, 1896-09-03

industrious of his toll. and the inventor
OF the reward OF his genius. We hold
-ha. it will demoralize and seriously
disturb the immense trade and com
melce of the republic and drive the
country 10 a discredited. deprecia, ed
and iepreciating standard; smtte our
finances as with a palsy and trade with
a blight. We hold that the nations
CT edit will fall PROSTATE, its obiiga-
tions will be dishonored and its unsul-
lied character will be stained with
fraud and deceit.
We claim that these averments are
true. established by historical lact, by
unanswerable reason, the opinions of
ne most distinguished political econo-
mists and the ommon honesty of the
largest portion of our felow citizens.
The dIsiu.ity and cup.diJy of some
of our good citizens have been played
upon and aroused by artful fanatics
and cunning demagogues. There are.
however. many honest, patriotic and
intelligent men who cling with all the
Strength of conviction to the specious
DIX unsound theory of bimetallism al
16 to l. If their theory is denounced as
false and pelnic.ous, no imputation is
caEs upon their character, nor any siur
upon their Intelligence.
THE free coinage of silver is and has
been since Mr. leveland's Inauguration
;le supreme, overshadowing issue be-
fore .he country. Upon that issue the
president and a majority of the party's
representatives in congress took oppo-
site SIDES. In consequence he has been
poWsIless 10 effec. financial reform anil
secure immunity from gold raiding on
the treasury.
Since the inception OF the struggle
for free silver, no compromise has been
possible. Our brethren knew that the
battle was on to the death. The nomi-
nees of the so-called democratic party
have on several occasions proclaimed
me ~irreconcilable nature of the con-
aict. II is a fitting elimination of such
a contest for our brethren to obtain al
lies from popul.sm at the price of incor-
porating lis nefarious doctrines in their
platform and attempting to palm them
off as genuine democracy. 1t vas fit
that to a degraded and deprecated cur
rency should be added an assassina.ed
Judiciary and a powerless executive.
Fellow citizens, we are not traitors
% our party. We are dn the house OF
our fathers. We cannot be driven from
IL. We will defend the honor Of Jul
country and the integrity Of our prin'
ciples as long as life endures.
I'VE can neither be ousted Of II po'
litical heritage nor forced into thu
ranks of our old-time adversary. w,
intend to preserve intact, ~unimpairet
and unsullfed. by and Through the or
~tganization which we perfect today, TIL
democracy Of Jefferson, Jackson, Ben
ton and Cleveland. We propose to fur
nish a refuge and an abiding place 70
ooSAA VI oua 90, "i'
grieved at the betrayal of our princi
Piles at Chicago, are inclined to go t
The republican camp. The principle:
Of democracy are fmperishable. They
are a~ntagonistic to the p~aternalism o
he republican and the socialist; thu
destruc.iveless of the anarchist ana
the vagarieS of the inflationists and re-
pudiator.
Byron wrote:
""While the coliseum stands Rome
shall stand and while Rome stands, the
world
I'VE say: While democracy stands
The republic Shall stand and while the
republic stands, human liberty
For a seaso our party may stray
quagmires, until the beacon light OF
tru.h breaks upon it. 1t will rise from
every fall, like Aneaces. of old, and
Fen in It's ashes will live its wonted
fires
III in the decree of fate our party
must perish. let no historian write such
an epitaph on its tomb as rhis:
Come to an untimely end from
swallowing political and financial
poison bus rather let this epitaph be
written owe its honored grave, dug
among the ruins of the capitol.
at did not survive the loss Of lib
erty, the destruction of the republic,
and decay Of public and private evils
"We are pr%opagandists OF no new
creed. We are the upholders Of the old.
We appeal from democracy drunk with
delusion to democracy sobered with
reason. With an abiding faith in the
intelligence and honesty OF our peo-
pie. we lay before them and the world
the reasons that prompt us to unfurl
the cid flag that has floated over many
a triumph and many a defeat, and has
never yet been soiled by population OF
stained by dishonor.
I'VE deem 1t wise to pursue an ag.
gressiye rather than a negative policy
to be Achilles dragging Hector around
The walls OF Troy, rather than Achilles
sulking in his tent. We propose tc
make a funeral pyre Of the cadavers o.
popu,:sm and anarchy. We propose
to drag behind our triumphant chario'
wheels, in defeat and disgrace, arount
the national "a nitOl tina dead Fran kyan