The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-09-02

than once in the press of the day and
the injustice of the citation of the
Tribune makes clearly exposed by
other citations from the same speech.
Moreover the attention of the Trib-
une has been directly called to the
injustice of what it prints and asks
its readers to accept as Mr.. Blaine's
sentiments in respect TO the issue
now before the people of the coun-
try. We have before us copy of a
letter sent TO the Tribune-which it
refused to print-calling its attention
TO one utterance of Mr.. Blaine's in
the speech from which it quotes that
effectually contradicts the inference
which the Tribune seeks to have IT'S
readers draw that Mr.. Blaine was in
favor of the free and unlimited coin
age of silver as demanded in the
Chicago platform.
'That portion of MIR. Blaine's
speech which the Tribune quotes is
as fellows:
81 believe the struggle now going
on in this country and other coun-
tries for single gold standard would,
if successful, produce widespread dis
aster in and throughout the CONNER
cial world. Tie destruction of sill
yer as money, and the establishing
of gold as the sole unit of value must
have a ruinous effect on all forms of
property, except those invested which
yield fixed return in money. These
would be enormously enhanced in
value, and would gain dispropor-
tionate ard unfair advantage over
every other species of property
snow, Mr.. Blaine certainly did
say this IN the speech from which it
is quoted. He said much more in
substantially the same line of thought
and in support of his declarations
that he was mot in line with either
extreme-with those who believe in
the single gold standard or with
those who prematurely and unwisely,
as / must regard it, would force us to
single silver standard But nobody |
can read the entire speech fairly and
intelligently without being convinc-
ed that Mr.. Blaine was then-and
would be now if he were living-ut-
terly opposed to any such attempt at
the rehabilitation of silver as the free
silver men propose to-day. The
utterance to which the Tribune's at
tention was calied-and which it re-
fused to print-was as follows:
"'If | were to venture upon die
tum on the silver question i should
declare that until Europe remonetizes
silver we cannot afford to coin dol.
lar as low as 4l29 grains
sin another part of the speech he
said:
''If we coin a dollar of full legal
tender obviously below the current
value of the gold dollar we are sim
ply opening our doors and inviting
Europe to take our gold. With |
our gold flowing out from us
we shall be forced to the silver
standard and our relations with
the leading commercial countries of
the world will not only be embarrassed
but hopelessly crippled
eat this time, be it borne in mind,
the gold value of the bullion in the
silver dollar was nearly ninety-three
cents. If Mr.. Blaine anticipated
such consequences with difference
of but little more than seven cents in
the bullion value of the two metals
when coined, what would he say now
when they are forty-seven cents
apart? 1t is an outrage on the men,
DRY of Mr.. Blaine to misrepresent
him as the Tribune does in its quo
tation; and it is still more inexcus.
able outrage on its readers and those
who agree with its free silver views"
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