Evening journal., 1896-09-03


may be paid IN deprecated, and We declare
that each and every one OF these attacks and 4
declarations are un- n-Democratic. They are an
assault upon the constitution. the time honor
cd principles of the Democratic party and the L
distinguish patriot and statesman who has |
twice led it Go the only victories IL has achieved
IN Jj years. 10 Is the l.hnucl Of platforms. II /
raises its hand against somo of the principles 1
ul both parties and all the principles Of the 4
Democratic party.
1t is hesotten Of the unhaliowed union be /
tween Democracy popuiism and anarchy 1
And that the Scriptures may be fulfilled il |
VIII be fugitive and wandcrer ON the face /
of the earth. We hold that no argument is /
needed to show the revolutionary and anarch' /
istic character of tho doctrine that the laws I
cannot be enforced in "A state to protect prop |
erty which Is in the jurisdiction Of federal /
courts, or to protect tho United States mails,
or that the supreme court ought to be reor- |
ganized OF that the national honor should be
stained or tho national faith violated, or that
the freedom OF private contracts ought to ho
limited. that the functions Of issuing mon
ey ought TO be excusably exercised by the fed
oral government. We hold that the theory
that the free coinage of silver with gold at the
ratio Of i9 TO l admits of argument but we
hold that the weight of authority, the strength
OF reasoning and the facts Of history all point
TO its policy and the ruinous consequences OF
its adoption. We hold that IL will rob the poor
man OF MS wages ana lht Ilch hlhh vi Ai1
wealth. the widow Of her savings, the child
Of its patrimony, the soldier of his pension,
the industrious Of his toll, the inventor Of the
reward Of his genius. We hold that IL VIII
demoralize and seriously disturb the immense
trade and commerce Of the republic and drive
the country to discredited, deprecated and
depreciatng standard, smlte our finances as
with a palsy and trade with blight. We hold
that the nations credit win fall PROSTATE, its
obligations viii be dishouored, and il, ,unsullied
character win be shamed with fraud and de-
ccit. We claim that these avermcnts are true,
established 10y historical facts. by unanswer-
able reasons tho opinions OF the most distin-
guished political economists and the common
sense and common honesty Of the larger por-
tion Of our fellow citizens. The credulity ard
stupidity OF some Of our good citizens have
been played upon and aroused by artful fanat-
les and cunning demagogues. There are, how
over many houest, patriotic and intelligent
men who cling with the strength Of convic-
tion TO the specious but unsound theory OF
bimotallism at 10 TO l. II their theory is de-
nounced as false and perni0ious, no imputa-
tiOn is cast upon their character nor any SUR
upon their intelligence. This free coinage OF
silver is and has been since Mr.. Cleyeland5
inauguration, the supreme, overshadowing is
sue before the country. Upon this issue the
president and a majority Of his partys repre-
sentatives in congress took opposite sides. In
consequence he has been powerless TO eject
| financial reform and secure immunity from
gold raiding on the treasury. Since tho incep-
ton of tho struggles for free silver no com
promise has been possible Our brethren knew
that the battle was on 10 the death. The nom
inee Of the so called Democratic party has on
/ several occasions proclaimed the irreconcila-
| ble nature OF the conflict. II is fitting cul-
1 minntion Of such a contest for our brethren
/ TO obtain allies from Popuiism at tho price Of
Il Incorporating its nofarious doctrines IN their
/ platform and attempting to palm them of az
1 genuine Democracy II was NJ that TO a de-
l graded and dopreciated currency should be
added an assassinated judiciary and power
/ less executive.
Fellow citizens, we are not traitors to our
party. We are in the house Of our fathers. We
i cannot be driven from it, We win defend the
honor OF our country and tho integrity Of our
| principles as long as life endures. We can nei-
ther be ousted of our political heritage nor
| forced into the ranks OF our old time advor-
sary. We intend to preserve intact, unimpair-
ed and unsulied, by and through the organ-
ization which wo perfect today the Democracy
/ Of jefferson. Jackson, Benton and Cleveland
We propose to furnish a refuge and an abiding
| place for such Of our brethren az, shocked and
grieved at the betrayal Of our principles al
Chicago, are inclined to 90 TO the Republican
camp. The principles Of Democracy are i'm
| perishable. They are antagonistic 70 the pa
ternalism Of the Republican and the socialist
the dostructiveness Of the anarchists and the
I NaSufltn oA tAAo iA4At4oAtot anu AepuuinAoAi
I Byron wrote:
"Whne tho Coliseum stands Rome shall
stand. and while Rome stands, the world. " We
say, "Whilo Democracy stands, the republic
stands. and while the republic stands, human
liberty"
VIII Rise Like Antmus.
For q season our party may stray after false
doctrines and founder amid quagmiros, until
the beacon light Of truth break upon it. II
4 will rise from every fall, like Anteus Of old
| and oven in its ashes will live its wontod fires
II in the decree Of fato our party must per
ish, let no historian write such epitaph ON its
| tomb as this:
"Came to an untimely end from swallowing
political and financial poison" but rather LEI
this epitaph bo written over its honoret
grave, dug amid the ruins Of the capitol:
st did not survive the loas OF liberty. th,
| destruction of the republic and the decay o.
public and private morals. q"
We are the propagandists Of no new creed
We are the upholders Of the old We appea
from Democracy drunk with delusion TO De
mocracy sobered by reason. With an sbidinl
faith in the intelligence and honesty Of on
| people we lay before them and the world thl
| reasons that prompt us 10 unfurl the old flag
= that has hoated over many triumph aus
| many a defeat and never yet been soiled by
lrepudiation or stained by dishonor. We deem
| 1t wise TO pursue an aggressive rather than
| negative policy; 10 be Achilles dragging Hec
=. | tor around the walls OF Troy rather thoi
. | Achilles sull1ing in his tent. We propose t
make q funeral pyre Of the cadavers Of Popu
2 ism and anarchy. We propose to drag benin,
our triumphant chariot wheels, In defeat ani
t disgrace, around tho national capitol the dea,
D Frankenstoin, porsonifying their perniciou
: | creed and their turbulent fanaticism.
1 We cannot make bedfellows even in a nigh
1 of furious storm and thick darkness, Of on
lone antagonists. We cannot, even 90 escap
as great evils as are the necessary result o
7 the success of the Chicago platform, be the ex
ecutioners Of our loved and venerated party
r We cannot oven by implication, be held &
q the false theory that the people can be mad
5 rich by taxation, nor 70 the theory that th
e federal power and treasury can or ought {
be used to impair the autonomy Of the state
3 on one hand and tho other to dispens
@ largess 20 favored classes. The election Of No
d Kinley or Of Bryan with our support woul
e mean the destruction Of our whole party for
o generation. For when our people recove
4 from the debauch OF Populism and anarch
q they will discard the men who have led thei
d orgy. If we 90 10 Mckinley, those men wi
3 be the recognized exponents of Democracy
@ When the fumes Of the debauoh are dissipato
o and sober reason resumes her sway, our foc
d will turn toward its fold only TO find it di
l. stroyed. We therefore stand fast We soun