New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-26
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cat and q NatiOnal ha 90
b 20 ,artv lines These memorable occasions nave
5emonstr, led that fibre and strength OF the Ma
,,,inns the purltv of our liberties and the sure
triumph OF the right. The Worh EIo"s ~, ,,rdnd
"a! not cvince lis LOYALTY TO truth on the lines
and through the crceds ana ny tne pi"Nu,I, Saes
80, ,t' ,,ncinIn more clearly and follows II more ac
curateiy year by year. The Amercan ,o nai H.
has never failed to respond when the Natona' ~.
hanor mr. credit was at stake. 1t has been me IniS
fortune of the Democratic party 10 IAN NJ ,he
Rrnuhican organization. and which nav t.it,
porariiy disrupted Democracy on seNcr1r o ,hrough
he best Of lis members these occasions 10 ps .i
It's house and cleanse its stable before as""'
the support confidence OF me 'o"""S'
AMERICAN LOVE OF COURAGE
,.ar,oor ,cor,e love courageous expressions
and they hate temporzing or time-serVlns ""o"
.t uos,,ors are those OF truth and consciehc'
vybon tho Convention which nominated Mc' i'',,"
declared the war failure there was de'p US
tress in the land and profound ulsu'u he Rehclo
%S Int of When sfe pS R@pubCan Conynt9n which
renominatcd Lincoln boldly said, we plc,S;o, nf
last pan hmc he b ,s cause of Mcclellan ended
and the Republic was saved Whem III "a WI" nnala.
Industrial and financial distress SOM" iou ION
cons To- the present the Democratic tan II
Which nominated Horatio seymour an ,urodeemable
Pendeton declared for fiat money ana Ion hold
naper and the Republican party in cohESn,iom nh
iy proclaimed that every dol ar OF mr of The
conntrv equal to the best in the world. ana MAJ
gold again the best men of the Snming ma ior
ties the country repudatcd repudlatioii az" Wotinnni
vas elected up9n hi RnhGSr y moortes unprec
edented In our history
REVOLUTIONS MUST BE JUSTIFIED
Bryan and scwall and Watson proclaim re'oiu,
ton These jugglers with the National 'al'" az"
National credit. with business ana prosperity! VIZ"
labor and employment, are recklcsslE '''H
TO precipitate one of thosa crises in which capita
nd
involved The right of revolution Is ulNlnc, w
must have supreme tustiiicatiQn IN, d ,ndenen
dence: IL was a contes. inevitable where men anu
won revouton between the systems OF free and
slave labor for the freedom OF aDor. LOT tsC"P
from the crimes and horrors and immoraliies or
slavery II was worth all 1t cost. In one case the
American people were fghting against ioi,Isn
In the other case they were fighting to break me
shacklcs from the limbs OF the pondman an" p ~
to-day there Is no foreign power dominating US
n nd can no Traahed only by revolution there
behind us hundred years Of the most phehonieha
ErGTth and pG9spery 5no orr
and institutions and laws as they exis mere - pr
nothing but an invitation TO embark upon that sea
Of reputation and of dshonor which has WRECKED
upon t. This revolution promises to destroy the
Supreme Court. to prevent the issue OF bonds ana
the use Of the credit of the country for any pur-
pose TO debase the currency to issue II need be
irredeemable paper and iiat money ana 10 des'roy
tween individuals. 1t proposes TO seize the rail
ways and the tclegraphs, to enter upon vague
stroy those elements OF American liberty by which
the Government governs least and tho individual
has unlimited opportunity for Industrial business.
professional and political honors and emouments
THE WISDOM OF THE FATHERS.
No one has ever doubted the wisdom of the fathers
of our Republic \ century Of experiment has
abundantly and Overwhelmingly justified their fore
sight. craftsmanship and patriotism. No matter
how well they knew unless they had been gifted
with prophetic foresight they builded better than
they knew They saw the horrors OF the French
Revolution, they saw tie frightfu costs OF mob
ruiz they saw each party. as IT. came IN power:
The streets Of Paris run with blood, property con
hscated, industries paralyzed ana millions starving
a temporary convention: they saw "A nirlot placed
upon the throne OF religion as tneGoddess OF Reason
that reason which TO bring about an intel
lectual and Industrial paradise They made mp their
minds 10 guard their country against me cNcesSes
and the legislative branches Of the Government,
the will and Judgment OF the people but they enact
ed a written constitution under which the executive
and the legislative branches must act. and then
they created that new feature OF government. that
palladium of the rights Of the people. and the per
dietary. court which could say to wild Congress:
you have overeaped the boundaries of the con
sitution and you mus bring yourselves within its
limits" They knew from the preccderts OF liberty
behind them that the judiciary always be trust
ed 1t may sometimes err bu, in the long run ii is
the guardian and the protector of the rights of the
masses OF the rights Of the individual and Of the
rights of the weak against the strong. There are
two places under Constitution where neither
wealth nor power gives any advantage 10 the in
divdual, where the riches, and the poorest the
most exalted and tn humblest stand on the same
plane; one is the balCt-boN and the other the court
proposes to destroy this majestic tribunal and make
1t simply the echo Of the party caucus which con-
tros Congress this year and may he driven into OBJ
security next.
In other words by one blow It takes away the
safeguard thrown around amendments 10 thc CON
stitutiOn Of the United States. and makes that IN
strumcnt no longer palladium Of National power
of the individual but a football Of accidental
majority In the two houses of Congress. From be
ing one Of the noblest pi .ces Of parchment in the
annals OF governments. this conspiracy would make
il the dirty rag Of The caucus.
They propose 20 take away from the Government
the power to ssue bonds as If the Issuing Of bonds
was crime They either do not care or 10 not
fcusive and offensive power. Except for the little
credit which II possessed, this Republic never would
have been free except for the credit whcn 1t could
II could never have fought the War OF 1872
cent for the power 70 issue bonds ana use its credit
for its salvation. II never could have successfully
nc; except Tor IT'S power 10 ISSUE bonds Tor the Ma
tiona defence and TIE National honor. II could not
ury that enables the United States to redeem IT'S
promises. and prevented panic which would have
workman tramp upon me highway; except for the
discredt cast upon the bonds and the doub, which
was thrown about their future by the very men I'm
the Senate Of the United States who captured the
Democratic Convention at Chicago and owned the
have been need to sell the bonds TO keep up the
gold reserve of the Treasury there would have been
need OF syndicdtes 10 place the bonds. and the
price which would have been realized by the Treas
ury would have been so high TO demonstrate the
confidence Of the world In the credit. the stability
and the honor Of our country. These men have not
only put stain upon our fair name. but they have
cost tens of millions Of dollars I'm the disirIst
which they have created Of our National good faith
AN OLD GHOST LAID
remember the critical days Of 1861 and 1862. when
the bOge Of State sovereignty was prohibiting tho
passage Of Federal troops through MARYLAND u Viz
gina and denouncng the passage Of the Union Army
through the sovereign State Of Kentucky 70 Donel-
son and Shiloh. IL seemed to me as I read tho
speeches at the Chicago Convention and the plank in
the platform watch he and Altge,d so trumphantiv
carried. that the doctrines ~ 1861 and 1852 which mad
been buried by the sacrifice OF a million lives of
Union and Confederate solders-al Americans-the
devastation OF ten States and the expenditure Of