exchanges.
II is an undeniable fact that capitalists
make money by the activity of its circu.
lation, and that, until the free silver ex.
citement, they we're glad to loan it at
from "a to per cent. in the United
States, while in all free silver countries
the rate of interest was from to IL per
cent. 1t is also known that the prompt
and generous action Of eastern capitalists
in extending relief to the banks in the
south and west during the past three
years has saved hundreds of them from
being closed and prevented incalculable
distress among the people. Yet one OF
our country Democratic exchanges says:
Do you think the Wall street gold
bugs care for your welfare?
1t is also we'll known fact that the
Democratic party has always been sub.
servient to the wiahes of England, and
that the money which swelled their
campaign funds in the past years came
largely from the free trade Cobdenites
of England. 1t is also known that since
the success OF the Democracy in 1892
English manufactures have been run.
ming day and night to fill American
orders, while American factories have
been idle. Yet these fellows, who have
truckled 80 subsequently to England in
the past, seek to inflame the American
people to the pitch of war because Eng.
land has the same monetary standard
we have. They do not tell their readers
that not only England, but Germany,
Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Norway,
Sweden, the Latin Union, Italy, Switzer.
land, France, Finland, Spain, Austria
Hungary, Egypt, Roumania, Chill and
other nations are on gold basis, and
that, in all the world there is not a
country 80 foolish as to have adopted
free and unlimited coinage of silver.
They mention none of these countries
only England. This is because they
think it easier to fan to flame the pref.
udices against England. But they might
as well abuse that country because it has
the same God and the same Christ, the
same language, the same yard, the same
pound, the same gallon, the same ther.
mometer, the same physical ills and the
same remedies.
Here are some samples of how they
try to embitter the people:
To fasten the British gold standard
upon this country means, also, the Brit.
ish standard for the farmers, mechanics
and laboring men Of the United States.
The Republican party seeks to make
no change at all in the money system of
America. They are striving to defend
the same system under which our great.
est prosperity has come. Are the farm.
ers, mechanics and laboring men on a
British standard of wages now? These
demagogues know they are not. But,
if their demands for free trade had been
carried to the extent they threatened,
we would, indeed, have been right down
onto the British level.
AuOtner one says:
Great Britain twice failed by war to
control American pat atriotism, but by the
grace of gold bug Tories have obtained
q tyrannic mastery over the welfare of
the people by absolute control of Amer
ican finances, which will result in greater
ruin and devastation than she could
have obtained by the victories of war.
In view Of the fact that we have had
the present conditions so long, and that
the ruin and devastation" only came
with the Democratic threat of free trade,
the above is decidedly rich.
The lending Of money at ~ to 4 per
cent. is going to work greater ruin and
disaster than England could have ever
wrought by war! What American enter.
prise needs, according to these whoopers,
is to adopt free silver standard. and
pay from 8 to ~ per cent. for capital
The same paper shouts: