Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-10-20
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But We are told that ,he Bryan panic cannot
last forever that finally the business Of the
country viii adjust itscif to the silver basis !;
that then unrest viii ceaso and that confidence
and prosperity will return. No, the unrest
will not cease, for with the establishment of
the silver basis Will come the disappointment
Of those who brought IT on.
The ultimate result Is not az all uncertain.
After period II infinite confusion, disaster,
humiliation, suffering and misery the Amer
lean people will at last regain sanity Of mind
and arrive az in az some very simple conclG'
sions: That. If you call peck bushel. you
will have more bushels, but not more grain;
II you call foot "A yard, you will have more
yards, but not more cloth; II you call a square
rod an acre, you viii have more acres, bat
not more land and II you call " cents or
cent or Lit of p.pcr. dollar, you VIII
have more dollars, but not more wca!th-in'
deed, "a great deal less chance for wealth, Tor
You will have far less credit, because far Ioss
honesty We shall then have learned again
that the Wit VI man cannOt-ulthOugh insanity
tries very hard-invcnt an economic system
under which everything you have 10 sell will
BE- dear and everything you have 70 buy VIII
be cheap. And having got hold If these very,
very simple truths. the American people will
then In sackcluth and ashes repent OF this in
sane free coinage debauch. They will then
recognize how wise the great civilized nations
were in adopting the only money IN our days
capable of being the money u the world ;
commerce as their own money. We shall then
BE- sufficiently cured of prejudice 70 observe
that under that monetary system those ma
tlons have on the whole prospcrod, notWith-
standing serious evils and drawbacks uncor
which we do not labor, and that the rate of In
terest is lowest where the gold standard has
VI. .b.1 har, nnHar.fanH a that
it is u good thing TO have the neccSsaries Of
life In plenty and cheap; 20 have wages rising
and payable In money that does not deceive; ;
10 have capital inspired with confidence In the
value Of money, and therefore eager 10 go out
In investment or enterprise. We shall then
readily acknowledge how foolish We were
from the very beginning % our silver expert
ments In throwing away our gold for silver,
by which We lost confidence, credit and pros
perity. Chastened by adversely, We shall then
no longer bc tempted 20 repeat such nonsense,
but with laborious and painful effort We shall
work our way back To that money standard
which will insure stability and confidence AZ
home and enable Us to trade with the nations
Of the world ON equal terms.
IL - not my habit 10 boast Of a warm heart
for the poor and suffering But my sympathy
Is no loss sincere because ! Go not carry my
love and solicitudo for the common people
constantly ~ my tongues end. II there be
those who are satisfied with everything that
exists, am not one Of them. There are few, II
any, who sbhor that which may properly be
called plutocracy detost the arrogance Of
wealth more heartily than do. know. also,
that the industrial developments Of our time
have brought hardship to some classes Of peo-
pie which only the more sagacious, active and
energetic among them have been able TO
counterbalance prohtahly with its benefits
There are laws and practices which, had the
power, would promptly change, in the inter
est Of common justice and equity. But be-
cause am so minded ! must oppose to tho
lost n policy which, am convinced, will
ifnmeasurably aggrayate existing evils. also
know full well that large majority OF those
who support free coinage are honest and well
meaning citizens. wishing TO do right But
because ! know this, my blood stirs with in
dignation when see the unscrupulous Ell, Is
made 10 goad them ON to their destruction.
have witnessed in my long life ten presi-
Dental campaigns. but never one in which he