The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-06-25

fellow, Robert w, Boyuge, John +. NJ,
Williams, l. NJ Earl
After an argument attacking the gen.
eral inefficiency OF parties and the right
OF all men to bolt when they feel they
are right, the statement says;
We hold that in the great work Of so.
oial evolution In this country monetary
reform stands as the first requisite No
policy, however promising Of good results
can take Its place. Continuation during
the next four years upon the present fnan.
oial system will bring down upon ths
American people that cloud of impending
evil, to avert which should be the first
thought Of statesmen and the first prayer
of patriots. Oar very institutions are at
stake. Today with rapidly increasing pop.
ulation, with widely swelling demands,
the basis of our money is relatively con.
tracing; and the people are passing into
servitude all the more dangerous because
II Is not physically apparent. The nation
itself as to other nations, Is losing the
sturdy courage which could make 1t def.
ant in the face Of injustice and wrong.
From the farmer and the tradesman to
the government there is apparent the
shrinking from giving offense, lest the
vengeance of some offended financial power
should descend. The business man sub.
mits some portion Of his judgment and his
will, and the nation submits some portion
of its international right lest some mighty
foreign creditor should make destructive
demands. Where will all this end II the
people shall decline to assert themselvesf
Where will IL end II the older parties in
their determination to maintain them.
selves In power for powers sake alone
shall refuse to recognize the right and the
hope of humanity
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free and independent against the rest OF
the world, nor can its people much longer
be free in the nOblest sense Of the term OF
the United States, a debtor nation, shall
follow a policy dictated by creditor ma
tions. We produce all the neoessaries Of
life Other nations consume our product.
In the race for existence 1t Is a constant
struggle between producer and consumer.
Our present system Of money deliberately
submits to the desire and the profit OF
creditor nations, leaving us In the mass,
and as individuals prey to the old world,
AS the debt to creditors abroad increases
on the masses Of the nation, the price OF
human production on the farm and in the
workshop Is decreased with appalling
rapidity, exacting more and more toll
from our citizens to meet the given de.
mand and holding over their heads a
threat of the day when confisCation meet
their obligations will leave them bare and
defenseless.
The only remedy Is to stop falling
priCes-the deadliest curse of national life
Prices will never cease falling under the
! single gold standard The restoration Of
bimetalliSm by this country will double
the basis OF our money system. In time
1t will double the stock of primary money
of the world-will stop falling prices and
steadily elevate them until they will re-
gain their normal relation TO the volume
Of debts and credits in the world Bi.
! sN.ll I.l..
| great hope of every social refOrmer every
| believer in the advancement of the race
who realizes that the instability of prices
| has been the deadly foe of our tOilers and
the servant of the foreign interest gath
erer Bimetallism will help to bring the
| time when certain expenditure Of human
| toll will produce n certain financial re-
suit. Who among the great masses of the
people in the United States but feels that
| his lot would be made better his aspira.
| ton take new wings If he could know in
the performance of his labor what would
be the price of his productS
Is not TINS purpose worth the attention
of the people as individuals and worth the
attention Of the political conventions yet
to be held in this year 1862 Is not this so
| great an end that all who believe in the
possibility OF attaining it by the means
proposed can yield something of their par.
| tisanship both in conventions and at the
pollsS 1t is the hope that the masses and
! the remaining conventions will have the
| courage and the curiosity to unite for this
purpose that we have dared To offer our
views to the people of the United States
and because In the past there has lacked a
| rallyng point for the masses who hold as
we do to this belief, we venture an act,
| trusting 1t will be received in the same
| spirit of conciliation, concession and hope
with which we put 1t forth.
We have endeavored in plain way to
| set the matter before the eyes of our fell
low citizens We invoke the union of all
=, men and all parties who believe that the
time has come for the triumph of justice.
1t is an hour when the people may speak
for themselves as individuals and through
conventions yet to be held. 1t Is the right
of every citizen TO indicate his preference.
With this in view we offer TO the forth
coming convention and to the people the
name of q man for the president of the
United States whose life in public and
in private represents those distinguished
virtues which adorned the days and the
deeds of the earlier time Of this republic;
v return to which virtues Is requisite for
the prosperity and Contentment of the
people and the perpetuity and command
Ing example II free institutions. That
name is Henry M. Teller-a man of the
people and for the people. He Is Of nc
section, His experience and service, hi:
devotion to the common justice and the
common Cuubt Vi MS lSllOW ClllLCnS mas
been as wide as the country, We believe
that the people of the United States have
him in their hearts as he has had their in
terests in his purpose through all the work
of an exalted life,
1t is not merely as the exponent of mon
etary reform that we present this man tc
the people. 1t is true that he has waged a
mighty war for the restoration Of the
money of the constitution and his name
has been identified as that Of no other liv
ing man with this great cause, But had
his services been less demanded and less
noticed in this direction. the people woulC
still have recognized in him Tor Other
labors statesman Of the purest type
His only poverty has been that of purse
in all things else-in the generosities o
man to man, in kindliness of deeds for hi
fellows, and la the study and the doing:
OF mighty career, he has been one of thu
most opulent American citizens of any