The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-04-03

ana treated the same as
other criminals. Cotton Is still king,
But he is taxed to death and cnslaved
by a party intent upon making him
pay the expenses Of the government
and to fattcr their Unsuitable nnaa-
cial cormOrants. I believe, it Is time
tor the young Southernor to demand
a voice in the government Of this ma
ton. The meD who now control
the politics OF our country we're not
in the Civil War and 1t is nonsense
and %cowardly for the press of the
South to continue to print tho fear
of a SO called rebel control as a
scare crow to Southern brains ard
ambition. The most loyal Americans
today live in the South and the fight now
being made by the president OF The
United States against his own party
Tor honesty in business and govern
mental affairs and against predatory
wealth and the cupldity of our mi;
lionaires and trust magnates finds It's
abicst champions in one section.
Another iquity that | shall en-
dravor to blot out, is the pension
policy Of the Republican party. The
ease with which every free bootcr
and camp follower now gets his
name upon the pension rolls Is aD-
palling. We have paid 10 Northern
soldiers since the war ended S3.5al.-
O25,G5I.l7 or enough to buy the
states of Maryland, Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina. Georgia.
Florida. Alabama. mississippi, and
Louisiana at their assessed values
FOR taxation. The South pays the
major portion Of this tax and gets
nothing in return. We were not AK.
gressors in the Civil War. the rerus-
al of the North to accept the decision
Of the Supreme Court Of the United
upon Il constitutional question
in the bred Scott ease was practi-
cally a notification OF that instru-
ment and therefore. according to
their construction, a declaration of
war. The South fought in defense
the constitution This is now ac-
opted as true by all writer's Of history
and has practically been sustained by
the Supreme Court Of the United
States. The President who has spent
most Of his life writing articles and
books defamatory of Southern states
men and heroes, in his last message
to Congress, he thus speaks Of this
conflict, There is grave need Of those
stern qualities shown alike ny the
men Of the North and men Of the
in the dark days when each
battlcd for the light Is ii
was given each to see Inc light. their
spirit should be our spirit as We strive
to bring nearer the day when greed
and trickcry and cunning shall he
tramplcd under footAb those who
fight for righteousness that cXalcth
a nation The Confederate soldier
for the light as given by the
only source from whence it could
come, the u OF the constitution
the Supreme Court Of the UIitcd
States. Such being the case I shall
demand that the Confederate soldier
be treated as the equal of the Federal
and granted an equal pom
fought for the light as he saw it and
rs he was in duty bound to accept 1t
its only source the highest
in the Union.
Finances.
Under our Constitution Congress
alone has the power 20 coin money.
| shall advocate an elastic currency,
issued by the government and in
dorscd by the entire OF
our country.
The great trouble with this Qucs-
ton is the tendency on the part os
our iinancicrS and statesmen TO treat
money as a commodity and II OtaS a
medium OF exchange. The idea OF
money being sold in the open market
TO the highest bidder like real estate
mules and horses is something
unique to The student OF political
economy and yet this is the spccta-
81" We Witness whom a scare is pros
duccd in our financial centres.
The volume Of money cannot be
arbitrarily fixed, its only regulator
should be the volume OF produce it
is supposed TO represent the amount
OF cotton, corn and manufactured
products it is supposed to EXCHANGE
and stand as a pledge for. The idea
that money should have an intrinsic
value is unsound and absolutely an
tagonistic to the object and function
Of money. What we need is to 40
back TO first principles. to Adam
Smith, instead OF relying upon mon.
who never see anything but q dol
lar, TO make the financial policy Of