The Irish standard., 1896-07-25
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Some, who are ready to use, the power
EIof the government to limit the supply OF
money, in order to prevent injustice to
4 1.-The creditor, are slow to admit the right
4 Of the government to increase the cur-
Erency when necessary to prevent lnjus-
tice to the debtor. denounce that cruel
Interpretation of governmental power
which would grant the authority to
starve, but would withhold the authority
to feed our people-which would permit
Ia contraction of the currency, even to
/ the destruction of all property, but
would prohibit the expansion OF our cur
.rency to keep pace with the growing
needs of a growing nation!
I The gentlemen who are SO, fearful of
1 socialism when the poor are exempted
from an income tax view with indiffer-
ence those methods which give the rich
a substantial exemption. They weep
more because sis 100000 is to be collect
ed from the incomes of the rich than
they do at the collection OF $30O000,0 900
upon goods which the poor consume.
And when an attempt is made to equalize
these burdens, not fully, but partially
only, the people OF the South and West
are called anarchists.
l deny the accusation, sirs. It is
among the people Of the South and West,
on the prairies and in the mountains,
you find the staunchest supporters Of
government and friends of law and order
You may not find among these people
the great fortunes which are accu;nu-
lated III cities nor will you find the dark
shadows which these fortunes throw
over the community; but you will find
property, even while they demand that
property shall bear its share of tax
alton. You may not find among them
as much Of wealth, but you will find men
who are not only willing to pay their
| taxes to support the government, but
are wiling whenever necessary to offer up
their lives in it's defense.
These people, sir, whom you call an
| archists because they ask that the bur-
| dens Of government shall be equally
borne, these people have ever borne the
cross on Calvary and saved their coun-
try with their blood.
l may be in error, but in my humble
Judgment he who would rob man of his
necessary food or pollute the springs at
which he quenches his thirst, OF steal
away from him his accustomed rest, or
condemn his mind to the gloomy night
! of ignorance, is no more an enemy OF his
race than the man who, deaf to the en-
treaties of the poor and blind to the sllf
fering he would cause, seeks. to- destroy
one of the money metals given by the
Almighty to supply the needs of COM
| merce ..5
The line of battle is laid down. The
presidents letter to Gov. Northern ex-
presses his opposition to the free and I'M
limited coinage of silver by this country
alone. Upon that issue the next con-
gressional contest will be fought Are
we dependent or independent as ma
ton? Shall We legislate for ourselves or
shall we beg some foreign nation to help
|
own people?
You may think that you have buried
the cause of bimetallism; you may con-
gratulate yourselves that you have laid
the free coinage of silver away in a sep
l1lchre, newly made since the election,
and before the door rolled the veto stone
| But, sirs, if our cause is just, as believe
/ it is, your labor has been in vain; no
1 tomb was ever made so strong that it
could imprison righteous cause. Silver
/ it's shroud. 1t will yet rise, and in it's
\ rising and it's reign will bless mankind.
Alexander "wept for other worlds to
conquer after he had carried his victo-
rious banner throughout the then
known world. Napoleon t'rearranged
the map of Europe with his sword" amid
the lamentations of those by whose
blood he was exalted; but when these
. and other military heroes are. forgotten
and their achievements disappear in the
cycles sweep OF years, children will still
lisp the name of Jefferson, and freemen
will ascribe due praise to him who filled
I the kneeling subjects heart with hope
and babe him stand erect-a sovereign
!; among his peers.
! ROYAL NABOBS.
1t would seem from recent expressions
in the London papers and from the ut
terances of the good English bishops