Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-10-15
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"n these words there is told the secession doctrine that states
are Independent of the national government at Washington; there Is
the amullment of the Union; there is notice served upon the FLAG of
America that outside the District of Columbia it is without power of
self assertion or %scfdcfense. The president of the United States is
told that to enforce national laws and protect national property he
cannot march his troops into any state without the authorization of
the governor of that state:
81 am not unmindful of the objection made against the church
man speaking at any time upon matters which have entered the arena
of politics lest his influence a $ a teacher of religion be used to pro
mote the interests of a political party. l might reply that there are
occasions when a political platform means disaster to the country.
when politics M closely connected with morals o religion, and that
on those occasions the churchman must be the patriot without allow
ing a moments thought or consideration to expediency, and must tax.
in hand the moral or religious issue, if it is vested in the garment of
politics. But in the present instance seek n o excuse of this Kind.
l speak entirely as the citizen, without warrant from my ecclesiastical
position. Deep as my convictions are, | hold in all due respect my
fellow citizens who hold convictions at variance with my own.
impeach neither their good faith no their honor. am dealing not
with men, but with principles and movements. This justice which
l render to those whose ideas l am ready to combat, l an sure they
Fr Mckinley am Sound Money.
II stand by the platform and the presidential candidates of the
republican contention of st. Louis. l am opposed to the platform
and the presidential candidates of the democratic convention at Chi
cage. The days of the civil war excepted, at no time did so great
peril threaten the country as that which is involved in the political
campaign of today: The question of the free and unlimited coinage
of silver is put iii the foreground. This question has its importance,
but it is of minor Importance, in the presence of other questions
which are brought into issue.
The one hope of the silver party is that under free coinage
we will raise the value of silver to 1920 an ounce, measured
in gold. On what authority is that said! On that of the mere
our own country contradicts the assertion The purchasing of $50,
600, 900 worth of bullion per year under the Sherman act a not
it's present low value. The experience of France contradicts the asser-
ton. France, with all the countries of the Latin Union. had to give
up the coinage OF silver lest, overloaded with the silver of The world,
it would lose all its gold. Common sense is against the assertion
Silver is now produced in such quantities at such small expense of
production that its value cannot be kept up to it's former standard.
That the great American republic will as a nation declare to the
world that it will now make a law compelling its creditors to be
satisfied with half or a little more of the money they loaned to it, and
COON record in the eyes of the world as a broken down, bankrupt.
repudiating nation, tits not possible to believe. No one will say in
justification of such a possibility that America is compelled by nation
al poverty to do so, then no on should be able to say that she thinks
of doing SO.
"Of what use is it to have a dollar instead of a half dollar if the
1dOIar a purchase no more than the half dO1arz Will farnnrs 20
ceive even nomnaly a much higher price than they do now! The
best market for the farmers product is his own country. And if his
country is impoverished, if factories ire closed, if laborers in cities
are penniless, the farmer will receive but little for his harvess. Men
on salaries will scarcely hope to have their salaries doubled, even
nominaly, and then their salaries, such as they may be, will
have only half the purchasing power they have today. Those who
have debts payable-princip or interest-in gold will receive the
paying power which they have today. But those who owe debts not
payable in gold! Well, if the country is ruined, where will thew
find even silver to pay their debts in silver? The only men benefit
ed-and they are few today, and t. is scarcely worth while to bring
around a revolution in the country to benefit them-are the debtors
who have today gold on hand. and who, by free silver coinage,
will have their store double in nominal value, and will be
enabled to reduce their debts by one half. And for those the ones
ton remains: is it i oncstr 1t is a deusion to imagine that silver
will circulate So plentfnny that it can be had easily by all, and that
the quantity will make up for the lack Of value.
'.Our hard times have come from the general competition with
the countries, of the whole globe in which we are forced by the
cheapness and facility of transportation. from overpoduction in past
years, from extravaganza during good times. and from or own social
and political agitations. One Of the chief causes Of hard times TO-DAY
is the agitation for a radical change in the currency Of the country.
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