Evening star., 1896-10-23


ing else.
| long before there was any democratic or
ganization.
Principles of TrNe Democracy
What are the principles OF this American
democracy, for do not refer 10 that wild
turbulent and destructive form of democ-
| racy which has been imported from
abroad. and which is so nearly allied to
anarchy tnat ii is almost impossible to dis
| tinguish 2ne from the other? Liberty. regu-
lated and protected by law, local self-gov-
ernment and strict construction of the
| powers delegated by the states and people
| ds their agents. no Interference with the
| private business of the citizens except SO
far as may be necessary for the observa-
| ton of the public peace. the public health
| the enforcement of honest contracts ani
| the maintenance of the just authority of
the state and federal governments. no pro-
| scrlption on account of religious belief,
| freedom of speech, freedom of the press.
| habeas corpus, the subordnation of the
military to the civil authority, no taxation
| beyond the necessities of the government
| honestly and economically Administered,
| the nearest possible approach to the abso-
| lutte freedom of commercial intercourse at
| home and abroad and sound money for the
| use OF the people, in order that their trade
| may be profitable and that they may no;
| be cheated out of their earnings by the
| use Of spurious and deprecated coins or
| irredeemable papey.
| These are some of the familiar and es-
sential articles I'm the creed of the old
democracy, which, during the last hundred
4 years, has been illustrated and conse-
| Grated by the genius of Thcmas Jefferson.
| the heroism of Andrew Jackson and the
| courage. fidelity and patriotism of Grover
| Cleveland.
During all that time the democracy has
| constituted the great conservative force Of
| the country. 1t is opposed to paternalism
| and radicalism in all their forms and at
| every great crisis in our affairs ii has APP
! pealec to the sober reason and judgment
OF the people for support. IL uphods the
| honor and dignity of the judiciary as the
| last refuge of the oppressed citizen IL vim
| dlcates the rights Of labor and the rights
| OF property: IL denounces violence and
| crime. whether committed by one man or
| by combinations of men, and insists upon
| the absolute supremacy of the federal and
state laws within their respective spheres.
Supports Palmer and Buckncr.
"This is the kind Of democracy 1 believe
| in, and my support will be given TO the
| candidates who represent 1t in this con-
| test Every man who has read the history
of this country knows who they are. Jonn
NJ. Palmer and Simon Bolivar Buckner are
| not strangers to the American people: they
| were not discovered yesterday by The be-
| widered delegates to a political conyen-
| tion; they will not be forgotten when the
| sound and fury of this remarkable cam
| paign have subsided; they are soldiers ard
| statesmen ripe with the experience de-
| rived from long public service at critical
periods in our history. and they stand
conspicuously In this contest for law and
| order, for the inviolability of contracts
for the independence and manhood of ali
| classes OF our people, for just and equal
taxation Tor public purposes only. for
| sound and stable currency, and for the
| maintenance of the national authority and
| national honor under all circumstances"
Free silver Dangerous.
Mr.. Carlisle then made an exhaustive ar
| gument against the free coinage of silver,
| in which he contended that IL was a dan
| gerous doctrine, which. Il il became a
| law of the land. would result disastrously
| to all businesses and occupations and TO
none would its effects prove more HARM
| full than to the farmer and The wage-carn-
er. Continuing, he said:
IF the American people will declare by
| an overwhelming majority of their votes
| that our present standard Of value IL To he
permanently maintained: that 70 contracts
] are to be violated, no obligations repudi-
| ated In whole or in part; that the public
| peace is to be constantly maintained. pub
| lie and private property scrupuously pro-
1 tected, and the public authority prompt
| ly vindicated whenever AMI wherever IT
| may be assailed a long step will be taken
| toward the restoration of prosperity IN
| every part Of the country.
| FavOrs Retirement of Greenbncks.
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| ment of the United States entirely out OF
| the banking business by retiring and can
ceiling every one of the notes issued by It.
thus forever stopping the demand upon the
| treasury for their redemption In gold or
4 silver, aid placing the burden of fur
| nishing gold. when gold 10 demanded for
| the redemption of notes. upon the banks.
| where 1t properly belongs and where IL
| always rested until the government most
i afed he nnli ipp nf fSstt
| ing its own obligations TO circulate as
| money.
Retire the old United States notes and
| the treasury notes of 1880 and gold Will
| flow into this country from all parts of
| the world to take their places IN the cir
| culation and our currency system will lie
| firmly established upon a Substantial, en-
during basis.
| There are many, many who believe, or
profess to believe, that these imporIations
of gold are due to some artificial cause
some arrangement, combination or agree
ment upon the part Of an imaginary money
| power to accomplish certain political! re-
| suits. and that they will cease after the
election.
Il can assure our suspicious friends
| that there is nothing artificial I'm this
movement of gold; that II is the natural
and necessary result of .he existing IMAM
cial conditions on the opposite sides OF the
Atlantic, and that II will cease whenever
| the equilibrium is substantially restored.
| whether that be before or after the elec-
/ llOH. VIII CeTtdlnly cease lnt
| election, whether the equilibrium is
| stored or not, IL the people of the United
| States by their votes inaugurate the policy
| Of free coinage and the ratio of l6 to 1,
| and the gold which favorable balances
| and profitable rates of interest have re-
| Gently brought to our shores will depart
| from as rapidly the fastest ships
| can carry ii across the sea.
| Our treasury reserve will be imme-
| diately exhausted. the gold held by the
| people and financial institutions will cease
| to be used as money, the circulation will
| be suddenly and enormously contracted not
| only by the withdrawal of gold. but on
| account of the inevitable panic which will
prevail In every part of the country. and
| we will enter at once upon a long period
| of suffering and distress unparalleled in
| our history.
| Until 1 have lost all confidence in the
intelligence and patriotism of the Ameri-
| can people I cannot believe they will de-
| liberately incur the risk OF Industrial and
| commercial ruin merely for the purpose
| of making a financial experiment which
| is opposed to all the dictates OF sound
| reason and condemned by the experience
of all mankind
An OId.F0 sh loued Mau.