The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-24
A MANIFESTO
ISSUED by THE BoLTIN0 SILVER
REPUBLICANS.
They Present Senator Teller ~ .
Presidential Candidate.


lican convention, an address TO the |
people Of the United States was agreed |
upon, after careful consideration, and |
authorized to be given TO the press.
While the address contains much Ia |
the nature OF q silver coinage argu.
ment, concluding paragraphs show
the determination Of the boiling dele
gates to bring about the nomination,
II possible, OF Senator Henry NJ. Tel.
Ter, Of Colorado, as the candidate for
the presidency on a platform having
for its cardinal principle the free and
unlimited coinage Of silver. The adj
dress in part is as follows:
''To the People Of the United States;
Obeying the call Of duty and justified
by the common citizenship Of this re-
public, we address this communication
TO the people of the United States. In
doing 80 we claim no authority or right
other than that which belongs to every
man to impress personal convictions,
but we solicit the cooperation Of all
who believe that the time has come for
q return to the simpler and more direct
method of naming men for national
service than has obtained in recent
years.
The restoration Of bimetallism by
this country will double the basis Of
our money system. In time it will
double the stock of primary money OF
the world, stop falling prices, and
steadily elevate them until they will
regain their normal relation 10 volume
OF debts and credits in the world.
Bimetallism will help TO bring about
the great hope of social reform. Every
believer in the advancement of the
race realizes that the instability Of
prices has been the deadly foe
of our toilers and the servant
Of the foreign interest gather
er. Blmetallism will help to bring the
time when a certain expenditure OF hui
man toll will produce a certain fnan-
cial result. Who among the great
masses of our people in the United
States but feels that bis lot would be
made better, and his aspirations take
, wings if he could know in the perform
a2ce OF his labor what would be
, the price of his products. Is this
, purpose worthy of the attention
of the people as individuals
and worthy of the attention OF the
, political conventions yet to be
, held in this year 1896? Is not this SO
great an end that all who believe in
, the possibility Of attaining it by the
means proposed can yield something
| of their partisanship both in conven
e tions and at the polls?
1t is in the hope that the masses
and the remaining conventions viii
Q have the courage and the gener.
osity to unite for this purpose tha
we have dared to offer our view
to the people of the United States
e and because in the past there hal
lacked a rallying power for the massel
/ who held as we do this belief. W.
b venture to act, trusting it will be re
s ceived in the same spirit Of concilia
q ton, concession and hope with which
we put it forth. We have endeavoreC
in plain way to set the matter before
= the eyes of our fellow citizens. w
4 invoke the union of all men and al
: parties who believe that the time ha
o come for the triumph of justice. 1t i
an hour when the people may speal
Y for themselves as individuals ant
Y through conventions yet to be held
A We favor bimetallism and to that en-,
e we insist upon the free and unlimite
e coinage of both silver and gold at the re-
d ito OF 16 to as money of final redemp
}. ton with equal legal tender power, in
dependent of the action of any othe
nation. We are opposed to the issu
of interest bearing bonds for any pur
pose in time of peace. We deman
!" that the government shall not surren
der but shall always exercise Lawful
y options to redeem its obligation
II in either gold or silver, as ma
q be most convenient. We demand sh
d repeal of present laws discrediting th
10 silver money of the nation and permit
!, ting the making of private contract
y payable in gold alone. We are or
81 posed to the national banking syster
and favor only the money of til
constitution, and we believe that til
9 power and duty of the government
? to furnish circulating medium
= should not be delegated TO priva5
q corporations. We favor the collec
I, ton of an income tax as part of th
- revenue Of the general government
Is and demand such constitutions
Z amendments as may be necessary t
= authorize the same. We affirm th
u oft-repeated declaration Of the demo
Z cratic party in favor of tariff fc
=. revenue only. We favor the electio
- of United States senators by the vot
= Of people in primary elections.
20 The country cannot much longer r,
% sist, free and Independent against q
the rest of the world, nor can its pee