The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-08-28
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I should mention them. 1t matters
not what kind Of deprecated cur
rency you have, II necessarily entails
many evils. ID any country where
gold has been treated unkindlY, whore
9 country has passed = depreclated
currency, gold has left tho country
have taken these, your wise ssy.
ings, from your speeches reported in
the congressional Record of January,
February and June OF 1874. They
were brave, manly words uttered in|
your better estate, worthy q great
statesman, but %, Lucifer, son Of the
morning, how art thou fallen from
heaven; how art thou cast down to
the ground which did'st weaken the
nati0ns.' Yet I did not despair Of
your return to your fathers house.
.Whtls TIE lamp Of life hold. out 70 burn,
The yilest sinner may return"
"Y0u took umbrage at my utter
ance to our ministers to induce them
to stand for honest money. Methodist
ministers are the most independent,
aud are among the most In :elligent Of
our citizens. They think Tor them
selves and vote as they please. No
bishop and no conference can control
them II, their political creeds and ac-
ti0ns. 1t is pride for me to know
that they are true patriots aud honest
Ia their relations to the public credit
as they are loyal to their country. Ny
remarks which offended you were
these:
"'I shall call your attention to what
I believe is the plain duty Of the
clergy, and shall urge upon them the
Importance Of using all the influence
they possess, IN the pulpit and out,
against the danger which threatens
our country
mo coercion; no pitting the church
against the state, but Tor them to
arouse the nation to duty as they did
when Lincoln called upon them to
save the Union. I propose to urge
them just as I would urge you to flee
from the wrath to come.' Whenever I
speak or write on politics I do it as an
American citizen, and no professional
obligations shall deprive me of that
right. You thought me indiscreet TO
publish my purpose, but I never strike
no the dark, and hence my discretion
and casasRe to say to the clergy pub
licly taatSI feel IL my duty to join
Republicans and Democrats and all
|good citizens to save our country from
this silver craze.
aYou say that when you knew me I
was a friend Of the people and SYM
pathized with the masses. Never
more ~ han now. I belong to the
!aboring hasses, and shall refuse to
|be imposed upon by the silver kings.
to take 53icents for a dollar, and shall
do my utmost to save my fellow-lab-
|orers from this proposed legislative
robbery, the whole tendency Of which
Is to make the poor poorer. Ny SYM
pathies are with the farmers, who are
mistaken when they say: Let US
try the silver plan; we can't be worse
off, They will be worse of under free
silver when the mortgage is foreclosed
and their farms are lost. This sad
condition Of the farmer and of the
wage Garner generally, and the pre-
sent condition of the whole country,
is largely due to the wild cry Of free
trade and free silver. We had pros
perity under Harrison, and we will
have it under Mckinley.
II have travelled through nearly all
the silver countries on the globe and
| have seen the baneful effects of de-
based currency upon the working
population. In those lands the wage
Garner, whether accountant, mechan.
ic, or day laborer, contracts for so
much per day or week. during
which time silver and paper currency
has deprecated. while the necessaries
| Of life remain at the price they
were before the decline, but the wage
Garner is compelled to take the de-
preciated dollar. You propose to
change this by legislation You can
not do it. The history OF the world
is against you. 1t has been tried,
but In vain.
''There is, however. u legitimate
remedy for existing evils. Create
business confidence by the electin OF
sound money men, like Mckinley and
Hobart. Then commercial confidence
will revive suspended industries and
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