The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-02-04

ton of his public professions and letter
of acceptance. The expectations and
interests of the people have been for.
gotten and ignored. The party which
elected him has been betrayed, and it's
banners which foated so triumphantly
in the breezes of 1892, now trail in the
dust of defeat. The practical destruc-
ton OF the party has been accom-
plished."
There had been no trouble with the
gold reserve, the Senator asserted, and
no hint Of any loss of confidence in the
National credit until about the time of
the last Presidential election. Then
for the first time, we got a glimpse of
the conspiracy which he had referred
to. Mr.. Foster gave the holders of
greenbacks and Treasury notes the OPP
ton of having government paper
cashed in gold or silver and, as they all
demanded gold, the gold in the Treas
ury rapidly run down.
Instead of epdeavoring to stem the
tide Of ruin and redeem the pledges of
the Democratic party, to give the peo-
pie the relief, President Cleveland lent
aid and comfort to the conspirators by
his utterances and official actions in
continuing the policy of his predeces-
sor.
The Senator quoted from President
Cleveland's response to the committee
that notified him of his nomination the
last time, and declared there was moth
ing In it to warrant one to expect that
the leader of the Democratic party ig-
more the platform and treat with con-
tempt the trusted lieutenants whom
the people have sent to theNational cap
ltal. The language would lead us to
expect the very reverse. How many he
asked, of these reasonable expectations
have been met?
How many of you men, grown old
and gray in the service of the party
and of the nation, men who were its
trusted leaders before Cleveland was
ever heard of, how many, l say have
been called into his %coUnclls9 II any,
speak; I shall be glad to hear them.
Where has this nan sunk his person.
ality9 Whom has he coneUlted9
None but that Of the bootlicks and syc-
oDhants, who have crawled on their
knees for the crumbs of patronage and
betrayed their constituents for the Of
fees in his gift.
In the entire history of this country
the high Office of President has never
been so prostituted and never has the
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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 walked with submissive
head in his presence. With relentless
purpose he has ignored his oath Of of
fee to uphold and obey the law, and
has paid out gold instead of COR and
issued bonds to buy more gold, by both
actions over riding 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 NEAR gold alone, he a
not by his mere 'ipse dixit' change the
law of this land and pervert the plain
meaning of the English language. His
Republican partners in crime who set
the unrighteous and unlawful exam
pie which he has so persistently fol-
lowed, and encouraged him in it to the
utmost extent, cannot escape the con,
domination of the honest, working, bus
mess men of the country as equal part
ners in his gull"
The repeal of the Sherman law, it
was asserted, which was the first point
Of attack of this 'unholy alliance" was
only accomplished through the aid
and in conjunction with a majority of
the Republican Senators.
This Democratic President accom-
plished what was not possible for any
Republican executive, under the CIR
cumstances, to have brought about.
A change of the party in power had
left a large number of Offices in his gift
with which to buy votes"
In discussing the ''hOnest meaning"
of parity of gold and silver, in the
Sherman law, he said:
1.-THE object was to have them to as
sist each other to hold silver up by
holding gold down, and an honest
Secretary of the Treasury, who should
have resigned his Office rather than
submit to the dictation of q besotted
chief, would have paid out silver to
protect the treasury from the gold
gamblers and bond grabbers, as the
law and the oath of his office required.
But, alas, the old breed of Southern
life spent in the public service, had to
be buried at public expense, and his
debts paid by the State of South Caro-
lima, is no more. No wonder the Sen
ator from Massachusetts feels war
ranted in twitting us with the decay of
Southern craftsmanship and charging
US with being dishonest. He charges
it, however, In another connection, and
as aiding and abetting this Judas from
Kentucky, who, after a brilliant ca
reer of twenty years and more as lead,
er and champion of the silver forces,
has, in his old age, come to this pitiful
pass. And then to think that the in
dictment thus brought against a whole
section should have so much color of
truth and of fact to back it up in the
apostacy from their principles of the
two other SECRETARIES from the South in