The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-08-28

her war expenses ~ uemenuou9 levy upon
me French, me Er I people actually
lnEs and tFom pftsute places OF boarding
enough coin 10 settle the Prussian demands
and FREE France from the presence or the
invader me Yicton9ns arms nf the NJ
public eouiu hot Keep rreneh paper nt par
IN me Jays q ne oireciety The French
coin puIcnaseo lne S.efaom or Ffnnce frum
ner insa o.esl. "l.n.In tnls lefy generation.
,, ins tnllu .,.e ~ ! y WeceQed this
rsacn I'm Nv. ~. ~ asn years have
keW y un.n .ns Z. sI ~ Dse4asc u occurred
nere anu We leh ~. Y our OWE goverument
amons ouL os =. pooInss. ~ april y. Ito.
ins IN .sI. ~ Nreet Britain
anu tns sh Ds9An AZ Leking-
, Ts ,nnrih tbs contin.g, tne enc q
t svS I,.t 20 n1n onn y ~ congreas
~. .,.ss s,s, X X, bills
IL 81 S ,ss A.. ..s. ~ pnyment Of debt
o. hsS rson - 20 90 NJ e'sns ~ Inls pa
~. A ~ 90 ~. ~ n q ~ ~ lisV me
Hon hereto the segersl ceiesisa - ag aa,
issned more fhan $40 on onn sr FAC a..e
iss1s ~ ie.ai send.r morsx y, I ,s totai
, n.,. ~ .a,..,s.s snd ~ y she coru-
was more than $40, 900. The not,ia.
ton did not exceed 4.0O0.0 So fhere sgere
nearly $i20 Of legal tender paper In clrcu-
iatioI for each inhabltant This surely was
enough money 10 make everybody prosper.
ous on the Popullst theory. Bnt neither
patriotism nor courage couid keep ans
money a1oat. But one thing could 90 n.
and that was redemption In coin. That one
thing the continental congress DID not IN
Fepudlated. This u hard word But Il Il
truthful. That money had paid our forafa-
thers for their winter marches Ia the anows
OF valley Forge. That money had bought
the liberty Of the nation. Our forcfathsrs
had NOT the wisdom to redeem or attempt
20 rndeem this currency In coin and Il was
Tepudlated. In March. 11eo. conkfpss BIZ
decree, authorized silver to be received for
tlis legal tender money at7the ratio OF to;
10, That was even better than 10 TO 1. In
December. l7sp, they had abandoned any
attempt 70 redeem u AZ any ratio or In any
manner. ~ was dead ana uphured. leave
u 20 the conscience, 70 the Judgment Of ey-
cry patr4osic citizen, whittier he calls him
self fopunst, democrat or Republican, to
answer this question. II congress did not,
would not or could not keep the legal tender
national money or tho revolution at par with
coin Is 1t honest or wise for Us to attempt
the experiment nowi Arr we Drawer than
our fatheBf Are we more patriotic than
our fathArsf Are we more honest than our
fathersf
thus leave the contention az the Pom.
list party In behalf OF irredeemabie nsper
money. / do moi aneetlan their hcnc.,tv vF'fi
do not question tfelr uafriotism. 4 al not
question their courage. on TOO many deids
the men OF this marty. whether from the
North, the South al tie West. have abowr,
that they dared TO do ard "a die for what
they thought right. S0me of than fnllAWAH
the stars and stripes. They were brave men
and believe them honest mon. i have NO
sympathy and no m tinnce with these who
sheer at them or reyile them. They are nv
countrymen. They are onIy irving IN a.
what the trnders nnd tho mannfaetrfars and
the land owners OF France tried 10 AZ nnfler
the Bourbon Louis and unser Tho s.rd ~
John Law. But hid them rememhSr that
the attenint then maze srda,. tts ,,,n.t en-
heightened mona rental roverrmant ~ En,ora
Ing 10 do what the rrnuhiicans N Erance
triad h d at Inc clo.o ~ Ne "a 81 ..e.,,,v
AIlrabeau, who led In the attempt, was the
most eloquent man In Frunce. / sometimes
fancy that his eloQuepce may have been NJ
great us that OF tho distinguished orator
who dnxzled and captiyated the Chicago con-
yentlon. They are no drawer than were the
French troops who followed Napoleon at
Lodi and MHrengo and who were paid in
such paper money and who finally used their
Inst payments us wads with which TO load
their guns. What the French republic could
not accomplish the Populst cannot accom-.
piish. What our continental forefathers,
with Washington us leader and Jefferson as
counsellor, could not accomplish my Popu-
list fellow-citizens cannot accomplish today.
! know them 10 be honest. know them 10
be brave. but I beg them. by the lessons
OF history and by the memories OF the con,
tinental struggle and the Reputation OF the
continental currency, to desist from the Of
w
for their good and our good and the good
OF our common country. They must be de-
feated in this unwise and unfortunate AS
sauit upon the labor and the savings OF the
people. peteat them now thoroushly, nnal-
y, Somnletely, ana before TINS generation
s sn nays PASSED they VIII thank you Tor
.neir ueieat. Just us tne brave soldiers OF
lne SCUM touay acknowledge that their
states IRE Detter without slavery and that
, rne Mciory OF tne Union mas made them
~. .ne supleeIs Oh tne NORM, nul me lei-
low'citizens OF united and powerful ma.
ton.
And now let us consider the demands and
the attitude Of the Democratic party.
Let US try to 10 this fairly, suunrely and
Justly II know my heart do NOT wish
TO pettlfog the question. Wish to get Mt
the truth II Gun.
Mr.. bryan is the candidate Of the Dem.
ocrntic PARTY aud OF the PopulIst marty.
Tho Democracy declare, Just a. do the Pop.
ullsts that ull paper which Ia made q legal
tender shall be issued by the government
Of the limited Stntes Ucre Their svresmsnt
with the populIst marty stops. The ne.
mocracy declare that such ieguitender paper
hia INSTRUMENTATION y, H., na,,,,is. ~ rp.sr
ness on The ~ part 81 Inc popus,s seee
such paper ny coin. Tue difference. II hon.
est, In radical. Courtesy requires us to be-
Meye THAT the di1erence Is honest state
this Tor the second time here so that you
may fix II In thought. The Democratic path
and the Popnlist path here should part, and
II both parties are honest these paths should
part forever.
. ,yh.-, aoo. A. p-,.n
a. Mnae H Ioes 1T. bFyn MN stahu anu whlcn
Y, nv uues he Ioi,oW. ihe nat money fopu-
n ms,s , .,,i MI brynh anu therefore dare
form with its promise Sf payment n so ha
ana yet they who believe In constant and In.
crcasing Issues OF irrcdeemable paper be-