The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-09-04

II issue, be full legal tender for the
payment of all debts, public aud private, be
distributed direct to the people and through
awful disbursements OF the government.
Thus in addition to tho free coinage of the
| worlds silver. we arc asked to enter upon
.ra of uulimited, irredeensablo paper cur
| .cEcy.
Til. question which was fought out from
1868 to 1879 is thus to- be rc-orened with all
| t. uncertainties and cheap money expert
| nents OF every conceivable form foisted upon
| Is. This Indicates Il most startling reaction
! iry policy, strangely ut varance with every
| rruuIrcmcut oi sound ilnauce; but the decia-
| -;;ious show the spirit and purpoae OF those
! ~ combined action are contendlng for The
| control of !hc government. Not satisfied
| with the deHaSrmcnt of our coin which would
| inevitably follow the free coinage OF silver ut
| sixteen to one, they would still further de-
| Grade our currency and threaten the public
| honor 10y the unlimited issre OF an irredeem-
ablo paper currency. a Sraver menanco to
| our financial standing and credit could
| hardly bc conceived and every patriotic citi-
| zen would he aroused to promptly meet and
| eirc"tualy defeat it,
1t is a cause Tor painful regret ana soucl-
| tudn that an effort is being made 10y those
| high In the ccunscls % the allied parties to
| divide the people OF this country into classes
| and created distinctions among us, which in
| fact do not exist and are repugnant 60 our
| form OF government. These appeals TO pas
! sion and prejudice are beneath the spirit and
| Intelligence of II free people, aud should be-
!
| sought to influence, and believe they will
| be.
| Another issue Of supreme importance is
that Of tarin protection. The peril oil lree
| silver is menace to be feared; we are al
| ready experiencing the effect of partial trce
, trade. Tho one must be avcrted; tho other
| corrected. Tho Republican party is weddei
to the doctrine OF protection and was never
more carn' St III itS support ana advocacy
! than now. 1t argument were needed to
= her
! system or Increase tho hold OF that system
| upHn the party and people, it is found In the
| lesson and experience of tho past three
| years. Men realize in their own daily lives
| what before was to- many OF them only re.
| port history or tradition. They have hau
| Il trial Of both systems and know what each
| has done for them.
! Major Mckinley hero considers mt great
! length the tariff act of 1890 and 1894. con-
! trasting in receipts und n tho former with
those under the latter and adding:
| The net loss in the trade balance OF tho
! United States has been Sl9G, 9S3 GOT, during
| the first fifteen months operation of the tariff
of 1894, compared with the first fifteen
months of the tariff Of 1890. Tho loss has
been ;argc, constant and steady at the rate
| OF ci3 10000 per month or SJOO.OOO Tor
| every business day OF the year.
We have either been sending 70 much
money out of tho country o, getting too
| little in, or both. We have lost steadily in
| both directions. Our foreign trade has been
i f"rrd incaicuiable loss. Does not this sug-
Sest the cause Of our present depression and
| Indicate it's remedy?
| 1t is not an increase in tho volume of money
| which is the nced CT the time. but an increase
| in tho volume Of business. Not an increase
more coinage but a moro active use OF tho
| money coined. Not open mints for the un-
| Unlimited coinage of the silvor of the world,
| but open mills for the full and unrestricted
| labor OF American workingmen.
| Our farmers have been hurt by the changes
| In our tariff Legislation rs st verey as our Ia
| borers and manu- facturers, badly rs they have
, suffered. The Republican platform wisely
| declares In favor Of such encouragement to
our sugar interests "as will lead to the pro-
duction on American soil Of all the sugaL
| which the American people use."
1t promises to our wool and wooden inter-
| ests "the most ample protection" guaran-
tee that ought to commend itself to every pa
| triOtic citizen. Never was a more grievous
| wrong done the farmers OF our country than
| that so unjustly inflicted during tho past
| lea
| Although .mong cur most Industrious and
useful citizens their interests have been prac-
tically destroyed and our woolen manufac-
| turers involved in similar disaster. At no
time within the past thirty-six years and per-
haps never during any period, have so many
| Of our wooden factories been suspended as
now. The Republican party can be relied
|
| entrusted With the control of Congress.
! The letter here treats eXhaustively Of the
advantages to American trade OF the Repub-
| lcan principle OF reciprocity. Statistics arc
| quoted to show the increase Of foreign trade
under the reciprocity clause Of the tariff Act
! of 1880, and return OF the system is urged
The declaration Of the Republican platform
| touching foreign immigration Is treated as
| one OF peculiar Importance Mt this time and
Major Mckinley announces himsclfin hearty
| sympathy with the present legislative re-
| striction Of for, ign immigration and as favor
| ing such extension OF the laws will secure
tho United States from invasion by 'the de-
based and criminal classes of tho old
world"
1t shall be my constant aim to improve
every opportunity to advance the cause of
| good government by promoting that spirit OF
| forh"arancc and justice which ia SO essential
! to oar PROSPERITY and happiness by joining
! mos: heartily III all proper efforts to restore
! the relations of brothcrly respect and aiTec-
tinn which in our early history characterized
all the people q! all the States. / would be
| glad to contribute towards binding in indiviS-
ihlc union the different divisions OF the coun-
try. which. indeed. now "havc every induco-
merit Of sympathy and interest to weld them
together more strongly than ever. | would
rcJoto TO Sc" demonstrated to the world that
the North and the South and the East and the
West are not separated or in danger of being
separated because of sectional or party diff
fcrcnces. Tho war is long since over. 1--WE
are not enemies. but friends" and IA friends
we will faithfully and cordially cooperate I'M
der the approving smile of him who haa ,huS
lar so Signnlly sustained and guided us, to
preserve inviolato our couutry'S name and
honor, of its peace and good order, of its
continued aSc"ndancv amongst the greatest
governments on earth.
(SiSncd) WM MckISLEY.