Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-09-28

suppose a free coinage law IN existence.
ana suppose some foreigner who aid moi
IKE us were to come here for the express
purpose OF hurting us with his silver.
now couid 90 II? lie would bring enough
silver bullion to have made 1900 silver dol
iars; The government would take the
pullion ana stamp it and hand the dol
lars back. How would be hurt us? You
, may say that he would take the dollars
,, ana go nome. Yes, we would lose the
cost or coinage. and he would lose the
: ireight ON the silver both ways. He coul,.
not hurt us in that way. Or he couIu
Just give US his dollars We can stand
INA, ,liat longer than he can. How could he
! huft vs.! ! know what you VIII say. that
ne VIII trade his silver for gold and take
our gold away, win he? Where win he
Eet the gold? Go to the treasury and get
II! moi under bi-metallism. The govern
iien. does not agree to swap dollars.
tnuef bi-metallism the government
converts silver bullion into silver dollars
ana gold bullion into gold dollars, and
ltndS the dollars back, but does not
asrse to redeem silver dollars in gold or
agrees to redeem one gold dollar with an
! othcr gold dollar, or u silver dollar with
another silver dollar. He must so to
some private individual. he who has it,,
ana that let's most people out because
lhey nave not any gold. He must not
ohiy ilnd somebody with gold, but some
pooy willing to let the gold go in ex-
chahge for silver, because the man with
SILVER cannot compel you 10 give your
geld for his silver, and not a dollar OF
Soid VIII go out of this country IN that
sort of an exchange unless the man who
has the gold thinks lie is better off If he
gives up the gold and takes silver in Its
place. What else could he do? lie could
trade silver for something we have to
sell; and if that man Will let us know
when he is coming we will meet him at
the train with a brass band and escort
him through towns and show him the
property we will be glad to exchange,
tApplause.)
I'VE can support our position from ev-
cry point of view. We can quote the au-
thority of those who stand high III the
nations councils. We can apply TO the
question the laws we see enforced every
day. and we can gather testimony from
the analosies of nature. ] am not oId,
but am old enough to have learned that
the laws of God are wiser than the laws
of man. | am Old enough to nave learned
that He who is Infinite in power was also
Infinite in love. and that He. never gave
to mankind Il need without Nle means OF
satisfying it. Then He gave TO man the
necessity for food. He covered the earth
with His bounties, and there mas always
been enough to satisfy the hunger OF
man. and when He made water necessary
for human existence. lie put the veins III
the earth and scattered the living springs
along the hillside. And when He allowed
WCarineSs to creep over the limbs. lie
gent sleep to restore strength. And when
lie gave man a mind capable of develop
ing. lie filled the universe with His won
defS WhtcH may wei occupy lIlc NhOuSHts
Of man.
When He gave mankind the desire Of
society and fashioned the channels OF
trade lie stored away In The secret
places of the mountains the gold and sill
yer suitable for a world money. Man
kind found those precious metals,
dragged them from their secret recesses.
and for GWn years they have come down
to us side by side ministoring unto the
wants of man. may be In error. II /
am / hope | may he led into the better
way. But. In my humble Judgment the
man who woisld rob mankind Of his food
and leave his appetite. the man who
would corrupt the springs and leave
thirst for water. the man who would rob
one of rest or condemn his mind 70 igno-
rance ana superstition, Is no more an
enemy Of The race than the man who
deaf TO the cntreitics OF the poor, would
strike down and out of existence one OF
the precious metals given ny the A.
mighty himself TO satisfy the needs Of
the human race" Great appiause)