The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-10-24
INGERSOLL INSPIRES.
Hip Glowing Speech for Honest
Money Thrills the People.
A Mastery Plea for the Integrity of
the Nation and the Good OF
the People OF All
Glasses.

mass of citizens on the West side. His
stirring remarks created the greatest
enthusiasm in his audience and his wit
tcisms provoked frequent and hearty
laughter. He canvassed the whole
ground of the money question and
dwelt with cutting sarcasm on the fall
lacies of free silverites. The following
is almost the entirety of his speech:
Fellow Citizens: Again we are on the
field of battle where thought contends
with thought-the field of battle where
facts are bullets and our arguments are
swords. Again we appeal to the good
sense, to the conscience, to the patriotism
OF the American people.
This is our country and we are re-
sponsible for the administration. We can
not throw the responsibility on any mon
arch or on any party. This is our coun-
try, and we are responsible for what our
country does We are responsible for the
policy adopted, and II our country is dis
honest the brand Of reputation will be on
every American brow. tApplause.1 We
are responsible for our country. and 1t is
the duty of every American citizen, when
about to exercise and use the prerogative
of king, to examine the questions pre-
sented; 1t Is his duty to arrive at con-
clusion without prejudice without hatred
and then 1t Is his duty to discharge that
obligation according as he believes is for
the best interests of the people of the
United States.
All wish is to appeal to your good
sense / want to appeal to the reason you
have, not to your prejudices. not to your
hatreds, but 20 your brains, to your con-
sciences. to your patriotism. to your wis
dem. l admit that all the parties who dis
agree with me are honesc Large masses
of mankind are always honest-thc leaders
not always-but the masses of the people
do what they believe 10 be right. Con-
seauently there is no argument in abuse,
nothing calculated to convince in calum-
ny To be kind, to be candid. is far nobler,
far better and far more American.
I'VE live in democracy, and we admit
that every other human being has the
same right to think. the same right to ex-
press his thoughts, the same right to vote
that we have [applausel and / want every
enc who hears me to vote in exact accord
with his sense, TO cast his vote in ac-
cordance with his conscience. l want
every one to do the best he can for great
republic, and, no matter how he votes, IL
he is honest, / shall find no fault
But the great thing Is to understand
what you are going to do; the great thing
Is TO use the little sense that we have. In
most OF US the capital is small and 1t ought
to be turned often. Laughter and APP
plause] We ought to pay attention, We
ought to listen to what is said-think,
think for ourselves.
Issues of the Campaign.
Now, my friends, there are three great
questions in this campaign submitted to
the American people, three great questions
that we are 10 decide, and the first is the
money question, the second the tarin, and
the third whether this is a government of
law, or whether there Is an appeal from
the supreme court to mob.
.'Then we have to make our choice. we
ha,s TO choose between men; we have to
choose between parties.
and first, let us take up the money
qu,~tlo And let us begin at bedrock.
am going TO give you the ideas and facts
that have Influenced me, believing that
what will influence me viii influence an
average American citizen. Applause
AM the first thing TO be right about, III
yoL arc a republican. and the first thing 10
be wrong about. IL you are democrat, Is
the definition of money. What Is money?
In the first place. money is the product OF
nature; money Is part OF nature. NO man
ever made or created money. 1t Is beyond
the power of legislatures and congresses.
It is beyond the power of the human race.
Money is not made. 1t has to be found.
NOW, remember that. Money Is not
something that man can create. 1t Is
something that man must find. 1t Is
part of nature. And what else? Money is
something that does not have to be re-
deemed. Money is the redeemer Zap
plause.l Anything that has to be bolstered
up with the promise OF an individual or
nation Is not money. Greenbacks are not
money. They are promises to pay money.
A national bank bill is not money. 1t is a
promise to pay money. Nothing that gov
eminent can print-no matter what picture
1t may put upon II, no matter what words
I'm God We Trust'-it is not money; 1t Is
simply promise to pay.
'And, yet, there are thousands and thou
sands of people who believe that a nation
can create money. A nation can no more
create money by law than 1t can create
corn and wheat and barley by law lap
plause.l and the promise to pay money Is
no nearer money than a bill OF fare Is
dinner. CONTINUED laughter and APP
plause.l
What In q Dollar?
Now the next question Is. what Is a dol
lar? There are many statesmen going
over the country. making speeches from
the tail end OF trains llaughter;] and not
one OF them knows what dollar Is. NOT
one of them knows what money is. What
is a dollar? i can tell you. tLaughter.1
"Twenty-three and twenty-five one-hun-
dredths grains OF pure gold make one dol
lar That Is the money to-day OF the United
States That Is the money to-day OF the
civilized world. Twenty-three and twenty
two one-hundredths grains OF pure gold
make pure and honest dollar. lApplause.l
All, but they say: Cannot you make dol
lars out of silver say. Yes. but when
you make a dollar out OF silver you have
got to put a dollars worth of silver In a
silver dollar [Applause.] II you make
money out of something else, you have got
TO put a dollars worth of something else
into the dollar. 1t takes dollars worth OF
paper to make good paper dollar.
ILaughterl 1t takes dollars worth OF
iron to make an iron dollar. and 1t takes
dollars worth of silver to make silver
dollar.
And let me tell you another thing. You
do not add to the value of gold by coming
It any more than you add to the value or
wheat by measuring It: any more than you
add to the value of coal by weighing It,
Why do you coin gold? Because every
man cannot take a chemists outfit with
him. (Laughter.l He cannot carry cru
chile and retort. scales and acids. and so
the government coins 1t, simply to certify
how much gold there Is In the piece.
Then there is another thing about II. IL
does not make any difference who Issues
good money. 1t Is just as good when Lag
arus issues 1t as when Dives issues 1t. No
matter whether the government Is bank
rupt that coins 1t. the money is Just as
good. A piece of gold coined by the Ro-
mans. $500 years ago. Is Just as coed to-day
as when julius Caesar rode at the head OF
hia leRiOns. Since that time arkneSg has