Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-08-19

withdrawn and all mortgages foreclosed
II these arc merely prophecies indulged In
by those who have forgotten the provisions
Of the constitution, 1t will be sufficient to
remind them that the president Is empow-
cred to convene congress In extraordinary
session whenever the public good requires
such action. If In November the people
by their ballots declare themselves In favor
Of the immediate restoration Of bimetal-
Ism, the system can be inaugurated with
in few months
II, however, the assertion that loans will
be Withdrawn and mortgages foreclosed
Is made to prevent such political action as
the people may believe to bo necessary for
the preservation Of their rights, then a
new and vital issue Is raised Whenever 1t
is necessary for the people as whole to
obtain consent from the owners Of money
and the changers Of money before they can
legislate upon financial questions, we shall
have passed from democracy to plu-
tocracy. But that time has not yet arrived.
Threats and intimidation will be Of no
avail The people who in 1776 rejected
tho doctrine that kings rule by right d.
vine will not In this generation subscribe
to doctrine that money Is omnipotent
International Bimetallism.
In conclusion, permit me to say word
in regard to international bimetallism.
We are not opposed to an international
agreement looking to the restoration OF
bimetallism throughout tho world. The
advocates Of FREQ coinage have on oil occa-
sions shown their willingness to cooper
ate with other nations In the reinstate-
ment Of silver, but thcy arc not willing to
await the pleasure Of other governments
when Immediate relief is needed by the
people of the United States, and they fur
ther believe that independent action offers
better assurance Of international bimet-
allism than scrvile dependence upon for
eign aid. For more than 30 years we have
invited the assistance of European nations,
but all progress in the direction Of inter
national bimetallism has BEEN blocked by
the opposition of those who derive pecun-
larry benefit from the appreciation Of gold
How long must we wait for bimetallism
to be brought to us by those who profit by
monometallismp II the double standard
will bring benefits to our people, who will
deny them tho right to enjoy those bene-
fltsp II our opponents would admit the
right, the ability and the duty Of our peo-
ple to act for themselves ON all public
questions without the assistance and re-
gariless Of tho wishes Of other nations
and then propose the remedial legislation
which they consider sufficient, we could
meet them In the field Of honorable debate,
but when they assert thht this nation In
helpless to protect the sights Of its own
citizens we challenge them to submit the
issue to people whose patriotism has new
er been appealed to In vain-
We shall not offend other nations when
we declare the right Of the American peo-
pie to govern themselves, and, without Let
or hindrance from without, decide upon
every question presented for their consid-
Grafton. In taking this position we SIM
ply maintain the dignity Of 10000, 900
citizens who are second to none In their
capacity for self government
The gold standard has compelled the
American people to pay an ever increasing
tribute to the creditor nations Of the world,
q tribute which no one dares to defend
I assert that national honor requires the
United States to secure justice for all its
citizens as well as do justice to all its cred
tors. For a people like ours, blessed With
natural resources Of surprising richness,
to proclaim themselves impotent to frame
q financial system suited to their own
needs ia humiliating beyond the power Of
language to describe We cannot enforce
respect for our foreign policy 30 long as
we confess ourselves unable to frame our
own financial policy.
Honest differences Of opinion have al
ways existed and ever will exist as to the
best calculated to promote the
public veal, but when It Is seriously as
serted that this nation must bow to the
dictation of other nations and accept the
policies which they insist upon the right
of self government is assailed, and until
that question is settled all other questions
are insignificant.
A Word to New York Citixens.
Citizens of New York, have Travelled
from the center Of the continent to the
seaboard that I might, in tho very begin
ming Of the campaign, bring you greeting
from the people of tho west and south and
assure you that their desire is not to de-
stroy, but to build up. They invite you to
accept the principles Of living faith rath-
er than listen to those who preach tho gos-
pei Of despair and advise endurance OF the
Ills you have. Tho advocates OF free coin
age believe that In striving to secure the
restoration Of bimctallism they
are laboring In your behalf as well as IN
their own behalf A few Of your people
may prosper under present conditions, but
the permanent welfare Of Now York rests
upon tho producers Of wealth. This great
city Is built upon tho commerce OF the ma
tion and must suffer If that commerce Is
Impaired. You cannot sell unless the peo-
pie have money with which to buy, and
they cannot obtain the money with which
10 buy unless they arc Gble to sell their
products ut rcmunorative prices Produc-
Jon Of wealth goes before tho exchange OF
wealth. Those who create must secure q
profit before they have anything to share
With others You cannot afford to join the
money changers in supporting financial
policy which, by destroying tho purchas-
ng power Of the products Of toll, must IN
he end discourage tho creation OF wealth.
I ask, I expect, your cooperation. 1t Is
rue that O few Of your 1nanciers would
ashton now figure, figure representing
her hands bound fast with fet-
;ers of gold and her face turned toward the
asst, appealing for assistance to those who
i've beyond the sen, but this figure can
,eyer express your ide, of this nation.
You will rather turn for inspiration to the
leroic statue which guards tho entrance to
'our city, q statue as patriotic In concep-
lon as It Is colossal In proportions It was
no gracious gift of q sister republic and
tands upon q pedestal which was built by
he American people That figure, Libor-
y, enlightening the world, Is emblematic
4 the mission Of our nation among the
lations Of the earth. With o government
which derives its powers from the consent
t the governed, secures to all tho people |
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