Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-09-02
MeKISLFY's LETTER.

In plain, simple Anglo Saxon words,
William Mckinley gives to the country
today his formal acceptance of the Re-
publican nomination fer the Presi-
dency. He uses no glittering figures of
speech, no gilded metaphors, no high
sounding but meaningless rhetoric. In
stead he arrays against the advocates
Of reputation the u~nassailable figures
which tell the story of our commercial
and financial collapse under the mis-
rule of Democracy. He tells a plain,
blunt tale, without s~training for the.
atrical effect, and without appeal to
passion or ~sectionalism, and in 80 do.
ing he attains the height of true states.
manship, and achieves a success in
placing before the people the vital is.
sues of this crisis such as was needed
and expected of him. The occasion
was a momentous one, and most gu.
perbly has he met it.
In the very simplicity and straight
f%orwardness of this magnificent utter
ance of the Republican candidate there
lies a strength infinitely greater than
could have been achieved by any other
form Of eloquence. We have had a
surfeit of oratory. What we needed
were facts, pure and clear and cold.
And now we have them.
The cause of Republicanism requires
no sauce of elocutIon to make it palat-
able to honest and thinking men, such
as compose the vast majority of those
who exdAcise the franchise. Like a
good old fashioned meal of wholesome,
plain cooked food, Republican doctrine
can not be improved by the spice of
sophistry Of the salid'or highly favored
oratory. 1t is sufficient unto itself
And in giving to the country this letter,
Governor Mckinley has given us a
much needed and wholesome political
meal, one that will be easily digested
and that will give us strength and new
vitality for the fight.
After listening to what the country
has heard of late, it is as refreshing as
a cool breeze to be reminded, once
again, that the free coinage of silver
will not make silver dollars any easier
to get except to the mine owners. that
it will mot make labor easier" the
hours of labor shorter" or farming
less l%aborious,' that it will mot start
a single factory or make q demand for
one additional days labor, or create
one new occupation" Some people,
judging from what they have said,
seem to have been recently laboring
under the impression that with free sill
yer the crops would plant, and harvest
and market themselves; that machinery
would start up and run Of it's own &C,
cord; that labor would be only an un
pleasant memory. and that all We
should have to do would be to trundlt
u wheelbarrows to the bank every
day and get our money. And, again
during these past few weeks, not q day
has passed that we have not had dinnet
into our ears this talk about the ''massel
against the classes" ''the rich agains
the poor" How wild, how far from
the truth TINT talk seems now, wher
We read this letter of Mckinley 3 ant
find the stirring words:
I'VE are not a nation of classes, bu
of sturdy, free independent and hon
orable people, despising the demagogut
and never capitulating with dishonor.'
Everybody has been talking abou
the hard times lately. Mckinley talk
about them too. We are all agreed tina
we have had, up to the present day
good money. Every dollar, in what
ever form, has been us good as gold
Then 1t is not our money that has Gre
ated the bad times, for as Mckinley
says, GOOD money never made timel
hard. ""and If we have good money
says Mckinley, "let us hold fast tt
that which isgood. "-Cincinnati Com
mercial Tribune.