West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-10-22

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found IN 1894. 70 be but $lS. 90 to the
individual, and It goes Without saying
that the per capita has been dimin-
ishing ever since. III this statement
be true, land take il from Hon. A.
J. Warner,) the fact remains indis-
pntable, that while collectively aud
nationally we excel all nations in
wealth Individually we are the poor
est civilized people on earth. No.
who're In the civilized world can
there be found as many millionaires
TO the number Of inhabitants as in
free America. Aud for this extra
ordinary condition, we arc mainly
indebted TO your boasted Republican
policy, aided aud abetted by your
bastard allies. You denounce the
Democratic platform rs revolution
airy, and you call its doctrine new"
You were never more mistaken In
your life. Thomas Jeiferson's works
and utterances stand sponsor for
every principle embraced In that
platform.
You cannot produce from the pub
Ito utteranoes of Senator Tlllman a
single sentence more revolutionary
than is the tender of your whole
speech. Tillman has never yet, as
far as know or believe, dallied with
the word revolution" and yet that
dangerous word was evidently In
your mind, and on your brain, and
played with restless pliancy and
brilliancy around the utterances of
your address. There is in this adj
dress, as published, vague aud un-
defined threat, that those who advo-
cate reforms Ia favor OF the masses
are to be treated as revolutionists:
their arguments are, as you vaguely
intimate, 10 be answered with shot.
and bayonet, aud canister. The
man who demands the restoration of
silver Is Socialist, forsooth. The
man who insists that the principles
of the Interstate commerce law
shall be perfected and rigidly en-
forced Is n radical, and an agrarian.
The man who advocates an income
tax, whereby you aud other million
aires shall be required to contribute
your just proportion TO the support
OF the government, and TO the PEN
sions, Is an Anarchist, forsooth.
And great party OF your country
that darcs ally itself With the future
OF those whom you designate as "the
plain people" is, forsooth, sreyo-
lutionary" partyl
Let us recur TO the historical fact
that Thomas Jefferson was denounc-
ed as French revolutionlst: while
Andrew Jackson's removal OF tho
lep)si and destruction OF the
Uuited States Bank, brought down
upon his head the universal denun.
clation OF the subsidized press Of
that day, as q tyrant and monarch
ist, and called forth from Henry
Clay the most brilliant display OF
rhetorical warning against reUolu.
ton which has illuminated history.
since the age of Phillip and De-
mosthenes.
va AcAb ptOSCcA w ulfts
"rne effect Of the free aud unlim-
tied coinage of silver, at I6 to l. y
Fortified as / am by the scientific
thought of the ags, both ia Europe
and America, ! will stake my la.
SEPARATION and sayacity as prophet
against your ogn, when / predict
that the rem )netIz alton of silver
would have the following beneficial
effect: The gold in q gold dollar,
measured by other comm ,slitics Is
now worth I50 cents; the silver dol.
lar so measured In gold is worth only
52 cents. The moment silver is re.
monetized the two precious metals
which constituted the money of the
world for over 5000 years before
1871 resume their oil functions
and relations, so that every silver
dollar issued will appreciates TO meet
the gold dollar upon their ancient
footing of equality, aud the gold
dollar and the silver will each be
worth 100 cents--no more and no
less. You say "the people will be.
gin to hoard gold" Pray tell us
Senator who has any gold to hoard2
Take West Virginia for example.
outside Of yourself and few other
millionaires, who has any gold to
hoard2 Moreover: you have already
said that gold, which Is constantly
appreciating in value, after silver Is
remonetized, will begin to depreclate,
because its money functions will be
shared equally with silver. Nov,
people do not hoard that which Is
depreciating Ia value; hence they
will not hoard gold Ga the con.
trary, as silver will, as you admit,
Immediately enhance in value, peo.
pie will begin TO hoard silver, and
bring out their gold, now hidden
away ia vaults aud old stockings,
into active circulation. The two
precious metals, will then begin 70
approximate in value until their
pristine functions Of supplying
medium Of exchange, hallowed by
the frost of centuries. will be reaum