The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-10-23
AN APPEAL TO OLD SOLDIERS.


General Daniel E. Sickles the one-leg.
ged veteran Of many bloody battlefield,
and Democrat Of nat onal renown, has
addressed a personal letter to the surviv.
ors of the late war to unite for national
honor, and for law and order, by voting
for William Mckinley. II ask you to
consider and reflect upon the sacred inter.
ests involved In the present situation OF
our public affairs" he writos II know
you lovo your country. You have given
10 it the best proof of dsvotion man can
give--you have defended it in battle. The
present crisis seems to me as vital to the
welfare Of the country US that which call.
ed us to the field before.
Some Of the principles for which we
then contended are again at stake. Seo'
tionalism, reputation and mob rule are
threatened. l feel that this is time
when all truo patriots should stand to-
gether, preierring their countsy, its hon.
or, good faith and untarnished name above
all mere partisan considerations.
DANGERS OF sECTIoNALisM.
"Mr. Bryan and many of his supporters
are trying to combine the South and West
against the North and East. This is Sec
tionalism-of which the Rebellion was
tho offspring. VIII you follow these
guides Into dangerous paths, or will you
not rather follow Washington In frown-
ing upon the first dawning of every at
tempt to ALLEVIATE one portion of our Coun-
try from the rest or to enfecble the ties
which now link together the various
partsY Union Veterans who fought fer
one Union, one Constitution and one dcs
tiny, can never favor any candidate OF
party seeking to array one section of our
common country against another.
"Mr Bryan proposes to pay all the
creditors of our Government in silver.
This Is reputation. 1t would degrade
and disgrace us as nation in tho eyes of
the whole world. Among the creditors of
the nation are the pensioners If you con-
sent to pay in debased silver the bond
holder who lent his money to the Govern
mont to arm aYa feed and clothe its troops,
you consent at th3 same time to reduction
Of one-half Of the pensions awarded to tho
war veterans and to the widows and
orphans Of those who are not living. All
tho creditors of the Government must
stand or fall together
SILVER AND MOB RULE.
"Mr. Bryan proposes that silver shall be
the money of this country. There is no
nation, In which silver is tho standard Of
value, where the wages paid for labor arc
moro than fraction of tho wages paid to
the American wOrkmen.
"Mr. Bryan denies the authority of the
President aud the Courts of the United
States to Interfere with mobs. They may
with impunity disturb the peace, destroy
property and life, interrupt travel BIZ.
tween the States, and obstruct the United
States mails and Interstate, as we'll rs for
cign commerce; but the Government
must look on, powerloss, helpless, par
alyzed This is mob rule-Anarchy
1t is impossible to exaggerate the gray
ity Of this issue. II really overshadows all
others because it touches the foundations
Of social order and civilization. This new
doctrine is worse than the old secession
herosy you put down with your bayonets;
let Us silence the new heresy by our bal
lots
NATIONAL HONOR BEFORE PARTY.
"To those who, like myself, have ad-
hcred to the Democratic party, let me say
that the platform and candidate present.
cd by the Chicago Convention are noj
Democratic. They arc disowned and do.
nounced by millions of the best Democrats
in the land. No man Of recognized author
ity in finance indorses the financial policy
Of the Chicago platform.
You are not Populists, nor Socialists,
nor revolutionis's Read the platform
adopted by Democratic national couycn-
tlons In former years and you will see that
the last Chicago Convention rejected all
the best traditions of our history and
adopted much Of tho revolutionary creeds
of the Populists, and Free Silvcrite3 and
Socialists. dictated by Altgold, Tillman
& Co. They repudalcd you and your
party and your principles. They have no
claim to your support. Let us defeat
them.
A ACRUsHING DEFEAT NEEDED.
"Comrado Mckinley stands for all that
Americans must now uphold. He has
been chosen us the candidate of the party
which is resisting national dishonor You
and / can do no better than give our votes
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