The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-22

rcfuted clearly by appeal TO the ycter-
ans In tffe audience. The attempt to
array classes against classes, was
roundly scored. Capital brings labor.
and capital leaving, labor ceases. Mr..
bryan almost places man who has
accumulated wealth In the criminal
classes. America In land OF oppor.
tunities. Wherein q man may rise. West
Virginia should not be In the repudiat-
Ing column. Senator Elkins closed
amid continued rounds OF applause. 81
Mr.. campbeii's Speech. 'i5S
The band, stationed In the gallery,
played America" as a prelude to Mr..
campbell's address. Before Mr.. Hub
bard presented Mr.. Campbell, no elo-
quently referred TO the part the latter
gentleman had taken in preserving the
union. He remembered when boy of
hearing the first voice raised for the
Union In West Virginia was Mr..
Campbelrs In tho Fifth ward market
house. He said It was with great pleas
use that he Introduced man who was
ever for the best interests OF his coun-
Try. He testified to the extreme cor
dIallty every Wheeling citizen has for
Mr.. Campbell. q. 3, y 81 M
Mr.. Campbell could not begin for
several minutes, on account OF the
cheering that followed his introduce
lion. He began by saying that It was
m inspiring sight to sec men leaving
their homes and occupations to gather
IN that hall. He referred 10 the business
houses OF New York TINT are now en-
velopcd In flags for Mckinley and Eo-
Dart, and then branched out In part, as
follows: 2 l Il - - IA
The man who Is the reputed father OF
the Democratic party--Thomas Jeffcr-
son-once said that eternal vigilance Is
me price of liberty" That sentence
puzzled me when n boy. know now
that there IL nothing more necessary for
the prosperity and pcrpctulty OF our an
situations than eternal vigilance. In
FORM OF government like ours, with all
sorts OF people, Is It quite possible for
the enemy 10 SOW tares while we sleep.
Such a crisis a5 we have al present, Is
what Thomas Jefferson had In view
when he made use. OF the quoted express
sion. He means we must be incessantly'
on our guard against the errors as well
az the sinister schemes OF factions and
individuals. we have no assurance Of
our prosperity or our security II we
sleep while the enemy ia abroad in the
land. The all important question Ia
upon us now as to whether an enemy Is
abroad sowing tinsound, sedicious and
destructive doctrines among the people.
He believed we were In the midst OF n
great danger that 1t behoovcs us to look
well to our peril.
Mr.. Campbell, then proceeded to state
the financial Issue In few plain and
elementary terms. q
He showed how coined money came
Into existence; how II had superseded
bullion money and what the effect had
been In stimulating trade between ma.
lions and In working out the great evo-
luton that we call civilization. He al
luded to the way In which the patrarchs
bought and sold land In Bible times.
They weighed the-money TO each other,
so many sheclsles OF silver or gnld. The
only voucher of value was the weight of
the metal. There was no government
stamp as there Is now on our coinage.
guaranteeing that 1t Is Of certain
weight and purity. Hence the world
remained In very crude state OF inter-
course and there was no such thing as
debt trade. It remained for coined
money to start civilization Into life, II
Is not too much to say that we owe the
condition OF the most advanced nations
to the minis of the world. To abolish
them would be to so back to seml-bar-
barism.
Integrity OF Money.
8 Next to the minting of money came
the preservation OF It's Integrity. This
has been the embarrassment OF the CEN
turtles clear. back to the Christian era
and beyond. All nations, through their
mr. IN n sol nrH 1I,r., l..
tempted under stress of war and ex-
travagance, to tampcr with their money.
They have all tried the experiment of
clipping or otherwise debasing their
money. and not In single instance
have they escaped the penalty. There
Is not q man In this house who can point
out one case of success. -
One OF the most conspicuous attempts
In comparatively recent times was that
of james II, Of England He decreed
that farthing should be regarded and
accepted as a shilling. The scheme ut,
terly failed. No penalty could make
such decree of any value The eternal
law that governs values In all nations
and in all ages asserted itself. Read
what Macauley says on this subject In
his history OF England. He said more
distress had been inflicted upon the peo-
Pile in one year under debaSed money
than In quarter century OF the harsh
est government the kingdom had ever
had. and greater than the plaques had
entailed upon them.
So well established is now the recor-
milton Of the impnss!bility of success
fully tamperins with coinage that the
practice of doing 80 has been abandon-
ed by all the advanced nations of Eu-
rope. They no longer mediate such
schemes. They one and all believe that
the highest honesty and the highest
prosperity travel hand In hand In the
matter OF. finances. They have learned
at last that honesty Is indeed the best
policy for men and nations. This fact
makes It all the more remarkable that
here In the United States. at this late
day, we should seem to be reuttemptinS
something in. the nature Of one of these
European experiences. Whatever we
may say to the contrary the mere posi-
bllity OF its success has thoroughly
aroused the apprehension OF the best
friends OF this country in Europe and
alarmed all at home or abroad who have
a pecuniary interest In our credit. For
months business has been held In re-
preston awaiting the solution OF our
present contest. No man now knows
what n day may bring forth.
r. Almost Unprecedented.
Never since the war have we seen
such state OF things This fac. alone
shows that 1t Is no ordinary crisis
through which the country is passing.
Had / stood here a year ago and pre-
dlcted that the Democratic party would
meet in July. '9G, at Chicago and pro-
claim a doctrine In finances that had
been discarded by ourselves and by Eng
land, France, Belgium. Holland. Ger
many, Italy, Greece, Austria, Russia
and by three of the South American
states, you would have laughed me to
ridcule. and yet that Is exactly what
has happened. Hence n NERVOUSNESS