The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-16
DEMOCRACY VS..
FREE SILVER
Why Free Coinage Of Silver. Can
not Be Secured Through the
Democratic Party.
RECORDS, FACTS, OPINIONS

Democratic Party.
RECORDS, FACTS, OPINIONS,
which show the Fslsity and Hvpoerisy
of Democratic Professions and Plat
forms The Views Of the People on the /
Question Of the Day-What They Know /
and What They Think.
Under this head will be presented
communications competing for the |
cash prizes announced elsewhere for |
the best article on why the Free
and Unlimited Coinage of Silver
Cannot Be Obtained Through the
Democratic Party."l
ScoTT's HILL, Jan. 8 h, '96.-Your
great paper, SO widely read and so
deservedly influential, desires brief
but valid reasons, why the free and
unlimited coinage of silver cannot
be secured through the Democratic
party.
There is but one reason, and that
is
THE UTTER HOSTILITY
of the Democratic party to the free
coinage, the compulsory coinage, or
any coinage of silver whatever. OF
this fact there are many proofs. The
party declared in its last platform
for the equality of gold and silver
at the mints. No friend of silver
asks for more than this. Let silver
be restored to its former equal
ity with gold at the mints and
the
DAMNING WRONG OF THE CENTURY
: will be righted; the great battle
: ended; the commercial and none
k tary value at once be made the same.
Give me bright Raleigh child ten
e years of age to solve this mighty
a problem, which has crazed the lucid,
:: brilliant leaders Of Democracy. If
n 3714 grains of pure silver are worth
i 100 cents, what are $50 grains, OF
n one ounce worth at the same rate1
h Ans. $l.29; and what fool, other
than a goldbug, would sell his pure
n bullion to silver smith at &C cents
IS an ounce, when he could have il
# coined into legal tender dollars a.
" one hundred and twenty-nine cents
V an ounce9
IS Again the party declared for th'
)O repeal of the Sherman act of 1890 a.
it miserable makeshift, not merel.
le the purchasing clause,
d BUT THE WHOLE ACT,
es to be replaced by friendly legisla
ton.
le Now the Sherman act require,
al four and half million ounces o
al silver bullion to be bought MONTH.
10 at the market price, and until Jul
IT. 1891 it required 100000 ounce
ht thus purchased to be coined into lie
al gal tender dollars each month; al
Ia terwards so much thereof as woul
er be required to redeem the certificate
q, used in paying for the bullion. No
nj when the government redeems thos
ey certificates issued to pay for bullio
ad bought from July 1891 until Ca
ne Isle
- CRIMINALLy VIOLATED THE LAW
is by refusing to obey it, it will hav
id no authority to coin another dolls
". not even for the exalted, patriot
ire purpose of convincing the farmer
or of the South that the grand old part
m is still turning out the brand-ne
ev dollars! The Secretary of the Trea
lid ury, who coins another dollar aft
of those bullion certificates are r
,lv deemed, is a counterfeiter, as mut
on so, as the fellow who mixes ba
Ia metal and glass bottle by the lig
nd of the moon.
i've Now whatdid the Democrats prol
for ise9
! is lst, To make silver and gold ecu
the at the mints.
ont 2nd. To repeal the Sherman a
1gs and restore the equality by friend
ted legislation.
the What did they dot
Repealed the purchasing clause
the Sherman act, which alone ga
~. ~ silver life, which alone made futu
Lr. n, coinage possible. Was this allg n
:u' but thousand fold worse; they I
''n only cut off its future hope, th
,,+ took away, by treason, its lel
ff;s bic tender quality by declaring that
SILVER WAS TOKEN MONEY
ex- to be redeemed in gold, Clevela
rds. and Carlisle, the highest officials
ter government, the great leaders
ent. Democracy declared that the OF
re- way to maintain the parity of
sem metals was to utterly discredit
mis- yer by branding it as dishon
re coin, as substitute for MOI
for as mere representative of value
ord be redeemed in gold!
and These high officials, these De
| at Gratis
It at ppoKE ErHE1R PARTY PLEDGE:
the ~ broke the law they had sworn
Sae sne keep, by refusing to purchase sill
lueI as the law required spit upon
- IL spurned the law by destroying
g eonS legal tender quality of the silver
so' ready coined, and fettered and bl
~ ~ Lao 40 ed it as the Republicans never
W. . ~ If these are silver's hope, may
GILL devil take its despair.
Are there any other proofs
ieI n1 the Democratic party is the G.
guy foe of silver? Yea, verify l
- ~ there are.
Pay One hundred and sixty-two
10 10 lions
Il get of hoNDs
t the issued to keep up the gold rese
II be to meet the current expense
on of the government; vast increas'
the interest-bearing debt in tin
nator universal peace, while the vaul
q are the treasury were burstfhg g with
,ught of silver coin legal tender DOL
But possessing every function OF M
only and in every way the equal OF
much gold. Not only this, out tney'
I'VE Democrats endeaVoreo 10 COZ
k the SOC, 900, ,OOO OF greenDacks ana