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D5|sSSlsa br Ihs Whles " V.feinis 10 repre-
1.II It.~ n Convention. for ihe pufto<t d con-
tn|.in& % he Disastrous csndiiiou II lle eoqn-
ff4--.f6 ca61lt which have REDUCED a, within
ne Issi sen years. from prosperity 70 pdfei>i'y-
and he means 81 which is prosperity may Pc
ftsiott1--ot invite he attention, not. q ne
wings only, butof honest and patriotic mea &
~ parties ID De 6Iate. 70 ihe view. which re
AZ 1tSu, 10 submit They may Be said, indeed.
10 s. addressed. lslher Is our political opponents
lha1 10 or friends and ali that We ask OF hem
a 4 candid and dispassiona,e heating W ideiy
separated Iiom Is As theY NAY Be-. 10 feelings,
1S|lfSsI'r1 s61 trI1Iots| 'teI 1e ffi cponecs
I.1 With y, b. common i|||'|oIiops. b common
Interests. b. common cl8ory. n II be writ
fen IL he book of destiny. hat his last and
nq,l promising experiment on The capacity q
man lot enlightenment. is 70 prove an utter and
disefnteful failure, wings and Democrats alike
viii kfnau under The evils of anarchy Or despD-
ism. Ia Ibis hour Of peril and adversely
While i Is yes possible. By s.renuous eseriion 70
aver this common calamity Wings and Dem
oefats should hold counsel iogether and direct
their exeriions % common end--ihe Presefvs-
lion 81 or free institutions, and The restoration
Of our lost prosperity.
ConbITiomoF THE CopnTRY on Ma VAN BUREEi i
FccEssi0N TO THE PaEsiDEScy
Fellou-C Citizens You are al famiIiaf With ths
memorable declaration Of Gen. Jackson, 10 1887
on his retiremest from. the Presidencys that h'
ssleft this great people prosperous and happy5 i
nence With al nations; and hourishing beyond al
formef sample" But the sagaeioab Statesmen
Who opposed his tiolent measurements removal o
he denosftes and the imitation OF the Stale Banks
forefold with the accuracy Of inspiration, the evil
that must inevitably follow his interruption Of III.
commercial relations o. The country. What wa
the character Of this prosperity, wss seon visible i
the Sudden and overwhelming reyulsion. which, q
less than three brief months. folIovedthis sef-com
oiacent Raunt The pebble debt, Il i true. had
been discharged, under the authority of an annna
nnprppration often millions. ~ sinking fund. be-
finniax IN 1917. from the sbundant anetns flowing
fnto he national efers from The cusoins. and from
extraordinary sales of the public domain The Urea
sury was not oaly diseneumbered Of al is engage
inenis resulting from tive wars, but large surplu
kad been distributed 10 The States. An-Ample fans
was transmitted 10 Mr.. Van Buren, By his predeees
cor, and The party which, for eight years. hadreyrll
ed Id The sbofls, entered upon new lease Of olct
With buoyant hopes Of glorious harvest Tor elgh
years more. Bntshe seeds Of disease we're soun o
dcerlv IN the commercial system 81 the country TIA
there was not only diminulion IN the receipts fron
tke customs, Of more than one-falf in 1887. out
I falling olfin the land fund from the enormous .
moual Of issehtgf pe millions In 1856 To- seDen esil
fcns In 1887
hui with tiis rapid decline Of the means Of III
country, let y eewhether the rednetien Of expen
fes kent aprqportionhie pace. Facts speak too au
dihlY and intellikibiy FOR contradiction.
From oliieia statements Of the Treasury Depart
meni By Mr.. Woodbury. II appears that OH the Il
dsy 81 January. 1887, there bne in the trea
sury, arising from ordinary sources ofretanue, Q
SEVENTEEN MILLIONS ONE HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS