The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-05-05

cial war will be over the appropria-
tons for the Spanish war. Rather
it will be in the manner of raising
the revenue necessary in making
the appropriation good.
The financial will be between the
money lender and tax payer, and it
will avail US nothing if We free the
Cuban and whip the Spa uiard, if in
doing SO we enslave this people to
the money power of this country and
of the world. Indeed the financial
war is waged to free the common peo-
pie of all countries; the Sanish war,
tn free the Cubans only. In the finan-
cial war We shall therefore have the
money power of the world to fight,
and our natural allies are the com
mon people of all countries.
Perhaps the money power would
not so particularly care how the rev.
enues are raised to prosecute the
Spanish war if the manner of rais-
ing that revenue did not involve the
gold standard. To make the gold
standard and maintain the value of
existing bonds, revenues must be
raised on the gold standard basis
and by the sale of other bonds when
tariff and internal taxes fall short.
For bimetallists to consent to that,
is to give up the whole fight and ir-
retrivable fix the gold standard on
the country. On the other hand, to
supplement the tariff and internal
tax, not with bonds, but with the use
of the silver and greenback now in
the treasury and by the coinage and
issuance of other silver and green
back and with the sale of currency
bonds if it should become necessary
would, 60 very far toward fixing
bimetaliism as the settled pol
icy of the country in both war
and peace. The bimetallist plan
would perhaps necessitate the
suspension of specie payment as was
done during the Civil war, the repeal
of the parity clause, and put an end
to redemption of greenbacks in gold
alone, therefore an end to all pros
poets of selling bonds to keep up the
revenae- all of which would most
thoroughly disgust the money lender.
And his disgust would be altogether
without consolation when he real
IL IS that the people, now up to all
the money lenders tricks, would be IN
no hurry to convert currency bonds
into coin bonds, retire green
backs nor stop the coinage of silver
when the war is over. Rather than
raise the revenue this way and with
such consequences to himself the
money lender would say, let the Gu
bans, and the Spanish war, 60 to the
for the want of sinews.
But the Republican party, howev-
or deeply It may sympath;z with the
money lender and how ever anxious
to do his bidding, can t affo ord it. 1t
| is the business of the administration
to carry on the war, and 1t can't af-
ford to go before the people this fall
or at any future election and say: we
stopped the war because it endang-
cred the gold standard and displeas-
ed the money lender. That would
let the cat out of the wallet, showing
that the Republican party, under
present control is the money lenders
party and not the peoples party. 1t
would place Lincoln Republicanism
as in the civil war, in such strong
contrast with Mckinley Republican
ism as in this war that the Republi.
can voter must be disguised with one
or the other. At any rate, he would
not fail to see that one is not thu
other. This is one great advantage
of the war aspect of the money ques
ton. The voter would ask Mckin
ley why he didn't carry on the Span
ish war as Lincoln carried on the civ
il war, and would point him to th'
fact that the Senate stood ready t.
furnish him the sinew of war as the.
we're furnished Lincoln in the civi
war with the internal revenue super
added. They would ask MeKinle!
why q system of revenue getting
which seemed good to Lincoln wa
so unutterably bad for him. "Lin
coin bemoaned because the interest
and liberties of the people wer
+ threatened by the money lender, yo1
stand before us with q mighty boo
hoo because the interests of the mon
ey lenders are threatened by the pee
, pie. Lincoln rel ,iced that silve
, mines would conserve the peoples
: liberties; you conspire with the mon
ey lender to make these mines of mo-
avail. Go to The money lender fo
your votes, the people at last see 20
as you are, and what the Republica
J party must be as long as controlle
: by such as YOU"
This must be q much nicer wa
than the civil war, or the Mckinle
> administration much nicer than th
t Lincoln administration, since th
} same sort of revenue is not goo
: enough for the purpose.
81 But we are met with the same o!
0 song, "times and conditions hav
; changed" Just so. The Lincoln r,
Q publican party was the friend of th
S people because those who controlled
in the civil war were the friends I
e the people; the Mckinley Republ
d can party is the friend of the none
J. lender. Again, the money lender
i so encouraged and emboidened /
), his success in converting the gree
s back and currency bond of the civ
d war into coins and practically 60
bonds since that he does not now he
itate to demand that this war beg
3 with coin bonds which he has !
e doubt he will be able to convert in
= gold bonds as the thing journeys Q
- He consents to begin with short til
T. coin bonds, and that they be offel
the people, but he doubts not tt