The Forrest City times., 1896-06-26
CHAMPIONS OF SILVER,
Who Cut Loose From the Golden
 Chains at St. Louis,
Issue Manifesto to the People Calling for the Placing of Henry NJ. Teller at the Head of National
 Silver Ticket.

blOu JHt SuDJOlutu duuTcSS bO Ilt pSO- pie of the United States was agreed upon and authorized to be given to the press. While the address contains much in the nature of silver coinage argument, the concluding paragraphs show the determination of the bolting delegates to bring about the nomina- tion, if possible, of Senator Henry NJ. Teller, of Colorado, as the candidate for the presidency on platform hav- ing for its cardinal principle the free and unlimited coinage of silver. The address in full Is as follows:
 The Address.
 To THE PEOPLE or THE UNITED STATES Obeying the call of duty and justified by the common citizenship of this republic, we ad- dress this communication to the people and the forthcoming conventions of the United States In doing this we claim no authority or right other than that which belongs to every man to express personal convictions but we respectfully solicit the cooperation of all who believe that the time has come for a return to the simpler and more direct method of naming men for national service than has obtained in recent years.
 Political party organization is necessary, be- cause without 1t the individual voter is dumb; but the party is only the means, not the end: It is the voice, and not the sense. As the world advances in this wonderful epoch of intellect ual development and physical improvement there Is constant requirement. for better things The individual feels that require- ment and needs 1t, or he fails in life's endeavor Parties must also obey the same law. It follows. therefore, that the moment a party shall choose to stand still or retrogress 1t is no longer efficient to achieve the end to which the people nee- essarily destined. There is sanctity in mere party name; and the mark of decay is set individual strength in a nation when the absolute rule of political organization coerces men from the truth for the sake of expedency and establishes insincere submission to parti- san rule for the sake of power
 Recognizing the power and splendid achieve ments of political parties in this country, as elsewhere. we are yet constrained to believe that for more than 20 years no one of them has been entirely sufficient for the needs of the people. The great trend to better things, rest ing in the heart and purpose of all men, has been stayed during the latter part of this generation by the failure of parties to express "a their achievements the highest hopes and aspirations of the mass of the people who constitute the parties And there has been growing in this country swelling with each recurrence of na tional election-a great mass of independent thinkers and voters. which falling within itself to control has gravitated between the two great parties. Since 1872 (excepting, pos sibly the election of ls76) the pendulum has swung from side to side with each four years In 1872 the republican party elected the presi- dent in 1876 the democracy claimed the election; in 1880 the repub- lican party elected; in 1884 the demo- crats elected; in 1888 the republicans elected; 1892 the democrats elected; in 1896 (until with In few weeks) it ha> been conceded that the republicans would elect What has been the cause of this mighty oscillation of a mass which this year has probably obtained control- ling proportions? Every man can answer to he hag t,apn m al hph has had interests that were affected, if he has felt hope to see greater justice done and has seen that hope blasted, he knows that the general dissatisfaction has arisen from the fact that party promises made were broken to the people by party perform ance; he knows that so soon as the election was over and successful candidates installed, they became the servitors of the party and the advocates of a narrow and unprogresSive pol icy within which alone there seemed to be an assurance of selfish safety and partisan ap- proyal We have lacked q great constructive administration. No new social truth has been put forward in effective way. While in all the departments of phys ical life there have been developments and achievements Of and comfort to the favored of mankind, in the still greater and important domain of social reform have stood still or retrogressed.
 It is not that the people have not felt the stirrings Of determination that this inaction
 
 which has largely controlled men in and out of office. It has become source of reproach to any man that he should dare to renounce allegiance to organization. Men have been expected to submit their views to the dlctation of conventions, although 1t is common knowl- edge that conventions have been swayed to views and declarations not the most approved by the mass of the people nor progressive for their welfare.
 We do not arrogate to ourselves one iota more of intelligence, patriotism or courage than is possessed by any of our fellow citizens But we feel that the time has come for the performance of duty to the try; and for our part, though shall stand alone, we will make endeavor in the direction of that duty. Parties may outliye their usefulness; the truth never becomes ob- solete, Every generation of free men has the right to affirm the truths of past knowledge and present requirement: and is the enforce ment of these truths shall make necessary a departure from party organization, the people have this right and will exercise it until old parties shall return to the truth parties shall be created to effect it into law.
 If the voices which have sounded to us from every state in the Union an indication of the real feeling, this year is the appointed time for the people to assert themselves through such mediums as may give best prom ise of the achievement of justlce But whether we are mistaken or not concerning the general sentiment in the United States, we have not mistaken our duty in withdrawing from the republican convention, feeling that it is better to be right and with the minority in apparent defeat than to be wrong with the ma ajorlty tn apparent triumph.
 We hold that in the great work of social evolution in tn is country monetary reform stands the first requisite. No policy, how ever promising of good results, can take it's