ROEB CIRCULATION THAN ANY TWO WEEKLIES PUBLISHED IN THE STATE
THK Circulation of Thx.Cau
casiav exceeds that o'f any
j two weekly papera in the State
I combined. It is read by people
; in every county in the Stale. It ia
; the preat paper of the people and
a great State advertising medium.
CAUCASIAN
A aJ m$entlj ia feoataf IV
i aaaoa inform aval
j a4 tha tWv alija t'
nea ant ta zarosa tssft c
it a4 art ig2M& tst L
HAS A
VOL. XIV.
RALEIGH,, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1895.
I I a 1 1 111 ...ii - i.i , . . ..... . - - -WHHiHiM
NO. G.
THE PRESIDENT'S
MESSAGE.
t Kt commends the Retirement of
Treasury Notes and the Ibsu
ance of More Bonds.
IT STRIKES AT
called greenbacks, and the outstand
ing treasury note issued by tbe eov-
ernment io payment of silver pur
chases under tbe act of
I believe this could be readilr ac
complished by tbe exchange of these
imirs i or
CXITF.I STATES BO.NM
of small aawell as laree denomina
tions, bearing a low rate of interest.
They should be lone-term bonds, thus
increasing their desirability an invest
ments and because their payment
COIlIll K DII luuit ruttll tn a u.r!n.l
SILVxiR. far removed from present financial
' I I I 1 .... ...
uururun auu. perplexities, Wlien, Willi
increased prosperity and resources.
they could be more easily met.
To further insure tbe cancellation of
these notes and also provide a way by
a. a a a .
which goiu may ne auueu io our cur
rency in lieu of them, a feature of the
plan should be an authority eiven to
the secretary of the treasury to dispose
ogres last week, is one of the long- I of the bonds
ABROAD FOB GOLD,
if necessary, to complete the contem
plated redemption and cancellation,
permitting him to use the proceeds of
such bonds to take up and cancel any
of the notes that may be in the treasury
or that inay be received by the govern
ment on any account. The increase of
our bonded debt involved in this plan
would be amply compensated by -renewed
activity and enterprise in all
business circles, the restored confi
dence at home, the reinstated faith in
our monetary strength abroad, and the
stimulation or every interest and in
dustry that would follow the cancella
tion of the gold demand obligations
now afflicting us.
In any event the bonds proposed
would stand for the extinguishment of
a troublesome indebtedness, while in
the path we now follow.lurks the
MENACE OK UNENDING BONDS,
with our indebtedness still undis
charged and aggravated in every fea
ture, lhe obligations necessary to
fund this indebtedness would not
equal in amount those from which we
have been relieved since 1884 by antic
ipation and payment, beyond the re
quirements of the sinking fund, out of
our surplus revenues.
lhe currency withdrawn by the re
tirement of the United States notes
and treasury notes, amounting to pro
bably less than f IHK.UOO.UOO, might be
supplied by such gold as would be used
on their retirement or by an increase
in the circulation
A ml Make n Appeal t or Mora I'rlvl--r
tor the Natioaal tiaab Tha "SO
Out VV..rll r Silver" Whlaa I1m
hi, mt -A (iolilbug, lloadholder's Plea
Irmii llrgninlng to Kad.
TIim President's message, sent to
i
. . !...... 1.1. t .
-a ever wnnni, j in jiere conueuseu,
l here being little abridgement .however
nf its utterances on the chief matter of
interest before the people, viz: the
financial issue. Elsewhere may be
-.en such opinions as the Caucasian
hits to ott er on the document.
We are informed that the Argentine
Kepuhlic appreciates our elForts to ex
tend the sale of its wool in this country
l,v oll'eriug free importation.
t he missions boundary dispute be
tween the Argentine Republic and
I'.razil, submitted to Mr. Cleveland for
arbitration, has been decided in favor
of Krazil.
Negotiations are progressing for the
revival of the United States and Chilian
claims commission. It is stated that
the resumption of specie payments by
Utile is a step of great importance.
It is stated that the energetic policy
nf our government has made American
interests safe in China.
Fairer trade relations are demanded
with (iermauy.anda retaliatory policy
is suggested If our cattle and food
products are to be discriminated
:i gainst.
The speedy adjustment is recom
mended of the damages claimed for the
sei.ure of liritish vessels by our ves
sels in Bering sea.
The fixing of the Alaskan boundary
line is recommended, and also the Ca
nadian boundaries.
When something further is heard
from the British government the Pres
ident will communicate with Congress
in regard to the Venezuelan question.
The lynching of Italian laborers in
Colorado is condemned and legislation
is suggested to prevent this growing
evil.
Strict neutrality in regard to Cuba
is recommended.
It is slated that every possible pro
vision has been made for the protection
of American interests in Turkey.
The improvement of our diplomatic
Hcrvice is urged, and it ia suggested
that our ambassadors and ministers
shall be provided by the government
with ollicial residences.
One item of voioxmu inorlniire is
mentioned in the following words:
"The coronation of the czar of Russia
at Moscow in May next invites the
ceremonial participation of the United
States, and in accordance with usage
and diplomatic propriety our minister
to the imperial court nas been directed
to represent our government on the oc
casion."
Reference to the tariff is made in
which it is claimed that the recent
tarill law effected a system by which
ixie class or people could not be bene
tiled at the expense of other classes.
That part of the message dealiug
with the
FINANCIAL QUESTION
'ives at leiiirth n recital of the three
bond issues carefully omitting, how
ever, to state that those by whom the
bond were brought were enabled by
the nectiliar bargain they got to
make manv millions of dollars. After
ttnLinr information in connection
with the bond issues themessage con
I in lies as follows :
"The foregoing statement of events
and conditions develops the fact that
after increasing our interest bearing
bonded indebtedness more than $102,-
nno.ono to save our gold reserve, we are
nearly where we started, having now
in such reserve 79.33:i.)0ti as against
i;.Vi:w.:i77 in February 18U4. when the
tlrst bonds were issued.
Thouirh the amount of gold drawn
from the treasury appears to be very
large, as gathered from the facts and
figures herein presented, it actually
was much lareer. considerble sums
having been acquired by the treasury
within the several periods stated
WITHOUT TUB ISSUE OK BONDS.
On the 28th of January, 18S)5, it was re-
imrted bv the secretary of tne treas
ury that more than $170,000,000 of gold
had been withdrawn for hoarding or
shipment during the year preceding,
lie now reports that from January 1,
IsTli. toJulv 11.181)0. aperiod of more
j - a '
THAN ELEVEN TEARS,
onlv a little over 28.000.0O0 was with
drawu and that between July 14, 1890,
the date of the passage of the law for
an increased purchase of silver, and
the first day of December,! 805, or with
in less than five and a half years, there
was withdrawn nearly $375,000,000,
in
um
DR. THOMSON
AMD THE CHURCH.
Some Historic Facts Concerning
the Relation of the Church
to Slavery.
FREEDOM AND ITS MEANING
y fV their circulaSi Ptna! me in tbe eternal tropics buy of mo gold refined, by fire, that
auu ucuuuiiuHuug a . s t. jl 1 ij a i muu ill y coL uuvju 111 Xj i itll , auu wuilo
"child of the devil," to think un- garments that thou mayest clothe
kindly even of Mr. Daniels. Prior thyself, and the shame of thy naked
to that, I had not known who his ness be not made manifest; and eye
father was. I didn't know bat that salve to anoint thine eyes that thou
he had long since fallen in valiant mayest see." Of the seven Churches
defense ot his country or been quiet-1 in Asia, only one, the Church at
OK OUR NATIONAL BANKS.
Though the aggregate capital of
those now in existence amounts to
more than $6(54,000,000, their outstand
ing circulation based on bond security
amounts to only about $1!K),000,000.
They are authorized to issue notes
amounting to 00 per cent, of tbe bonds
deposited to secure their circulation,
but in no event beyond the amount of
their capital stock, and they are obliged
to pay 1 per cent, tax on the circula
tion they issue.
1 think they should be allowed to is
sue circulation equal to the par value
of the bonds they deposit to secure it,
and that the tax on their circulation
should be
REDUCED TO OK 1 PER CBiiT.
which would undoubtedly meet all the
expense tbe government incurs on
their account. In addition they should
be allowed to substitute or deposit in
lieu of tbe bonds now required as secu
ri
would be issued for the purpose of re
tiring the United States notes and
treasury notes.
The banks already existing u they
desired to avail themselves of the pro
visions of law thus modified, cojuld is
sue a circulation in addition to that
already outstanding, amounting to
478,000,(MH), which would nearly or
quite equal the currency proposed to
be cancelled. At any rate i snouiu con
fidentially expect to see the existing
national banks or those to be organised
to avail themselves of the proposed encouragements
TO ISSUE A CIRCULATION,
and promptly fill any vacuum and sup
ply every currency needed.
Hut there might not be tne necessity
for such an addition to the currency by
new issues of bank circulation as at a
first glance is indicated. If we should
be relieved from
MAINTAINING A GOLD RESERVATION
under conditions that constitute it the
barometer of our solvency, and if our
treasury should no longer be the fuolixh
pnrrfjior of yald fur nation abroad, or for
speculation ami noaruing Dy our citi
zens at home, I should expect to see
gold resume Its natural and normal
functions in the business affairs of the
country and cease to be an object at
tracting the timid watch of our people
and exciting their sensitive imaginations.
I do not overlook the fact that the
cancellations of the treasury notes is
sued under the silver purchasing act of
1800 would leave the treasury in the ac
tual ownership of sufficient silver, in
cluding seigniorage, to
COIN NEARLY $178,000,000
in standard dollars. It is worthy of
consideration whether this might not,
from time to time, be converted into
dollars or fractional coin and slowly
StlmuU explaining tbe Troth of the
Faninaa Keiuark Thotnpaon, Not the
Allianre. Keapouaiblc The Method by
Which the Cbarrh Can Command the
I.ove and Support f the Maaaea.
As a matter of justice to myself
and to accommodate those who de
mand soma proof, I purpose giving
to the public in a brief series of let
ters to The Caucasian some of the
facts that seem to justify me in be
lieving, as I said at Cary, on the
lC'h of August, that "the church
does not comprehend its mission.
It stands to-day where it has always
stood on the side of human slavery,
and not on the side of human free
dom." .
Whether this "uncalled for," "un
fortunate," "foolish," but now "fa
mous" remark be true or false, I
alone am responsible for the utter
ance of it. Tbe Alliance has no
more responsibility for it than the
Southern Methodist. Church, of which
I am also a member.
This letter is intended by way of
introduction to clear the way for
those that shall follow. I have
thought it worth while, at the outset,
to note the course of misrepresenta
tion indulged in, whether conscious
ly or unconsciously by my critics,
and to indicate again my attitude
from the beginning. If I seem only
suggestive, I shall follow on to the
proof.
Of my critics in general and espe
cially of the batch in Mr. Daniels'
picturesque symposium, of October
22d, I have no unkind words to say.
They have all used, no "doubt, all
the charity and common courtesy
that they could command. We
had no right to expect from them
what they didn't have. "I have al
ways thought," said Lord Falkland,
"that there should be as little bitter
ness in religious controversy as
there is in a love letter, and that the
contrary way is as void of Christian
character as it is of human wis
dom " Wise men never attempt to
teach by mere abuse, or in ill humor.
When men do wrong, it is because
they lack right ideals. Since , we
cannot go outside of ourselves in
judging othrs, one's harsh judg
ment may prove only one's unenvia
ble character.
Nor can I find it iu my heart, since
Dr. Durham's letter came to light
with Scriptural references assigning
me, witn marvellous generosity, to a
nothing of the Church which shall
be the Bride of the Lamb. I ttn
only saying that an enemy hath
sown tares among the wheat while
men slept; that the tares choke t4
wheat; that Satan as an angel of
light deceives, if possible, the very
elect. There is no more painful ev
idence of the unhealthy spirit of the
Cbureh of to day than that, in pal
pit and pew, bo many of the great
est fail utterly in the face of
eighteen centuries of the Church
history to distinguish between tie
Church and Christianity, and that
prominent ministers and laymen
patiently lend themselves in the
the Sunday issue of a secular news
paper to the denunciation and pictur
ing of a fellow-layman as a hell
bound infidel, when he had declared
with emphasis that genuine Christi
anity in all our life is the one su
preme need of these troublous times.
But such action was not surprising
to the thoughtful. It is a very an
cient custom, and will be repeated
from time to time until no man can
say that "Christ lies, as it were,
asleep in the vessel of the Church."
"Tbe more spiritual and profouud
historians of the Church recognize
it as a manifestation of this divine
Life flowing into human history.
But this is true of the organized
Church only with important qualifica
tions. The Life must manifest itself
in an organization; but the organi
zation is neither the only nor the
complete exposition of the Life."
The church has never been assured
against the entrance of the elements
alien to her, which have influenced
and dominated her.
Who shall deny that in the first
century the pure Apostolic days
the Church at Corinth disgraced her
self, as Fisher says, by gross moral
delinquencies; that the foolish Gala
tions bartered the liberty of the Gos
pel for a narrow formalism; and that
the Church at Ephesus left her first
eaJly, Hum. Savonarola, Luther.
fox, Wesley, Booth, and all the
company f reformers of whatever
age were denounced by the Cbureh
of their time as emissaries of the
devil, nd were made to fee', in pro
portion to its power, the crnel and
enslaving hand of the Church, which
should rather have exemplified the
free, peaceable, and beneficent pir
it of its repnted Head. In nineteen
hundred years, tbe Chnrrb has made!
not much progress from those Nn
of Thunder who, not comprehending
what manner of sp:rit tbey were of,
were eager, till forbidden by the ac
tual prefence and word of Jesus, to
call down fire from lleaveu to con
sume an unfriendly village. Simon
Peter's attempt in the presence of
the Lord to defend r.nd propagate
the Gospel by tho sword presents a
living picture through eighteen cen
turies ef cruel Church intolerance,
devilish persecution, bittei rivalry
and denominational bigotry, which,
more than all infidels and atheists,
have denied the world the benefits
of a. Gospel of lov and prevented
the coming of our Father's Kingdom
upon the earth.
Still writes Dr. Atkins in the sym
posium: 4 A survey of the political
field of mankind will reveal theerat
ifying fact that the freedom of the
populations and the thrift of liberal
institutions is in -direct proportion
to the prevalence of the Church's in
fluence over the masses. Our own
nation stands at the head in both respects-
thorough Church prevalence
and complete freedom;1' to which
Mr. Cole adds hi3 amen ia the fol
lowing easy-flowing words: "The
largest liberty, tho nordest develop
ments of character, tbe enjoyment
of the largst number of human
rights, are iu those lands where the
Church has had her saving atd up
lifting roiuistry." They reduce the
question to geographical determina-
Ihey torget, however, the de-
DEUOCRACY YS.
FREE SILYBR.
Why Free'Coinig e of Siher Cas
not Be Secured Through the
Democratic! Pirtj.
RECORDS, FACTS, OPINIONS,
Which Shew the ratalty ae4 Hniwrin
f Heaaocralle lrefetea aaj l'i-forae-Tbe
View ef the feoele mm tee
Ueeetlon ef the Day H bal ?hjr fcaew
aad What They Thlah.
Under this head will be presented
communications competing for tbe
cash prizes announced elsewhere for
the beat article on - Why-the Free
and' Unlimited Coinage of Silver
Cannot Be Obtained Through the
Democratic Party."
i A Lady Eatcra the I lata
PoWILLSVILLt, N. C, Dec. 7th, '93.
Mr. EoIToe: If you will allow a
lady to enter the contest for the
prizes offered on the qaery, "Why
cannot the free and unlimited coin
age of silver be secured through the
Democratic partyr I will say that
it cannot be secured for various
reasons. The most prominent of
which is this.
The Democratic party, as it is or
ganized at tho present time, is op
posed to any such measure. Bjth
the leaders and tbe followers, the
big dogs and the little ones, and the
"fices" who cannot do-anythinir but
yeln
WEEK THE BIG DOGS GROWL.
And how do I know that they are
opposed to it! Loot at the record.
Democratic Congressmen have kill
ed silver. They helped to demone
tize it in 1S73. They have killed all
the free silver coinage bills that
i i f
nave oeen ouereu since tnev were
power, with as much
tion.
love and drifted into the wildest b.irucuJin 01 au "f10111 m Palestine,
speculative errors! So great, indeed, ia f11"?,1' .anU Greece where the
wa thA dmora.li7.tmn xpHViin Y Church did its first work, and the
fircr nfitltnru that Kt .TMiw "Ko n Hicacui cuuuuiUU I RU me KUSS a8. roefAroH tn.
in the Spirit on the Lord's day" and a.nd ,Ataly aE! Portugal, and Spam avidity as if the bills
directed to "write the things which weaome or. the Church's most per- had beev rattlesnake-
are and the things which shall be enginery, and the American ,p AJ i"" n
hereafter," became under, the im- ates south of us where the masses
mediate voice of the Glorified Son are completely dominated by the h9V repealed the Sheiman act,
ftieChurcv! elf The lilerty-lands are Jather Z"!? "
n : rp. those that have develoDed and fn. favor of coining the seigniorage. In
he could say of the Church at Sardis,
for instance, 'which had a name to
live but was dead,' was "thou hast
a few names even in Sardis that
have not defiled their garments;" of
the Laodicean Church he said: "I
know thy works, that thou art
neither cold or hot; I would thou
wert cold nor hot; so then because
thou art lukewarm, and neither
cold nor hot, I will spew the out
of my mouth. Because thou shyest
I am rich and have gotten riches,
and have need of nothing; andknow
est not that thou art the wretched
one and miserable and poor and
bund and naked: I counsel thee to
tered magnificent revolts from fact tliey navo sllown- animosity to
Church prevalence and crushing ec- . times and under all con-
uuions.
And now about the followers: A
majority of the rank and file of the
Democratic party are against free
coinage of silver because they have
lately so declared in their conven
tions some of them going so far as
to demand the
RETIREMENT OF THE GREENBACKS
also. And those who are too small
to attend the conventions, are howl
ing for "sound currency," "an hon
ly gatnereu to nis tamers. 1 was
surprised to find through Dr. Dur
ham that Mr. Daniels' father was
still living. To have such a father,
and to have the world know it, is
punishment, enough to satisfy the
most vengeful against your valiant,
volunteer defender of the Church.
Of the spirit of Dr. Kilgo's letter,
I desire to express my appreciation.
By the word freedom. I understand
the fullest possible preservation of
natural rights and the concurrent
development of the individual and
the State; the condition for every
man which lay in the mind of the
framers of the Declaration of Amer
ican Independence; that happy mean
which lies well between anarchy
on the one hand and monarchy
Philadelphia "brotherly love" re
ceived praise without censure,
Nevertheless, the men and the
press that have seen fit to write very
harshly of me, have all based their
criticisms upon the assumption that
the Church and Christianity are one
and the same. Against Christianity,
e'esiasticism. Then, too, if freedom
seem to be coterminous with Church
prevalence, so does also drunken
ness and the liquor traffi c "Chris
tendom vs. Saloondom," said John
G. Woolley: "and ninetv-fi ve tier
cent, of male church members are
on tho nay roll of the drink as
gaugers, ci Hectors, store-keepers,
or rilenci-lxepers." What can one
"saving and uplifting ministry" in
North Carolina say upon this point!
What the world knows of Chnsti- est dollar ";"monfiv irnod in F.nrnr. "
anity it learns from the Church's il- Ko.
... . . . . i
iustrauon ot it. Mohammedans, for Manv of them do not fcnnw whth
instance, do not distinguish, any er Europe is at the North Pole or
more than certain nominal Chris- the South Polo, or in th hnttnm f
nans, between Christianity and the the sea. All thev know is to cry
vuuruu. a recent writer in tne aloud as their bosses tell them to
quarterly Keview claimed that prog cry
Ever pince the Democrats have
had "a chance," it has been cotntac-
tion, contractidn.
CONTRACTION".
And they are yet clamoring for ube
same, ihis record shows that they
are bitterly opposed to it. Would
you expect that any man, or set
01 men. would errant vou anv-
hal
! ft 4
' t,
ress, material, moral, and intellect
ual, is everywhere coterminous wilh
Christianity. Ameer Ali, a British
citizen and lawyer of ability,
writing upon "islan and its
critics "in the September Nine
teenth Century, arravs the hoarv
. " . .
abuses and crimes which have cars-
i J i'll . y-i l - -
ea, ana suu curse unristendom, m
such way as to leave the impression
that if Christianity is not directly
terrible persecutions of tHe Church;
the extermination of native heathen
races by "Christian" nations like
the United States and England; the
ruin of African nations by gin
and rum by Christian nations for
V I a fed -
t . t - . . . .
ha Tpd tL of p-tn!)
Sod d:f honor IB tho ahr-'ud f o.
hioo, atl botitdit oa cht ti
beano of all 4-ret mm atJ
woiero, tetrr n"r to t rr
re!ct tutil iSriT trap ball
and dc'.rirc that "tint hall W
Kr ti rra, n.l .hrr th
might W tnbtbitie-l, it i attfilr
iojpoat l.V to an the frr a&d
unbtnited ftMOage f ilrr tcrocrb
tbe )ui. ra'ie irtv.
And cow Ir. Kditi r, if yen will
pardou a little digrM, I .11at
that th oulr ay tr rure tb fr
coin ; of ilver i. thai all the f'w
Jrtrmi of stiver
ITXITE VXi'lKOM tlANXKB,
irrespective of party, and -td t.
l.Yngr turn wbu il!y intaJ to
repeal the lavs that bar plaoed the
Lotted rMatts on a void bai; men
who will not only rttor i'v rut
money nifta), but wi l tbake it tb
nnit of r!u .
Let us bar, yoan tare; mti who
are interr-ted in buuditg up ai
country, br cause they bpe to livr
long and
ENJOY THE FRVtTS OF TI.EIR UTokS
men of wtth an 1 integrity; such
men as Butler, Pn'tharJ, Skin
ner, lhompaon and -thrr. Tben
will we have free eoit a; of ilv-r.
and some other laws that are actely
needed, and may the time coin
quickly, speedily, tapidly.
Mrs. Sarah h. Jlm Hii.u.
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK.
Au Interesting l;ort of tbe Plate In
ration at .(.ol.Uhotu What Ha llwi
DoLe and What Merda To Ite ta.
The Fourteenth Annual Convention
of the North Carolina Sunday rv-hxt!
Association ws Ik-I.I in tbr r irt Hap-
tist chun b. of ii!iliro. un Novriu-
b r J.Mh, J'.lli and JXih ultimo. That
it was a tnont interrMing -otivt-ulioti
undrrthi pwwt-r of the llolj spirit all
wno know Him win attt-t.
On Monday -niiig the 2.lh I'rf.
II. M. Ilamill, i ll i-f International
Field Worker, gave a un-t delightful
addret.: "Sunday .v-Ihh1 Idea" and
it is safe to eay that rvrrj on who
mlfiifl to Mill could (! there la work
to do and a plenty f it for each of u.
"I am the vine and je are the branche-.
lie mat aiiKiewi in me, and I in turn.
the same bringeth forth tnuc-h fruit.
lor without me you ran tiotlitii.
'luesday tiiormng l'rof. r. S. Itlair,
of (.milord College, preoeiited as au
object tdiidy, I lie AftHociation s sun-
day School mail, homing tbe Sunday
School intrti,of the State by rotintir.
Kvery county Uiat it organized with
a President and Kxecutive Com mil
tee is indicated by a Mar. "So we labored
in the work 'till the Mars appeared
Would here like to say, that any tun
or wornst-mlio H out and out forChritit
can have his or her county hining
with a ftar by the next State conven
tion in 1 by organizing their count j
fortius work, and this ttar rwiintu to
the fact that Jesus Christ is born iu
your county.
This map reve.Is the-t fcts: Thi
State's population is l,il7,UI7.
Population between an', il, 5hU,
Sunday School attendants, JUl,t:;i.
Aoii-aLtendantc, ZM',.4 ,k.
With these facts we beard His voj'
"He thou diligent to know the utate of
thy flocks and look well to thy herd
l'rov. ar-2, Don't hi us trannhtte
"thou" to mean txir raotors. My
friend, it means
On tlv subject of T.elter ways of
working" 1 r. J. I Xii IioIkui, of Kick
lauds, read a most intending paM-r
lie Hays mat it is not tx-tter way that
are lacking but more wiilirigiieB to
'A. H. STEVENS
ON SILVER.
thing which he, or they, are against, I obey the word of ;od
and
very positively that the Church andj
Christianity are not the same, and I
purpose showing that they have not
been throngh all these centuries.
Christianity is the very genius of
human freedom, while the Church,
in so far as it is un-Christly (and
that may be to an astonishing de
gree), is always its enemy. I believe
with DeTocqueville, that "Bible
Christianity is the. companion of lib-
"WHICH THEY ARE OPPOSING
with all the strength that in them
lies!
Another reason is, that should
there be a free silver bill passed.
in both houses of Congress, we know
that we have a Democratic Presi-
gain; ana tne drunkenness and pros-1 dent, who is "bigger than his party.
titutiou in "orthodox" cities of I whose backbone is s6 larcre that he
Christendom, leaving the sad im- would veto the bill, and utterly ig
pression that Christianity has little nore the little swarthy party that
on the other . By slavery, I under- erty in all its conflicts, the cradle of
stand tne condition ot subjection to jts infancy, and the divine source of
the will of another, and the conse- -lts claims." I will reverence Christ
quent destruction ot rights and the and His teachings, as the founda-
tauure ot individual development of tion o all that is good in our civili-
ine masses, unurcu is a religious ,ot,on. T mnst not h evnfic.tftd.
however, to reverence a Church
which, not being His, masquerades
rather in His name a gilded latter
day illustration of the Jewish Church
in Christ's own time when ruled by
the Scribes and Pharisees; who be
ing careiul of the outside or the cup
and the platter and of the tombs dtt
hIXnu, ?CT influence. In every ap the pulpit anau uneleauness.
im...mui, ,ioIU u -..v. ... ... - i3 necessarillv the controlling nerve t.
is::, for the retirement of the United
States notes.
Nearly $327,000,000 of the gold thus
withdrawn, has been paid out on these
I'nited States notes, and yet every
one or the $:564,0OO,0O0
IS STILL CNCAXCKLKD
and ready to do service in future gold
depletions.
More than $70,000,000 in gold has
since their creation in 1800 been paid
out from the treasury upon the notes
iriven on the purchase of silver by the
government; and yet the whole,
amounting to $155,000,000, except a lit
tle more than $16,000,000, which have
been retired by exchanges for silver
at the request of the holders, remains
outstanding and prepared to join their
older and more experienced allies in
future raids upon the treasury's gold
reserve.
In other words, tbe government has
paid in gold more than nine-tenths of
its United States notes and
STILL OWES THEM ALL.
It has paid in gold about one-half of
its notes iriven for silver purchase
without extinguishing by such pay
ment one dollar of these notes. When
added to all this we are reminded that
to carry on all this astounding finan
cial scheme the government has incur
red a bonded indebtedness of $95,0OO,'
(MM) in establishing a gold reserve, and
of $lu2,3ir,100 in efforts to maintain it;
that the annual interest charged on
such bonded indebtedness is
MORE THAN $11,000,000;
that a continuance in our present
course may result in further bond
issues, and that we have suffered or are
threatened with all this for the sake of
supplying gold. for foreign shipment
or facilitating its hoarding at home, a
situation is exhibited which certainly
ought to arrest attention and provoke
immediate legislative relief.
I am convinced that tbe only thor
ough and practicable remedy for our
irouDies Is found in tne
RETIREMENT axu cancellation
. of our United States notes, commonly
autre.
What is attempted snouiu neenterea
upon fully appreciating the fact that
bv careless, easy decent we have reach
ed a dangerous depth and that our as
cent will not be accomplished without
laborious toil and struggle. We shall
be wise if we realize that
WE ARE FINANCIALLY ILL
and that our restoration to health may
require heroic treatment and unpleas
ant remedies, in tne present state 01
ourdificulty it is not easy to under
stand how the amount of our revenue
receipts directly affects it.
The important question is not the
quantity of money received in revenue
payments, out tne amu 01 mouej we
maintain and our abillity to continue
n sound financial condition. We are
considering the government's hold-
nfi-s of arold as related to tne souna-
nessof our money and as affecting our
national credit and monetary strengin.
If
OUR GOLD RESERVE
had never been impaired; so it no
bonds had ever been issued to replen
ish it; if there had been no fear and
timidity concerning our aDinty to con
tinuegold payments; if any part of
our revenues were not paiu iu goiu,
and if we could look to our gold re-
ceints as a means of maintaining a
society or institution, a tocus or a
Christian belief, Christian morality,
and Christian view of this world and
the world to come. The aggregate
of various denominations of the time
constitute the Church, and just
as Christ is known upon careful
study by the character' of the
life He lived every day among men, tne prophets their fathers had slain,
so the Church is known to tbe wot d Unnn ikn wa Annm-nA mnvrei
by the operation of its major senti- houses and boasted of whited sepul
men's
These
is necessarilly the controlling nerve "hvnocrites." as the Master called
c i i L- i i' ... : i i - .
priest, like people," is a very old more indeed, than they did the
afda8e teaching of Jesus or Isaiah. Yet
The power of the Gospel was due upon them our Lord poured His
in the beginning, as through the most withering denunciation; while
centuries it continues to be, to the they in return, leaguing themselves
fact that it is the history of life that with worldly authority for advant-
livtd up to its teachings the age, crucified Him, that they might
or nothing to boast of.
editor of the Christian .Standard
thereupon remarks. "Such attacks
will serve a good purpose, if they
arouse Christians to the responsibil
ities resting upon them to exert
themselves more and more to estab
lish the Kingdom of God and his
righteousness Not the Church
and its glory; the Church and its do
minion; the Church and its theolo
gy; but the Church, and its RIGHT
EOUSNESS. This Moslem writer
triumphs over U3 iu his magagine
encounter as the enemies of Israel
triumphed over them in the days of
Israel's wickedness, and for the
same reason. Christendom is not
keeping covenant with Gcd; not fal
lowing loyally and -bravely the Great
is dis
Tuesday afternoon Prof. Ilamill gave
a most instructive liible study Irom
the Old Testament. Tbe Old llibl
contains .':.) books, and be divided them
into 17 Ilistonc.I Prophetic and
-v . ' , 1 ... ' . . I .
isoctruiai ooin converging io '.,nris
who first came to Isratl and lhn be
sends his Apostles to other nt'n.r
There were many instructive letson
in this study.
lhe Home Department wa delight
fully but most practically presented
to the Association by our talented
young friend. Prof. Ifermon II. Home,
lie
it
a
Sa thai Ccsxrcts Street
II Wis a Grot Emer.
t i
b
lao
at TV
The wise passed it, like an elephant stepping of rhe State University.
over a mouse.
a i .
anu nere is another reason:
The Democratic party, throuch
Cleveland and Carlisle, have sold
this nation to the Rothschilds, in
England, and their coadjutors in
crime in Europe and America. They
were enabled to do this by the Uni
ted States being placed on a gold
basis. -
in no other way
V . 1 a - -
could tney nave succeeded in issu
ing bonds in times of peace.
Now we know that England reaps
a ncn harvest 01 interest from the
United States yearly, by this means.
And when did England ever release
her hold upon any country, that
onee came under British control !
Church life, "lake Ui, ionKtlnaa lnrf thir Chnrc.b p"""" -uu.iau.is uemocratie congressmen are re- Then followed the reoorts of
a I aa v a v w v v I aam M TaH TV th ft ATI Am XT If TIT A tal !L1 . f a 1 -fta! .1 ...
rv old I mnva iryAaA fUn v,o-cr a tA tho l? i sponsioie ior tnis, and tnev cannot erent Gt!icer
TCESDAY KVEXISu
President John C Kilgo, of Trinity
College, delivered a most profound ad
dress subject: "Man making." I
would that it could be published and
placed into the hands of every man
and woman of North Carolina. Tbe
possibility of our evoluting this State
and nation by taking tbete neglected
children into our Sunday Schools and
holding up to them Chnt instead of
poor weak man is a serious otition
for every loyal citizen of this state to
pray over. I'reMdent Hugo would
have us seriously reflect that it 11
tne cbildren wbo are soon to take our
places and shape the destiny of thia
nation.
WEDNESDAY SIOBXITti
l'rof. Ilamill presented the practical
workof the county olilcer' conference?.
the l;f-
not glorying in our shame, we aie
glorying in torgetfulness of it."
Cyrus Thompson.
COMING EVERY DAY.
was lived up to its teachings the age, crucined mm, that tney mignt Attorney Kd. l. comm, onawa. iow,
onlv character of life that men could I hear no more of their short comings. I Joins The .Popaiuu.
believe in and love. The church in This same spirit has dominated the I Sentinel, Onawa, Iowa
any age, will command the love and Church for more than hfteen centu- Ed. L. Conlin, a prominent attorney
support of the masses of. men only tries until now, the spirit that de-1 of Onawa and a life-long Democrat,
in proportion to its comprehension Imands for release "not Jesus, but has left Democracy and will hereafter
and exemplification in practice
of the thoughtful, popular conception
of the Christ-life. That it has fail
ed so signally for nearly nineteen
centuries as the organic executor of
the Masters will in tbe regenera
tion of the world is sadly due to its
failure of appreciation of His char
acter and practice of His life. Only
fools and fanatics should claim that
the way the cnurcn nas lived is a
definition of Christianity. When,
since Pentecostal days, have Chris
tianity and the Church gone coupled
and inseparable? That there are
now, as tnere nave always been
among both the clergy and the laity
Barabbas."
Yet says the N. C. Presbyterian:
"The Church cannot exist without
Christ. You cannot divorce the
Lamb from His bride; you cannot
sever the Head of the Church from
its body and Christ is the Head of
the Church. There is no such thing as
a Christless Church." And the Chris
tian Advocate, in this day of
noble aspiration, and
affiliate with the People's Party. Mr,
Conlin, like thousands of other good
Democrats, realizes that it is an
impossibility to get any reform
through the Democratic party ; that it
is wedded -to a single gold standard
and the only relief is through a new
party. The fact tnat a iree silver res
olution would not even be given a
hearing in the county convention con
vinces any onetbat tnere is only one
party iu this county that is working
undo what they have done, and coin
silver free, for if they should, the
cry of bonds, more bonds, would
cease, and they would lose prestige
with.
THEIR MASTERS IN EXOLAXD
and elsewhere.
Another reason is, that even the
professed "friends of silver," who
II a-1- a- m . . a
can tnemseives uemocrats, te'i ns
that they are in favor of the free
and unlimited coinage of silver: but
we must have international agree
ment." Now can any one tell us
what that means! All Europe and
and Asia, and the two Americas
mnst agree to it- And if that were
done they would want to kn w if
Mrs. J. I. Cox, of Kedalia. reports.
rather slow work among tbe jkr
Mission Aid other report were very
favorable.
The afternoon ses.-in was made in
teres! i ng and plena 'it by Prof. Ilamill
a ftndy from the Xew Testament.
It was a black-board exercise and
wonderfully i.e!pful in Lis who "wrote
when written, where written, to
whom written, what tbe subject, and
where was it writt'-n,"quetion. Tho
who beard this study were greatly
strengthened "in their knowledge o?
tbe word'oi OoO.
WEDNESDAY EVEXIXO
Prof. Ilamill addressed a crowded
house subject: fcOur Sunday S-hool
Need, and this i a subject for every
Christian man of this country to take
T1 -rr WX" (r i
a iia.e rr m. IiUmmIi
ih auttMii .Mltiidt l Umm a.
r rt4 W that row: ti
when lb wopL. ball fap tm rti
be rutirwur f it a4 lb sMe
bat it..red tt.tl.ej will bttlrvly rr
la settlor atd lltrir mam t
"" a fr-pcte. h and ltt. a tm koaaaa.
ll-r lilnUiavtrr) UlUilrf ant-
ro ly .lrader II. Mfare, f
iria. IbirWH trara ir-, bir
contain mm lnler-tia( wattev. It
a lot lorn ;
Nations! Hotel. Wabtctva. It.
Jtnuarj M, l-.i Mr. Ii. Itarewwa.
.-e Anrelra, I al. M j I tear tut : Yar
leltrr of tbe lUb inatattt witb rnilmil
hp, aae recrUrd tbia etealaf. AL
o tne to tlianb log for it. TW tab.
eel te of tbe era eel tltat mam m.
u piea the attrolton of Caree aa1
I be thitiirg tarn tbro. ghoul tte I'ai.
e Matea. 1 be reaaoa that all t rt bol-
loo baa tiren deprertatrU eiaxv !; a
In eountrv I that l urrrM ia b.
mart . l7i. vtrurk ailtrr trom tbe la!a
of tuourT of tl t oiled Matea The
nioiuent tlat tbia act of (Varreaa aa
ard El! S made the waly lenl
atandard of valora in tbia rwwalrt.
That wa a great error att4 a'f e4
ed with itifluite titia birf In tbe I'ailr4
Statea.
In IZ'JS Mr. IUniltonsndtbepairiwii'
tateuieu of that day rvg-aiae4 a
our ro.iiafe the LiuietalUr aiaf sa wf
money ; that ia, br and thet rerraUe4
aiher a money a well aa fold at the
ratio f about aiatcen taru f atlter
a rquivalent to one of guld. t'tedef
hi regulation and cot nage we aer
properoua in l.a. nttra ailtrr was
Uepmed of Ite debl-a) ing twister aa
an riui talent to gold at lit ralU
Latrd. eilvrr iu tbe tnarkrU ut the
world un at a pretniutn oer gul4. It
ia uteleM to go into rraeone why tbla
cbaiige waa adopted in uir ayvtraa or
by what unneen itanda a was efTrcte!.
I he true tolicy ot thia ruwntr ia let
return to tbeayatem of ir fathers. If
I le government Immj14 nw( as il
ought to, retrace ita atepa and ruil
lor I lie ir-e coinage oi aiirrr as it doea
of gold and make 4IJ't graina of at snd
ard ailter rtii.naietii to --teaili
graina of cold, l brit ai her would luiaie-
diately return toils original dignity in
tbe markets uf tbe world In Durrhaa-
ing and debt-paiinr Hiwrr. This is
the real f unci bin of money and In tbia
country tin niuality Iu this function
at the ratio stated should be maintained.
l he debt and bond of tbe I'nited
State provided for payment is gold
or ilver coin st tbe then standard
talue; it was a great wrong Io lhe
taxpayer on w bom reeta the payauent
of lhe public debt to strike ailter from
the list of money as was done in !?X
It was that blow which changed the
values of tbe property of the failed
State. More than half of the money
of the world was at that time silver.
The whole auioont in the world in 173
wasUmaW-d at ,Ii0.iMi,UiO;uf the
IO',uio,:hm were silver and M1.
ihmi.oimi were gold in nttnd numbera.
Tbe ruinou couiaicea which at
tended thia bad act of administration
were ren in tbe failures ul merraulllr
botiaea and buineas men amoonliwg
to more than half the public debt of
the In i ted Matea wit bin the lal nine
years. Now. I am for the free ooinace
of silver bullion jut aa of cdd. lol4
and silver should le put utn a per
fect equality aa of yore in the ratio of
1') to I. This would no only add to
the value of real ettate and a1! aorta of
property in tbe I'nited Matea, but it
would greatly en courage and stioiulst
the mining of silver In this country.
In uiy view all the gold and silver that
can be produced to our saints suouhs
be coined alike. Tbe coin should be
kept in lhe vaults of the treasury and
certificates of it givea in all rases
w here cert 1 flea tea are preferrrd. Thee
coin certificates should be the curren
cy of tbe country ; It would be the beat
in the world. In ILia age we do nut
ib to burden with the weight of
either gold or silver in ordinary buai-
nes transaction extending to distant
places in tbe country, but we do want
a paper currency which ! redeemable
at tbe will of tbe bolder ia coin dollar
for dollar. Hank bills which arc so
common in use are only promises to
pay in coin and are often issued In
amounts of two and somet i me t o t bree
for one of coin in tbe vaults; hut ua-
Cer the plsn advocated by me tbe cer-
l locates would in no case represent
au) thing but dollar for dollar.
I hsveii t time to say more to )ou
now. 1 will barely add tnsllne pres
ent depreciat'on of silver bullion and
of tbe silver standard dollar arises
solely from the drgrsdsiioo of silver
by act of Congrcas in 173. isrt '4HM
grrsa declare, as it ought to. I hat ilz'c
grains of standard silver is and shall
be equivalent Iu 23 a-10 grains of gld
in it iHircbaaing and deU-psying
power and inatantty silver will be on a
par. il not above par. rots s red wnn
To IfK-reaae the utjanltiy oi silver in
the present dollar of iti graina np
to "l grains !o make it equivalent to
tbe present current value of 15 H-IO
grains of gold would be a great wrong
to tbe laboring maasea In the union
whose taxes have to meet the public
debt: tbe holders of the public debt at
the tiir e they received the bonds re
ceived tbem under tbe express ti no
tation that they were to b paid fa
I'nited Mates coin, gold or silver, at
its tben standard value, and all that Is
wanting to make gold and silver equal.
thought and noble aspiration, and fora reform in our currency system
widespread disregard and oppres- and that is the 'People's Party. Mr.
sion of men, serenely snys: "It is Collin will take the stump and will tell
important that we should have a the people why he can no longer
atrnrttrar snirit of Tftvernnc.fl for the with the party ne nas worked
Church and her institutions. The nearly twenty years
who goes about the country
ceipts as a means oi maintaining a fiu T " ' man wau uea BOUUt luo unurv far' rtiiTHFRN nFLEGATr; have free coinage
safe reserve, the amount of our reve- many thousands of thorough-going and cries out against the Church 110 MEY F0R SOUTHERN DELEGATES. "J" sSfs
Esanimuax and Hottentots-Lanland. an active interne
era and Finns. Samoans and Indians w concluded by
had consented. And when answered
in the affirmative, they would be
gin to enquire if permission had
1 . . S il -a a
oeen requested or tne eannibais in
slay I Central Africa; and finally, if
with I sit i v a vn wto Tuva
in nades bad given ns the right to
nues would he an influential factor in
the problem. But unfortunately all
the circumstances that lend weight to
this consideration are entirely lacking.
In
OUR PRESENT PREDICAMENT
no gold Is received from the govern
ment iu payment of revenue charges,
Christians whose lives lift them .a destrovs tho confidence of the
above abuse and ersticism, I gladly public in her leaders is an enemy to
confess. Such men and women are mankind an emissary of the devil,
now the hope of the race, as in Even if those who are in authoritv
, .a a ... . .a I " 1 J.a J W UbU .aAv iUIOOIOaiLFUt WIV1 -a.
past ages they have constituted the ahonld sometimes make mistakes, no n.naBmn in ennveraation with' a
one helpful human factor in identi- eood man will blow a trumpet to I eentieman of Washington Court
fymgthe wheels of time with the nnbliah it to the world. The eaeer-1 House. Ohio, said in reference to Sena
progress of civilization and liberty, ness with which, men in authority. I tor Sherman's book : ttThe only money
A Colored Repnbllean
of The Baa" on Jno. Sherman.
C,.nUi.i.j I rthin " Vnr 9Q ..Tnn
i,ven if tbose who are in authority R. Lynch, the Mississippi colored ex
at
or suver in
If that is a
iet'a Tbe cat oat I friend to silver, what does it take to
constitute an enemy, and how long
before its friend would coin it free!
And still another reason is, that
we shall not have any Democratic
party to pass coinage laws, for the
Democrats are hopelessly divided.
in. I he meeting
"closing word'
from many visitors by short peecbe
expressing tbeir gratitude to od and
to tne noDiiam v oi me atixki peooie
of fjo!dsbro for their generoity.
l'rof. II or ne, of tbe I Diversity was
elected President of the Association.
There were many pleasant and in
structive discourses that space does
bot permit us to enter Intoin this limit
nor would there be ifthe revenues were They are the salt of the earth that wh in Chnrchlnd State are sul that I know of being used in the South " Jioaae dirided against children in every counl
increased. The receipts of the treas- loses its savor-God 's seven SLFl' ri.i wilwAoSr to draw State delegations to the sup- itself cannot stand." And last but and 11 1 him with tbe
urywhennotinsilvercertiflcates,con- fhe'ndS!n ,t do w bow thn W .ect bcism MeB no f or l J candidate for the Bepub- not least, the Democratic party ean- Wn,?,e treountj
,f iTntt.rf ffiii nnioa inH trpimrv thousand that do not Dow tne lenee anr conntrv." This last a notation. r , s r .- la State Convention is
ii 4.u i ; . i I lican jrresiutjuitiai uvmiuativu nu uvtuiTc us ura ouiuage ui Biiver,
auu ospuuiniijf mo lasi, wuwuw that which was used in tne interest oi
it, will bear reading twice. What John Sherman's candidacy. Although
spirit penned that utterance! r eot none of it myself, 1 know
In like, manner it was said of I monev having been used in that
Jesns, "He hath, a devil." So logi-1 rection
sist of United States notes and treasury
notes issued for silver purchases. These
forms of money are only useful to the
government in paying its current or
dinary expenses, and its quantity in
Continued on Fourth Page.
to Baal. t
If I criticise the attitude of the
Church, I am not condemning "the
mystical body" of the Church, whose
head is the risen Christ; I am saying
of
di-
to make 111', grains of silver equal
in the markets of th world to X ft-IO
gold, is for ( 'on grc to put silver hark
on the list of tbe moneys of the I'ni
ted States aa it was in I8TJ I have
lately made a report to the bouse of
representatives upon our coinage, ia
rhicb I urge not only tbe resiorsuon
of silver to its debt-ps) ing power, hot
also tne adoption oi metric rwaifr
applicable alike to gold and silver, f
nil sena you a copy oi uiitissiev
days when it comes from tbe press.
Yours truiy,
Alkxaieb II.tirKrwExa.
To CMf
Excbaore.1
Sav.are you a merchant? All right.
If you were running behind flOuadar
you would soon be a bankrupt, wouldal
your Mire; r en. uaoer ine manage
ment of alleged eminently wise "states
men" this country is running; ben i no
manv million dollars a month and ssal
against children in every county in this State I rrady bankrupt. Do joa know bow it
i be H"iy spirit K I came about, or are yod such a -good
for tne bext a merican" that Toodoal care?
State Convention is tbe prayer of I
. .t i - t I miiia a in
evenit would. It is out of power ' - - U. j. FaIsob. rrom IMaWlL .
and I I . . .
UUM un evaat.
ed report of Ibis convention, but I trust
this may bring to tbe eyes of many
good Christian men that God is work
ing in our State and may be used of
Him to remind tbem that tney have
not fully obeyed His command: Ye
shall be, witnesses nnto me at home.
abroad. and into the uttermost parts
of tne earth.
May God raise-up some oneof His
LIKELY SO TO RE iAIX.
It has run to the end, of its rope.
It
Are yon helping to spread the cir
culation of the f Urn ARIA wr
i people's t
beyhavel
When
And thev
Tben aot'sthawad ta:zoai taoireyo
To snow toesa where tney owgai to boy.