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in the future as II isss always done iR the l past It will mol consent to put this coun- 1 try on a silver basis. which would ineyita- bly follow is4eYenient free coinage at A fatio os lG fo I. it would oppose the expul- sicn 0f gold rom our circulation.
 Farmers and Laborers suHsr Most.
 If there k arg one thing which should | be free from speculation and huetuation u | is tAe lnuu,y cf | country. 1t ought never JO be Gre snbieef of mere partisan couteh- tio1. N h-n 5.s gaat with our labor, ouf products Df aaH property We should re ceire 4a tlra money which IS as stable 1 a5ld afca-naa2 ia value as the ingenuity of h0rest iIru lUh make 1t. The debaBe- ment (. tue currency means destruction of VHiaes 10 ofr: suffers s0 much from cheap mG.les is tha farmers and laborers. 1 They are th, I.rst to feel it's badetfects and the ia4t to recover ffofl theni. This has beenzt4 t4e-unihjfm experience of all coun- tries and here as elsewhere the poor and not t!ie r,t'ii F.; always tle greatest suffer er9 from every attempt to deDase our nlaneg t would fall with alarming se- verity upon investments already made upon in'arance companies and the policy holders; upon savings banks and their de- ] posters; upon building and loan asSocia- tioas aGd tielr members upon the savings 1 of thrift; upon pensioners and their fam l flies and up0n Wagerarners and the pur- l IiA*tatIH@S i'J0fl 0A N+4E4l hsA6A9
 Uniimited lrredsemable Paper Money. The silver question is not tlle only issue l affecting oltr money ill the pending contest. Not content with urging the free coinage of silver, it's strongest champions demand that our paper money shall be issued di- rectly by the government of the United States. This is the Chicago Democratic declaration. The Peoples party declara- Iien is, That our national money shall be issued by the general government only, without the intervention Of banks of issue, be full legal lender for the payment of all debts, public 8ad lfiyate,9 and beadistrib- uted direct b the people and through l lawful disbursements OfLhe government" Thus in addition to the free coinage of the worlds silver, we are asked to enter upon an era of unlimited irredeemable paper currency The ques- tion which was fought ont from 1865 to 1Si9 is thus to be re-opened with all it's un- ueftainilies and cheap money experiment. of every conceivable form foisted upon us. This indicates most startling reactionary policy strangely at variance with every requirement. oi sound finance; but the declaration show tte spirit and purpose of those who by combined action are con- tending for the control of the government. Not satisfied with the debaSement of our coin WEirh would inevitably follow the free coinage of silver st l6 to they would D threaten the public by the unlimited issue 6f an iIredeemable paper currency A graver menace to our financial standing and credit could hardly be conceived and every patriotic citizen should be aroused to promptly meet and eifectually defeat it. In the Highest Degrse Reprehensibls.
 1t k B caase for painful regret and solici- tude that au effort is being made high in the coaAseis of lhe allied parties to divide the people of this country into classes and create distinctions among Us which. i'll fact, de H0t exist, and are repugnant to our form of government. Ghese appeals to passion and prejudice are beneath the spirit and intelligence of a free people and should be nle4 with stern rebuke by these who are sought go influence, and l believe they will be. Every attempt to array class against class, the classes against the masses section against section, labor against ea pital, the poor against the rich or interest S ain-L interest in the 'nited States is in the highest degree reprehensi- hle 1t is opposed to the national interest and instinct and should be opposed by eY- cry citizen.
 We are nota nation of classes, but of sturdy free. independent and honorable people. despising the demagogue and never capitulating to dishonor. This ever recur- ring effort endangefs popular government and is menace to our liberty. fl is not
 
 is old as government among men, but WAS never more autimely and unfortunate than now, Washington warned Us against it and Webster said i'll the senate in words which feel are singularly appropriate at this time: "i 3dlnonish the people against the object of outeries like these. 1 admon- iSh every industrious lah0rer of this coun- try t0 b. on his guard against such de- lu-faHs. l trll him the attempt Is to play off h,s passion against his interest and to prevail on hirl in the name of liberty to de stroy all the fruit of liberty.
 Proteoticn of supreme Importance
 Another issue of supreme importance is that Of protection. The peril Of free silver is q rnenuer to be fe ,rc,l; we are already experiencing .he effect of partial free trade, The one must ba averted tae other cor rected The Republican party is welded to the doctrine of OtectiOn and it was never more earnest in it's support and ad- voeaey than now. argument was needed to strengthen its devotion to the Ameri- can systcma OF increase tie hold of that system upon the party and people it is found in tue lesson and experience of the past few year.. Men realize in their own daily lives what hefOre was to many of them only report, history or tradition. They have had t trial of both systems and know what each has done for them.
 Demanded by the Public Exigencies.
 Washington. in his farewell address, Sept. li, 1i9G,-l00 years ago-said; "As a very important source of strength and se- curity, cherish public credit One method of preserving it is to use it as sparingly as possible, avoiding the accumulation of debt, not only by stunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of peace to discharge the debts which una vOidable wars may have occasioned, not ungnerously throwing upon poStenty the burden which we ourselves ought to bearo
 To facilitate the enforcement of the maxims which he announced he declared: Ut is essential that you should practically bear in mind that towards the payment of debts there must be revenue, and to have revenue there must be taxes; that no taxes can be levied which are not more or less in convenient or upteasant, that the intrinsic embarrassment inseparable from the selec tion of the proper objects which is only choice of difficulties, ought to be decisive motive for a candid construction of the conduct of the government in making and for a spirit of acqniescenee in the measures for obtaining revenue which the public ex- agencies may at any time dictate
 Animated by like sentiments the people of the country must now face tine condi- tious which 0eset them,
 "The public cSigencies' demand prompt protective legislation which will avoid the accumulation of further debt by providing adequate revenues for the expenses of the government This is manifestly the re- guirement oi duty. If elected president of the United Ststes it will be my aim to vigorously promote this object and give that ample encouragement to the occupa- tion of the AmericAn people, which, above all else, is so imperatively demanded at stt. .f rr al Nd,