The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-10-02
lFor the Democrat-Star.
THE RUMP TICKET.

that The most prominent and blatant ad-
~vocates of the gold slandard-from Mr.
Carlisle down to Gcaeral Palmer the
dear, old Dnekie-D addles, whose harm
less quack sounds the keynote Tor MS
limited choir of Notwithstanding Cen
eral Buekner, his Younger and perhaps
more risky subaltern, have, at some
time in the past, placed themselves on
vigorous record as fayorns the financial
policy from which they nov tuin with all
that horror whicl, his Satanic Majesty
is said to have for holy water.
A~ntecedents of public men, whose un-
selfish and patriotic hearts thnmp and
bump with boundless love of country,
and whose over-anxiety for the suddenly
become beloved sons of toll, makes them
pose as shepherds seeking to reclaim the
countless and erring flocks. now scamper-
ing into the Bryan fold; these antece-
lents--it must be repcated-are like
facts: they are stubborn things, and dis
play Il most pemicious activity in
popping up at most unseemly times from
that dim past DER which it was hoped n
thick mantle of oblivion had been for
ever thrown. Unfortunately, these per-
turbed spirits of former records, like
Danquo's ghost, will not down. And
in this particular instance, the two, nice
old gentlemen, nominated Mt lndianapo-
lis by a motley assortment of cuckoos,
official c~astaways, discledited leaders,
still smarting under the lash of party re
pndiation; self-elected, with credentials
issued by no known or recognized au-
thority; banded together for the sole pur-
pose to defeat the duly and regularly APP
pointed standard bearers of the Demo
cratic party-to betray into the bands of
its enemies the party that gave them all
| tho honor aud position which they now
enjoy;-these two candidates, Palmer
and Buckner, conceived and born in
political pcrtidy and recreancy, are the
unwilling owners of ~;ntecedcnts which
ever the blessings Of Cleveland, Carlisle
ct id omne genus cannot wash away. In
pity and in charity let lis hope that their
apostacy is due to the tecblencss OF sen
ility.
In bygone days, when the prnfessed as.
piratiOns of these two men, now the
apostles of II plutocratic creed, were to
fight the battles OF the people; when they
recognized and bravely denounced the
dangerous tendencies of aggrandized
wealth, conspiring to sap the mighty
IA brio Of a government built on the cquaI
rights of u free people;-in those days
General Palmer is on record as saying:
democrats, the fight tor tho silver
dollar is more Than forty years old. WI
won it once against the national banks
under the lead of Old Hickory, and byhi
bones we'll win it aghin."
This WIS Oh the Goth of January, 1879
In the same year he gave u%ttelance to til,
following opinions:
eff there can be anything rs a dishon
est dollar that miserable shell trick AMI
travesiy of "A coin, u gold dollar. exactly
fills that designation" And again, 81
there is any dollar more honest than thu
silver dollar OF 371t grains (ofpurc silver
it has not been discovered in the century
or mole that the nation has exi,tcd.'
After this little entertaining discussion
through the antecedcntal domains Of oul
dear, old Duckie- Daddles-(l have Meth.
or words nor space to waste on Genera
Bnckner, whose past is as brilliantly
Illuminated with argent rays as is his sill
ver-plated chief'-the question arises, /
We, to-day, are ~lunatics, rcpudiators
anarchists, socialists, dishonest none,
mcn--and all other sorts of criminals
what was he in those days of yore when
his powerful intellect imbuel our sus
ceptible minds with the horrible ductrin,
that the decentralization of silver WIS
crimef The pupil has hut followed his
at n time, trusted and honored master
and if, to day, the master has filled tt
eradicate his former teachings. it is be
cause they embody, now, as they EN-
bodied, then, an eternal truth wlicl
4. neither time, nor condition, nor eircum
/ stance can minimize. modify or destroy
, And, now, u parting admonition to tn,
select, but lonely band, moulded. II,
/, doubt, from the porcelain clay of p%olitica
, humani'y-the self constituted elite, VIII,
chirp the praises and follow the debili
+ tated lead of the indianapolis decoy
, Drop the sacred name of Democracy, /,
, which you have no more claim than ha,
Lucifer to that of an angel Of light, an,
assume that appellation which you hav
S so honestly earned, and which by ever.
: principle of right and justice belongs tt
2 you alone. Before high heavens, BOLT
Frs You are, by word aud deed, in theor,
!, and practice. BOLrERS you will eve
be, and this name. however inelegan
I and distastcful, will cling to yon wit
q the adhesivoness belonging to that iustl
celebrated
- Aunt Terminals plaster,
The more you try to pull 1t loose,
The more 1t sticks the faster"
4. II.