The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-06-20
To THE FRIENDS
OF FREE SILVER
The st. Louis Boilers Issue an
Address.
TELLER FOR PRESIDENT
The Address Signed by Twenty
Six Delegates.
INDEPENDENT ACTION URGED
There is No Sanctity in Mere
Party Name"
1--WE ARE A DEBTOR NATION"
INDEPENDENT ACTION URGED
There is No Sanctity in Mere
Party Name"
1--WE ARE A DEBTOR NATION
The Union of all Men and all Parties
Who Believe That the Hour Has
Come for the Triumph of
Justice is Invoked.

L.
continued in conference to-day and re-
port that they have the signatures of
twenty-six delegates to their declara-
ton of independence which sets forth
their principles and recommends that
all parties and organizations opposed
to the gold standard unite in support
ing Senator Teller for President.
The silver men did not want TO give
out their address to-day because they
have not had an opportunity to get
the signatures of all wanting to join
in the movement. But as most OF the
delegates have left and as there will be
further conferences, it was finally Civ
s EN- out with the signatures OF 20 dele
gates. There were only % who walked
out of the convention. The silver
conferees claim they have not more
than half the signatures that were
promised. 1t is also known that there
is a difference of opinion among the
silver delegates and some who de-
nounce the gold standard are not IN
favor of the independent movement.
The address which is very long, is
in part as follows:
sTo the People Of the United States:
ssObeying the call of duty, and Justi-
fed by the common citizenship of this
republic, we address this communica-
ton to the people and the forthcoming
conventions of the United States. In
doing so we claim no authority or
right other than that which belongs TO
every man to express personal convic-
ton; but we respectfully solicit the
co operation of all who believe that
I, a return 10 the
simpler and more direct method of
naming men for National service than
has obtained in recent years.
political party organization is nec-
essarv, because without it the indivld-
nal is dumb; but, the party is only
the means, not the end; it is the voice
and not the sense. AS the world ad-
vances in this wonderful epoch OF IN
tellectual development and physical
Improvement there is a constant re-
ouirement for better things. The IN
diyidual feels that requirement and
heeds it, or he fails in life-endeayor.
Parties must also obey the same
law. 1t follows, therefore, that the
moment a party shall choose 10 stand
still or retrogress, it is no longer
efficient to achieve the end to which
3lC(NhSeSNe
There is no sanctity in mere party
name: and the mark of decay is set
on individual strength in nation
when the absolute rule of political or
panization coerces man from the truth
for the sake of expediency and estaD-
fishes insincere submission to partisan
rule for the sake of power.
I'VE do not arrogate to ourselves one
iota more of intelligence, PATRIOTISM
or courage than is possessed by any
of our fellow-citizens. But we feel that
the time has come for the performance
of q duty to this country; and Tor our
part, though we shall stand alone, we
will make an endeavor in the direction
of that duty.
s.If the voices which have sounded
to us from every State in this Union
are an Indication of the real feeling,
this year is the appointed time for
the people to assert themselves,
through such mediums as may give the
best promise of the achievement OF
Justice. But, whether we are mistaken
or not concerning the general senti-
ment of the United States, we have
not mistaken our own duty in with
drawing from the Republican conven-
ton, feeling it is better to be right
anu Win blc IiIDOI1lg III dl1Peil I'll I
defeat than to be wrong with the
majority in apparent triumph.
1--WE hold that in the great work
of social evolution in this country,
monetary reform stands as the first
requisite. No policy, however promis-
ing of good, can take its place. Con-
tinuation during the next four years
upon the present financial system will
bring down upon the American people
that cloud of impending evil, to avert
which should be the first thought of
statesmen and the first prayer of
patriots. Our very institutions are
at stake. To-day, with the rapidly
increasing population, with widely
swelling demand, the basis of our
money is relatively contracting and the
people are passing into servitude all
the more dangerous because it is not
physically apparent The nation it
self as to other nations is losing the
sturdy courage which could make it
defiant in the face of injustice and
internal wrong. From the farmer and