The Caucasian., 1896-09-03

/ us to take eosn Sewail and vote fol
4 Watson and be patriots. l care no,
what party governs, so IL does for the
people.
| The people OF the North, Democrat.
and Republicans, have gotten onI
money and now have US down.
don't care what you cal! me. am go,
ing TO 20 against thst crowd.
| What is the meaning Of free silver:
The constitution of the United State,
says that the Congress OF IN.
United States shall have power &
coin money and regulate the yalu.
thereof, and another clause .sys that 8
Stale shall not coin il. so Congress j.
the only power that can coin IL. II
was intended that The United State
should establish . mint. and If mar
found mine be could 90 and bav.
his gold, silver, or copper coined ane
be charged seignorage " toll for it
like going 10 mill with corn. Their,
was 10 be no limit 10 it. That is what
is mean. by free coinage. Dig it ~
and 60 get il coiped:" Cries Of ~ es
yes"
The Major here took out two silver
dollars with a gold dollar in the mid.
die, all three linked together. One wa.
3 trade dollar (4s0 grains), the other
standard silver dollar (il2l. grains)
and said he had bought the trade collar
for 30 cts, while the other silver dollar
| with less silver was worth as much a.
the gold dollar. The speaker explain
ed the reason: because one was le-
gal tender and the other was not. He
gave the history Of the trade dollar
| and said that he remembered the time
when il was worth sl.25, the amount
he had once given for trade dollar
He said There were ~ ,UOU, ,U0p cf these
trade dollars i."W ot.f>t&ini.ng. lie
showed how the government had IS
| sued these trade dollars and how they
| had passed from hand to hand as reg
| ular lawful, legal tender money. Bu,
| after they had been IN circulation
| awhile, a law was passed by goldbugs
which took away the legal tender val
ue OF these dollars, and they became
worth only fifty cents. This dollar
had more silver IN it than the regular
standard dollar, but the law said the
| standard dollar was worth more than
the trade dollar, and because the law
| said SO, it wus So.
He then referred to q clause in the
last national Republican platform
which said that since 1879, every dol
had been as good as every other dol
lar" The kepublican, are trying to
| TOOL ana deceive the people" lie said.
He proved this by showing That the
trade dollars he had III hi. possession
| were coined Ill ls1e-that lney were
| dollars one time, but thaJ the, wer.
i 1nt tar
can platform said they were. "They
| say" he said that every dollar is a.
good as every other dollar, Then
why is this dollar not as good as any:"
| (hOldiDg up a trade tUlIar.) Don't
you see that the declaration uf the
Republican platform is talse?"
| The lighter coin can be bought fer
81 and the trade dollar can be bought
for SO cents. Why this difference:
Because l..- trade dollar is not now lie.
| gal tender. The government has re.
pudiated half OF ills value. In 1879 il
was struck from power. Who was
President then! a Republican. John
Sherman was Secretary ut tie Treas
ury. Before that uaie paid $l.2J foI
4 trade dollar"
| There can be DO uii.ternational agree.
ment. You men WHO are descendants
of the men of Mechlenburg who de.
clared for freedom from England, Ge.
scendants of men who voted for Lin
coin, to think that you must ask some
foreign power to help us with ou,
money coming! Now the old Repub.
lican party has gone and said we must
join in with other nations for free sill.
yer. Shame! Did we have to ash
them to let us declare for our indie.
pendence? We need more money.
Not till | can see as good with one
eye as with two; work with one leg a.
we'll as with two, will I agree that W.
do not need more. You understand
We want gold and silver. How muct
gold is there in this crowd? Any q
you got $40 gold piece? daughter.
[ hear men calling for a gold STANDARD
who have not gold enough to plug ,
Ijaybird's tooth. In few more year,
we won't be allowed to trade amons
ourselves.
eve are today indebted to the Farm
ers' Alliance for our beginning on thi.
line. Drag the farmer down and ",
will go, too. | have always tried to ge
the white and black race to pull TO
gether. What drags one down will
drag down the other. We prosper
alike and 60 down alike. The ALI
ance put the people to thinking.
| I'VE demand the free and unlimited
coinage of silver and gold at the rati,
OF 16 TO !, was the beginning of tn,
Peoples party in Bryan's State fou,
lyesrs ago. Hill and Whitney ant
other goldbugs left the party, bu
some are coming back to Bryan. Now
you free silver Republicans come alon!
and vote for Bryan and Watson. No
ICY Watson but Tom. | will attend t,
ICY. | will meet him next week in tn,
mountains and ask him few questions
Now, about Dan Russell. He il
hiding out in the woods, asking YOU t,
vote fer him. Watson and mysei
have asked him out. He will not com,
out. When the Republican party wa
down, Russell was nominated for Su
preme court judge, and would not &C
; cept the nomination, and besides h
wrote letter calling the negroes saw
ages and saying they would steal si,
days in the week and pray off thei
sins on the seventh. But We did sue
ceed, and after we had whipped ou
the enemy Russell came to the Iegisla
ture with lot Of bills and was tn
biggest bull in the pen. He wante,
to run the whole thing. A few year
ago he was for free silver and now h.
is for Mckinley. He would not hell
with fusion. He said it Was all a farce
Major Guthrie said he was in thi
fight TO stay, and that as far as he wa
concerned. the people should choos
between him or Watson or Russell. |
he was elected Governor he would no
forget that there were honest men i
all parties (''That's rightr') The
say Russell can't come over to tn
Eastern part Of the State and speal