Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-09-28
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DaDEs cannot i've uute-e q H4lyU l. u
debt. What more natural, then. thar
the desire on their part to continue
that debt? What more natural thar
the covert movement TO destroy hal
the real money Of the country 10 orde'
to reduce values, give 8 migbtier par
chasing power to interest when eOllee'-
Ell, and at the same time take from ths
debtor 20 per cent Of his capacity t.
pay? Il was in the interest Of nations
banks and bOndholdeFs that silver Wa
demonetized. No other reasonable O.
rational explanation Of that act can b
given.
At that time silver was worth NOR,
than gold
The present movement l. likewise IL
the interest Of the national tanks. tn.
Object beng to utterly destroy silver q.
money and to force the issue Of more
oOnds. Do you not see, Mr. President.
that the premonitiOn Of the daugeroU-
poEers which would follow the estsh-
ment Of national banks, which fiile6
the soul Of President Jackson, by pres
ent revelation establishes the supremf
evidence Of the j1iiee Of that Immortal
mans claim to the possession Of exalted
state=msnship?
Suppose your present program shall
be carried Out--yOu must see the ex
pecied relief will not come? The farm
er will get no more for his wheat; the
planter no more for his cotton. The
unjust, unnatural aud senseless direct
competition between the naked slave Of
India and the American wheat raiser
and the American cotton raiser and
spinner will not be taken away. The
evil is much deeper. What you will
cure is not even a symptom Of the real
disease.
You may say: "The people and the
press demand it," Send for the me M
bers Of congress, Mr.. President, who
voted for repeal in the house and ask
them what response the real people are
making, judging by their letters. Let
me predict the answer. Outside Of the
extreme East il will be; "All, save Il
few bankers, deplore our work.
AS for the press, when untTAmmeled,
its power is as benign a. it is Illimitable,
When It's policy Is dictated from the
business Office it loses its preOsative OF
an impartial judge and desceuds u the
plane OF the paid advocate. The mau-
agement deals with the banks Just now:
the editor is degraded and merely
echoes the cupidily Of the counting
room.
Mr.. President, you are fighting a ris-
ing tide. On present lines, If coutin-
ued; six months hence you will have
no party aud the love which the ooun-
try wants to give you will be frozen to
death. When the battle goes against s
sreAt general he orders a halt aud re-
forms his lines.
! am not in the confidence, do not
personally know your close advisers,
but judging by their words spoken 10
the past, neither the secretary Of the
treasury nor your leader in the senate
believes IN your present policy. They
cling to you hoping eventually to save
you, their FaFty, aud the country from
going over the precipiee before them. /
but their hearts are filled with fear
Call them to you, Mr.. President, and |
with them, the true men who iu adver- 1
'ity and prosperity have carried the 4
Danutrs "full high advanced" Of D.. 4
50 long, aud IL they % advise.
substitute for the sherman law. a law
Fhieh shall be just TO the producing
hosts Of this oDuairy, who now stand
n the shadow of despair Make the
workers prosperous and our forcIgn
'Eedit will take care Of itself
The mistakes Of ordinary men are
oon buried in oblivion. II you make
no such eloaks will meTcifuliy
= drawn over your memory. Because
Z your place, your acts, for all time n
ONE will be the concern ofl,osterity."
D. not make any mistakes.
20 aud look upon your newborn
abe and reflect that just As warm love
3 Is given your child encompasses a
million other hsbe-, bat that the love h
arkened by a fe-r of evils TO come;
he evils which attend upon umerited
overly, and remember that sorrow
nd want are the direct enemies of both
villzAtlon and patriotism; then rise
the fun najesty aud holiness Of the
ust that is yours, aud BE- president of
ie whole country.
i write 10 all respect, and with only