The record-union., 1896-10-13
The EmbasSador Calls Upon Democrats
to Vote Against Bryan and SoVall.
Writes a Letter to an Editor at
Wilmington. Delaware.
in Which He Says That There is One
Refuge for lien True to Democratic
Principles, and That is to Follow
the Standard of Palmer and
BuCkner.
BuCkner.

WILMINGTON Oel), Oct 12.-In
letter to Samuel Bancroft, Jr., editor or
Every Evening"" Thomas f. Bayard,
ambassador to Great Britain, has re-
pudiated the platform and, nominees
Of the Democratic National Convention
and advises constitutional Democrats to
vote for Palmer and Buckner.
The letter is in part as follows: 1t
seems scarcely possible that any one
could be in doubt in relation TO my per-
sonal opinion upon the serious issue
now placed before our countrymen by
the machinery Of the several political
organizations.
when citizen, protesting himself
to be a Democrat is called upon by
many or by few to yield his convictions
and assent to the doctrine that Con-
gress has the power, and can rightfully
exercise it by its legislative fiat to Gre
ate values, and, regardless of their in
trinsic commercial value, invest one or
the other of the earth's metals with ar
bitrary power as money and override
and alter at legislative Will or caprice
the ratio of exchangeabiiity Of such
metal regardless of the impairment Of
the obligation Of contracts, his answer
is not consistent with a Government
OF limited powers as defined by our
Constitution, but contains the quintes-
sence of tyranny, dishonesty and abso-
lUtism and is destructive of that NOR
ality which is essential to the peace
and stability Of civilized society. 1t is,
in plain words, a proposition to destroy
the institution of property and break
I Il
ton.
This one question, and it is an
swered sufficiently, justifies the prompt
and absolute refusal of constitutional
Democrat to support, IN any degree,
the nominees of the Chicago Conven-
tion and the preposterous claims to
legislative power contained in their
platform, under which the credit of the
Nation and the peace and order of So
ciety would inevitably perish.
''On the other hand, we have the Re-
publican organization, whose measures
and whose leaders have steadily Gre
ated such ticket and such PROPOSE
| tions as We're presented at Chicago.
while compelled to recoil from the
policy of the compulsory purchase and
coinage of silver, as unlimited legal
tender, yet it is insstently proposed to
employ and intensity the profound
powers of public taxation to prohibit
commerce with other countries and
thereby prevent revenue coming into
the public treasury-to levy taxes which
shall prevent the payment and collec-
ton of other taxes necessary for the
support of the Government, whose pow
ers are eXerted directly and personally
upon each Individual citizen and over
every part of the land or water within
it's national boundaries.
Every constitutional Democrat can
truly reply to such propositions that
they are fraught with such gross lille
gality between man and man as is in
consistent with public safety, because
it employs the most far-reachiDg and
sovereign power known TO the Govern
ent to impoverish the working and
poorer members of society, who form
the great American majority, and ag
grandiZe those already financially
stronger. Every man, faithful to the
principles of his party, can properly
refuse to aid the election of candidates
avowing principles and policies that
have so plainly led to our present dan
gers, and which are manifestly fatal
to the welfare of our country.
But, happily, there remains a cit
adel and an asylum for the political
conscience of any man honestly con-
vinced that the path Of duty leads him
TO keep steadily in view the great pur-
poses for which our fathers ordained
the Constitution for the formation of
more perfect union and the insurance
Of domestic tranquility; provision for
common defense, promotion of welfare
and the security of liberty to ourselves
and our country. Happily, candidates
are presented upon a clear and Unam-
biguous platform that assures safety
to the financial honor of our country:
to honest business transactions of all
its citizens, without discrimination as
to race, age, sex, occupation or fortune
THE personal reputation of the can
didates of the National Constitutional
Democracy Palmer and Buckner, is
unsullied and guarantees their fidelity
to their pledges, and their election
would go far to re-establish the nation
al health Of our country