The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1896-06-27
THE TIME For ARGUMENT
HAS PASSED.

Is IL that portion OF the gold
standard press does rot know the
democratic party is for silver, or Is
IT, that it would stir strife and cause
defeat and the possible disintergfa-
ton Of the party9
All the states ofthe union have held
their con ventionsland their dclee ates
are unalterably bound to silver: Is Il
prudent, therefore, at this late day to
attempt to reversethedecfce ot these
states, issued IN The nanu of demo.
eracy2 win it not result in confn-
sion only, confusion Which shall scat
ter to the four wintis the phrty Of Iib.
Grafton?
The time for argument has passed.
Democracy has spoken and speaks
today as authoritatively as though
the convention shortly to assemble
at Chicago had Officially declared it.
self on this one issue. The southern
gold standard papers which are sug-
gesting this and thnt, that den ocra-
cy may adhere 70 the present gold
standard, are aone issue papers, and
had better step In republican ranks,
there at least they may fight with
out remorsc Of conscience and where
they may pour their life's blood in
defence Of gold, Since gold stand.
ard is the only Issue with them, what
difference can lttmake what party
gives IL th.m2
The Echo believes FREQ coinage Of
silver will affcctihc commerce, pros
penty and progress of the United
States; but II alsobeieves that far
greatef evil awaits the country at
the threshold Of reprblican protec-
tive tariff.
The Echo believes free silver coin
age is an error and will retard the
development Of the south; hut II
also believes Chat The success OF the
republican party threatens conse-
quence, so revolving in its concep-
tion, as to oversladow the iifust cal.
amity free silver could ever create,
In support Of the position we have
taken, we quote from an editorial
which appearee In Tuesdays edition
of the New Orleans States. 1t is one
of the most forcible writing which
has ever come under our observa.
tion:
Let no democrat talk OF think of bolt.
ing the democratic party whatever plat.
form the Chicago convention may adopt
or what man it may nominate. We are
likely IN tho next wO years to encounter
serious financial troubles, perhaps disas-
ter. But let us stand for our liberii -
and our institutions. LIT us stand n,
Am erican freemen for American freedom
The election Of Mckinley will mean tn,
destruction OF the freedom of our elec
tions ard the taxation Of the masses for
tho benefit of the classes to the enormous
amount of one billion aud half OF dol
lars per annnm, or ~ Tho next thirty years
during which period the democratic party
IL defeated now will be bamshed from
power, Of forty-hye billions of money
which will strengthen the money power
to such an extent shat we will have th,
most powerful moneycd aristocracy and
olIgarch the world has ever seen.
''How gold may win at the con-
vention," )" is phrase that should be
sllenced. The democratic party is
now at stake, nay, more than that,
the peace OF the United States hangs
in the balance. Great revolutions
are the productions Of prejudced
judgment, and the course that some
Of our gold contemporaries are now
pursuing is apt TO culminate in {
tradegy, which will require an omni-
potent hand TO stay.
What Col. R. G. IngersolI once
said about character, can as well bs
applied to politica! parties, and tc
the dissatisfied gold standard papers
do we commend It: 'Tis the work of ,
life time to build a great and splen
did character Cor party), It's but th'
work Of moment 10 destroy it utter
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