Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-07-31

tio"o W lis utpufCulc iOr Europe
wrote Che following letter 10 Mr..
Almet + jerks.
"Brooklyn, July IA, 1896.
."DEAn MR.. JENks;' or course, | was
glad to receive your sentiments con
corning the political situation.
have not said anything publicly, and
do not know that I shall. I'm not
IN position to STEAK and only hope
that those who are wifi prove equal
20 the occasion We; have reached. 1t
is time for moral courage. | could
not express t.; yoG all feel; but, de
pend upon it in HE hour of weakness
Hesitation, and dessrttOh. the grert
mind and heart Of tte ii1Sslfisli in.
t9ligeht peopiee Is h6G hifefing.-
Through MASSES 81 56bhistts and
masses OF immaterial fdut and lfctionn,
their sssrgate intelligence, nude up
BY Gre graduate 81 coli and eS'miamon
.olrnok:aaes with as6ttdhnsdf vision d, and
Gesh pems thiuigas tasyi not bS shap.
edi4 ,Rlaaiorm deEfafaliu6 Is Is they
would bave them; hsverthsfeiSa they
sec aud understand the rtihiti piiiposa;
and are steadfa,t t5 it. fbeir Kinks
are not eisordered BY this shameless
cry Of Anarchist and Socialist which
is being thrw%h Into their faces, and
whidh is ABOUT ali that can now be
heard from certain quarters which
might p,udeHtly refrain from such
vicious spihets. Such free use oi
thom is likely to provoke the inquiry
whether, for insnnce tie compare
lively few who have in generation
or less amassed, and who arc now
amassing, vast inflated fortunes out
OF the public by the issuing of uh-
told millions Of fraudulent bonds and
stocks upon the public privileges
aud fraaaahiea, to pay interest and
ans dividends upon which n proper.
tionate tribute is levied upon nearly
avery community in the country
Whether they are not the Anarchists,
Che endangerem Of our institutions
and Social nrder, Instead of those who
think it Wholesome ;,nb wise chat sucl,
e state of things, and the unrest and
Generalization caused by it, shobld
not continue. There is no jealousy
against wealth in the country. On
Che contrary, tEose who accumulate
wealth, however great, in any lfgiti.
mate calling, professional, mechan
ical, mercantile, agricultural; or 9Th
ers, are subjects Of emulation and
honor. This is truo Of every locality
It is wealth got by this means aud
by that, By trick and device, out O,
the public by means of public fran
chises, and of laws devised for th,
aggrandizemout of the few at the ex
pense OF toe many, which is under
the ban of the splendid inteligenc,
And moral sense Of the people OF thi.
country.
''The parts of the platform agains
which this vulgar cry of anaroy ant
sooialism is leyelled, though not speci
ned ARE obviously those (1) to tn,
money cuestion. ~ to an income tax
and ls) to Interference by the genera
Government in loca! affairs; for th,
rest Of the PLATFORM consists of tn,
usual commonplaces. Aet us see
in respect of the first. tie Republi
can platform expressly favors bimet
aiism, but holds that il is imprraesi
cable ia shis country unless the 9TH
or principal nations adopt IL, aud i
pledges ths Government to the u,
hloat endsaySts +, bfss'sSe about sucI
Adoption. The D,emb;o5;c': .as,fiiS 5laeforu
assesfsaks for bimetalisrb,; but RSYd
sh .S nation is strong and grea
sss sSasks the lead 81 The worl,