Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1895-06-06

an honest purpose on this earth, | cal
heaven 10 be my witness when | declar,
that it is the purpose that cherish this day
and this hour to tell this packed crowd 81
Owen county Democrats the truth, the
whole truth aud nothing but the truth a. il
Is involved In this question. These are the
parties to this issue, and before | have I'm.
ished | at least cherish the hope that shall
have convinced YOU people that it is the
plutocrat upon the one side and the Demo
crat upon the other side and one is backed
by the money power of this country rs well
as the money power Of foreign countries
and the other backed by nothing but the
Intelligence, the patriotism, the love OF
country and the manly courage Of the
American people. applause
defy the student Of American political
history to point me to single instance in
all that stretch Of the century that lies be-
hind US, when the people of this land were
ever confronted with the sentiment of y
| question that reached ~ close to the vitals
OF free government rs the one we are con-
sidering to-day. Your country in the
! years behind US was wrecked by the
commissions of civil war; your CONT
nent trembled beneath the tread Of \
million armed men struggling for mas
terry and power; bat even that dark and
bloody epoch from 1861 to 1850. fought
out upon the field of carnage, presented no
issue to the American people more Ear
reaching in its result more important in its
consequences, than the one we are handling
now.
Your liberties are at stake. Translated
into plain English, the question upon which
you are u render this verdict means no less
than the reclamation or loss Of the Liberties
that belong to seventy millions OF free peo-
pie. More than n hundred years ago, by
your own strong arms and stout patriotic
hearts you established as people your
claim and your right to entrance into the
list Of the free nations Of the earth Upon
the field of battle your ancestry did not
hesitate IN proclaimlng your right to indie
pendence, 70 grspple the English lion the
stoutest then rs the strongest now Of all
foreign powers, and wading through the |
blood and carnage of seven long weary |
years Of war they won that fight they |
the thirteen American colonies |
from English dependence h. the grandest /
heritage ever bequeatted to mortal man,
the position Of free and independent power. /
challenging the admiration Of the world in
your effort 10 block out free govern.
ment for your descendants They won our
Independence for us then, and the question
5 to-day, will We surrender that independ
ence back 10 the British power now. IAp-
,lsuse.I England tried 10 hold US IN sub
ection by the sword and failed She could
lot COW or conquer US with powder and
NTH ball, but after the lapse Of n hundred
ears she undertakes to conquer US bv the
more insidious, the more cowardly, but the
more dangerous method-by buying us with
,old. lApplsuse)
This Is the issue here. Men tell you in /
be discussion Of this question that one side :
ivored the characterization Of silver and the =
Their favored reconciliation of silver. Let 4
: understand those terms in order that we
Jay inteligently pass upon this question d
ne demonehzGtlon Of silver means that :,
lver was once recognized as lawful il
loney OF the American people. Somebody Il
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= '.>" n; YES, to change that relation and N
d'h u uNNh w ps--a"s -" @'~iHA '"S ia
loney for the payment of debts That is al
emonetzation Reconciliation means Sc
imply n restore silver to the position that 4
held in years gone by. Surely We can all y
Understand that. IL
Akutif NhFN AHAA NbA hhNAk NAN AhttN | n
hat one metal Is to bear 10 the other. a
That means nothing except the number Of {
rains of silver that shall be equal 10 one I
grain Of gold. The country is familiar I
with that expression, which is upon every
ip--l6 to !. Sixteen 10 one simply means .
hat sixteen grains Of silver shall be con-
.idered equal in value to one grain Of gold.
They tell you about the parity between
.hese two metals. Translate that into plain
English and it simply means an equality Of
the value Of metals. The metals are at
4 parity when gold dollar composed Of 50
many grains is equal in value to a silver
dollar composed OF sixteen times that many |
grains. These are the elementary propo-
sitions it is necessary that We shall under |
stand before beginning to discuss this ques.
ton, and trust and believe there is no
room for failure to comprehend it. No
matter how young the child it is easy for
him to take in these postulstes which are
indispensable to an intelligent consideration
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