The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-08-28

the French. the french people ACTUALLY
brought out frotn savings banks, from stock.
Ines and from private places OF hoardlnr
enough coin 10 settle the Prussinn defnands
and free France from the presence OF tie
Invader. The yictorieHs arms Of the No.
public lie could net ne Keep french paper At par
coin purchased the freedom u Francc from
her invaders Within this very ftnefation.
The third experiment preceded this
French experiment by few years. have
here and was iuadc By our own soyeruinei,f
among our own people. On April 70. iTIN.
the conflict Of arms between Great Brifair
and the thirteen colonies befnn ut Ierinr.
ton. In Massachusetts. BEFORE the end q
had issued E2,000,000 o. Continental biils.
These we're legal tender IN payment OF daht
By the end OF that year the fsEue Of thls pa-
per had risen 10 SIS, 0o9. 0e0. BY i7e0 Tie
issue had risen 10 $2l1, 0lo, 900. ana n addI.
tion thereto tho several colonies mad ma,
Issued more than s21e. 1000 900. The fotai
Issue OF legal tender money By tfle conti-
mental congress and the several Colonies
va, vas am mo re, than "a The pouia
nearly $120 Of legal tender paper In circ,i.
lntior for each inhabltnnt. Thls surely wsr
enough money 10 make everybody prosper.
Gus on the Populist theory. Bnt neither
money a1oat. But one thing could DO Il.
and that was redemption In coin. That one
thing the continental congress dia NOT try
and the entire oontinenui currency WAS re-
repudIated. This IL hard word But II q
truthful That money had paid our forefa-
Tiers for their winter marches Ia he snoWs
Of Valley Forge. That money hnd bought
the liberty OF the nation. Our forcfafherg
had not the wisdom TO redeem or attemuf
% redeem this currency In coin and Il was
decree, authorized silver to be received for
this legal tender money at the ratio Of / to
no, That was even better than 10 10 l. In
December, 1850, they hnd abandoned any
attempt TO radeem 1t at any ratio or in any
manner. II was dead and iipbnried. i leave
It to the conscience. to tina Judgment Of ey-
cry patriotic citizen. whether he calls him
self Popuiist, Democrat or Republican, to
answer this question. II congress did not
would not or could not keep the legal tender
colin Is It honest or wise for US 10 attempt
the experiment nowf Arr we Drawer than
our fathersf Are we more patriotic than
our fatharsf Are We more honest than our
fathers7
thus leave the contention OF the Popu-
ilst party N behalf Of irredeemable paper
money. do not question their honesty.
DO not question thelr patriotism. ] do not
question their courage. on TOO many fields
the men OF this party, whether from the
North, the South or the West. have shown
that they dared to do and to die for what
the stars and stripes: They were brave men
aud believe them honest men. ] have no
sympathy and no patience with those who
sheer at them or reyile them. They are my
countrymen. They are only trying to do
what the Traders and tho manufacturers and
the land owners of France tried to do under
the Bourbon Louis and under the lead OF
john Law. But bid them remember that
the attempt then made under the most en-
hghtened inonarclial government OF Europe
Il Lao In m at4NRT AnrV-
Ing to do what the republicans of France
tried TO do at the close Of the last century.
hifabeau, who led In the attempt, was the
most eloquent man In Frpnce, ] sometimes
fancy that his eloQuence may have been as
great us that OF the distinguished orator
who dnzzled and captiyuted the Chicago con-
iention. They are no Drawer than were the
French troops who followed Napoleon Mt
Lodi and Marengo and who were paid In
such paper money and who finally used their
last payments as wads with which to load
their guns. What the French republic could
not accomplish the Populist cannot accom-.
plish. What our continental forefathers,
with Washington us leader and Jefferson as
counsellor, could not accomplish my Popu.
list fellow-citizens cannot accomplish today.
know them TO be honest. i know them 10
be brave, but beg them, by the lessons
OF history and by the memories OF the con-
tinental struggle and the Reputation Of the
Continental currency. TO deslst from the Of
Tor their good and our good and the good
OF our common country. They must be de-
feated In this unwise and unfortunate as
sault upon the labor and the savings OF the
ly. completely, and before this generation
shall have passed they will thunk you for
their defeat, Just US the brave soldiers of
the South today acknowledge that their
states are better without slavery and that
the victory Of the Union has made them
INT tho aubtppfN 0f fha NnPfh hnf
low-cttizens OF u united and powerful ma
tlon.
And now let us consider the demands and
the attitude OF the Democratic party.
Let US try TO do this fairly, squarely and
justly II know my heart ] do not wish
TO pettlfog the question. Wish to get at
the truth " Gun.
Mr.. Bryan is the candidate OF the Dem.
ocratlc party and Of the Popullst party.
Tho Democracy declare. Just a. do the Pop
ullsts, that all paper which il made legal
tender shall be issued By the government
OF the United States. Here their agreement
with the foDullst party stops. The De-
mocracy declare that such legal tender paper
shall be redccmable In coin. by no possl-
BILE Interpretation OF the Popullst platform
am able TO Ind either purpose or willing
ness ON the part of the PopulIsts to redeem
such paper In coin. The difference, II hon.
est. Is radical. Courtesy requires US TO be-
ueye that the difference Is honest. state
tlth LOT inc hetOuu time mere 80 tiluI you
may tx IL In thought. The Democratic path
and the Popnllst path here should part, and
II both parties are honest these paths should
part forever.
Where does Mr.. Bryan stand and which
tlag does lie follow: The tint money Popu-
lists trust Mr.. Bryan and therefore dare
not They have read the Democratic plat
form with lts promise of payment In coin,
and yet they who believe In constant and In.
crcasing Issues OF irredeeriable paper be-
lleye III Mr.. bryan. Some one must be
cheated In this double dealing. Who Is II
to be!
The fact Is there Is cousinship between
tho silver dollar worth 81 cents and the pa
per dollar worth nothing. II Is cousinship
OF depreciation. The silver dollar is lust n
cents nearer nothing than y gold dollar.
Anu that ~ cents OF dat and Of nothlugncss
Is tile llgament that binds the Populist and
Democrat together.
And now let us get hack to the first ques.
tlon, shall we open our lnints TO the free
gold ut the ratio of 10 to without waiting
for the sid or consent OF any other natlonf'
Here ! ask you to consider certain great
a I'm Hands OF fact: Perhaps they may help
First-our .mints are now closed to the
coinage of silver. We are not as a nation
alone In this position. All the civliIred na.
South American and Central American
States, Japan, China and India, hold nrnc.
ticaily the same attitude toward sIIyer.
DO 10, not say that this is conclusive upon your
that 1t Is at least matter for serious reiiec.
tion. These states embrace every form az
government. from republican France to -tles.
mankind IL not conclusive, IL certnInlw ia.
serves respectful thought. II 900 mon IA.
clare that II hurts 10 kick against tie
nricks."it would seem wise for the one.
his own toes before Kicking.
second-Whutever may be the CAUSES. the
tart Is today that sixteen ounces OF silyer