The Monticellonian., 1895-09-27

since 1871 is only about ten per centum. Ger ta1nly this did not cause the fifty per ceutum
 decline m the bullion value of silver
 WOULD IT MExIeANIzE THE UNITED STATES.
 We are told that Inc free coinage of silver
 would place Us alongside Of Mexseo Japan, | India and other barbar Us couutrlss. l think | II wa one of your fraternity Wta u8d that the | difference between this country and Mexico
 Is that Of men and not of money These ! countries are without good governments, have advanced but little in the scale ef civilization. i have and comparatively no foreign commerce. i Are they more barbarous now taaa they We're 1 ID lsf3E Is Germany any nor civilized now
 than she was ia 1887 when s#e aemoaet zea i gold and adopted the silver standard. When i old France Teach her civliati0n and greatness 1 among the nations or the worldf Certainly i long before she ceased to com silver. When 1 did our own beloved country show the greatest l growth in population and prosperity among 1 tae producers | was under the fTe coinage | act Of 1857 which had the approval of the grand l old democratic president Andrew Jackson h 1 lse9 the farmers Of our country owned more 1 than one. half the wealth, now they own less than twenty per eentum of it.
 l Ihe United States. leaving ont Alaska is l arser than al Europe leaving out Russia, l and Mf MuHhaH estimates that the produc. l tive capacity Is greater than Great Britain, 1 Franco and Germany combined The balance 1 Of trade against Us in the go using countries i IS less than S54009g90 against which we have in 1 our favor with Great itaiu over 51i0UOO GOO l The merchandis transported on our railroads 1 Is double that carried on all the railroads Of 1 the world, and that carried on our waterways 1 Is estimated at one fourth Of the railway traf- | iie. The grow and power O. the United i States can a. well be shown by it's railways as 1 anything else. Fifty years aeo We had no | railway but now we have l76O O00 miles, the 1 ya6e 0i which cannot be expressed iu the 10. l tai coined money Of the WOr d.
 admit that cur country has adH#Hee1 since 1 1873 and vii continue to advance ia spite of the hiaderances O the siuge gold standard | but the Improvement would be much more ! rapid and the ble sings much more general if i We had the free coinage of silver. I am not one of th se WHO beiieve tha1= =tHe An9lo Saxon l ace vii ever become slaves and serfs Nc gentlemen If We are driven ta the auction l block to get uur gold our luutrE wItl get as much or more than any other, but every man l who is proud of our history and hopeful ot tae 1 the future should insist upon q broader none. tarY base and larger te.d for cur commerce. | shall Ne, when euE christian civilization s | Abe, when the count ess resources of our country are being discovered and deYeluueIt 5FHeH the proaaets Of the mine. firm and fac l teHs te be exchaaEe4 and utiIi1ea by both th6 gold and silver asIng people are increasing, l narrow She basis O. our businessg To admit IL 1 Is 10 admit tHat the Amt rieau people are a5eat ready to at business and 70 iato iquI l datlon. To fol oW Europe is tg vie q To con 1 spiraey 10 cheek he progress, socia devoop meut and christian sentiment ot race now 1 tae vanguard ef e58#8zatila. The adGgtidn of ths god standard ag the United states has re aaeea tAe price af a l zorms g4 property except l 20 q ul ses aad aszsz-
 WOULD IT DEHrGH us WITH SILVER. oufsids ot the bullion owned be fhe United States there is Bat itte in taa world. It k l es Imated that seFeaf F-tive per eeBtum of tue | pHeauet for the last year was coined The slg= zer tn Eu.oae iz coined moHeF and is the eaatsa eHt eff Ter god and e#Haa5aHes slae bY stde win and E coined at fatio mat tez 4Hres the loss ef Hhfee per ceHt8m and .rcigut eHafses both Waxsl 8a order ta get dollar of ne 1raatEr ya#H#= Besides We H#3fzf remember tHai th European coins are old and 1hat there VII b. e1nsidEEah lgss in melting Gold is nj l les8l tender H laiia and that country VIII Hat dump aHs silver on lis as fens as sil- vel is ii tine hands If the common people and 1 is the only money tbey have. The proposition for free coinage only involves the coinage on our part ot present stock, and then the annual inerease which Hauia be ab ut one collar per capita We nus aat forget that E8Tepe still coins silver on government account.
 IS IT 4 BHFEgIATioS eF DEBTS.
 am as much oan8se3 to repuHatinn as any one can be. In ug judgment there is only one Way tQ get rid of an honest debt an Hat is t8 pay l. but am just as much oHp4sea to rob harY and CCuLsc1tIoa ] opIose taa payment ot debts either in eheap dollars CT aear dollars. All private debts are payable iu lawful money unless otherwise stipulated ID the contract, al our pub ic daats are payable tnce#n -gol ld or silver While We make no prop s.ion t5 change th. one we should resist aJ every step the scheme oi Inc nond-hoders To alter tho other For both we shoujd insist upon pay meut according to the rms of the con5ra act In speaking Of debts it mi2hI be well to call attention D thp dgbf Q fhat rFaqf eraH{tlr n a. ton, England h tAe sense that tho corpora tons Of this an other countries owe her peo- rle she a creditor nation, but aet IS not for get that the government of Great Britain owes s3 800 0loolo which 5 about sgo per capita for each subject. Other European countries are not n good condition. Edward Atkinson said tfw years aso that the public debt of Europe had increased from two bllion twen tY-two billion dollars within the present cen tury For me do not believe that a national debt i> blessing and l do not want our goe. erument or people to reach civilization hy get ting in debt May the time soon come when our public and prvate debts will te paid. These are the great st troubles to our people. and With tine rIsIns value of gold thay cling to them did the .0.d Man of the Sea to the neck ol Sinbad the Sailor
 IS SILVER HONEST.
 I have already incidentally referred to this objection and ,ln only add that notwithst and-
 
 noanced and boyeotted by the treasury officials and most of th bankers since the passage of the Bland act they are today as gaod as gold uere Ur elsewhere. No one can ue found who has ever lost a uickle on tho standard Ameri. ean dol ar. The advocates Of the gold stand. ard say that this ts because 1t ts redeemabe in gold. This l deny and assert that hot a doll in silver or silver certificates has ever be n re- deemed in gold They are receivable for all debtS dua Q the Gmted States this and noth. ing more mas the overnment done or promised to do for them.
 HIMEfAITIsM-HisroRI CONSTITUTIONAL AND
 uEMoCRArIC.
 Silver 8 historic, constitutional and demo- cratic money. Since the organization of hu- man government gold and silver have both been usc3 as money. When the United States securs Il their iudrpendence si yer was fin use as standard money in the mother country as well as iu the colonies. It was distinctly rec ognizei by the constitution, and from the foundation ol the government following pol. ley endorsed hy Jefferson and defended by Jackson the democratic party has been the party of bmetaltism. favoring tbe coinage Of both gold and silver as standard Hansv. No political party in ihis country has ever de. elared in national convention agaiHs, the use of silver. For the al fifteen or twenty years we lave had three distinct financial policies presented 70 the country hy the eadeHs Of as many dneren' political parties n The sin gle gold stand with the national bank notes for currency, hieh has beea and is yet sup ported by majority of the republicans. do not say all republican, there are some republi- cans who do nol favor that policy. i.l The irfa fadeemahle fiat papar money al9oestss who make no distinction be- weeu metal ic and paper money, and maui that 5t shall bo all issu=d by The goFerumeHt to tha people in tFTf4 uDt x .