'l’he battle must be fought to an end in tlifs
forum. On other occasions tlie senate of the
United States, in opposition tq the wishes of
the executive an<L a hostile majority in
another body, has stood firm and unyielding
against party and eastern clamor.
No sectional horizon obscures our vision.
If the contest for the people Is to be won. It
must be because against tlie selfish demands
of the east .are arrayed the united votes of
the south and west. The fertile acres of
your section wait for the plow of the hus
bandman: so do ours. You need capital for
tlie development of your great resources, so
do we. Both sections alike need fair prices
for the produce of the farm, and a stable
and sufficient currency.
It is for us. standing together on this
great question, to save our common country
from greater suffering and Impoverishment
than even the horrors of war could inflict,
and by onr united votes to maintain, not
alone the standard of both gold and silver
contemplated by the constitution, and con
secrated by centuries of usage, but to main
tain. as well, tlie standard of American in
depend .‘lice nnd American manhood. (Ap
plause in the galleries.)
SENATOR COLQUITT’S VIEWS.
Tie Prefers Hie Vherinnn T.nw to Anything
- Except “Free and Unlimited Coinage.’
From The Valdosta Times.
Washington. D. C., August 24, 1893—Messrs.
L. and B. F. Strickland and Others, Val
dosta. Ga. Gentlemen: I have your request
of the 21st instant asking me to vole for the
immediate and unconditional repeal of the
purchasing clause of the Sherman law.
