The San Francisco call., 1896-10-13
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND'S. AID.
DRESS.

The solemn and weghty words of warn
ing against the dangers OF what in the
language of the day may be called "Bry-
anism" which Archbishop Ireland has
addressed to the people OF the United
States hardly need comment to impress
their truth upon rejecting minds. The
words of the venerable Archbishop are so
clear, so strong, and all his sentences are
so infused with the living light of wise
patriotism that they shine with such
luminous power that he who runs may
read.
The Archbishop says:
America heretofore has been free from So
cialistic hatred and warfare; IL has been q
country of opportunities for all men, and it
has given to the Iaborer a livelihood higher
and better than is afforded him in any other
country in the world. Is this all to be changed? ?
Is social chaos, gloating over ruins, to be a
method of the social elevation of the masses?
There may be room in some things Tor peace
ful amelioration through well-informed pub
lie opinion and orderly legislation, but class
hatred and angry passion never led to any
thing but general misery and suffering.
The truth of these words is not affected
by the fact that many sincere and honest
minded citizens are not aware of the ten
dency involved in the Bryaaite campaign,
As the Arch bishop himself says: MANY
adherents of the movement do not per-
ceive its full meaning, but let them be-
ware. They will light torches which,
borne in the hands of reckless men, may
light up in this country the lurid fires of a
commune"
America has been free from the class
hatreds and strifes which have so dis
turbed the governments and peoples of
Europe. So abundant are the opportuni-
ties for industry to advance itself in this
country that it has been very justly as
we'll as very strikingly SAID, America is
opportunity" By the exercise of their
energies and their talents, the young men
of America have been able to secure
themselves all the comforts OF happy
life, and where gifted with more than
ordinary talent have been easily enabled
by industry to advance themselves to the
highest offices in the State. From the
beginning of our history it has been so,
and it is so to-day. At this very moment
neither of the men who is aspiring to the
Presidency with the support of his fellow
citizens was born to wealth or to any
artificial advantages. These opportunities
may be destroyed by rashness and reck-
lessness, and it is certainly the duty OF
every citizen to guard. protect and defend
them wherever they are threatened by the
discontented, envious and malignant.
The words of the Arch bishop on the
subject of free coinage of silver are hardly
less weighty than those on the subject OF
anarchy and defiance of law. As he points
out, the issue involved in the free coinage
of silver as advocated by the Bryanites is
really an issue of morality, rather than OF
finance. In genuine bimetallism there
would be benefit to the country and the
preservation of National honor, individual
integrity and justice to all; but the Bryan
policy threatens every creditor and en-
dangers every trade and every industry.
The words of Archbishop Ireland are none
too strong in characterizing the folly of
this movement. Dangerous in itself. it is
made doubly so by the character of the
men who advocate it and the nature of
their harangues to the people in support
of it.