The Van Buren press., 1895-06-22

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already made. Send Il ont TO 0e
remoeest cus1ezB q IL n1d, uoo
cfhteT 70 circumfsronce. 80 nom I'm
10 BerheAa-Ose9 the counfTy.
GiIver cane hers 10 this coanfEy with
our foeefathers and foremeehefs. hAnd
IN hand under the law with god-:
nereuinated. Il ruskica3ed. It domtcu-
sfed With them' and became thus one
al fhe iuefitufjons Of our colonies. and
valked thus with gold and took h place
In tie Constitution and our hrst and
ereatest Secretary Of the Treasury. e
We have seen, takes II up with fnu
RECOGNITION and 6xes its place In the
6nsncial transactions Of the country
ana It thus continued on under AL CIR.
cumstances as such till the dismal
period Of 1873 already referred to. Yes
Tor forty eight years after the adoption
of the consultation Of the United States,
the riaht Of tie people TO have ree
coinage Of silver. - well .. 9osa, W.
not only distinctly recognized. but care
fully projected By Coagreo
I cannot believe silver = worthless
and valzeleM - the single standard
advocatss claim q 70 Be. and that q
deserves the treatmeat they instse n
shall receive. Il was ''carrent money
vith tie merchant when Abraham
boueht the Aeld Of Machpelah In which
70 bury Garah and II has been % almost
ever since, and l cannot believe any
eoupd reasons can be given why II
shOald not now be %.
I cannot help believing that our
country \ big enough IN territory. tn
eoil and climate, in al the appliances Of
the arts and sciences, IN all its different
interests Of III people. In energy and
honesty and IN name and character. 70
6x its own standard Of value, without
waiting for or dancing attendance upon
foreign powers. Let N 6x them and
these foreign powers can follow. II they
will. but let % 8x them.
Il n not possible there 4 any real
basis for the fear sometimes expressed.
that bringing silver back to II proper
status viii cause foreign nations to
dump" all their silver here and
smother usi Where is II. 10 this extnt.
to come fromf Who has got lit The
emptiness Of this charge was fully U-
posed BY Senator Jones. Of Nevada, In
his remarkable speech-a very pandect
Of information ON this question and
cognate questions delivered In he
United States Senate In October, 1888 (;
and in that speech Senator Jones showed
conclusively, II there were grounds for
such Q fear, we could easily, by wire
and judiciOus laws, protect ourselves
against any such efforts.
Is It fair to degrade, demonetihe
silver. and then to complain It b Ud
little valuef This, with all due respect
10 everybody, b bordering on the
vulgar legerdemain Of sophistry ~
Il taking advantage Of one' . own wrona
1T b complaint that one cannot see
after himself stirring up . dust-it b
the logic the wolf used against the Lamb
1T n TO alle9e the source Of the stream
has been befouled and poisoned by II
mouth-the effect y put before tie
cause-and indeed 1T b 10 vindicate
oppression by pointing to the dsprsvar
ton which oppression has produced. -
This mode Of argument lacks thAt
element without which NO human
speech or conduct h Of value or entitled
to one moments respect-fsirness.
This absent, and the words arc mean.
ingleas and empty. And the Gauss
driven TO this hind Of assertion must, n
the nature Of things. be helpless, what.
ever Of intellect or high pstrioti1
purposes may come to ito support. Thl
friends Of silver need not dread OF fea1
such weepons-they can meet then
successfully. I am confident, on aI
parts Of the ground. and they shoult
put on their armor and gird themselva
Tor the struggle, until II IL completed b
. finish.
And now and here. Just - soon n
possible, this controversy should b
settled; no more straddling, no NOR
postponing; The country and The busi
ness Of the country, regardless O
personal or party ambition or success
want II settled, and they are entitled Il
have It settled - quickly - can BE-
Let business and the laws know sns
understand each other and adjust them
selves accordingly, for nat till then vii
the country be prosperous and at eas,
again.
We, Of the United States, Of Il
people Of the earth, by this time ough
to know, and / think We do know, th,
great unwisdOm Of tampering with ani
d0dging questions vital to the country
This delayed much more, and sickness
prostration, paralysis and death ar'
near at hand. And much will,
venture to say, depend upon the actor
Of this convention, and With . heart full
Of Wishes for III complete success 4
will, do hope, come mAnfully ant
squarely 10 the work and announce II
views In no uncertain terms.
Very respectfully. yours,
A. 81. GARLAND.