Show DEMOCRACY SILVER extract froam out by a tho committee appointed at a recent meeting of democrats who favor tho freo of sold and silver at a ratio of 16 to 1 has issued an address to tho people of Tenne iseo this committee is composed of james M head of ani h ville ex casing young of memphis stata senator W L ledgewood of Knos villo albert T manoal of bolivar and john J vertrees Vert reea of nashville after setting forth the authority upon which it issues the address the committee says notwithstanding the fact bo democratic party has always been the party of the people and gave to the country those great teachers choso whoso names are always upon the lips aheu wisdom and patriotism are to be mentioned and notwithstanding the fact that the republican party has sinco 1805 been the rendezvous of the plutocrat the harpies of industry and all tho ravenous beasts of finance notwithstanding tho fact that for almost a generation after the war between the states democracy fought unhorsed and in do feat tho confidence of the people never waned but remained unshaken tho fact is not now to bo distinguished that since abo beginning of mr Clev elands present administration the people of tho united states as well as of tennessee have so acted and voted aa to reveal a waning confidence in the party that in the past haa battled so nobly and done so well the state election of 1894 as well as those of the present autumn everywhere aro the witnesses to our decay while many could be mentioned kentucky our sister in all things need only be named while it ii doubtless true that not one but many causes conspire to produce this result it must also be true that there is one great master cause that lies deeper than them all a key cause which will unlock he whole what is it that impairs the confidence of the people in the party of jefferson and jackson and polk and johnson why is it that the bugle horn of democracy in the year 1895 has tailed in every democratic state save one in which it was sounded to rally democrats as of yore it is because they have lost confidence in the democracy of the administration tra tion while they feel the hand of esau they hear the voice of jacob the representatives of the party in the state our senators our governor our congressmen with possibly two exceptions stand where our fathers stood on the great question of the hour but they anro powerless against the mighty man of the east and why is it that the blighting of the confidence of our people in mr cleveland has shaken their confidence in the party itself men may reason and sing and grind and play and war and talk but all the time they must have their daily bread they must live their wives and children must live pride impels them to acquire riches experience admonishes them to prepare for old age consequently the thing that affects their live is the thing which grips them in these times of grinding labor sharp competition and small returns for labor and skill in this country the currency question is the practical living question with man indeed it has been so for generations and the reason why democracy has always had such a strong alio pre 1 cents and the practices of the party upon tho practical question of money the currency have been so true money is then defined and the obvious necessity and advantage of some common standard of value is discussed it is stated that years ago abraham paid ephron for a field shekels of silver current used ever since the money value and the bullion value of coida are discussed and it is stated looking above the certain it is not to be denied that the surest money is that whose intrinsic value or value as a awo commodity is the highest but the chief value of money is its value as currency and thero aro therefore very many other things to be considered besides the merchandise value of the substance out of which money is made continuing the address bays the result of human experience is that the safest course is to coin both silver and gold this was established by the centuries before the united states government wa ordained tho declaration in the constitution in that no state should make anything but gold and silver coin a legal tender was but a recognition of the conjoint value of those metals as and for the purpose of money speaking of paper money it says when it rests upon the faith and honor and is supported by the power of tho government it is as good as the government itself and money which is as good as the government of the united states is good enough money for any man abo man who wants money more enduring than the republic is a miserable enemy to abo republic itself nashville special in atlanta constitution oh how wo the prosperity of the country continues with great eagerness the first national bank of wellington ran has joined the angela with ns wings in the next world the bank at ash giove mo has yielded to the grim monster of contraction alio state bank at gothen burg neb lias flew up lie flue the state bank at washburn wis has vanished with much cash judge woods haa granted coffin the wrecker of a great bauk at indianapolis a new trial business houses all over the country aie glika a row of bricks and alio concentration of wealth into fewer and fewer hands is accelerated whoop cm cupl glorious eyetoo to vote aorl long island kan leader it has chanced MM as originally intended was a medium of exchange today it is a medium through which to enslave the people it appears to have loat its original function denver road |