Evening star., 1896-08-25
THE C0UNTRY'SG00
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lines roader and higher than that, and ask
that, as a matter Of patriotism, there shall
be q united front opposed to those who are
trif1tng with the nations credit, disturbing
her business interests or appealing to ha-
man prejudices means of arraying
section against section, or class against
class, In the hope Of gaining political pre-
fermert.
Nations Integrity Threatened.
Abuse Is not argument, nor mere vfllifi-
cation convincing. Campaigns we have
had In which our people differed widely on
governmental policy, and where feeling
ran high, but never since the adoption of
the Constitution, with the single exception
OF the subject of secession, has the fntegri-
~ Oh the government been jeopardiZed
Inc student of our history would fail I'm
ms ms search TO find an instance where the
functions OF the government were sought
to be used in direct opposition not only to
the precedents of its own success, but IL
the lace OF economic laws which have been
recognized Tor centuries among civilized
peopie for the first time since civil war
divided this nation, and at a moment when
memories OF strife were becoming merged
INTO a reaWakened brotherhood, a deliber-
ate effort has been made to array one SEQ
tion against another, to divide one country
as Dy an arbitrary line, and by feryid an
peaiS 10 passion and prejudice to array in
nLtter strife the different social classes
'hat combine to make our national life
Sacrificed lives ard treasure have cea sod
70 teach their lesson, and grave is the re-
sEonslblity upon any manor men-who
"ouiu Try, as he stands within the shadow
OF the re0cllion, to deliberately divide the
country into sections, her people into class
es, arrayins them against each other, either
LOT personal aggrandiZement or to subscrye
pontlcai ends. Such a course, although in
ausurated merely in public discussions
WILL II persisted in. threaten the perma-
nancy or our institutions. That such an
ei1ort VIII not be successful 1 firmly be-
neVs. tH @ me superior Judgment of our people
IS not TO be reduced by the captious
PHRASES Of political platforms or the hoarse
harangues Of political demagogues. In the
coming struggle we find not only the re-
Pupncan party arrayed against the threat
enlngs and vagaries of those who gathered
at chicago, but contending also against
!Lfm. and with us are many to whom we
nave been previously politically opposed
but who are now conscientiously seeking
IN their own way. whether directly with us
or by the means of new party organiza-
..on: 10 stamp out repudiaton and disorder
helr assistance We sholld welcome and
tnelr motives respect. We are here for q
reconSecratton in party services. and a re-
newal of oar zeal. We are pledged not only
as republicans. but as men and patriots to
stand by the nation in this. its second great
peril.
There can be an honest difference of opfn
ION as to the exact and responsible cause
Tor the present public unrest and uncer-
talnty. Sure 1t is that many elements com
hine to bring about the present condition of
at1airs. but certain also is it that the meth
od and manner of conducting the govern
nents finances and managing its currency
are for the time being uppermost in the
public mind
There Is no distinction in morals between
national and personal integrity. There
cannot be found by any process Of logic
Or speech personal virtue which Justif1es
a national delinquency Public honesty
ana private integrity are twin brothers
AS the blood courses through the human
a hy- It's
life, so does an honest currency passing
through the channels OF trade sustain the
prosperity of our citizens and establish
the nations integrity. We are contcndfng
therefore, with other objects for honesty
in government, invioability of contract
rights. the assurance to every one in re-
turn for his labor or in an exchange of
commodities, of full and honest dollar as
judged by our present standards, which
have brought prosperity in the past
and Will insure 1t in the future. dollar
can only be honest when it has full in
rinsic value in itself. or represents that
value for which it may be exchanged To
declare dollar of full value by statute
when 1t contains intrinsically but half such
zens in measuring their labor and pros
perity as 1t would be for the government
to seek to protect the nation in time of
war by resolving that we have an army
and navy. and making no appropriation
therefor.
Present Money Standards.
At present. with several varieties of
money, ard the credit of the government
back Of each. no citizen need fear that his
property or labor will have it's value meas
ured by one standard today and another
tomorrow. but, on the contrary. that their
full worth are assured to him for all time
We are all creditors. and are all debt
orS. we cannot cheat others without
cheating ourselves. Our present money
standards are neither the result Of chance
nor conspiracy, but are rather the out
growth of experiment, and the result of
centuries OF progress. The government
can neither make value nor give it with
out consideration To ask therefore,
that it shall create a dollar intrinsically
of half its nominal value and force It's
acceptance at Its face value, is to ask the
government to actually take property from
our citizens and commit legalzed burglary.
The Best Money.
The possession of money is only the
means of happiness and prosperity, but, of
itself, without it were used in exchange it
could minister neither to wants nor our
necessities. The possession of property, or
the laborers skill through which we obtain
it. the things of real value and our
money Is but the scale by which we meas
ure them. The nature and kind of such
money as We see about US every day is
the result of trial and experiment from
the early days of barbarism. That gold
ana silver are used Is not the result of
chance. The form and manner of their
using can be made a matter of statute law
but their actual and intrinsic value de-
pends upon certain economic principles
which you and l would be as powerless to
oppose as we would be to check the cur
rents of the air. That money must neces-
sarily be the best money whose intrinsic
value Is nearest to it's declared value
wherever it may be presented for use
We are told by our political opponents
recently assembled at Chicago that the
government should coin the silver of the
world into dollars actually worth fifty-
three cents in merchandise value and order
them taken as if worth full dollar. The
government must, therefore, present from
It's own fund of credit forty-seven cents of
value, or by statutory enactment rob its
cltlzens OF that amount of property which
they have already accumulated For NV
self protest against the provisions of a
platform which declares against the exist
ence of trusts. and at the same time seeks
10 compel the government to take the en-
tire product of one field of industry at q
Specliled price, measured by an absolute
standard, and to disburse it at a fictitious
one Such course is opposed to the spirit
CT our institutions, and contrary to the
functions of government. The nations in
teSrlty rests not alone upon the surplus
in its values. but in the reserve power of
labor IN Its citizens. and their eft