The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-06-21
CORN CRACKER ON FINANCE.
Now Time for the White Metal to Come
to the Bat.


Rutherfordton, n. c., June 11.-(Staff
Correspondence.)-As you know, af-
ter the expenditure of much blood and
treasure, the undersigned freak has
been placed in the force of the North
,.Caroiuian. For some time he has been
as bird that VANDERBILT from her nest.
and regarded as more stupid than the
OK that knOweth his masters crib,
Verify, he hath been a political Ishma-
lite, and every mans hand against
him. First seeing the light in the mar
tial commonwealth of Kentucky, and
taught in the school of Democracy of
that dark and bloody ground, he felt
that he represented ideal Democracy
as government for the people, by the
people, and of the people.
Receiving his inspiration from the
Courier Journal, the utterances of Jas.
Beck, of blessed memory, John G.. Car
Isle, Allen G.. Thursman, the grand
est old Roman of them all, he regard
ed silver as a money and its demone-
tization in 1878, as crime little short
of treason. When he cast his lot in
North Carolina, he accepted the teach
ings of the great commoner, 4. b.
Vance as his political Bible and hymn
book. When this grand patriot went
from rest TO refreshment, we felt that
leader in Israel was fallen When as
he closed his eyes on earthly scenes
with dying benediction on his lips
for Democracy and failed to repudiate
the white metal, we faltered not in
our devotion to silver. We felt that
his dying message would be as the
dropping of Eliiahs mantle on the
hosts of the North Carolina unterri-
fed. While we Loyalty tried to be one
of the boys in the trenches, we had
great respect for the traditions of the
elders. While we had no patience with
the "sub-Treasury,P and never direct
ly or indirectly encouraged Uncle
Sam to be engineer, conductor and
baggage smasher on all the railroads
in his broad patrimony, we were con-
sidered by some as a calamity bowler
Of the most malignant type. This
writer has never passed as a doctor
of Finance" nor has he, like Bill Nye's
statesman, meditated on the subject
till he wore holes in the bosom of his
pants. But he thought the sages in
Democratic council who had stubborn
ly contested every inch Of ground for
silver, knew as Ttuch as pie-counter
brigade who had hitherto been pro-
fessors of saw mills, fathers of such as
handled the guaging rod at distiller-
les, and held the honor, dignity and
emoluments of postmater, or were
running of a lanyard"
We also found that a man who was
a friend of liver was regarded a bad
fellow of the basest sort, possibly an
anarchist. Gold men generally favored
protection to the great American indus
tries. In our old fashioned innocence.
we were committed to a tariff for rev.
enue only. We had heard protection
called a painted harlOt, and often
had we read invocations from the lead
ing Democratic press to the "star-cyed
goddess of reform
But a man of our views was a poll
teal hereto, no better than a Pop.
Like the stern old prophet who had
barred his arm at the Brook of Hebron
we got out of sight, and felt that they
sought our lives. But after the roar
of the tempest came still small voice.
1t said: 81 have yet reserved seven
thousand who have not bowed the
knee to Baal or kissed his image"
Voices from the South, and voices
from the West herald that true Demo-
cracy is again in the saddle, and that
the gold-bug cohorts are in the valley
of the shadow of death. sixteen 10
one" is the Shibboleth cry and the same
motto blazes on their banners. "SiN-
teen to one" is on the shining lances of
al 3 [ar,
lucky; also on the CORY pitchfork of
the one-eyed man from South Caro-
lima. The trend of developments in the
Old North State shows that Zeb Vance
lived not in vain, but he being dead
vet speaketh." At Asheville the
Ninth district wheeled into line for the
white metal, with one dissenting voice.
At Shelby, Cleveland county, was held
a large and enthusiastic meeting, and
when a vote was taken for the silver
resolution there were but two
dissenting votes. Both fell in
to line, however, like good
Democrats, and the meeting was
model of harmony Now your uncle
can hold up his head, and be seen in
the busy walks of men. just so surely
as Constantine imagained he saw the
shining cross in the skies, we believe
that silver at Chicago is stamped on
the political horizon. We hope England
will not get out of humor at our au-
dacious course, for we should obey
her behests with fear and trembling.
We admit that England told us once
to drink tea, but we had just taken a
total abstinence pledge as far as tea
was concerned and didn't drink tea.
Then England said use stamps. and
with the some monumental gall, we
didn't use stamps. Then our ancestors,
North Carolina starting the ball, licked
England, and started business on their
own account. We know that the gold
standard men are the people and wis
dom will die with them.
But in our guileless innocense, we
can't see why when silver was worth
three per cent premium, its demoneti- |
cation was necessary. We are told that
gold has an intrinsic value which has
never fluctuated Esince the morning
stars sang together. Becker used to |
coin gold in rutherford county, y. c.
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