New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-18
4 C1LL TO TETER1NS.
GENERAL sICKLEs ISSUES AN ADDRESS TO
HIS COMRADES.

GENERAL srCKLEs ISSUES AN ADDRESS TO
HIS COMRADES.
General Daniel f. Sickles. president OF the mon
Veterans Patriotic League at No. East Nin'h-
St has addressed open letter TO his comraues'
urging them to lay aside party feeling ana unite
for the defence Of the National honor Ills letter
is in part follows:
Mr. Bryan and many of his supporters are iIy 4.
ing TO combine the South and West against
the North and East. This is sectio13li;m-oi men
these guides into dangerous paths; or VIII Ion
rather follow Washington In irownlns s upon pDn
portion of country from The rest or TO cnIeenie
the ties %hTm nem ba nk become hatfi to
OF our old adversaries in the Souih' VINO ~ nav
ioyaI to their united country any of Us, -
Mr BRYAN proposes to pay all the creditors OF
V Would GeFrade ana disgrace US Naton in the
eyes of the whole world Among ne crcditors o.
p rns IN debased silver the 6ondhodsr lent his
money TO the Government to arm ana leed ca, a,a 10
a reduction Of one-half of the pensions awarded
10 the veterans and to me WIDOWS "a anu rsd
TORS of the Government must stand or 'ai H 70
gsther Many Of you are Ro sre end 5 Many
Of Won have deposited your savings IN SAVINGS
6 n ,6 Wopkshop or dependent IN snail salaries.
in public or private employment no All 20 rltu-
savings in silver not redeemabe IN g2lL as pro;
posed by Mr.. Bryan end his hybrid 3 me wouIS 10
nT1 the necessares of life would be doubled while
the value of the none m whch nsrv one
haH on the other hand, the farmers N2uI1 nov
be benefited, because they must sen 'net ppois 10
present value. based on god st@ptt Ia, -
produce ana s sDgTG Ie derangsi Employment
would be difficult to find Wages "ouiu 'V'""Oe
WI Rryan threatens to reorganize the. highest
court I'm The land that its decisions snail sausiiS
tbe demands of the Populists If elected. he would
tDa DEPARTMENT
obedlent TO his will He would destroy the mae
UonJsnro If the courts of justice This would
overturn the framework of our Constitution ms
Mr. I9rvau denies the authority of the President
and rho courts of the United States TO INTERFERE
with mobs They may with mpunl,y uS,u ,ro r
betwccn the states and obstruct the United States
mails and interstate as well as torelgn LIN hain
but the Government must look on poweristss' I I
less uaralyzed This Is mob ule-Anarchy II Is
Impossible TO exageerate the gravity Oh t's ohee
It really overshadows al others because IL
the foundations of social order ana cylIlz1uo Tho
To those who. like myself nave au ,h lat ~
and candidate presented By the Shieago 0o,''v pd
domnced nv millions of the best Democrats in the
Iand 10 man of recognized authority In hnance
t nrU Won are not Populists nor Socialists. nor
revoutonists. Read the platform auopteu ~ "a
Won will see that the last Chicago convention re-
ieced all the best traditions OF our nlslory aia
PoD,Ists and free-siverites and Socialists dictated
by Aitseld Tiilman & Co They reppdiatSed you on
claim TO your support Let us defeat them
Comrade Mckinley stands Tor al bo sa as me cam
didate of the party which Is resisting NatioHaI ms
honor You and ! can do no better than give our
otes n our comrade who manifested his love for
his country by shoudering his musket ana serving
ron We're fairly earned by his courage and his
Taith}uI Performance OF the duties Of an enlisted
man mar II he tH MIN ee to it that the principles for which
W tiI,l and he have suffered and sacrificed so much
and for which many OF our comrades gave their
iives are preserved ana nerpetudltu