The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-08-27

banks and their depostors; upon build
ing and loan associations and their MEM
bers; upon the savings Of thrift; upon
pensioners and their families, and upon
wage earners and the purchasing power
Of their wages.
The silver question Is not the only issue
affecting our money in the pending con-
test. Not content with urging the free
coinage of silver, Its strongest champions
demand that our paper money shall be Is
sued directly by the government of tho
United States. This is the Chicago DEM
ocratic declaration. Tho st. Louis Peo-
pies declaration is that 'our national
money shall be Issued by the general gov
ernment only, without the intervention
of banks of issue, be full legal tender for
the payment of all debts, public and pri-
vate," and be distributed direct to the
people, and through lawful disbursements
Of the government"
Thus in addition to tho free coinage Of
the worlds silver we are asked to enter
upon an era of unli mted irredeemable
paper currency. The question which was
fought out from 1865 to 1879 is thus to be
reopened, with all itH uncertainties and
cheap money experiments of every con-
Gates a most startling roactionary policy,
strangely at variance with every require
ment of sound finance; but the declara-
tion shows the spirit and purpose of those
who, by combined action, are contending
for the control of the government.
Not satisfied with the of our
coin which would inevitably follow the
free coinage of silver at l6 to 1, they would
still further degrade our currency and
threaten our public honor by the unlim-
tied issue of an irredeemable paper cur
rency. A grayer monaco to our financial
standing and credit could hardly be con-
ceived, and every patriotic citizen should
be aroused to promptly meet and effect
ually defeat it,
In the Highest Degree tReprehensible.
1t is cause for painful regret and So
licitude that an effort Is being made by
those high in the counsels Of the allied
parties to divide the people of this country
into classes and create distinctions among
us, which In fact do not exist and are re-
pugnant to our form of government. These
appeals to passion and prejudice are be-
meath the spirit and intelligence of free
people, and should be met with stern re-
buko by those they are sought to influence,
and believe they will be, Every attempt
to array clnss against class, the classes
against the MASSES" section against Sec
ton, labor against capital, "the poor
ngainst the rlch' or interest against inter-
est in the United States, is in the highest
degree reprehensible 1t is opposed to tho
national instinct and interest and should
be- resisted by every citizen.
We are not nation of classes, but of
sturdy, free, independent and honorable
people, despising the demagogue, and
never capitulntlng to dishonor This ever
recurring effort endangers popular gov
ernment and Is a menace to our liberties.
II is not new campaign device or party
appeal 1t Is as old as government among
mon but was never more untimely and
unfortunate as now. Washington warned
us against it, and Webster said in the
senate, in words which feelare singularly
appropriate at this time, Il admonish
the people against the object Of outcries
like these admonish every industrious
laborer of this country to be on his guard
against such delusion. tell him the
attempt is to play off his passion against his
interest and to prevail on him, in the name
of liberty, to destroy all the fruits Of
liberty"
Protection of Supreme Importance.
Another issue of supreme Importance Is
that of protection. The peril Of free silver
is u menace to be feared; We are already
experiencing tho effect Of partial FREQ
trade. Tho one must be averted; the
other corrected. The Republican party is
welded to the doctrine of protection and
was never more earnest In It's support ana
advocacy than now. II argument were
needed to strengthen its devotion to Tho
American system" or increase the hold OF
that system upon the party and people, 1t
| is found in the lesson and experience OF
| the past three years. Men realize in their
own daily lives what before was to many
Of thom only report, history or tradition.
They have had u trial of both systems and
| know what each has done for them.
Washington, in his farewell address,
| Sept II, 1886, q hundred years ago, said:
LAS very important source OF strength
| and security, cherish public credit. Ono
| method OF preserving 1t Is to use 1t Us
sparingly as possible, avoiding the accu-
| mutation of debt, not only by stunning
occasions OF expense but by vigorous ex-
ertions in time of peace to discharge tho
| 6ebts which unavoidable wars may have
! occasioned, not ungenerously throwing
| upon posterity the burden which we our
selves ougha to bear"
To facilitate the enforcement of the
| ma1ims which he announced he declared:
ut Is essential that you should bear in
| mind, that towards the payment of debts
| there must bo revenue; that to have reve-
nuo there must be taxes; that no taxes
| can be devised which are not more Or less
inconvenient or unpleasant; that the In
| trinsc embarrassment inseparable from
tho selection of the proper objects (Which
| is always choice of difficulties) ought to
| be a decisive motive for a candid construc-
ton of the conduct of the government in
making 1t; and for spirit Of acquiesence
in the measures for obtaining revenue
which the public exigences may at any
limo dictate
Animated by like sentiments the people
| Of the country must now face the condi-
tions which beset Them "The public exi-
| gancies' demand prompt protective legis-
lation which will avoid the accumulation
of further debt by providing adequate
! revenues for the expenses of the govern
I mont This is manifostly the requirement.
of duty. If elected president of tho United
States 1t will be my aim to vigorously pro-
| mote this object and give that ample en-
couragement to the occupations of the
| American people which, above all else, Is
| so imperatively demanded at this juncture
of our national affairs.
Our Condition In December, 1899.
In December, 1892 President Harrison
sent his last message to congress. 1t was
an able and exhaustive review of the con-
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