The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-15


fdence was now restored. partially aho
because there is no doubt that Fonv
capitalists who wish TO force the country
TO its repeal have refused the loan OF
money until II is repealed. Transiently.
therefore, there would be some relief
through the movement OF money, either
purposely withheld or frightened into
retirement. But this momentary effect
would soon wear Off existing mostly In
the emotional nature OF man, though 70
degree promoted by scheme to con-
tract our currency. II would soon mis-
place It's influence. and the excited people
who have been persuaded TO expect great
relief from repeal would stand confront
ing the merciless conditions OF con-
tracted currency without corresponding
contraction Of either taxation or debt.
First. they would realize that sOme
nfty-four millions of currency which the
Sherman act now annually supplies had
suddenly stopped its flow in the currents
Of trade. with "a diminishing supply OF
money In present conditions, is It not
evident that the dropping energies OF
trade could not long be revived. and that
we would not profit by decreasing our
resources at a time when they need ex-
pansionf
An Eloquent Appeal.
In behalf Of the poor impoverished far
fners of our abundant land, who provide
ne basis OF wealth and get but poverty
IN return, whose products sustain our
foreign commerce, and are themselves de-
nled sustenance and competence at home,
who are now sustaining our public ere
dit with foreign gold, and are denied
silver TO sustain themselves, in behalf
Of the great masses OF labor, who turn
the machinery Of the world progress,
and get but scanty share; In behalf OF
our retail merchants who behold the pro-
fits OF business absorbed by the few who
dictate gold notes. while OF necessity
they must take silver In exchange for
their goods; In behalf of our manufac-
turers. 10 whom successive years OF
toll bring successive seasons Of depression;
In behalf OF our banks. whose creditors,
sinking under the burden Of gold, cannot
enable them to pay their depositors, and
I'm behalf Of the deposltors, who hnd the
shrinkage Of payments destroying tho
means II redemption; IN behalf OF the
railroads. whose freights from field, mine
and factory would increase II bounuful
money enabled them to thrive whoEa
stocks and bonds are shrinking In their
holders hands. and forcing them 70 fi..
their only terminal facilities In bankrupt
courts; in behalf Of the miners, whose
machinery r1ists I'm mines OF ealth, and
vino have been scattered and driven from
their homes to enrich their rivals and
10 bend 10 British avarice; in behalf Of
the myriad investors, whose only hope
Of recovering the billions lost by the ac-
cursed sinking Of prices lies through an
ample volume of money TO sustain them;
In behalf Of peace, that strikes, lock-
outs, and bread riots may not disturb
society, that standing armies may not
become It's guardian and its menace. in
behalf OF the Senate, which has its dig
nifty and independence TO define. its own
respect 10 estimate, its record 70 vindi-
cate, and its faith 20 verify: IN behalf OF
the West, whose advancing footsteps have
been halted, whose progress has been
paralyzed, whose generous and hieh-
spirited people have never turned q deaf
ear to the cry- Of patriotism against the
fanaticism of section, and who VIII never
wear the yoke of any party that makes
them hewers Of wood and drawers Of
water; in behalf of the South, which Is
without mines OF precious wealth, and
without the boarded riches Of accumulat-
ed bonds and which only asks that you
divorce not man from nature, and tie
not the hands OF labor, but stand out
Of her sunshine and give her a chance TO
gather the fruits Of her honest toll: I'm
benalf of the East. that those who Of
our citizens are broad-minded, liberal
and brave may not be overcome by the
magnates of fortune, whose polite and
accomplished society IS now making the
same mistake that Great Britain made
when she Knocked the promise Of her
weaker brethren. and is drying up the
fountains from which she gathered slc-
cor: In behalf OF the Union, that it may
be a union Of hearts and hands in which
every citizen shall feel that his cause is
tie cause Of his countrymen; in behalf
OF both political parties Republican end
Democratic, VINO have the public Indebted
ness of their pnghted faith to redeem ty
performances here; and especially in be-
half OF the Democratic party the party
Of the people, that has carried the peo-
pies standard through storm, adve ;s,ty
and defeat, and has ever found truth and
fidelity its comfort In disaster, its min
is ters in weakness and the herald Of
Its final triumph; in behalf of America.
the Day Star Of the worlds hope. that
IT may not abandon It's great traditions.
dissolve its ancient laws and pr1strate
Itself 10 British dictation, and prostitute
Its high mission TO the accurssd lust
o. gold. l pray you 10 pause, consider and
deliberate, ere you murder the peoples
money in the temple Of its preten led
friends, and abandon the peoples cause
in the hour of its utmost need.
II great powers we have to resist, when
did America ever shrink before them?
II great efforts we have 10 make, when
did we ever show we were incaoable Of
making them? II great difficulties must
be overcome. why have we not the genius
10 surmount them?
When the people discover, as si-ely.
they will. that il is British greed that
has dictated your action, be assured they
viii not forget the actors; and those who
are now silent will drown the clanors
Of the street by the mighty shout of
American brotherhood each for ali and
all for each. and America against the
world