Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-10


and placed before the people, in order that
il might be raised by d proper assessment
provided the ;mpr6yelnent was one that
was reasonable, lust. and proper to be
made.
But. without passing upon the reasonable.
ness or Justice Of these bridges yet, u, the
same tinc the t-ernIpr,t condition should
bc followed, that estimates should he
made, that county rates might be assessed
and the people should know in addition
precisely what their expenses are to be, in
order that they might honestly meet them
PAY as YOU 20 is a plain, honest rule Of
business, and that is what the people Of
New Castle county, the taxpayers and the
property owners have a right to ask of
those who presume 10 spend their money.
,,. 49, 49,,
""H '' pS r"'op oF'
Fellnw-citi2ens, it is not only in regard
to our State we are proud; | point to this
record; challenge Il denial of my correct
ness; and say to YOU it il something for
u man to be able to say and for men like
You to hear, every one with absolute acqui-
escence in its truth; ii Is great thing, and
God grant that 10 years hence men may
still regard the honesty and good credit Of
the little commonwealth in which we live
appauSeE but we are proud of our vast
aud great nation; proud of uur great
country and we are called upon to elevate
bllT lllDtS ana VI expand our ltGllItlsS III
the contemplation Of its imperial interests,
Ii is not the day ot small things or small
men or small thoughts; it is the day Of
glorificaton Of the faculties of the human
mind, and i'll appreciation or this and
that we are American citizens let us APP
proach these subjects in u high spirit,
| striving our best to comprehend our great
duties and destiny, il I'VE can properly
\ comprehend and execute these duties.
What are the questions before She
| American people? The chief one of these
issues and questions is one that has come
| down through the ages, the records of
mntest anti1'1itv graven ,,nnn thc Great
stones that hold the history of Egypt
thousands of years ago, long before print
| ing was invented. when men wrote on
leaves and carved upon stone-the subject
of the taxation of one man by another,
the taxation of a people by their rulers,
was always a profound and interesting
and most important question. Nine-tenths
aye, nineteen-twentieths of the bloodshed
| that the world has witnessed have resulted
from the sense of injustice in the i'm
position of the burdens OF taxation. 1t is,
therefore, an enduring question:; and the
great question how much of the money
that each man earns by his labor shall re-
main for his use in his own pockets, and
how much, without regard to his will and
and without his consent; what shall he
have when the days work is done; what
shall remain when his lifes work is done,
to transmit to his posterity; to call his own;
and when you ask this question the answer
will belt depends upon how he has been
taxed. Applause | want to come to
that question and to deal with it as briefly
as may but before that there is another
question that forces itself and is sought
10 be forced upon this canvass, and in re-
gard to which have been asked to say a
word; it is in regard to the banking system
and the currency.
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AN HONEST CURRENCY. Nv
Well, nv friends, you can scarcely
name one more important. Sound money
to the people is like sound blood to the
human body; an unsound currency breeds
countless evils in the body polite lust as
uusound blood breeds disease in the
human body. You can scarcely overratt
il. IL is one with which early in nv life
became interested and which in nv hum.
ble wly / have studied and endeayored ID
inform myself upon, and its importance
and strictness have grown upon me SO that
may saw 10 Won that there has been nC
man d pttblic representative Of the Ameri.
can peupLs. Of either party. in aithe,
branch Of Congress-. who has been so con.
yicteH 9i anu SO steaoiiy "iherehs 70 IN,
who stands before you. [Applause.l
know its Importance and, knowing it.
have no compromise to make on the sub
ject. never have compromised in prlnci-
pie upon il ami could not without sin
ming against the light that has been lent tC
me. This much want to say, simply tC
recall to YOU who know me and know
something of my record, how determined
! am that never will assist in promulgat
ing II doctrine of false finance or false
money TO my country. Applause, 49,.
We have had a great and useful expert
encc i'll the last thirty year,. We have
learned more upon the subject of the cur
rency, its laws, its necessities and the safe
guards required for it than we ever coult
have known before and my friends, it i!
perfect nonsense for any man to talk u
the American people going back To tn,
systems of banking aad currency that pre-
vailed thirty-two years ago in the unitct
States. There is no more possibility o.
adapting the business of this country t.
that machinery than that you could Z,
back to the transportation of men ant
! merchandise i'll carts and wagons and by
horsepower instead Of by railway train!
and steamboats,, because such were tn
arrangements of thirty-two years ago
7 than YOU could take the oak and put i
back into the acorn from which it sprung
BANKING AND CURRENCY.
RorI,ire, ;s nnn THING and curra,,c, i
! ,,l',I'an t59ir,, Tha svstan, ~, ,,oti;S,a a /
l hn,'i. hnUii n'naiTca was fsren bndii,, frn,,
'a'I' sna law of the state If Sew ynri, M
Iaiu n, 20 lsS Non, m WI had nvary Teat,rn er.r,
nv ,,rooo,,tinn ol If safaiV tha The n,tion6
LII. t'S','.' H. AMI fhc t;srInm Of Sn"retar'
haSa ~ ~ H. H.. assaci,as Who were
III -, ~ f,,r tit,anra il, tha "a y
,,oars m,a,a 'l If the wnr simnIw fooit liz M
Vmr T., Ia, w an w." "rn",'isi if ~ thn frnnn
II u Is y on ~" cyneIent a, system, well ruardel