The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-05-30
AFTER CARLISLE
A Free Silver Advocate Shows the In
consistency of the Secretary.

consistency of the Secretary.
I presume that your readers have seer
and read the following letter from Cleve
lands secretary of the treasury, but /
ask you to publish it that it may have a
wide publicity among the free silver ad
vocates. The denial which Carlisle
makes is emphatic, and he should have
the full benefit of it.
The letter reads as follow:
washington, May 13.-Mr. S. o. Por-
ter, Pettus City, Texas. My Dear Sir:
Your favor of the 9th instant, requesting
me to send copy of the speech made by
me in the house of representatives on the
21st of February, 1873, is received and in
response you are informed that the
speech was not published except in the
official proceedings of congress and that
l cannot, therefore, send you a copy.
The speech was made in opposition to
the free coinage of silver and in favor
of striking out the free coinage provision
from the pending bill and insert in lieu
of it a section requiring the recretary Of
the treasury to purchase not less than
100000 worth, nor more than $4,000
90 worth of silver bullion each month,
and coin it into standard silver dollars
on account Of the government.
culated so extensively in Texas and else
where that made g. free coinage speech
in 1878 or at any other time is absolutely
false, and many of the people who are
circulating the statement know it to be
false. Yours very truly,
~. G. CARLISLE"
The readers Of your paper are now in
vited carefully to read exactly what Mr..
Carlisle in his 21st of February, 1871,
speech, and then reflect how man in
an honorable position can sneak behind
mere technicality, and lie in his throat:
CARLISLE, FEB. Fl, 1878.
shall not enter into an examination Of
the causes which have combined to de-
preciate the relative value of silver, and
to appreciate the value of gold since 1873,
but l am one of those who believe that
they are transient and temporary in their
nature, and that when they have passed
away or have been removed by the sepa-
rate or united actions of the nations most
deeply interested in the subject, the old
ratio of actual and relative value will
be re-established on firmer foundation
than ever. know that the world s stock
of precious metals is none too large, and
I see no reason to apprehend that it will
ever become 80. Mankind will be fortu-
nate, indeed, If the annual production of
gold and silver coin shall keep pace with
the annual increase Of population, COM
MERGE and industry. According to my
view of the subject, the conspiracy which
seems to have been formed here and in
Europe to destroy by legislation and
otherwise from three-sevenths to one
half the metallic money of the world is
the most gigantic crime of this or any
other age.
The contamination of such scheme
would ultimately entail more misery up
on the human race than all wars, pesti-
lence and famine that ever occurred in
the history OF the world. The absolute
and instantaneous destruction of half of
the movable property in the world, in
Guiding horses, ships, railroads and all
other appliances for carrying on COM
merce, while it would be felt more sensi-
bly, at the moment, would not produce
anything like the prolonged distress and
disorganization of society that must in
eyitably result from the permanent an
Inhalation of one-half of the metallic
money of the world.
Bland, Carlisle, and the other free sill
yer advocates in the language of 1878,
finding that free coinage bill could not
90 through, took the next best show they
could get for the white metal, which was
the monthly coinage named. Upon the
fact then, that Carlisle made his speech
upon the monthly coinage BILL notwith-
standing his denunoiation of the demon
etjzation act of 1873, he lodged, and
AYERS that he did not make free coinage
speech.
Take the whole range of debate on the
silver question, and no advocate for a
return to the coinage Of silver-free-16
to 1-can be found, who went farther than
this unconscientious prevaricator in de-
nouncing the rascals who precipitated
the infamous act of 1873; and today he
applauds them, and Like an obscene bird
fouls his own nest. Yours truly,
ar.--..->1:, .6o1, 1905