North Carolina Newspapers

si at nit' 052 ) 1 4 6 1. nan -am Vol.. V I j i,i roirs chair. . THE ED!TOR ON THE y. r'i OF THE DAY. ,1 ; -i n .:tr of .some oik speak . , r!i.- rights, of the people. . -mi. "th- rights of the jko favorite theme o! the . , , who do not try to ar-.-! ii -, hut to blind it. The ;,m iI1 reinemher that thev .... light..-:, until they are ready . . . .1 ihn.se rights, and defend Who will consider that you --iit.-, unless you let the world ... t.:i? vou consider your rights ... i;,:tnd them. There is no ,: .: !..u rit r to the encroachments i j unit.' greed until the people I.i-mg rohhed present them i that harrier, and name the . ' often astonished to see with i .4:j.-nee the people suffer w rong . j.pp ssion. In fact this has ..!.! philosophers, historians in I. of the past It is not be- .. .. people are cowards and , r,..: the courage to defend their : hut it is because they have a . ! that they are being im- , i i,;.on lv selfish, and dishonest iu,u-;-. The great weakness and ,. , .-. : .f the people lies here, they :::!,k ;hat because they are honest tii in-i that their rulers, are lion - if in- are not strong enough to the money power now, pray tell - .ill. ii we will be? Will we when u millionaires are richer and the iie are poorer. Will it be when ii i.einy is stronger and we are aide to cope with them ? 'I here more eau.se to fear for human liberty 1 u than there was when our fore- it hers threw the English taxed il I i I T I 1 b:i in tne iosion narnor aim ft'iiuht on the battle field seven vears r freedom. THE SUN'S CRIME. It is almost incredible that any Democratic paper should be led by the New York Sun's anti-Cleveland articles into tiie belief that that jour nal is a friend of the President's. The President has signified that he wishes the linanee question to be the first one treated by congress. The u clamors for tariff legislation, and t high-sounding phrases in advo- ifing the policy of thus embarrass- ; the administration. The Sun is able paper, edited rigidly ami lfully, but it is not a Democratic ;an, aim is not recognized as sucli Mr. Cleveland. "nr New York contemporary is ouhteuiy ingenious. Hut surely kill not claim to be friendly to r. Cleveland. lliehniond Dispatch 'The New York Sun" which has ii so often, and on so many differ- ?trilieations charged with being ait or to the Democratic party, is 1 arraigned by The Richmond patch for being a traitor on the mid that it is trying to force the iiini'iatic party to stand by the J' nt the tariff reform. The Dis- i says, that Mr. Cleveland does uiisKiei i be Sun Democratic. v if we remember correctly, The i iitM-r made a hobbv ot tank re- '1 until the great C rover discover- liat tariff was the "culminating I'i'v" of the age, and the issue sh"uld be lirst and foremost every patriot, and especially i-HTv Democrat. The Sun was 't pM pi!, and learned the lesson and well ; but its crime now ll'iat it will not within a few dis time change its whole creed, it- belief into unbelief, and de with the readiness of a patriot, the "iiliaiifi:il evils ;irp the rmlv ce to our prosperity." It would ;"ly take a first-class political ,;it to keep up with the chang 'osition of the Democratic party; 110 "iib: the Editor of The Sun u -Mting too old to successfully ul' v it 1 i the chameleon's charges, 'ispatch could more properly Hie Sun ixuexuous, instead of "itiis. The Sun was simple f 'i to believe that a man with a hone as big as a telegraph meant a thing when he said it I lain and very often. We now Sstand why the Democratic pa in North Carolina have stopped fating tariff reform, they are j siarf to get caught in the same x with The Sun. ISS HK A TKAITOH? 1 Offer to Sliuke Hand over the Uuh blug ami (ir-SNluii of the IVoiil,,. rMurat Ilalstead, eommeutin 6 change of Mr. Cleveland since ' $i'ction, says : Jie President has held out a the Republicans to be shaken understanding that if help f 11 i r Tin"'' louiui in me Republican par airy the unconditional repeal Sherman law tliere will be no to repeal the McKiuley law, r an tne "only menace' of our is not protection or recinroe- J t the paying of gold for silver 1 in'ddies)menessof the silver tf. V, PRESS OPINIONS. What the Extra Skssiox is Cam. ki Tor. Richmond Dispatch Dcm. There ought to be no dispute a to w bat the extra session soon to corn meuce was called for. If the I'resi dent of the Cnited States meant what he said on this subject to tin agent oi the L rated Press on the ."th of June last he believes that the fi nancial condition of the count v i; the only thing that stands between us an.l prosperity. The President said: u r . .t i . i unnK it not amiss that our ........,. ..i iii . , iMi"i"c .-mkmmu ii imoriueu aumori- tatively that a time is at hand v. hen ineir representatives in Congress win im: called upon to deal with n nnancial eondition which is the only menace to the country's welfare." ii u; orny menace to the coun try's welfare" is the existing finan cial condition, then Congress is call ed upon to deal with that question first of all. SIXTEEN TO ONE. (Rocky Mountain News (Dein. Col.) When a cause is just, the strug k'!e of its friends should be to win, t .1 A . . i ii nr i nuu io win ii an. mere is not an intelligent bimetalist in the land who dosen't know that the effort to restore free coinage at the ratio ex isting when the law was by artifice repealed is in the interest of justice and our common humanity. Toadvo cate f ree coinage at a greater ratio is to urge confiscation of everybody's property to the extent of the change and start the new financial scheme which is to control the country for an indefinite time, with the basic value of all property permanently lowered not less than Jo per cent. It is the voluntary enrichment of the moneyed classes by adding an ad ditional one-quarter to their pres ent wealth, every dollar of which must be taken from the labor ant7 property of the common people. OLD HOWLS TO NEW TUNES. (Waslilnitton Post). The summers of 'S!). '90, '91, and .).' were enlivened by vigorous, and strident Democratic howls. Just as soon as the vernal equinox had been fairly left behind and tho mercury oegau to range among the nineties the magnates of the apmiuistration. animated by a perfectly rational and intelligible motive, discovered lean ings for the mountains and the sea shore. They had labored long and arduously, between the dull rou tine of their official duties and the fierce and strenrous pressure of gentlemen anxious to eucouater routine dullness at Government ex pense, they were exhausted. The thought of keen mountain air and sylvan boskage, the thought of the hard, wdiite beach and the lusty tumult of the breakers, the vision of sauuteriugs in the open air, of outing costumes nnd invigo rating idleness every hint and sweet suggestiion of repose invited them. But when they went Mr. Harrison to Deer Park or Cape May, Mr. Blame to Bar Harbor or the old Augusta Lome, Mr. Tracy here, Miller there, and so on then every Democratic organ in the land threw back its ears and opened wide its jaws and bayed the silver moon. The country was going to the dogs. The curse of absenteeism had de scended upon the Government. Our rulers, receiving princely salaries to save the state, were junketing while the state went broke. And so, nd infinitum. Now, the ball has rolled. The junk eteis this year aie Democrats. Mr. Cleveland, on the far-off shores of Buzzard's Bay, has bared his rheu matism to the breeze. Secretary La mont is there to give him points on scuds and bass. Secretary Herbert is girding up his loins to go forth and inspect every navy yard on the Eastern coast if it takes two months. Other Cabinet officers are going elsewhere. Hon. Hoke Smith has taken his life in his hand and beard ed the savage red man in his lair Even Hon. Josiah (uincy remains not with us in our desolation, for from the distant hills of Massachn- setts he catches the clarion tones of George Fred Williams engaged in charming delegates. The centribu- gal forces of mid-summer are at work and our great men scatter as of yore. Thus it is that the regular annual howl this year is set to a Republican instead of a Democratic air, and ca lamity is preached to us from or gans which erstwhile tuned them selves to other themes. We are be ing ruined this time by Democrats. Last year it was by Republicans. In '92 the howl was Democratic. In '9.'5 it is Republican. But it is the the same old howl, the same old gold bug, the the same old human nature, audit doesen't fool anybody with brains enough to furnish a canary bird 3 ''THE ONLY MENACE. The Poor Olil Campaign Tariff not in it Any More. A financial condition which is the only menace to the country's wel fare and prosperity. Grover Cleve land, June 5th, 1S93. tf THE CAUCASIAN. a def n;t:on,..the duty gf alliance. MEN. THK I'AKTISAN SAS, "MY KM.UT IHt WKONfi." 1'. ISTT Tht Noii-I'artixaii Say "Any Tarty Tor Hi Kitcht." We clip the follow editorial in full from the Virginia Sun. Let every man who is or ever has been a mem ber of the Alliance read it: This article contains a valuable suggestion for the State Farmers' Alliance, and it is hoped that the members of that body will give it their careful consideration. It is offered with the intention ot restor ing the Alliance to that condition of usefulness and self-respect which a misconception of its possibilities has largely forfeited Now, what was the Farmers' Alliance organ ized for? Quoting from the Decla ration of Purposes, the answer is: rr i ... io onng about "unity ot action on the part of tho laboring classes" by educating them "in the science of economic government in a strict ly nonpartisan spirit." Here are two things, a nonpartisan education, and then united action. It was felt that the interests of the people had been neglected and trampled under foot simply because the people were blind and ignorant partisans, and therefore they must first be educated as to their true interests and then urged to united action, irrespective of what this or that party might do or say. The programme was carried out. The education in the science of government proceeded apace, and it was found that the depressed condi tion of the wealth-producers was due to the manipulation of the cal culating medium by tho money pow er. Relief could only be had through legislation, restoring silver to the rights of free coinage which had been surreptitiously torn from it, and taking away from the national banks the monopoly of issuing cur rency which the Constitution de clares is the sole prerogative of the Federal Government. It followed that the fight had to be made against the money power and then it developed that both the old parties were owned aDd controll ed b the money power. What was to be done? The Allliance was pledged to "unity of action" for the purpose of securing financial relief, and yet whichever of the old parties it returned to power, Wall street was still on top. At this juncture the People's party came to the rescue. it said, "Here is a partv which is neither owned nor controlled by the money power, and which will give you all your demands." W hat ought the Alliance to have done? Undoubtedly the only common sense action was to accept the offer, and throw all the united stivngth of the organization into support of the party which was expressly organ ization into support of the party which was expressly organized to its bidding. But the Alliance did not uo mis. it saiu, it was a nonpar 1.il T. 1 tisan organization and could not support any party. It was fooled into saying this by tire Democratic politicians who had failed to use the the Order for their partisan purposes because their party did not repre sent Alliance principles. But the objection does not hold against a party which does represent Alliance principles, and it was the duty of the Alliance to support the party which was laboring to carry them out. The whole argument turns on the meaning ot the word, partisan. What is a partisan? Every school boy know s when it is applied to an individual. A partisan is one who stands by his party whether right or wrongthat is the meaning ot parti; san,that the only meaning. A nonpar tisan is one, therefore, who supports a party when he thinks it right, and and forsakes it when h- knows it wrong. If, as our enemies would have it, any man who votes with a party is a partisan, then very voter in the coontry would be a partisan and that we know is not the case. Under our system of government by party, a voter is compelled to vote with some party, but he does not therefore become a partisan. lie only becomes a partisan when his motto is My party, right or wrong. He is a non-partisan whose motto is 'Any party tor the right." The po sition is utterly untenable that a non-partisan has nothing to do with party, because under that construc tion every citizen who exercised the right of suffrage would be a partisan. t is perfectly clear then, that a man may be a non partisan supporter of a party, meaning thereby that he supports the party because it repre sents his principles, and not simply because it is "my party." And what is true of an individual is also true of an organization. The Farmers' Alliance, as an organiza tion, may support a political party which represents its principles, and still be non-partisan. I may sup port a party, and not for the party's sake, but for the purpose of securing the enactment of its demands into law. One year it may support one party, and another year another party, the essential condition being that the party supported shall rep resent its principles. This is the meaning of "united1 action in a non partisan spirit," and any other in terpretation ignores the ' united ac tion" which the Farmers' Alliance "imperatively demands" in the very first words of its Declaration of Pur poses. To be consistent, therefore, the State Farmer's Alliance of Virginia should declare its purpose to support that political party which represents its principles, while accords to every member of the Order perfect freedom to vote his individual convictions. It should then become permissible for any State officer. County or Sub-Alliance, to support the party designated by the State Alliance, such support including speaking for it, working for it, sub scribing funds to it, and doing every thing possible to insure its victory at the polls. The Constitution of the National GOLDSBOHO, X. C, THURSDAY. JULY 21, Alliance "imperatively demand unit ed action." and we have clearly; shown how such action can be taken : "in a strictly non-partisan spirit " Let the Alliance of Virginia risw to me siaiue oi perlect niamioo.j. us-; ing any part it may see tit to em-j ploy to advanve its purposes, an . j still be strictly non-partisan." - - - Ai.oi T i.KMiiMTi.iTiov of mia Kit. (H-eial 'or. to The 'i aman Mil Kiiitoi:: Many eopk' in the U. S., esjM-cially in tiie South and West, are at this" time un the tenter hooks of despalT for fear that Con gress at its extraordinary session may demonetize silver, the inevita ble result of which will le to double the indebtedness of the jH-jpIe in the hands of thr creditor class. That such aetiou on the part of congress is devoutly prayed for by the said class. There is very little doubt but just how they (congress) are to effect thdr purpose without the consent of 3-4 of the States composing this Union, I confess my inability to see. Article lirst, Section ten of the Constitution of these V. S. reads: "Xo State shall coin money, emit bills of credit, make any thing but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts." Here the people of the States are plainly told by the organic law of the land that they must and shall have both inetals as" a basis. There is no if's or and's about it the law is mandatory, and there is no way to get around it or out of it, except as provided by Article 5th of the Con stitution which reads: ''The con gress, whenever of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall prepare amendments to this Constitution which shall be valid to .all in tents and purposes, when ratified by tiie legislatures of 3-4 of the several States, or by convention in .5-4 thereof. Jn this prescribed form and manner only can this bul wark of our liberties be added to or taken from." I am aware of the fact, that there are many so-called statesmen in the Democratic and Republican parties who argue and claim that under the "general welfare clause," Section 8, Aiticle 1st, that congress has the power to demonetize silver, and make State bank issue a legal tender too, that it was done in part Feb. 12th, 187:3. But simply because the great masses of the people ouietly sub mitted to the fraud perpetrated upon them by this act is no justification of its legality then or now, for had the people understood the intention of that measure as well then as they do now, there never would have been a "Sherman act," but the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of lo' to 1, notwithstanding the oiders of British financiers to the contrary. I admit that congress has the right under Article 1, Section 8, to add or take a certain amount from the weight of gold and silver coin, but to do the former (that is add to their weight) would increase the value of bonds, notes, mortgages, and all other evidences of debt in the hands of creditors, e:jnal in amount to the difference between the value of the silver now in the silver dollar and what they propose to put in it. To do the latter, i, e., take from the weight would decrease the value of all indebtedness held by creditors in the same proportion, and to put either of these dollars on the people would be ns great u, crime as the act of demonetization. This congress claims to be Demo cratic. Every platform since 1881 has contained a plank explicitly in favor of both metals, and while many of the present congressmen, our own liansom among them, may have changed their views and are 'follow ing that "Ignis Fatus" of Democra cy, the. present Executive, whose two pet schemes of monotnetalisni and civil service reform will inevita bly cieate a property absorbing class, and a life tenure office holding class with civil rights tendencies, both of which is repugnant to our iiiotitu tions, and calculated in the ei;d to disrupt the social system of our country, yet there will be a sufficient number left who are so deeply im bued with the pristine purity of the principles of Jefferson, Jackson and Calhoun to prevent the demolition of that "Palladium" of our liberties, the "Constitution." Let our people then, of the South and West, "pos sess their souls in peace." Thev need have no fears of. absolute "de monetization," for each and everv member of congress have sworn to support the Constitution, and if they deviate iu the least they will tell a story, and Srnator Vance said if they did that "the devil would get them," and if he does not an indignant con stituency will. t M. L. Wood. Lewiston, X. C, July 12th, 93. Judge Belford made the following statement in a recent speech at Den ver, which indicates juite strongly the direction of the wind : Oliver Cromwell, with a squad of soldiers, once dispersed the house of commons because it would not pass laws to suit him. A century ago Louis XVl undertook to disperse the French parliament. It went out at one door and came in at the other and chopped off his head. To day there is a president in the White House who does not propose to take the trouble to disperse his parlia ment He proposes to buy it, to bribe it, to deprave it with the pa tronage that the American people have placed under the control of his high office. Cromwell got rid of Charles 1, the French got rid of Louis XVI and the American peo ple will take care of Grover Cleveland. rao miiii! D2RSSf;s A LARGE CROAD AT 8HANTLVE S GR0E H S SPEECH A DEL'GHTFUL. D SA-PO N'TMENT ! j Camo. X. C. Th- 14th of ,hil j was, and will U a memorable dav in : the I.i.torv of the Alliance in llcrt- ford county. The day was intense i " i - " . . iv warm ami cany m tne morning were indications of rain. However neither the heat nor the threatenin e.oiuls prevented the Alliance, both male and female, front assembling. The audience was indeed for a coun ty one very large, numbeiii.g at least 1. i l 1 .. I rm cijUL muiureu. i ne .meeting pre sented two great attractions, name ly, the transaction of impertant bus it ess ami the presence of our Presi-d-iit, Mr. Marion Butler. His fame a- a speaker had preceded him, and t';- desireou the part of our iw-onl.. t. hear him was eager and great. The usual routine of husine.-s for tint morning wys suspended in order to hear the President. Comfortable seats were arranged beneath the shade of Brantley's drove, and a rostrum erected, which was protect ed from the sun's rays .by friendly foliage. The speaker was intro duced by the county lecturer, with out llourish of trumpet or clash of symbol, but in a plain manner, be coming a rustic and an unlettered farmer. The speech of Mr. But ler was indeed a most singular one. His political opponents had tracked him in his lecture tour, and painted him as the very incarnation of a po litical demagogue. The good peo ple at large were warned bv the sentinels on the watch towers of the public press, that he was a dan gerous foe to good government and an unscrupulous partisau. He was aware of this crusade and that the belted knights, full of Sara cenic hate, had sounded the bugle call to arms. It was hardly to be ex pected that his audience would hear words of no angry import, see no (lashes of an aroused indignation, hear no growls of bottled up thun der, but great was the surprise and great the pleasure of all to listen to a strictly Alhauce lecture, without a solitary allusion to jiartisau poli tics, without a solitary tirade of personal bittemes?. He painted no sky lurid with surcharded lighting, he implored no Aeolus to unloose the winds of his wrath to wreck the enemies of the order. To say that his speech was an ingenious one and well-timed, calm, cool and dispass ionatc is but echoing the expression of his en tire audience. Many whocame to scoff, went away to think. Many! who desired to see the Hash of sabre ( and the tilt of lance, saw only the olive branch, heard the gentle notes of peace, not the wild alarums of war, saw not Marius, sullen, gloomy, with the thunder cloud of wrath up his brow, the lightning of hate in his glittering eye, meditating ven geance for his defeat, but rather Timotheus in chalcis, majestic in his serenity and calm in the midst of disaster. X'ot even the tempting bait of silvers sheen lured him from the even tenor of his speech. His presence among us was an in spiration; his words replete with wisdom, with cheer, which fell on willing ears and found deep lodge ment iu loving hearts. I heard not that day, nor since that day, a single disapproval of Mr. Butlers speech. He discussed Allianceism, pure and unmixed, and left the vultures of party to lly without a shot. His ex ordium was indeed beautiful -oil thrown with loving hands upon a deeply agitated surface. His pero ration was striking and sublime. It is said that the imprisoned eagle turns his eye full upon the undiui med tsplemlor of the sun, and tears not with elau ami beak the little wires that hinder him from scaling Andean heights or Alpine peaks. The Alliance of Hertford countv and many others who heard his lec ture his words of well-timed ad- vice- his warning cry against hate aud persecution, tender thanks to the President of the Alliance. He has left a sweet memory behind. The lecture occupied an hour and a half m its delivery. The audience was unusually attentive. The fair ladies around Brantley's grove had arraug ed a beautiful b wpjet. By request the Lecturer of the county presented it tojthe speaker, who gracefully ac- Kuowleugeu. its reception. . An abundant dinner was furnish ed aud all and Lundy, having been invited, partook of it abundantly. The bestspirit prevailed. Democrats, Republicans and People's party mm, all frateruiziug and express ing themselves charmed with the speaker and the speech. JEFFERSON AND JACKSON Wre Opuoseil to Bank of Issue Both State aud National. Andrew Jackson it was who said, "if congress has the right under the constitution to issue paper money, it was given them to be used by them selves, not to be delegated to indivi duals or bauking corporations." Thos. Jefferson it was who said : Bank paper must be suppressed, and the circulating medium must be restored to the nation to whom it be longs. It is the only fund on which we can rely for loans, it is our only resource which can never fail us, and it is an abundant one for every neces sary purpose." If you believe in the doctrine of Jefferson and Jackson and have the manhood to back up your belief with your votes, what pat ty will you be acting with to-day I tf. 1893 SEMOI. . I!, m. LL STAND 3Y THE PC AND f i SLUR Axu Fk.ht tiu: Cu Bi o Apvun. i-iiiATtos To tiu: Lw Dir h. HK UICITK . ll;.IV.. ,M, m.IM.1 I.KTTI.K IN Itt.t'l.t TO MlMt: II . AMI: lilxillliiv He That Thl i. a -Klrh Man'. 'an, " uttrn up to .,,,-, I,. (nH(r,M ,! Kill -iUrr Ihr A.lutlui.iratltMi u Not ( hnKr Him WHJ, I'nlruuacr. 1 U AllUiit t' U ICiiiht f t :. Iniv l'.,l,ii. . w, l-in.nl Hour.! l-KUIalU.ii. It will be remembered that Sena tor Vauee was rc-eleeted to the I S- Senate in 1MU by the Alliance voters in the Legislature. He accep ted the election oupled with instruc tions to stand by the financial re forms ilemanded by the Alliam cc. The Alliances are now passim. Tesi lutions and gettiug up petition to Congress, calling upon that body not to repeal the . resent i!ver law un less free and unlimited coinage r a better silver law is missed m if tead. The other demands of the Alliance are also offered as n.m.Jv for the present evils. Seti.it or V,....... writes the following letter in answer to the Mecklenburg countv resolu tions; Com iikimix. Nkak Black Moiwr.ux. X. ('.. July, l'.i, 1MI.;. U. W. Hlliutt, Ks., Secretary Mecklenburg Co, Alli ance, Sir: I have received a cop ot the resolution of M...L L..,K. n'ti Alliance adopted at a recent meet ing, urging Senators and Kepresen tatives to stand by the present silver purchasing law until some satisfac tory substitute shall be adopted. I observed this action with great pleasure, for two reasons: In the first place, it is the exercise of one of the in ist valuable and legitimate func tions by which the Alliance can be made to subserve the interest of the armers the concentration of their whole influence upon the issue of the day. In view of the notorious fact of combinations among all other branches of industry ami in every form of capital, I years ago ur"vl Upon our agricultural classes the im portance of such organization as would enable them to make their vast but widely scattered and dis jointed strength felt, promptly and efficiently in legislation. Xow, the preservation of silver as a part of our currency is one of the most vitl of all the issues which our neoi.le have been called upon to decide for half a century. The enemies of sil ver money have displayed a wonder ful sagacity in their tactics. Though scattered throughout the civilized world they have obeyed a single voice from headquarters in London. From New York the word comes down the line to all American capi tal and the response is immediate. What is known as the Sherman law is the only legislation on our statute books which binds us to the use of silver, and the cry is raised for its repeal under various pretences, all equally false. The banks, stock brokers, bond-holders, chambers of commerce, et id omme genus, clamor for iU repeal and urge the calling of an extra session of Congress to" as semble and sit during the dog days for that purposo alone. Tariff re- peai, w uien tormed the chief issue of the past campaign, is thrust to the rear and the interest of capital is placed in front, to be dealt with un der the demoralizing conditions of a fraudulent panic, created by capital itself and called by Mr. Ingersoll "the banker's panic." Under thesi alarming circumstan ces I have listened, and mostly iu vain, for the voice of the Farmers' Alliance sounding their opinions and wishes and of those they represent, composing fully one-half of tne na tion; giving the feeble and vacil it ing among politicians to understand what they had to expect if they be trayed 'the people's cause ou this great financial question. This action of your Alliance is the first official utterance on the subject I have seen iu the State. It is time your order was bringing eve -y atom of its in fluence to beat. It should use everv meaus possible to let it be known that there is yet another and entirely different world in the fields and homes of toil, whose interests de mand attention as well as that com bination of mony dealers, stock brokers, and gamblers and specula tors who assume for themselves to constitute the "business intercts'" of the land. The effect of this pr nnpt and united action cannot possibly be doubted. In the next place I was glad to read the re-solutions of your Alliance because they eoncutred with my ow n most serious convictions. Many year ago, after as thorough and impartial an examination of the question as I was capable of making, I came to the absolute conclusion that the use of silver as well as gold, on equal terms, as the basis of our cunency was besd for the welfare of the peo ple of the United States. This view has governed my course in Congress. The fact that nature sometimes yield ed more of one metal than the other, thus causing a discrepancy in their intrinsic values, did not disturb me; for I learned from history that for nearly three hundred years during which a ratio between the two metals was fixed by laws, the fluctuations in intrinsic value had never exceed ed per cent., and that soon after that law was withdrawn great and material fluctuatious immediately began, which will doubtless continue so long as we treat cne metal of fixed and standard valne and the other as a commodity. It is not necessary to go over all the grouuds in which my oonvietion was founded. I simply! wish to assure yoU that my opinions! ar unchanged. j Recent developments which seem to have unsettled so many silver ad-' ;SHSri:SJIIE .VJInVil. OI'ITill i niiijt..i;i n nothing t. the rr- tnot!.. -tuefali!. li,w (rbrlllt-ii I . . . ir.tr-j s al.MilutHy rlRh and U!l p triotlO. ihf "ittklllf." o Iti.ln.fM ously advertise,!. i ln'o t.. havi U-a -rat-d t them; and ill be known hereafter as the rich man' panic: the exphwjou of the Indian o!nb i already discounted a the gra-ping by th government of the, profit!, f coining' silver rutee j which here had U-eli reajn-d by merchant. The linti.-h will go on as largely ever Iv wif Italian iro .rtiti,,t -,n government will t.oeket the 4 I per cent, g.tm nd tiot the merchants. Kuglatid does not Jare t demonetize Mlver in Indi:,, whu h alone makes her dciiioiietie it at home. Ttuie is n-t .-pare gold enough m the world to replace the .MM.oOO.tNM of silver in the eotl,,trv. I he attempt to do o would bank ! nipt hi!f of Christen. bmi nnd Lug- j land well knows it. The MiggeMhui j is pure bluff, and can ouly disturb a ! politician who ho, a v-rv weak hand. Nor have the allegation so distressingly shouted that tl M.er- man law was e.tusuig our u'-dd to leave the country had any effect me. Prom the beginning I knew them to be f.tUe. tiold went out be cause we owed it abroad aud the balance of trade was against us. Shipments ot wheat have turned the tide and it is now coming in. Nome of our securities did come home mid take off gold in payment, but this hurt nobody cyept ni-eculatoi m in cm, w hu were fearful that t he mice -.,.. I.I f-,11 1,1 , , ... ' in,-, nouio lose money. lSut even . i . . . . i I nose Wlilel! .H. come tiom abroad came in conse quence of the scare got up I13 our ow n caintahsts. Of course foreign ers beliered the stories of the ruin and bankruptcy if the Sherman law was not repealed, which our own people told them. Finally, I hope it is unnecessary for me to say that the hope of nigra Mating myself with the administra tion iu order to secure patronage at its hands, lias in no sense affected my opinion of right in the premises. How far such a motive may operate in the repeal of the law I "have no means ot knowing. I believe, how ever, it will not go a great way. But let tilings go as they mayT it shall lie my earnest endeavor to d in v duty in maintaining the cause of the people by preserving the eharactet of their money and increasing it abundance. . Very truly yours, .. B. Van. k. - ltel.ul.il. OU,-,-, ,t f K JOIII. .-. Washington ljst. Hx-.Miiiister (irant arrived at Tew York ou last Saturday, and in the course of an interesting interview is quoted as follows: "Asked as to his plans for the fu ture, Col. (irant said he had not made his mind fully. 'But I could have had four more years of Austrian court life had I so desired,' added the colonel witu just the tainest sug gestion of a closing of the left eye. " 'It was this way,' he continued ' received a letter from my dear fiiemKL W. Childs.of Philadelphia, in which he wrote that President Cleveland, referring to my coming resignation, said that I need not re sign; that I could continue to rep resent the United States in Austria during his administration without fear or favor. " 'I was practically imitedto re main. I answered Mr. Child' letter ami told him that while 1 appreci at id the President' consideration 1 had no desire to hold office a a Re publican under a Ilemocratic admin istration. Oh! no. I am too good a Republican for that.'" Certainly Col. (irant ha not been keeping up with American politics. II ) could have accepted the position very consistently. The only differ ence now between the two parties is their name. If Col. (irant i a gohl ite he could have accepted office from ( J rover the present chief of his party, as well as Benj imin, the form er chief. (Nd. (irant has acted very siilv. The goldite party is still iu pow.-r. A N4T:0 .AL CLRRENCr THE BEST. Iii a seech iu the Senate in l.i7, J hn C. Calhoun said: "It appears to rue, after bestowing th? best reflection I can give 110 sub ject, that no convertible paper that ii, paper whose credit rests on a promise to pay is suitable for cur rency. Bank p;ter is cheap to those who make it, b:ii dear, very dear, to those who use it. O.i the other hand, a national curr no , while it would greatly facilitate its financial operation, would cost nothin 'r iiexi to nothing, and would, of course, add much to the cost of production, which would give to every branch of our iudustries great advantages both at home and abroad. And I no undertake to affirm without the least fear I can be answered, that a paper issued by the government, with a simple promise to receive it for all dues would form a perfect paper cir culation which could not be abused by the government; that it would be as uniform iu value a the metals themselves; aud I shall be able to prove that it is within the constitu tion and t owers of congress to nse such a paper according to the most rigid rule of construing the constitu tion." (tf.) Got More Financial Kene than Pre!dent Cleveland. Texas Sittings. Mr. Fastboy: You be careful, Sam, and do not let my wife know when she gets back how'late 1 came home while ehe was away. Keep a close mouth. Sam: Yes, I nebber forgets dat silence am golden, but greensbackfr am legal tender will answer justde same. We suppose the tariff is not rob bing the people ranch now. We nev er hear anything about it. tf. NO. jo. C. iv! LInj SOT 0L rs 01 ST. IU: tih.lii, Tu S,. M hiv.., KTJC Pi. iri i iiv m i m. TMK ptu. TV 'K I'i'oum x, KUIM.l,iM IMO, l .l,M,; - lit MH III t. M ,, ' V" 'H1 ,h I'm.-t.Mf U,t,. II. -ll.. I.. ,M,,r , ,hi. l,,, . .on. . ct..oin.- 1...1.1, , , , lr,r. J.VTHV Low NV ,.,.. " Mia Itl I I I; f ft H SS, U,. 'V. SfUIN.. Wmmj ,v k 1 AKMl Ks s t , ,,v nm I' M Pi S. John i. ' l bs!e j., , ein.n, ail ,- the 'i si mill mine House. NoImUv III the dlsteited In, great ilitellei tti tl f, ,.',. hi piolound ability hi t.i,ed. acutely per. . ptive mind, his ooUI- prt i.i iisik-e stntesiiiaiishiii He w as the highest 1 1. hoc ratic authoritv on an the q:es e jre.it h.c.i Hd doctrinal Ihit have a L'i I ;i t I tl... public min i. ,. th Selinte hi lead ! i shi p w a i . e,. r, ,... i I .... . . . ' "-ceoM.,. j w lieu Mi . I I... I ei land tend, ,,.,J ,ini P'Utfoilo he in.. tut, (If the treasury d chin. 1 it. 11, cpt it. an.l attei w as 111 fed l- ac II second 1. 1 third tender 'ie yielded. Til. I tlpt lire be I Ween the l'ieM,!eit ,d h.liiself gl mi mg cut t i'f pen of the known. The ' ' neitahott f.,r tM. Sherman law. is well Millet c.lelit hlslorv of Ulr -ar!t!..s coin eetion w.tli "the a 1 'Hi" t is important itifornntioii Itl tne u-!it current i v i.ts. It is stat ci up..:i ti.e hih. t authority that the I'epe.,1 of he Sherman law wH at no tun.', during any of the money conferences, the siihjeet of discuss ion. That Mr. Cleveland neM-r in tunned or suggested the possible re peal of the law. Of eourse, Mr. Car Iish s position 11 an outspoken free silviradvocat.. was known to Mr. Cleveland His record in Congress was to., well known to have escaped Mr. Cleveland' critieal judgment ami observation. Then Carbide friend, elain.s that Clevelat-1 c. ived h mi, or win ignorant of the condition which have since in fluenced him in calling an extra ses sion oC Congress. The question of rem cmitig i tlie.l Mates Tl ics j reasurv notes in silver which is cxprtMsly v 'Herman :aw, come up early in the young life of the administration. lt wa wholly a matter of departmental regulation which was to be exercised in the dis cretion of the Seeretary. Il wa Carliise' avowed policy to redreeni the note in silver. It wH submit ted to Cabinet consideration, with the final result that Secretary Car lisle stood alone in advocation i.r that policy. II I li . .1 1 y... I 1. 1- 1... L'l A further result was the rupture between the President ami his Sec retary of the Treasury- a repetition of what occurred between Cleveland and Manning. Here was .John (i. Carlisle opoprtinently to how that he was a higher man than the I 're, dent of the Cnited Slate, but, f r geffnl of the impetuous word "that he who dallie in a dastard, he who doubt i damned" - 1, f hi coll 11 g 11 e, Ja. P.lackbiuii he hesitated, he warned, he fell. The one man in Cabinet who had the brain to ' regulate idea, or the intellect to maintain one was John (J. Carlisle; that hence forth hi name will find congenial associations with Hillary Herbert, who betrayed hi people by voting against the free coinage of silver iu the oJnd Congress, and who i now junketing over the couutty at the ioverninent' expense a Secretary of the N'avy! What a fall, my coun try men! There is a possibility that Mr. Cleveland did not contemplate the action he ha since taken in regard to the Sherman law, but there i a strange possibility amounting to a certainty in the mind of a great many that the repeal of thin law wa fixed io hi mind long antece dent to the formation o? hi cabinet, and that the "tariff reform" iu wa used to cloak ami diguie this policy. It ha very much that look. Democrat now speak of "tariff re form" with bated breath, and jkt chance should omn Congressmen from the back districts, who ha not been tagged and muzJed, speak out ' in the yerdent honefsy of hi soul, the Clevekndite fall on him and cry out as with one voice, crucify him! crucify him! This 1 a Cleveland dy.iasty. A for the I.1nocratic ;arty -there i none. The law and th- gospel i according to Cleveland. Democratic platforms, he laugh to scorn, and whyf OUR THEORY ON TIIK TANK'. Bjvond oueKtion the condition of ! Mr. Cleveland' health i trivin-r the profoundest concern to the people who precipitated the panic. It was thi apprehension that forced the condition which demanded the ex tra session of Coagre in August. Dead men tell no tales, nor do dead President pay political debt. Thre are thousand and thousand of blind, ignorant partisan who be lieve that King (irover can do no wrong and fol an they are, they boast exultantly of nuch conviction. You will find sap-head of thi claas in the American congress next March. Every one of them will fa vor the anconditonal repeal of the Sherman law, and if they were to be landed into eternity the next second they wonld go down to ever lasting death with "Grover said aon on their asl ei, speechlesi lij s: God pity the creature not man who ha not the manhood to act ' and thiuk for himself. Cleveland' health alarmed Wall street The money sharks demanded that his campaign debt should be paid "a nominated in the bond." They "pressed the button" from far away India and Grover has done the balance, Whether he owns thw C03TIKCED OS SECOND PA OK, V -A -