The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-10-12

Irlefd III lIlS CITY Is pupalSIlSd mere io-
day, in which Mr.. Bayard suggests that
Democrats should refuse to support Bry-
an and Sewall. and says they should vote
for Palmer and Buckner.
Mr. Bayard's letter, which was ad-
dressed to Samuel Bancroft, Jr.. is as
follows
LONDON, Sept. 80.
My dear Mr.. Bancroft-It seems scarce
ly possible that anyone could be in doubt
in relation to my personal opinion upon
the very serious issues now placed be-
of the several political organizations. The
evils which surround US and the perils
that confront US have not grown in a
night, nor have they come without warm
ing The dangers of disregarding sound
financial principles have been distinctly
4oretold and reiterated; and looking over
the last twenty-five years. as a repre-
sentative Of Delaware in the United
States Senate and as a citizen discuss
ing elsewhere public measures and poll
cies, cannot discern any failure on my
part to speak with absolute plainness in
opposition to the acts of legislation and
financial and commercial policies which
are responsible for the present perilous
and distressing conditions. In such a
crisis. language of reproach, Of crimina-
ton and recrimination would be useless
or worse and unworthy; but each man,
upon his own responsibility. must ask
and answer the question--whether men,
collectively or individually. can. with
justice or self-respect, abandon a just and
vital principle In the hour of its exigency,
and just when the necessity of its main
tenance is greatest and fly from the field
when the assault is fiercest and
courage Is most needed to defend the
right. Whether the principle is embedded
in the text of the written charter of our
Government or is found in statutes in
tended to give effect to the Constitution,
the measure of duty and fidelity Is equal;
and in these seasons of excitement, alarm
and passionate unreason, which are all
most inevitable in the history of any ma
tion, a patriotic, sincere and Self-respect-
ing man will hear and heed the summons,
and Will feel the real trial of his soul TO
support, N the hour of their distress, the
truths he has deliberately weighed and
ayowed it to be his duty TO sustain for
the welfare of the country to which his
faith and allegiance have been plighted
when, therefore, a citizen, processing
himself to be Democrat, is. called upon
by many, or by few, to yield his con-
Congress has the power and can rightful-
~ exercise 1t by its legislative fiat to
create values, and, regardless of their in
frinsic or commercial value. to invest one
or the other of the earth metals with any
arbitrary power as money and override
and alter at legislative will or caprice
the ratio of the exchangeability of such
metals. regardless of the impairment of
the obligation of contracts-his answer
should be that such claim of power is
not consistent with government of lin
ited powers as defined by our constitution.
but contains the quintescense of tyranny
dishonesty and absolutism. and is de-
sential to the peace and stability of civ
illzed society. 1t is IN plain words,
proposition to destroy the Institution of
property and break down every legal de-
fence for its protection.
This one question, and It's answer, suf-
ficiently justify the prompt and absolute
refusal Of constitutional Democrat to
support, in any degree, the nominees of
the Chicago Convention (dessrs. Bryan
and SewalD. and the preposterous claims
81 legislative power contained in their
platform under which the credit of the
nation and the peace and order of seci-
ETY. would inevitably perish. On the other
hand, we have the Republican organiza-
tion whose measures and whose leaders
have steadily created the dangers that
threatened the country. and have made
possible such ticket and such PROPOSE
tions as were presented at Chicago. While
compelled to recoil from the policy of
compulsory purchase and coinage OF sill
yer as an unlimited legal tender, yet it
Is insistently proposed to employ and in
tensify the profound powers of public
taxation to prohibit commerce with other
countries and thereby prevent revenue
from coming into the. public treasury
TO lay taxes which shall prevent the paw
ment and collection of other taxes neces-
sary for the support of the government,
whose powers are exerted. directly and
personally, upon each Individual citizen
and over every part of land or water
within Its national boundaries
Every constitutional Democrat cau
truly reply to such propositions that they
are fraught with such gross ineauity be-
tween man and man as to oe inconsistent
with public safety, Because il EMPLOYS, the
most far-reaching and sovereign power
known to government to inpoyerish the
weaker and poorer members of society
tWhO form the numerical majority and
aggrandize those already financially
stronger; that 5tkexfends a system Witch
has already created Inequality before
the law. and subjects the Industrious
citizens to competition With their own
goyenDment, and their own money. drawn
from them by taxation, and employed for
the private profit of allied elasses who
&~haye established themselves as co-partners
wifffthe government in the exercise of in
exorab bic powers of taxation over the on
tire population. Such perversion Of
public powers inevitably carries with il
q sense OF its injustice and spreads broad
cast the seeds OF popular distress and lust
discomfort, and this swells into a current
which undermines respect for the Ia "
and confidence in the justice and integrity v
of the Government Therefore when 81 r.
didates are presented, as are Messrs. Me-
Kinleys and Hobart upon a platform
promising no abatement Of taxation, but
an intepsbHcation of principles so unjlst
and wholly out OF harmony with the
spirit as we'll as the letter OF the charter
Of our liberties, every Democrat faithful
to the principles Of his party can pro-
peTly refuse to aid the election Of carldi-
dates avoWing principles and policies that
haFs 50 plainly led 10 cur present dam