Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-09-17

frages Of those who believe that through
that party and by the policies expressed In
that platform they can best serve their
country and protect Their rights.
The Democratic party at Chicago met in
convention. and there the majority of the
Democrats of the United States, speaking
through their legally chosen representa-
tives, laid down platform and nominated
a ticket.
1t is not to be expected that person will
always find in any platform all that he de-
sires and nothing which he does not like,
but when the citizen comes to vote he acts
with that party and lndorses that platform
which give to him the best assurances Of
securing the most important things which
he desires.
Indorses the Platform.
1t is proper-aye, more, it is necessary
that the candidate who stands upon plat
form shall indorse the utterances of his
platform, and stand before you to declare
in your presence that indorse every word
and every syllable of the platform But,
while do so, expect in this campaign
the support of many Democrats who are
not willing to indorse all that the platform
declares for.
Ina campaign there is always some over
shadowing issue. There Is in campaign
always one great paramount question
which more than any other will determine
the allegiance Of those who support the
ticket, and in this campaign we appeal
with confidence TO those people who are op-
posed TO longer continuation Of the gold
standard policy in the United States.
Our opponents have at last taken a def
mite position upon the money question. The
Republican platform adopted at St. Louis
declares that the gold standard must be
maintained in this nation until other ma
tions shall consent to its abandonment.
We believe that that declaration, which
commits us to a gold standard until other
nations come to our relief, is equivalent
to a declaration in favor of the permanent
continuation Of the gold standard, because
we don't believe that other nations will
take pity upon us before we take pity on
our own people.
We have then to consider this question.
Ought the American people to submit
longer to gold Standard The Democratic
party has begun war OF determination
against the gold standard. We ask no
quarter. We give no quarter. We shall
prosecute our warfare until there Is not an
American citizen that dares to advocate q
gold standard basis
You ask why? We reply that q gold
standard Is a conspiracy against the human
race that we would no more join it than
we would Join an army marching to de-
stroy our homes and destroy our families
] ask you not to take my word for the evils
of gold standard. / call as a witness a
gentleman whose voice has been heard in
the councils of the Democratic party. i
ask you to read and reflect upon the Ian
guage used by John G. Carlisle In 1873 in
a speech made in congress. He said: "Ac-
cording to my opinion, the conspiracy
which seems to have been formed here and
in Europe to destroy by legislation and
otherwise from three -sevenths to one-hah
of the metallic money Of the world is the
most gigantic crime Of this or any other
age. Its consummation would ultimately
entail more misery upon the humali race
than all the wars, pestilence and famines
that ever occurred IN the history Of the
world"
That is the language Of John G. Car
Isle, and I believe he spoke the truth. If
1t was true then, it is true today, and will
be true, no matter who may change his
OpInlOL VI Ills tOuISp uDOn llll5 4QcSbiOu
Truths once uttered will live no matter
what may become Of those who utter those
truths. Men cannot retract truth, and
that prophecy was spoken IS years ago,
and 1a years Of fulfllment have enabled us
to believe words which were not believed
or thought of at the time they were spoken.
Our opponents tell us that free coinage
Of silver is going to disturb business. !
ask our opponents towritc down the worst
thing that they could possibly think of as
possible consequence of the immediate
restoration of the free coinage of silver,
and when they have written their worst
place over against the most dismal proph-
ecy they can utter the words Of John @.
Carlisle and tell them | would take the
worst thing they could think Of rather than
bring misery greater than war, pestilence
and famine
Meaning of Fatal Words.
Can you imagine the meaning of these
wordsS No, my friends, the Imagination
cannot conceive, the tongue cannot describe
all that there is wrapped up in these words
II you think of all the wars of the past
you will remember that from the time that
Cain killed Abel until now history has
been little more than record of warfare
Can you remember all those wars, and can
You add in one great sum all the misery
that these wars have caused? And then
can you think of the pestilences which have
visited the earth and the misery that they
have brought And then can you think of
the famines that have afflicted mankind
from time to timer Can You add into one
great sum all the misery caused by these
three dread destroyers OF the human race
and then think that the consummation Of
the conspiracy of those who stand upon the
gold standard would bring more of misery
than all Of these2 All, my friends, it Is
because we believe that that prophecy was
true, it Is because we believe that no Ian
guage can overstate the meaning OF the In
finite disasters that gold standard means
to the human race, 1t is because we believe
1t that no power on earth will prevent the
advocates of free coinage from preaching
that gospel wherever they can find those to
hear it.
Some of our opponents say that they are
afraid that we cannot maintain bimetal-
lism alone. We reply to them that we have
waited for 90 years for other nations to
help us. and IL we are going to restore bi-
metallism we have got to restore 1t alone,
because others don't come to our assist
ance. More than that, we believe that
Quickens
The Appetite
Makes the
Weak Strong.
AYERS