The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-04-09
The PEOPLE
Are AGREED
Oa ;hs oass;ion Ct Ere. Ceihae.
o!Silrsr--rAs EIsstiial Coz
diiisns Of Success.
THE PEOPLE KEEP ASUNDlg



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Fs The CsarH.Aan
katsi.n. y. e. Agrd A-rrfAaP.
st TO time tn th~ pass it.fs<, as tl.-
coantry v-r- tho ,--oyl. 20 >sssh .s--
olina. and OF th~ south. .o aait~A 40
s~ntimsst spoa an, qs--,i~s o. ti-@,
ARE ~ pr~~~nt sth r~f-r~n-~ ts th~
free coinag- - .iitsr Of tiss rstis a %
Ia ] of gold. Tho ns..-s of th~ t-rs.t.l-
Of the tnr~- I.srti-. Arr axr~-S sy.en
the question. ani regard 20 o. pass-
mvant o. .ii cib~r. and y~t tk~y al
loo old party atiarhncst. ts A~~p
| them Asgndsr. aud thu. 60 defeat ti.sm
IN the great o"mtn"n pa'ro.~ th~y
has. in ss~~.
iniiA- tn opposing pellci~. r-xsrs.
ing the tArif be-; her the,
should b~ irpos~d ~dh r-f~r~no~ ~
protection. 80 merri, for r.s.nu~
which are Nc old j. the gu,-rnm.1i.
| and ~ill iast .. long .. ihr prsctlos of
Il raising tsn-. in that nay oontin1--
| the silver qu-sit"n d. NV a. ren.
| bach but ts~nty y-ar.. aud sb~n .~s-
| tied. AZ Will b~ srttl-d nnall, Th.rr
| uiil b. NO renewal 81 th~ cent ros~r.,.
| aud .. it 10 . qos siion of nr.t rsl~ I'm.
portanc~. % should b~ s~ftlrd noe the
present year, at the approaching I'r~s-
ldential and 'ongr-.sionsl ~l~ctaon.
IL seems the obs ioo. disfa' of oon mon
.~ns~ that fh~-~ different Inrtl~. ~hs
are thoroughly agr--d upon the ,ils~r
Question. should conl- iog~fh~r no~ in
Q spirit of frankn-... it .til D. in
vain that they stand sloof. zach ortr
hoping that the People siii oom. ts %.
while they make war upon zach csh~r
and widen the breach b~fs-~n th~n
Thi. ~ ust what the gold part, delight.
| Ia see. II 10 incredible that q roid
party can win la the south under al,
circumstances. bot dis-~n.ions aud
divisions la the RANKS of the silver
| men, although one faction should carr,
the elections. must inevitably weaken
the cause la the o;h~f ~tat~s-in the
West, particularly. where it 10 ~ss~n-
tial that democrats and k~publican.
who favor free coinage come together
and vote together. 4 united silver
party in North Carolina aud the -.uih h
would inspire con1deno~ En the West
and bring together every element of
parties favorable Ia the rau-~.
Democrat. fAtt~r th-m.-ls-. that
they may have majority of d-l~gat--
in the national nominating con,-p-
tion, that they may dictate the pi,t-
form and nominate the candidst~-
-. hut 10 do all thi.-io make the nomi-
nations. at any rate, they must have
two-third. of the drl~gat~s. which 0.
impossible. The two-thirds rule may
: enable them Ia prevent the nomins
] tion Of gold mrn-if the class of dele
gates who 60 there from every south
~rn States can br relied upon Ia r-si.i
the aliurenent. that the miliionair~-
Of the North and East wiil place before
them. But IN NO event -an the cau.~
Of silver profit 10y the result. of the
Democratic National Convention. Eas.
, tern and Northern democrats will nu.
4 Ger no circumstances. support alive,
candidates on n silver platform. Tb@y
will sooner see the triumph 81 the De.
. publicans, with hinley. K-~d. Ali.
D son. or any other high proi~ctionisf
!, on a gold-monon~tallic platform. that
. o Democrat on q free silver platform
q Northern Drmorrat--tbr controliin,
= class among tbem-sr~ quite o. mori
in earnest in support of goid-mono
netaliism Ne the Southern Democrat
are in favor OF the free coinage OF sii.
: yer.
The strength Of tie Topuli.t. cam
/. out Of the Democratic party. ans
they can 10 nothing without IN
y cooperation 81 all The southern
u free silver element. They are --.~ntis
J. TO each other ia this struggle for ire
coinage; and if they stubborniy PET
y sist in their local squaboles, they ma
q a. well give up the controversy and al
q low gold recommendation % s~ settle
ss the permanent policy Of the coun
lts. x~,tb law ugic~s la~ Ha0es an
dull. hard times in perpefuify.
y, The Republican bimetallists Of th
70 Western States are ready and an xiot
rs To cooperate with the southern D'
le mocrscy and Populists in suy
7 port Of free silver. The abie'
,s men among them have abandoned n
Republican party-euch usen ss Jons
and stewart Of Nevada. and Teller
colorado. They are ready 20 sabord
l. nate other questions 10 this essentiI
one Of fires silver
at The existing tariff originated Wit
es the Democracy: but Was 60 muc
I. changed in character in the Senst
that President Cleveland declined
70 approve il. and allowed it 10 bccou
" a Law without bic signature. u ms
ne be regarded n Q hybrid, half Dem
cratic, and half Republicsn-hah F'r
tectionist and half otherwise. So 0
!. IL stand for the present, until The mo
s' essential question Of bimetailism
30 settled. IL fails 10 produce suf5eiei
ne revenue and pieases nobobody, but ~
be be amended in that respect by II
RI mutual agreement Of parties. Bim~
ry slIism is 70 be the singleissue Of IN
IA campaign.
DANIEL X. GooDDoE.