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THECHURGH.
tone Facts Concerning
.;lioii of the Church
to Slavery
.! AND ITS MEANING
I 'linlri( Urn TruIN of Hie
: marl, Tliomi'toii, Nut I lie
i . iilll- 1 lie Mrlliixlx lijr
i tri li Can CiHiimaiiil th ft
v,, ;. hi ' Mi Mitxiie.
;n ii- ';vrl for human free
liu'tiity of mere manhood,
in tins, that Jtfius would
train tbo 'wceptanco or
: a l,t IU-f. From out tbo
;iiiit lovo f ame the gos-
; p.-airs. In its pro
;"iin tth'u, tho dvin
..- of caff leu?, tender
I'Mist would draw all
ii by the supremo excol
m :iuty of His lifo. This is
r's jurffft appeal to the
hiiM-ntof the b'-autiful and
i ry heart, upon which ra-
IIh- would save all men.
It acln-r, was never cruel
it. lie sought not to pun
is crucili?r; hut with the
tiling love, llo recognized
iiicss and interceded for
ill.
growth of corruption and
in tho church, "There
," says Xeaudcr, "a reac-
Christian consciousness
( (1 ,'iftt-r freedom." Chris
mtiiiig after freedom, its
in th face of the church
mlnr,' on the Eido of men-
ii !. ;iinl physical slavery,
i : i -1 ' i s j it. This reaction
!i uilly bursting forth un
it I its triumph in the re-
,A us see what trcat
out of joint with tho
t sn apostles of the refor
t ived at the hands of the
lunch of Christ,
'hutch iu England in the
iry, .lolin Richard Green
.it had her moral or spir
r bct u less; never had her
ti greater." She owned
tiho-third tho land of the
a r revenue was twice that
-. Th controlling church
worldly, wealthy, laxuri
firupt; and they looked
tnpt upon the poorer and
y and the oppressed mass
y about them. I'pon such
liis, when tho corruption
n h and "the tyranny of
i'-n as ever roused the tle
n'ialif.ni," England heard
f John Wyclif, a man of
t'u, intense piety, and un
uity of life, lie pleaded
j- I;'- una unsparingly
to abuses of the church.
that the civil authority
n-d as tho ecclesiastical;
nod tbo direct relation and
lity of man to (tod, which
o swept away the whole
biic of a mediating priest
l.e desired that the church
intatily return to its ori
t ty. lie was ' the lirst re
ays (Ireeu, "who dared,
ted and alone, to question
tho creed of Christendom
n, t break through tho
of tho past, and with his
to assert tho freedom of
bought against tho dog
church. "Cited for trial
op, archbishop and pope,
nd condemned by the
his teaching." "Since
uado a heretic of Christ,"
t is an easy inference for
r.nt simple Christians he
hiving written defiantly
t thr,t "Christ during His
all men the poorest, cast
Inn all worldly authority,"
death he was released
iburch's further persecu-
RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 189G.
i ' r-
i i i .i BBwm
g afterward this same
yearning utter freedom
i enslaving church broke
hernia. A succession of
d faithful preachers cul-
i John Hnss, the leader of
nan Reformation in the
i of the l.'th century, "lie
himself," says French,
iligence in breaking the
fe to the hungry fouls and
ss in rebuking vice in high
n low. bo long ns he con
At to reproving the sins of
'caving those of the clergy
. unassaued, he found lit
'.ion, nay, rather support
iso from theso. But when
wrought them also within
of his condemnation and
pbr.iid them for their eov
tbeir ambition, their lux
sloth, and for other vices,
led angrily upon him,
e spreading reports of the
ss of his teaching." lie
0 corrupt practices of the
ler most sensitive part, the
ilgencc$ as a sourco of rev
?reupon he was promptly
ieatcd and the curse of the
lounced upon every place
1 give him shelter. Sum
fore tho council of the
ch at Constance to answer
nions, after seven month's
iprisonmeat he obtained a
This wa9 no more than a
er to recant. If he had
lis convictions and retract
ching, the church would
e granted him the freedom
ering slave. But like a
!od, John Huss'with dig
ge and meekness," refused
He was promptly con-
r heresy, sentenced to be
the stake, and on the Gth
1", gave up his life in the
. the Holy Church kindled
i. To break the force of
iir, the chnrch for twenty
pt Hohemia with fire and
with blood.
.st decade of the 15th cen
city of Florence in Italy
:he form of a republic,
liberties, in fact, were
:he hands of her ruler, Lo-
Magnificent. Florentine
s utterly selfish and disso
te few that still thought
ublic and its freedom were
Mlenced by the strong current rf
magnificent opposition. This scene!
of hopeless immorality, foul de
bauchery and cruel corruption, in
Church ard in State, called forth
Jerome Savonarola, who presents the
one icK'.nu.-! in Europe of a monk
boldly k-'idicg a Republic. He felt
it hi.-j mission to work a reformation
m Church t,.. in St&to as well. He
pos-csf f I personal purity and fiery
energy, nud that -!icitude for the
temporal welfare of the people, which
the clergy now so seldom niifest,
but which io;,der d illustrious a line
oMiodly fctai.esm!-n whom we know
as Hebrew prophets. "Amid the
luxurious, aesthetic, semi-pagan life
of Florctef, in the eais of rich citi
zens, the licentious youth, the learn
ed I'latonisis, he denounced the re
vival of paganism, tho corruptions)
of tho church, the ignorance and
consequent slavery of the peoplo. He
spoke severe words about the priests,
declared that the scriptures were the
only guides to salvation, that salva
tion did r,t com'; fioru external n orks
as the chnch ivht, but from faith
in Christ, from giving up tho heart
to Him, and that if lie forgave sin
th re was no net d for any other ab
solution." lii-rusing to eon '.Tin t an old cus
tom of asking the favor or the ruler,
"from wliorti," s:ii! he with prophetic
boldness, "li.ive I received my oliice
from Cod or I.;rerzo? Let us pray for
grace to the Highest." Maintaining
his stern integrity in the face or royal
blandishment, another plan to control
him was tried a plan which the
temper of most moderns would have
rendered unnecessary or entirely suc
e.esful. Five distinguished gentle
men wailed upon Savonarola to re
tiest that iu his r rnions lie would not
toretell the evil future of the city, that
lie would treat more of generalities,
and that he would spare such elevated
persons as Lorenzo. 11 is reply is won
derfully refreshing: "(Jo, and tell
your master Lorenzo to repent of his
sins, or Cod will punish him and his."
His influence, in consequence, over
men for the suppression of every grade
of sin was never surpassed. The whole
aspect of Florentine society was chang
ed under his lifejand preaching. But he
had enemies, of necessity; and these
found anally in Alexander VI, the
corrupt head of the Church. Alexan
der thought to silence him with the
gift of a cardinal's hat a huge slice
of ecclesistical pie. This Savonarola
at once refused. Loving Christianity
and desiring that the Church should
be the expression of it, he sought a
general council to consider the need
ful reform, lie was thereupon forbid
den to preach and his congregation
ordered to be broken up. lie was
preached against, excommunicated and
imprisoned. "With the assent of the
Pope, he was subjected seven times to
torture upon the rack to force from
him a recantation of all that he had
taught, and preached, and on the 2;d
of May 1 J'.IS, tie was hanged and burned
in coi 'pany with twoofhis disciples."
As the Church rank in infamy, its
character would have charmed the
soul of .Simon, the Magician. The
Church would not permit a man's sil
ver and gold to perish with him.'
l'.ternal life ceased to be the free gift
of Cod, and tho salvation of icuU was
purcnaeu irom me cnurcii. iioney
could quench the musky glow of pur
gatorial tires, and unlock the blessed
gates of Heaven. The priest ceased
to be the mere intercessor and mouth
pi"ce for the declaration of divine
pardon to trie penitent ; lie became a
udge with power to grant indulgence.
The indulgence" says Fisher, "was a
simple bargain according to which, on
t he payment of a stipulated sum, the
individual received a lull discharge
from the penalties of sin, or procured
tl'.e release of a soul from the Hames
of purgatory." Regardless of charau-
r or the magnitude of their crimes,
rich contributors to charitable or re
ligious institutions were the pets of
the Church from which t.'iey easily re
ceived full remission of the just penal
ties of their sins.
In the year 1 - 1 7 Tetzel Oiled the
people with excitement as he travelled
pompously turough Cermany as a
duet "veneer of indulgences. " Speak
ing with more boldness than is dis
played by the many that do no better
work for ( nnst these latter days, he
would say from the pulpit: "indul
gences are the most precious and
sublime gifts of Cod. Come, and I will
give you letters furnished with seals
by whic h even the sins that you may
commit nereaiter snail oeiorgiveu you.
There is no sin so great that an indul
gence cannot remit it. Repentance
is not necessary. Indulgences not
only save the Jiving, they save the
ded also. The very instant the piece
of money clinks at the bottom of the
box, the soul is freed from purgatory
and llies to heaven." Such was the gos
pel according to Tetzel, andsuch was the
practice of the Church in the IGth cen
tury. This it was that threw Martin
Luther in the face of the Church to
lead the Protestant Reformation. As
literature and science, untrammeled,
inclined rather to the sideof civiliza
tion and freedom, so all the great
names in German art and literature
sided with Luther. The Church com
manded him to recant or to answer
for his opinions at Rome. lie did
neither. Forbidden to preach or to
vyrite and commanded to burn his pub
lished books, he was condemned as an
irreclaimable heretic. All princes and
magistrates were re mired to seize
him and his adherents and send them
to Rome. But the heart of the people
were with Luther. Brought at length
before the Croat Gouncil of the Em
pire in 1521, and commanded to re
cant, he bravely replied, with the
fate of IIuss and Savonarola before him
"Prove to me out of Scripture that I
NO. 8.
THE NATIONAL
CONGRESS.
Some Record of What the Peo
ple's RepresentatiYe8 Are
Trying to Do.
SOME BRASH TALK OF WAR.
fiiMiator Itutlrr (let In Home Resolution
Tbt Will lirliig Out the Troth-Thy
VI11 Show What Men Arm and Where
Tlioy htend I'taMoa Hills Booming,
MONDAY, DEC. IGtH. SENATE.
Mr. Quay presented a petition
from the Philadelphia Wool Mer
chants' Association, for the re
storatipn of tho McKinley tariff on
wool.
Mr. Cullom presented a petition
tor the reduction of letter postage at
one cent.
Mr. Perkins presented a petition
from the State Legislature of Cali
fornia favoring the free coinage of
silver and gold at the ratio of 10 to
1, and against the issue of bonds.
Mr. Brice presented a petition in
favor of securing the Appomattox
battlefield for a National Park.
Among the bills introduced were
the following:
Fifty-two pension bills.
Mi. Pc-ffer introduced a bill. (S.
8SG) to provide a home for aged and
infirm colored people.
Mr. Oallinger offered the follow
ing resolution:
Resolved, That the Secretary of
State, the Secretary of the Treasury,
the Secretary of War, the Secretary
of the Navy, the Secretary of the In
terior, the Secretary of Agriculture,
the Postmaster-General, and the Attorney-General
are hereby directed
to cause a careful and thorough in
quiry to be made regarding the em
ployment of aliens in their respec
tive Departments, and to communi
cate the result of said inquiry to the
Senate at the earliest practicable
day.
Mr. Stewart addressed the Senate
at some length on this resolution re
quiting an investigation of the effect
of exchange between gold standard
countries and silver standard conn
tries on agricultural products, and
shovod how the business of this
country was being ruined by compe
tion with silver countries.
HOUSE.
Among the bills introduced were
the following:
Eighty-nine pension bills.
Mr. Crain, to change the day for
the first annual meeting of Congress
from the first Monday in December
to the first Tuesday after the 4th day
of March, and to tho .first Monday
after the 1st day of January for the
second annual session, and to pro
vide for a meeting of Congress to
count the electoral vote for Presi
dent and Vice-President and to
transact no other business and for
other purposes.
Mr. Low, petition of the owners,
underwriters, agents, and masters of
vessels of Wilmington, N. C, engag
ed iu the coasting trade along the
Atlantic coast, respectfully repre
senting to the Congress the impor
tance of a harbor of refuge near
Cape Lookout.
TUESDAY, DEO. 17TH. SENATE.
am wrong, and I submit. Till then
my conscience binds me. Here I stand.
I can do no more. God help me. Amen."
The sentence of death at the bands of
the Church was now certain. Its exe
cution was evaded only by flight and
lone-continued hiding.
Omitting further recital of the treat
ment imposed on individual reformers
I instance briefly the wholesale butch
ery of the church. Xo exaggeration
of its murderous horrors, through four
centuries of Holy Inquisition in Italy,
France, the Netherlands and Spair. is
possible. "It depopulated Spain by
the extermination or banishment of at
least three million industrious subjects
during 139 years;" and from 14S1 to
1525, it condemned 234,000 as heretics,
of whom-18,000 were burned alive. Jsy
force' of threat, torture, and fire, the
church converted the Moors in Spain
to Christianity. Immense numbers
of them," says Ruckle, "were baptized
by force; but, being baptizcd.it was
held that they belonged to the church,
and were amenable to her discipline.
That discipline was administered by
the Inquisition, which, during the rest
of the 16th century, subjected these
Moriscoes, as they were called, to the
most barbarous treatment. The gen
uineness of their forced conversion
was doubted: it became, therefore, the
business of the Church to inquire into
its sincerity." In the 17th century a
final crusade was led asrainst them
"That they should be slain instead of
Continued on 1th ptgs.
Several petitions for the recogni
tion of Cubans as belligerents were
offered.
Among the bills introduced were
the following:
Fifteen pension bills.
Mr. Call, to provide for the coinage
of gold and silver bullion in the
mints of the United States, and for
tho exchange thereof of legal tender
United States Treasury notes.
The greatest sensation of the pres
ent Congress was had to-day on the
reception of. a special message from
the President. This document was
on the Venezuelan question and was
referred to in our last issue. It was
a practical request from the Presi
dent to compel England to stop her
encroachments in Venezuela. The
message was based on what is known
a3 the "Monroe Doctrine." The Pres
ident was not certain of all facts in
the case and recommended that Con
gress provide tor a commission to
make a thorough examination of the
matter, and if it were found that
England was exceeding her rights,
for the United States to demand that
she stop her encroachments and to
restore what she had taken. These
are not the words, but the effect and
meaning of the message.
The Senate lost its dignity in try
ing to effervesce over and applaud
this message.
HOUSE.
Mr. Cannon offered an amendment
to the rules providing for three dis
tinct committees on elections. This
was done to expedite the business of
the contested election cases. Of these
there are thirty-two the largest
number ever known in Congress be
fore with one exception.
Four of these cases come from the
State of Alabama, one from the
State of Georgia, two from the State
of Kentucky, three. from the State of
Louisiana, one from Maryland, one
from Missouri, one from Mississippi,
three from North Carolina, four from
South Carolina, three from the State
of Texas, and four from the State of
Virginia, making twenty-seven of
the thirty-two contests coming from
the Southern States.
The amendment precipitated
long discussion in which much old
party election rascality was brought
up. and m which mucn pontica
"dirty linen" was washed- Accusa
tions were brought by one old party
member against the other and both
were right.
The President's message, as read
in the Senate, on theVenezuela ques
tion was also read in the House and
created a commotion.
Among the bills introduced were
the following:
Fortv-three pension bills. -
Mr. Linney, to provide for a public
buildine at Winston, N. C.
Mr. Sulzer, a joint resolution de
claring that a state of pnblie war
exists in Cuba, and that belligerent
rights be accorded to the Cnbaa gov
ernment. W1DXESDAT, DEC. 18TH. SIX ATI.
Among the bills introduced were
the following:
Six pension bills. .
In view of the "great prospect of
war" on the Venezuelan matter
many interesting things have sprung
up. Among them is a bill intro
duced by Mr. Hill, of New York,
that section 121$ of the Revised
Statutes of the United States as
amended by chapter 41C of the laws
of 1SS4 is hereby repealed.
Section 1218 as it now stands reads
as follows:
"No person who held a commission
in the Army or Navy of the United
States at the beginning of the late
rebellion and afterwards served in
any capacity in the military, naval,
or civil service of the so-called Con
federate States, or of either of the
States in insurrection during the
late rebellion, shall be appointed to
any position in the Army or Navy of
the United States."
Mr. Peffer introduced a resolution
directing the Inter-State Commerce
Commission to enquire into the great
"railroad pool" recently formed.
Whether the principal tailroad
companies acting as common carri
ers of inter-state traffic between the
Western States and the Atlantic Sea
board have recently entered into an
agreement to frame a joint traffic as
sociation; and
What companies have joined said
agreement and
Whether said agreement binds
each company to make and enforce
such rates of fares and freights as
may be prescribed by a board of offi
cers representing all the companies
joining the compact, and
Whether the agreement provides
for collecting from every company a
money penalty of $5,000 in each case
of violation of such stipulation to
make and enforce rates.
Mr. Call called up his resolution
introduced December 17th, which
reads as follows:
"Resolved, That a special com
mittee of five Senators be appointed
by the President of the Senate, who
shall be charged with the duty of in
vestigating the subject of organized
efforts of corporations, or of the
president and directors thereof, to
control the election of members of
Congress or to influence the legisla
tion of Congress; also to investigate
and report to the Senate whether
corrupt m ans, bribery, or free trans
portation, have been or are being
used to influence such elections; also
to inquire and report to the Senate
whether the use of such influences or
means is consistent with tho preser
vation of the Republic of the United
States and the rights and liberties of
the people, and to report a bill for
the punishment or suppression of
such practices."
Mr. Call said: This resolution has
no party consideration or bias. It
is demanded by the condition of the
country and by the vast power
which, under our present economic
system, is vested in a few individ
uals. I find, by reference to some sta
tistics upon the subject, that there
were in the United States in 1880,
according to the census reports, 50
persons with an average income of
$1,500,000, and over 16,000,000 peo
ple with an average income of from
two hundred to three hundred dol-
ars nearly 17,000,000 people with
an average income or jUU, and oU
persons with an average income of
$1,500,000. It is not proposed to find
ault otherwise than to say that a
better distribution of wealth would
be more consistent with our Repub-
ican institutions; but it is manifest
that there can net be such a vast
disparity between the masses of the
people and 50 persons without their
having great influence and control
over the elections of the country.
Neither will it be possible to main
tain the interests of property if 50
persons, exercising this vast power,
shall by corrupt .means interfere
with and control the elections of the
country. This would be a destruc
tion of Republican government. It
would be the creation of an aristo
cracy, or a plutocracy, rather, vested
with absolute political power over
the destinies of the American peo
ple.
Now it is proposed that a commit
mittee be appointed to inquire into
the facts whether or not corrupt in
fluences are being used by the few
men who manage these neat cor
porations for the control of elec
tions. It was stated in the newspa
pers quite a short time ago that
eight persons no doubt citizens of
great respectability, of distinguished
executive ability, men entitled to re
spect had met in the city of New
York and entered into an agreement
to control the taxation for freight
and transportation through railroad
franchises upon nearly two-thirds of
the entire territory of the United
States. With a list of employees of
a million voters, with revenues ag
erreeating nearly three times cer
tainly two and a half times as much
as the entire amount collected by
the Federal Government, it can not
but be. unless there is effective leg
isiation to restrain the exercises of
political power, that 50 men may
control the election or tne country
of whom these eight were a part.
This ?reat accumulation of wealth
of 50 citizens, with $1,500,000 aver
age income, is not the legitimate re
sult of commerce, of trade, of enter
prise, whatever merit it may nave,
and I am not here to attack it; but it
is the result of the legislative fran
chises, and it is attended with the
dansrerous incidents I have men
tioned.
Mr. Hale moved to amend the res
olution by putting the work required
by the resolution on the committee
on privileges and elections instead
of a "committee of five." The amend
ment was asrreed to and the resolu
tion of Mr. Call was adopted.-
HOUSE.
There was a short session but
arent dav in the House, lhe mem
bers were in a mighty stew over the
President's Venezuelan message, and
instaad of lookine after the interests
of the seventy millions of people of
this country, this august body wor
ed itself into a fume over Venezuela,
& little South AmencanState with les
than three million people and not
more than two hundred thousand o:
the whole number white.
th? f'liowingi
Mr. II ill introdaeed
bill:
Be it enacted, etc., that th turn
of $100,000 be. and the uu u
hereby appropriated for the expen
ses of a commission, to be appointed
by the President, to investigate and
report upon the true divisional line
bttween the Republic of Venoruels
and British Guiana.
There was a roar of applu- over
this bill. Then the tongue fighters
and jingoes took some time to air
their eloquence and then tLe bill
passed.
Among the bills introduced were
tho followicg:
Twenty-four peuiion ills.
Mr. Sbufcid, a btll to prohibit tl
further issue of Lo&d. etc., nn ler
acts of 1873 and 1S7U.
Also, a bill to prohibit discrimina
tion in favor of gold ia liquidating
the Government's coin obligation ?.
Also, a biil to provide for the free
and unlimited coinage of silvtranJ
IS CLEVELAND
DOUBLE FACED?
New Yen See Him and Now Yoa
Don't -Ad3 Yoo Can't Alwaji
Place Him.
HE TRIMS TO THE BREEZE.
Its Will I tar IHm.lfB 7 k M,rr OM.
T W In-Tbaa llr ira To Ik U.Ukii
T Wla.Atal.-ll. )!. Ikiag-Ai.
UU knpptiun A.il rall.a.r, ka Am
otkr. FayeUevi.le Observer (Irtn )
The Atlanta Journal thotht-i da;
contained the following:
A cornnfonJent ak that Ui luurnal
Ittirint lmit)eiit Ilrrlnita f.m.di.
gold at the present ratio an 1 upon I "frain-rt th in ana unlimited ruinac of
silver, wnuen jai (x-iore lit l-t uoiu: na
tion (or tle prvai.lrnrr. Th Irtter aa ia
auawvr toan inritatiou from tut Sew York
Keform Club, and tui folium
iK-tr Sir 1 hate thia afternoon rrrtirfd
your note iiivitinx tue to atunJ to marrow
evening the meeting called lor the paqtwe
of voian the opponit3 of our city to tlie
' the free coinage of ailver in the I niled
Statea."
1 ahall not be able to aUtl ail aMms
the meeting as you mjuert, but I am glad
that the buainesa interest of New York are
oa last to be heard on this auhjert. It nre
ly ctnnot be necessary for me to make a
formal expression of hit agreement with
those who believe that "tne rreate4 ril
would be invited by the adoption of the
ecbetne. embraced in 1 tie ti.rsiure row
ending in Congress, for the tinmni'ed
coinage of silver flour mints.
If we have develo)ed an uneiivtl ra
pacity for the aMinilation of a largely in
creased volume of thia currency, and even
if we have demonstrated the taefulnen of
such an increa., these cou J.tions fall far
short of insuring us against diaastor if. in
the present mutation, we enter unon the
I HunoPAin o nil L 1 ut ji a?
Allen (Pop.,) offered tho fol- unlimited and independent ilver coini-ve. '
.
eiy iruiy yours
equal terms.
TKCRSIUT, IEC. 19TH. SSN'ATE.
There was aouie more talk on the
Venezuela matter. The bill which
had been passed by the House ap
propriating $100.01)0 for a commis
sion was brought before the Senate
and laid over till the next day.
Klevcn pension bills were intro
duced. Mr. Chandler introduced a bill ap-
firopriating one hundred million dol
ars for increasing the Army
equipment. This bill was the
outcome of the tlim-llam foolish
ness which followed the Pres
ident's Venezuela "war" message.
Mr. Chandler was evidently afraid
that England was coming right over
to whip us and hence his wild desire
to spend one hundred million dollars
for an army
Mr
lowing resolution
Whereas, by the President's mes
sage to Congress of December 17th,
A. D.t 1893, regarding the boundary
line between Venezuela and British
Guiana, it is made to appear that the
contingency of war between the
British Empire and tho United
States of America may suddenly
arise; and
4.KOVEU Clcvi l.XI.
The fact tha. the President's mes
sage has cut the last bit of ground
from under the feet of his apologists
in the South, probably supplies the
motive for exhuming this old letter.
The purpose is to make it appear
that the President has notchaneed.
To bring up this now is like thresh-
4 Whereas money is the first essen- iaS out old straw. It is a dead issue.
tial iu times of war, and in such an
event the Government uses gold, sil
ver, and paper money indiscrimi
nately until the two former disap
pear and thereafter relies solely on
paper money; therefore,
llesolved, That the Committee on
Finance be, and they are hereby, di
rected and instructed to inquire and
report, by bill or otherwise, whether
it would not be expedient and proper
for the Government of the United
States of America at this time to
open its mints to the free and unlim
ited coinage of gold and silver at the
ratio of 1 to 1C, and in addition
thereto issue an adequate volume of
full legal-tender Treasury notes in
the same manner such notes have
heretofore been issued, and, in the in
terest of national safety, withdraw
the issue power of national banks
and retire all bank currency."
This resolution struck at the very
question which it was intended to
obscure by a "war scare" and of
course it was objected to. When a
Senator "objeets" to any thing it
must lie over to some future day. In
this case the condemned Democrat
Gorman objected.
Then tho bill passed by the House
for appropriating $100,000 for a com
mission to settle the boundary line '
in Venezuela was brought up. This
time Mr. Allen objected, and that
had to go over till the next day.
Eleven pension bills were intro
duced during the day.
HOUSE.
The House was not in session this
day.
FRIDAY, DEC. 20TH. SENATE.
When the Senate opened the Chap-
ain thought it necessary to pray for
peace and in his prayer he said:
Forbid that the two foremost na
tions of tho world which bear the
name of Christ, with one language,
one faith, one baptism, one Lord,
should be embroiled in war in all its
horrors and barbarisms. Grant, wo
beseech Thee, that we may be saved
rom imbruing our hands in each
other's blood. Endow osr rulers,
the rulers of both nations, and the
kindred people of the two lands,
with such wisdom and the spirit of
justice and magnanimity that all dif
ferences and difficulties may be ami
cably and righteously settled, and
that God's name may be glorified in
the establishment ot concord, amity,
brotherly kindness.
Eighteen pension bills were intro
duced.
Mr. Peffer's resolution offered on
the 18th, to investigate the "railroad
pool" was taken up and adopted.
DEMOCRACY VS.
FREE SHYER,
Wfcj Fm Coixuci of SUtw.Cu
not B Smrd Tfcroafa iU
Deaocr&tio F&rtj.
RECORDS, FACTS, OFIKI0H8,
to eoorrala hi opinion er d-ap ti-
ua ucdei a fala arpr,
bjfc-r;t, practicjBff deeptioo eiw
hit cnuatrymea ia order to g?ti'y
ie rro&al ambitiof
the At iitiATiox raa nirt-
X" lit. VOOKBKta.
Sa d an admiaiatration orrta ia
thia uteon the'J of September,
1-J3:
iMnc he accepted the naotiBattf
of Lit party last jear ad made it
pUtforta hi own, there haa boea Bo
intimation from hits, of a purr-o to
rf aavow any of ita pledge; and in
the abaeac of aarh intimities, to
charge tht he prvpoaea to eallify
all save ose of the financial Mvaa
urea propoae-d by that platform i to
a.il bia integrity and in effeet to
charge that he proeord hia elec
tion by dupiicity and bad faith. The
platform, the party law, declared aa
distinctly a word can, fidelity to
gold and ailver aa money of the
country. It declared farther for
tLe coinaok or thk Mctalm with-
VTriXCIl1MIXATloX AUAlXfT KITHKK
l.ro certain ronditiona wero met
that ia to aay, when the dollar nnit
of both a made of equal intrinaie
and exchangeable Talne. Two meth
ods by which thi might bo accom
plished were indicated; IXTXkKA-
HuXAL At.aiKUtNT IM'lUriurikl
or LiiiitLATiox. Until Mr. Oeve-
a a
ili tuaxea Known timeir( in aonte
maLncr. that ht haa abandoned aome
part of tbia platform, it ia unfair to
charge that he haa done to.
TUE I KIMMXT ltB IMCk' OX Hit
AOIXTS.
The President gave out no "intima
tion "or a purpoae to diravow any
of ita the platform pUdea; th
unconditional repeal bill, was carried
through on the terma named a geld bond yatem f Knrlanet. aaJer
m.ovo vj ine i n t ivtrui a Fpoaeman. i uiea loey nave paid aot oao dollar
uu iruiu iui unj .o una do uu noi oi the debt eontractod ia oar lUvola
op r.cu nia npa 10 carry out tne reactionary war, or ia the enUrqaeat
vi iu iBiu iueu mirrru mw "7 I r rencn or otner war, tat the inUr
m recognizee agent, mr. ooruea, eat alone and thia moat be paid fr
nor indicated the nature of the ever, or the laah will belaid oa tho
aaleguarda or legiaution" Hieh, back of the Enghah people, aa lint
affa i o a a I . eja
tne urusaei conference naving tan uh tax rolloetore bow lay oa the
ed.e was required oy the platform back of the Kgyptiana, if they fail
iu iccuuiuieuu aivuK mia iuciio
oti awo t r
twM-n
UMUMWItotlO TW M
oo TW TVIak.
ll'adVr thia boe4 will bo preooatod
eoaameaieatioBa eompotieg for tho
caah pnaeo aaaeaaood olaowaoro ft
the boat article oa "Way tWo t'roo
acd Unlimited Coiaaro of Kim
Caaoot Fe Obtaia4 Tfcronr k tko
Democratic Party. "J
KlLrukP. X. C. Ioc. J -Yo
ak why the free eotaace of ailtor
eannot be had throerh the IWmo-
eratie partjf
I lack word totipreoa my tateaao
coacoptioa of the trala of tbo affirm
ation of thia propoaitioa.
Hat let aa taoairr flrat what ia
meant by the refaaaJ to eoia adver,
and catting off all fat a re eapplieo of
the motal, and lochia ap aoro thaa
reren Bund rod milhoaa a Maaaoaa4
money. and taaaiBC bond to Lav
gold at a
rtrixor ratMiiM
to take ita place, aa the Democratic
patty ha done. It mean a that we
ate to have forced oa a the hated
Among the many blows it received,
none were so admirable and effective
as theso which gave it the rovp de
grace :
Said Chairman Voorheez, the rec
ognized agent of the President in
charge of the unconditional repeal
bill, on the 23rd of August, 1893:
THE PRESIDENT'S AGENT TLEDGES HIM
TO SILVER.
"A bill for the free coinage of sil
ver had passed the Senate by the
groat majority of 16, and then the
measure, since known by the name
of tho Senator from Ohio, was
brought forward and tendered to
the representatives of the States
having silver bullion to sell, as a
compromise in lieu of the great vic
tory they had just obtainod. In an
evil hour, the worst and darkest
that ever befell the cause of bimot
tallism.or the honor and existence
of silver money, this pernicious
compromise was accepted and fast
ened on the country. The Senator
from Ohio, it i3 true, now claims
credit for his repeated assertion of
late that there has never been an
hour since the compromise was ef
fected that he has not stood rcadv
to violate it by voting for i t a repeal.
oir, 1 would at onco eradicate this
confessed evil, this universally con
demned enactment, from the body of
laws, with no other condition than
my right and free agency to support
and secure in connection vith its re
peal or afterwards by an independ
ent measure, as the success of its
immediate repeal, the primary duty
of the hour may at the time dictate
a sound financial system, embrac
ing the coinage of silver on an equal
ity with gold. In making this state
ment 1 only repeat the declaration of
the Democratic party in national
convention at Chicago in dace, 1S92,
and n which the American people
restored to the Presidency one of
the strongest, ablest, pure.it. and
most patriotic characters ever known
in American history. That declara
tion, containing as it docs the con
census of Democratic opinion from
every State and territory in the
Union, may be heard at this time
again with profit and advantage.
He quotes here the money plank
of the Chicago platform.
It will here be seen that the united
Democracy of the country, fourteen
months ago, in formal convention
assembled, denounced the Sherman
act which had degraded silver to a
commodity, demanded its repeal,
and declared in tho strongest lan
guage in favor of the coinage ot
both the precious metals on fair and
"coinage of these metals (gold and
silver without discrimination againat
either."
No, the President waa put aqnare
ly upon the platform by his duly
recognized repreaentatire in charge
of the unconditional repeal bill, in a
matter involving hundreds of mil
lions of dollars between the two
parties to the bargain, and letters
far THE bOXI ASKEftftMCXT.
The even bandrod millions of del
larsof "anaoand monev is locked
ap to pay soldiers toeompol yoar
submiaaioa aa Kncland com tolled
the Kgyptiana
Hut to the main question.
In the flrat tlaco a eradicate of
Jewiah bankera of Londoa forbid it.
written before the Extra Seaaion of J.0 fofr? 'Vl7.
1S93, or excuses made since Demo-
ocratic control of Congress expired
on the 4th of March, 1695, are oat
side of the question If the solemn
statements of his friends at that
crisis were just and true, the record
is closed, and he has demonstrated
himself 1o be, according to them and
in their language, "a dissembler and
a nypocrite, practicing deception
upon his countrymen in order to
gratify bis personal ambition" an J
aman who "procure! his election by
duplicity and bad faith"
These are not our words, it bat
ever the Observer may think of Mr
and circulated in the midst of the
norronc of the late civil war for
bid it.
In a circular to the New York
banker, the Jewiah banker of Lon
don said: "You are wrong ia uphold
ing chattel slavery; there is a
HETTIR FORM OF fLAYEKF
than that, to eome of the debt to
be cieated by the war. aaed as a ba
sis or Lankier, and br con troll in
the price of the prod acts of labor,
you can control labor itself, aad
make slaves of both blacks aad
whites-
To do this greenbacks moat bo re-
Cleveland's course, it has never used I tired and silver demonetised, aad it
such strong language to character-1 most never remonetired.
izcitasthat. They are the words
of his accredited agent in the Sen
ate making pledges in bis behalf
and his friends.
JeflT Dala Heme te e Meet am.
Within a abort time the old Lome in
Kichmond, Virginia, of Jefferaon lm
vi, will be tnrown open to tne public
ai a Confederate muoeutn. The "White
House of the Confederacy. aa the
manaion ia called, haa been the prop
erly of the city ot Kirtimond for many
yeara, and lately lias been aaed a
school house. In IH'Mt an organization
known as the Confederate- Memorial
and Literary Society waa formed, and
soon after made a proposition to the
city, which ended in that society
curing control of the house for t lw
purpose of opening therein a muaeum
nd library. Tne nerrMary repair
have been almoftt completed, and the
building is a nearly in toe condition
it wai at the time of the fall of the
Confederacy a it ia possible to make
it.
Mr. Allen fPoo..) called up his res- honest terms of absolute equality
olution introduced on the 19th, con- But the record made on this subject
ftemine- the free coinaee of silver, in the momentous year of 1S92 does
In speaking he referred to the fact not stop at mis pomr. urover u eve
that Mr. Chandler had offered a bill land, the great leader of his party
aDDrooriatincr one hundred million then and the great Chief Magistrate
jn. for iu.r Tironaratinns anl I Of the whole People nCW. in aCCPDt- I Prealdaat
" fr.wf Mmv-aw- . . - - I
suggested that some step be taken to mg his nomination, addressed the
provide for the possible need of public in well-remembered terms,
money. Mr. Allen said: , which have been in nowise changed,
Mr Wrocirlont
Cerlyle'a Prephecy.
More than fifty year ago Carlile,
the great hngliab author, wrote:
"The Kepublic writ of ua will have
its trial period, its darkeat of all
hours. It is traveling the bigb road
to that direful day. And thi acourre I attorXET
atride, nor will it come by ordinarj
punitiv judjrmenta. It will come aa a
hiatus iu statecraft, a murder ju
bungle in policy. It will be when
health is intact, crop abundant and
the munificent hand open. Then so
called statesmen will cry over-produc
tion, the people will goto tbe ballot
box amid hunger and destitution, but
surrounded by the glitter of elf rule,
and rat it r, by their ballot, tne iron
strou faliMrhood, over-production, ut
tered by mi-tatcmen. and v iridic
ted by the fame ballot the infamoua
lie. over-production, thrown upon the
breeze by wrvile
In the next place the Jewiah bank
ers of America and oar own bank
ers have become parties to this eon
piracy along with the bondholders
and moneyed eorporaUoas. ownir.
says Congressman Howard, with the
millionaires, more thaa 1U3G bil
lions of capital, or ire billions more
thsn
ALL THE MOXET I THE WORLD.
As George the III. with bis hire
ling soldiery, backed by the moaey
ot England, demanded that tbe reb--ls
lay down their arms and contend
no more for freedom, so tboae gigaa
t'C money pcwta n w demand that
tbe people surrender np their an
cient and vested right to the use of
one half of the metallie-tmoaev of
tbe world, that Conrreeamaa Cut
now no more declared (when Sher
man first attempted openly to de
monetize silver) to bo "the money
of God, of the Constitution, and of
tbe great common people of the
country.
Hat for the truth of history. I
could wish, that the fact ehould be
forgotten that tbe law demonetizing
silver was framed by Ernest Seyd,
FOR THE BACK OF KXO
LAX P.
and its paasage by the American
Congress paid for by the bankers
and bondholders.
In Mr. Hooper's speech, la the
Congressional Eecord of that date, we
have these words: "Mr. Ernest 8eyd
of London, a distinguished writer.
ho had riven much attention to tbe
subject of mints aad coinage, after
reading tne first draft of the bill,
mid Majr eeiwaU myMtteiM, which
fttrt twcmytrmUd ante UU hiXLT
The President with a full knowl
edge of all these facts, adopted this
editors througn a
corrupt preaa. Ana I r ; j rermeJedtt,. nit!.
suv aavvavuvvatluaiEaj VV UV ABU
thus destroyed the
LAST TEBTACEOE KILTER.
and he is indorsed br the srroal load
ers of tbe party, and those
and Vlee-Praaldeet Mdrtetlfy
rCaaaldaW.
The death of Allen G. Tburman re
calls the fact that two of the three can-
'Idieatcs for Vice-President with Irei
necessary
ha .1
resident, it has become modified Lor contracted by the sing- 3entCte they will-ob,
for the Populist party to ularly able message delivered a fewLre dead Mr Hendrick. who wa. for the deTU if nominated by the
His language
.k a stand here. It will not do to days ago to tuis oody
permit the President of the United was as follows
7m . . i a - 1 ? I 3 I 4 m a . i i -
states ana ms aisunguisaeu - "ine people are entitled to sound
ciates here to carry off all the glory and honest moneT, abundantly sufS
and honor; it will not do to permit cient in Tolume to supply their bus
the Democratic party and the Be- J iness needs. But whatever may be
publican party in this Chamber to I the form of the people's currency.
take away all the glory and honor J national or State, whether gold, sil
incident to a discussion of the Mou-1 ver, or paper, it should be so regu-
roe doctrine. It is necessary that Mated and guarded by governmental
the Populist party shall have a l jetton or by wise and careful laws.
standing here. Realizing, as we did
and do, that the President of the
United States and his party, aided
by the Republican party, can not
" ... - -
waee a war witnout money; reauz-
that no one can be deluded as to the
certainty and stability of its value
Every dollar put into the hands of
the people should be of the same in
trinsic value or purchasing power.
With this condition absolutely guar-
elected Vice-President with Cleveland
in 1I, died in tbe early part of hia
term, and llr. Tburman succeeded him
on tbe Democratic National ticket for
ice-President with Cleveland in let.
It is also a remarkable fact that there
ia to-day but one livinr ex-Preident
and out one living ex- ice-President.
I be Jiving ex-I'reident fa Benjamin
Harrison, who ia yet in full mental and
physical vigor, and a candidate for the
Republican nomination in IK;, and the
aingle living ex-Vice-Ireeident i
Governor Morton, who is also a candi
date for President, although he has al
ready passed tne patriarchal age.
C'aet. Baaaett Za.
party.
Does not this lanaruare of th
leaders of the Democratic party.
who favor silyer, forbid us for on
moment to hope, that we can ever
have free coinage through the Dem
ocratic party?
When surer had been demone
tized, Mr. Carlisle, the ablest man
in tbe Senate or House, at that time
tbe great tribune of the people said.
to ore his own words, that this act
was "the
GREATEST CRIME
of this or of any age.
lie said it would prove more fatal
to the prosperity of the people thaa
would the destruction of one-half
mg, as we do, mat in consequence with tnis condition absolutely guar- laic Bassetr, who bad been in tbe
of a foolish financial policy which I anteed, both gold and silver can be I service of the United State Senate for
i i v Vs.!. th... na-1 J - ...is a. ei ... h i v..ii .rf.. i
naS OOtJU DUrsUCU UJ UUIU luooo J- HieiY UU11U W V IU me I " J c , icm nwuimiyg,i,v,..i . m m,m - - ' B L J
Diaies isxo-uay pwuiw ' U' r..hi i i,o t..i . " I a mora mrinni Mow La the !..
rupt, we Mv "?Y ;-? Who dares m tbe faee ot the clear .fte, be was appointed a pare in the man family than all the
flrat anil most essential uusr m war j ..i;.;. -ni. -i,;.!. t k... ;. t, i -,.." .. .
: mL" it-:- y j Dnae uj aniei ntwrr, ana six I nSTTLXMCZA. AXTJ TAWTXU
is mnnRT. l HHrKlurn uua inuiuuvui...! n ..t,aA that K.i i m .a mnnmji ' r
was. inrrndnfted exoreSSinGT it aS the I . I .it inn nf mMnM anil nf !! I OX all time.
unu nf the Senate that it was es-1 : .u. n am .a ia I assistant door-keeoer. lie waa one. if I And that it was a fatal stab to the
a mmm a, faAaw aaiT V J B. vU iuia ec VAa StlVUvl I m mto m
sential for the finance committee to bnt we.rinir. for the sake of an not tD TerT Ilt of th few offletata of I constitution of the eountry and the
innnin. intn and determine whether I ,,: .v.' t.; . v.:A.i I the government who nave remained la I libertaasoz taw people.
SVM t Wood oolicv. in yiew I " ""v - the public service since tbe day. of But alas! we noon hear of this
of this great emergency, to open the gir who h the hardihood U a " ehpiou of t jwbys right
mints: of the United States to uie I nr n ;nK;nnatA that Rmr Snbaeriba for the weekl-r (?attt. I swzwwey ao avasavois w im km
dissembler,
Oontinuedoo
2pag.l
or
1 Cleveland is
for the) weekly
man I SXaX $L00 a year.
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