The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-09-04

country for the past twenty years.
81 challenge Mr.. Carmack; /
all of his followers; l
every free silver advocate
in the country, to name one Ameri-
can statesman, from Washington to
Samuel J. Tilden who ever suggest
ed, directly or remotely, that this
country could maintain gold and
silver in concurrent circulation
where they were both admitted to
free coinage, at ratio which diff
fered from the market ratio. These
gentlemen are contending for the
free aud unlimited coinage of sill
yer at the ratio of l6 to l when the
market ratio is 80 to l, and chal-
lenge them to name one American
statesman who antedates Richard
?. Bland of Missouri who ever sug-
gested that such a thing was posi-
BILE.
"On the contrary, [ say without
fear of contradiction, that the
question was never discussed by
American statesmen prior to that
time, when the exact doctrine for
which / contend was not universal
ly conceded by statesmen of all pO-
litical parties. Such was the doc
trine of Jefferson and Hamilton in
1899; such was the doctrine of Jack
son, Calhoun and Webster in 1923,
and such, be it said, was the doc
trine of such statesmen as Lamar,
of Mississippi, and Hill, of Georgia,
in more modern times"
From this on he continued to feed
his audience on Carmack editorials
and ended by saying: ''Mr. Car
mack defines democrat to be "a man
who believes in strict construction
of the constitution; who holds to
Jeffersonian principles as to the
functions of government; who is
opposed to Capitalization, and who
is in favor of local self-government.
According to that standard, laid
down by Mr.. Carmack, feel a
consciousness that l am a demo
crat of full stature. By that stand
ard ! am a democrat from the crown
of my head to the sOles of my feet
But Mr.. Carmack has a new stan
dard of measurement, which is The
Chicago platform. He has aban
doned the old standard. In l89:
the senate passed bill for the free
and unlimited coinage of silver a
the ratio of l6 to /, which wen
over to the house. Mr.. Carmacl
was very apprehensive that the bill
would be enacted into a law. II,
dreaded 1t as he would a pestilence
He had no confidence in the patri
, otism of congress. He was thel
impressed with the dreaded belle
that the bill would pass the hous,
and that irretrievable disaste
would befall the democratic party.
His final remarks were: "Fellov
citizens: The Chicago platform
did not deign to mention the mann
of Grover Cleveland. His admins
tratiOn was assailed all along tn
line, but his acknowledgements wer,
J as silent in respect to Linn as if h
never existed. The distinguished
: gentleman who completes with m
for the honor of a seat in congress
sometimes refers to him; and on on'
: occasion in bitterness O
of his soul, he denounced him a
the Buffalo hangman.' l dissen
from all of this. Three times ha
the democratic party nominated
Grover Cleveland for the presiden
cy and twice has he been elected
He is the only man who has led tn
democratic hosts to victory in
period of forty years. | know hin
and | know him to be patriot, un
selfish and devoted to the welfare o
his country. When the party
spirit of the hour shall have passed
away; when the aspersiOns and de
nunciations of partisans shall havr
been forgotten, he will take hi
place among the foremost men o
his time.
81 never confront a Southern au
dience that / do not feel like pro
testing against the treatment which
the president has got at the hand
of some of our southern statesmen.
protest that he deserves a place in tn,
affections of the Southern people.
J protest that he has done NOR,
: to live down sectionalism and t.
restore the union-a union of hear
and sentiment; union as our fla
theirs understood it than any MAJ
of his time. l know not what Mr.
Carmack may do or say but my RICH
arm may wither by my side, AM
may forget to speak my mothe
tongue before l speak otherwis
than in honor of Grover Cleveland.
Memphis Sunday Herald.