Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-04-16

formed masses to protect the
owners of silver mines at what
ever cost. have recourse to the
same universal tactics for OBJ
tanning their ends, namely, vitu.
peratinn and insult to all who
honestly strive to save our pub
lie credit and national industry
from ruin. They accuse the chief
magistrate of being a traitor to
his principles and country, of
conniving with foreign money
lenders generally for it's destruc-
ton, enriching himself thereby.
The silver press. silver senators
and silver congressman and Of
fceseekers work themselves in
to violent passions, denouncing
the friends of honest money adj
vocates of the payment of every
just debt that we have incurred
Or many incur in money or it's
equivalent Of the very best and
most reliable standard.
SPECIMEN S1LVERITE TACTICS,
There could be no better proof
Of the weakness Of their pro-
ceedings than these discourteous
denunciations and unfairness in
arguments, OF rather lack OF
arguments, simply misleading by
making onesided statements.
They remind the dear suffering
people Of the good old times
when rulers were honest,
when a silver dollar was as good
as a gold dollar; times were good
and the people happy. But
they are very careful not to in :
form the dear people thaG in
those times they refer to a silver
dollar the world over was worth
a good gold dollar and was ex-
changeable as such without dis
count in every market. They
never say one word about the
enormous increased output of sill
yer and the invariable rule of
supply and demand that governs
every commodity or element of
trade.
It you state TO one Of these de-
tenders of free silver coinage the
plainest facts directly bearing
on the case, he will answer you
with a TRADE against goldbugs,
who corrupt your rulers, max
ing the rich richer and the poor
poorer. He will then appeal to
the excited public, asking them
if it is not a truth that they have
very little or no money in their
pockets. and an almost unan;m~
Gus mo" Of course browns the
speakers voice. He then asks
the crowd before him, Are you
in favor Of all of US having
money in cur pockets?"
If they answer Yes" he tells
them to vote for the free coinage
of silver and they will never
want.
THE ATLANTA DEBATE.
I attended the other night what
I supposed was to have Leen d
discussion of the ali-absoroing
silver question between the
champions, the Honorables Mr..
Hoke Smith and Mr.. Crisp, and l
was disappointed in that the his
torical and stasticAi facts pre-
sented by the former from an
cient times up to date, all con
clussively proving the fallacy Of
the silverites were unanswered,
aud consequently unrefuted. The
champion Tor silver called the
attention of the audience mainly
tic, very irrelevant point that had
nothing whatever in common
with the good or bad effects that
would result from free silver
coinage at a ratio Of Is to /.
One was in regard to views en-
tertained by the Hon. Mr., Smith.
sometime since. on this subject.
To candid inquiries for the truths
of this all-aDsorbing topic the
personality of Mr., Smith as a
factor has no place in this great
financial controversy. We can
only demand of him statements
founded on reasons and facts and
not to pander to the capriclous
notions Of a faction. If for any
reason he formerly enormously
believed that silver ought to be
protected, and afterwards
changed his opinion, being con-
vinced Of his error, he deserves
credit for sterling manliness in
not insisting on the wrong
against his honest convictions.
Surely the cause Of honest money
should not suffer because one
man Or a hundred men had here
tofore advanced contrary views,
and since becoming enlightened
by profound study and honest in
tentions confess they were in
days gone by mistaken, and now
triumphantly refute old errors.
Such men surely deserve the con-
6dence Of of the public. It would
have been more consistent to an~
swer arguments than to deny to
such men the right Of being open
conviction.
CRISP'S CALL FOR A REMEDY.
The other point on which the
Hon. MI. Crisp spent many
words, still leaving all the states
ments SO characterized by the
force of solid facts undenied, bes
cause palpably true. was calling
in a loud voice for a remedy, ap>
parently ignoring that the whole
tenor and gist of Mr.. Hoke