The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-03-26

our arrogance 10 SILVER, Dut 80 iutsbts
was the feelings Of the Democrats o.
the state, and so emphatic WAS tbeil
demand that this metal be coined int
money, that n q rebuke and protest Il
the policy Of the Federal adninistra
ton. our state executive committed
reaiiirmed the demand for free coinag,
At the ratio Of 10 to J. No party coult
be- more thoroughly committed 10 an,
policy than il the Democratic party o
North Carolina 10 the free and unlim
tied coinage Of gold and silver at III,
ratio Of is TO ]. Now, who are thu
boilers; We, who would stand b.
these principles, or you who repudiat.
them; We, who would adhere to tn,
well defined orthodox faith OF Democ
racy, or you who are trying TO tear Vi
away from the old landmarks, advoca
ting the dogmas Of Republicanism:
Your Sound money" comrades il
Kentucky have bolted their caucu,
nominee, and are now voting with Re.
| publicans for the election OF John Il
Carlisle. We have heard from you thu
mildest censure against these men
and We are not surprised, as you arr
endeavoring 10 commit the whole
party OF the state To the Republican
idea. Like the generation Of hypO
critics, denounced OF old, you honor
the name Democracy with your lips
but your heart is far from her.
You denounce us as boilers, an(
when you do, you denounce the party
platform OF 1892, and what you admit
TO be the platform OF 1894. You no
only repudiate the solemn declaration
Of the party but you join hands will
the enemies Of your people and sustain
them in the iniquitOus legislation tina
robs and ruins the product Of tn,
south; and this we denOunce as tory
ism Of the revolution, scallywa9ism o.
reconstruction.
| You say that it ia the duty OF Demo.
Gratis to stand by the national cOnven.
ton, regardless of its declarations
and herOically exclaim with Martin
Luther: "Iiere | stand, God helping
me, ! cannot do otherwise" Imagine
Martin Luther going to the Diet Of
| Worms with such a declaration as thi:
in his mouth: 81 have denounced the
Pope and have condemned the sale OF
indul gencies as an outrage upon hu.
| m2nity and the blacklist Of sins. And
| ] am going to the Diet of Worms; yes
| though every tile upon the house-toE
| should be a devil, and if the Diet OF
Worms declare that the Pope is infal-
lible and that the sale of indulgences
is right, ] will kiss the POpe's foot
and help to sell indulgence. Here ]
stand, God helping me, cannot dc
otherwise"
What of the attitude of these So
called free silver journals, as our es-
teemed Citizen, and the men who par
tlclpated in the silver convention and
voted for the resolutions there adOp-
ted, who advise the North Carolina
Democracy to abide by the action OF
the Chicago convention, even if it
should declare for gold mOnOmetal-
llsm and repudiate silver; and what
would be the attitude of the Demo-
cratic party of North Carolina? We
nave always claimed that it was the
champion of the money of the Consti-
tuition. We have denounced the de-
monetlzatiOn of silver in the language
OF John &. Carlisle as 1.-The most eipan-
TIC crime OF this or any other age" the
consummatiOn of which "wouid ulti-
mately entail more misery upon the
human race than all the wars, pesti-
lences and famines that have ever Oc-
CURED IN the history of the world"
Yet in the face of all our professions
ana declarations when silver is the all
aDsoring,. all-contrOlling issue, and
AFTER We have seen the demonstration
OF the truth ennnciated by John G..
Carlisle, the party must go before the
people OF the State endorsing this "gi
gantlc crime advocating what to its
own conscience is lie and what to
the mind and conscience of the peopIe
Is detestable wrong and the cause of
untold calamity. Such a pusillanimous
guaranteeing of principle on the part
OF the Democrats of North Carolina
would result in her everlasting shame
and iignominy and inevitable disinte-
grafton and ruin. Principle would
count for nothing. The people would
never again believe that we were sim
cere about anything.
III you would ask for authority for
the position that we take, we would
remlned you that the greatest patriot
ana Democrat of North Carolina. he
VINO breathed into the party the very
breath OF its life, who led it to eyery
victory won since the war, and whose
memory is cOnsecrated by the love of
MS people, referring to the action of
the Federal administration on the fl
nancial question, said, that if the pre-
sent leaders of the party persisted in
their course the Democratic nartv
would walk out of itself, leaving moth.
ing behind but Wall Street and the
smell Of birthstone. And he said Il
with approval. ~
we need Vance to-day whose cour-
age and whose inspiration would 70.
store order to this wild, weltering no.
lltlcal chaos. Under his leadership
the Democracy would emerge trium-
phant, as she did in ~ and rs. Rut
though dead, the great champion of the
VIII OF the people yet speaks to US. and
&C the sound of his voice let machine
politicians and the "mOney toadiesn of
the State close their mouth, about
boiling and hide their diminished
heads.
for thlrty years the South has SUD-
ported the national Democracy with q
oyalty that is heroic. Though never
nonored with place on the national
ticket, she has stood like the Greek
phalanx, constituting the hone and
strength of the party. Having been
plundered for a quarter of a century
~ means of Republican legislation.
snu, consequently, poor and oppressed
WIN debt, she now demands that tho
democratic party come to her rescue
'nu Dy the restoration of silver MONEY!
'e-establlsh the price of her produce
ina bring to the homes of her peonIe
nope and prosperity. The trouble has
'een that the party has been controlled
y leaders from sections whose peo-
,ie are not in sympathy with our peo-
,ie, and whose interests are not iden-
ical with our interests. Rnt tho;-
ceptre has departed and we hope that
ne is soon to rise phoenix-like. from
ne ashes of her humiliation. bearing
N her pinions the rights of the people
nd the hope of the Union.
Mr.. Editor, you have pitifully called
or support for your views from the
1emocrats of the State. You have
aileu In vain. Receiving one response
ou are emboldened to say that YOU
ave scotched the snake, not killed it
neSe were the words Of Nr..l., |