The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-26
ADEMOCRATIC FEAST
CONTINUED FROM SECOND rAor.l

p. ewoV from the forCe Oil question
ss,v tried TO make people believe that
.,,, had given IL UP. Why, ] was up in
n.y.. state Of Massachusetts few days
,.f,re The last election, and at a meeting
,, heard them talking about It, and
- said there in that State lived the
.s,r az the Force bill. Mr.. Lodge. lie
..-..cs 10 recognize his own child, and
.,.v we're afraid they would have 90
y IL 60 the po0r-house for support,
.5 vet my friends. in that very cleo
.~ The principles Of the Force bill were
o.. into force wherever the Federal arm
f...lcd: Put into force TO the utterm0st
ft,c poWcr Of the Federal Government.
- our city OF New York the power
.-ieh they have under existing legislation
AS used 10 the uttermoSt, and l had
.hin my own knowledge an instance
N.ulng how IL would be used. a young
.srrcman, an acquaintance Of mine.
-.,r, TO vote in the city Of New York
$40 vas registered from certain place in
t, c!tv where he lived. but for the time
t.,r his house was closed and he was
~ tre country, and when lay caINs TO
I.,nine the registry list Mr.. Davenport
y those under the Federal law found
,,,t this apartment from which the gen
.snan was registered was closed
Be had as much right to vote as any
.tlzen in New York. He was as well
Town as most Of the citizens Of New
work. and yet when he went to the place
g., cast his vote. what do you think hap
r.ncl 70 him. Why. he was arrested by
rorro United States marshal and march
81 through the streets Of New York and
t-oucht before the Federal officers. and
,tere was obliged TO seek bail and TO
sn5w that he was n legal voter in that
CITY.
And vet they were attempting TO tell
MS and TO tell you OF the South that they
tsa go. up the Force bill and It's
,riuCites. Their action in that re-
minded me Of Il story which I am fond
!. telling. the moral OF which they for
tsnatcly were not able TO carry out.
| felt much towards them when they
we're talking on that subject and trying
20 catcle you Of the South as did GER
toin German named Smithers lie had
been badly treated by a person ';alied
I,nas. All the little village in which they
liver knew Of this occurrence. ana one
night the clergyman of the VlilaSe In
Walking home from church heard MI.
Srrithers talking 70 himself in an under
tone. Smithers said 10 himself He so
o., hell for that" Presently the clergy
nan stepned no beside him and said: MIR.
srrithers. l overheard what you were tay-
.rr. and / suppose you were thinking tf
,fr. Jones and how he has treated you
Vow. we all sympathize with yoI and
.rink Mr. Jones has treated you very
idly. but YOU ought not 10 think OF him
as YOU have been doing. Suppose Mr..
1ones lives on for some years and repents,
1r suppose he even waits until he IS on
his death-bed and then repents IF he
r-eat wrong ne has done you. and asks
cod 10 forgive him. do you think then he
v..D go 70 her?" NO" said Smithers;
ono. ! think not. and Jones is just nean
enough 10 do that" Qaughter)
They did not repent. but their appear
aree Of repentance dill not deceive you
men Il tho South. whose votes hey
hored 70 get or to divide to the defeat Of
,he Democracy, and their fate has over
taken them.
Now. the other question to which my
attention is called in this toast-the cur
rency question. To that 1 was compelled
during four years that l was at Washing
toni have been compelled by my bust
ness interests. by my economic interests TO
give most careful attention, and l have
come 10 the simple conclusion that after
all all that is needed as 70 that, as We'll as
TO many other Governmental problems, is
TO apply in the largest possible measure
commensurate with TIE general inter ssts
Of the community the Democratic doc
trne Of individual liberty.
The longer / live, the more have to do
with public affairs, the more think uDon
them the more I am impressed with the
truth of the saying that the condition
precedent to the solution of all human
difficulty Is liberty (Applause) L have
applied the idea contained in this saying
even 70 this currency question, and 10
myself il has given quite q satisfactory
solution Of the difficulties that have sur
rounded IT. il has explained the mysteries
Of the history Of curI encies. II has shown
% NE that the Democratic party has II
. /. a. efrrr q
perfectly sound currency, which VIII be-
GOOD the world over, for il will always
bear in mind the true principles of De-
r1craCy.
Now to begin with, we have an idea
which is shared by men who look at this
lurrer cy question from all points of view
cold men, green hackers, free silver men,
many Of hem have an idea that there
s. somewhere in Government power 10
iufuse q value into something which
would Otherwise be Valueless, or TO in
crease the value in something already
Galrable by calling it money and invest
Ag IL with the quality Of legal tender
thought so at the outset. l thought
So before giving a thorough cohslueI.i
ton 10 the subject, but the more thoush
TIE more l was puzzled. The mole
thought of the histories of currencles
th- mere ineXplicable became 10 Ire lH'
phenomena which had taken place III th'
curreucies in this country, and in Othel
Countries. The whole history Of currency
Vas hlled with strange events "h'Cn
under this theory were entirely ineXpn
cable 10 me. But when 1t gradually
laRncd on NY mind that there was IN
such power IN Government don heel
institutional power, or anything oil ina
Kind. hut no such physical power-tha
TIE Government was absolutely poWeIles
tY DO that, then every phenomena whlci
had taken place became perfectly uiuel
standable and ! could see why IL an "%S
And what is that? What is that out III
arrlication. after all, OF our Democrau
doctrine that Government is not 10 II,
t.rfere in the private affairs Oh lhui'iu
uals. that il ought not 10 do so.
found that in currency so iar as M
STATE went. there WIS not only primer
r. Of policy-a moral principle IN tIl
r.ga-d-but there came in an appaIen
law Of nature. which showed tnat 90 ~
eminent. when II attempted 10 lhlerIei
between individuals in this respect Nd
utterly powerless against the law
IL would be TOO long were ! 10 atten'i
10 20 into all the reasoning which mas le
ri- IN this conclusion. Some time mop
H. write an article on this subject 70 plon
toe uroposition which l have lald GOV"
her,. tonight; 10 tell il TO you as nay
to.,ht II. and as the proofs have com
10 me through the histories of currehc
.'.4 -. .,o,,, time for "A whole eVenlht