The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-14

nual eulogy OF his venial peccadiiio anu
his useful circumspection.
HIS INFLUENCE OK LIVING ISSUES.
In every living issue o. the day u 't.n
the prophetic foresa5t ana pricucai ~
dom OF jefferson. We have Just emerged
from the great revJi "Ion mat ctuks'
the land in blood AMI tears. ana - m
the war whose battle tluniers ,hooA ire
precincts Of both Mount Vernon and Mcn-
ticello. Slavery vas It's cause, mat
blighting bequest OF British avarice, iorc-
cd upon Virginia unwiiling.v. protes''u
against, denounced by law. but bltter
legacy from British kings. The hrst
measure he offered in the Virginia Legs
laturc, when but twenty-six years old'
was for its gradual emancipation. Moth
ing is more certainly written in the book
OF fate" he said, than these people are
to be free, nor Is II less certain that the
two races equally free cannot live under
the same government" We have realized
the truth OF the first declaration. let the
patrons OF force bills remember the sec
ond Slavery is dead. Its ashes remain.
Woe be unto him that bestirs those
ashes.
The world is wide. The Anglo-Saxon
is everywhere upon II. Everywhere he Is
he rules, by the God-begotten right OF III
tellectual and moral ascendancy 10 RUE
or II he die striking that he may rule, the
morning star of destiny shines over MS
grave. and the sceptre Of power springs
forth from II.
Discussing tariff, or money, or banks
or legiration, you will find him always
for America and its independence, ana
against monopoly; against the idea that
we may tax men into prosperity ana
make money based on nothing, ever
warning them against deludng paper L.
sues, strong for the basic metals, gold
and silver, the money of the people for
ages, and destined so TO be for ages yet
to come.
Is the theme education? No man ever
more perfectly impressed the necessity OF
higher education as sustenance OF the
common schools nor the necessity OF the
common schools for the masses Of the
people.
Is Venezuela or Cuba up for debate?
There is no phase of the question that he
had not anticipated.
OF the Monroe doctrine he was like
John the Baptist crying in the wilder
ness. lie foreshadowed IT In letter ie-
specting the Island Of San Domingo ana.
indeed, when Monroe proclaimed IL,
Adams had suggested and jefferson ad-
vised ii in that memorable letter in which
he said. 1--WE will oppose with all our
means the forcible iuterpositi3n of any
other power. as auxiliary, stpendiary, or
unuer any other form or pretext, ara
most especially their transfer fof Ameri-
can States TO any power by conquest,
cession. or acquisition in any other way.
The gun that Numbered YESTERDAY from
Washington was loaded and trained ~
Jefferson. The Know-Nothinss came
along in 1856 with secret conclav,s snd
PROSECUTING. and they met their Waterloo
in Virginia Henry A. Wise led the hosts
that conquered them, and his neck vas
clothed with thunder: but the liglt1 nys
of his speech were guided by taas mis-
ter. the spirit of Jefferson
Tho a. u. AS are abroad In the ia.'
now. Religious fanaticism thr>iiens TOT
and against them. but before they came
jefferson had provided a solution d me
problem. and the tenets of our Codsfltl-
ton furnish the touchstone by when 'tc-
tartan establishments shall not be fclsted
as a burden upon the State and . Is re
spirit OF jefferson that moves Over the
angry waters and says peace pc slill.
JEFFERSON on THE MONEY CT The
PEOPLE.
admired so much the speech NJ our
that dislike TO lissaLt from him in any
thing. But he was truiy JeGcrsorian
when he said. LET us thDaEn discussion
find the truth and braycly assert IL.
Joining hands with him In that my can
dor shall be equal TO MS own. Tile
secret Of Jeffersons power ard lcader-
ship" he says. was his staadfast deco
tiUn to principle" but l INST De eNcused
If | fail to see the applicl-i)a Of The
statement TO this summons 10 us 10
abandon the bimetallic money system
which jefferson himself helped 20 estab-
lish. Our party solemnly anl unf Ill
mously declared in national convention
four years ago that 1--WE hold to the Sc
Of both gold and silver as the STANDARD
money of the country, and TO the coinage
OF both gold and silver 'yithp II disc mi
mating against either metal or charge
for mintage. but the dollar unit of both
metals must be of equal i1t ia'ic arr eX-
changeable value" and II would sem 10
me that If we had "the stea lflst de'o-
ton to principle" which was so com
mendable I'm jefferson. we would hold 10
this principle, and not let 1t 20 at the
behest OF American usurers and British
bondholders and European Kings.
fully concur with the Governor that
jefferson would never have male an IS
sue between Colorado and Wall street or
between debtor and a creditor ciass' or
upon any geographical division, but may
/ not remind you that II was orr re
publican foes, and neither Jefferson nor
the party Of jefferson that did that very
thing in 1878, in stripping silver Of us
equal coinage right with gold; that II
was Wall street and Lombard street tnat
wero tho aggressors. not Colorado. nor
the West: not the debtor class. May J
not suggest that IL was the creditor class
that led the assault TO make silver debts
payable in gold to the detriment or ne
American silver mines, 10 the detriweE.
OF the Australian and South African gold
mines Vt Great Britain. and 10 th3 heap
ing up If burden on taxpayers, debtors,
and the common people. May not POINT
out that in 1873 the Democrats htlred
partially 10 restore silver in the Bland
Allison act of 1873, and have tried for
twenty-five years for its full restord'.
Neither my distinguished friend nor am
one Else can demand more firmly than
that the honor and credit of this coun-
try be respected with scrupulous hdelity
10 the plighted words" but when l read
the plighted words gold and silver IN
the Constitution OF the land which |
have sworn to support, and read the
word coin" in the public contracts which
| am honor bound 10 observe, may not l
believe mine own eyes and declare that
.scrupulous fdelity' would Say and pay
gold and silver and "con" fhich Is In
discriminatory either, as promised, and not
construe the words gold and silver
or the word coin" as meaning gold only.
Virginia made the Spanish silver dol
lar her standard Of value as Ions ago as
l6l5. and the United States made the
American silver dollar its unit OF coin
100 rr,.or,. ef1,rer dolIar of today