Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-08-27

submit longer to a gold standard? (crie
of "No, no.") The Democratic party ha
begun a war of determination against thu
gold standard. We ask no quarter, W,
give no quarter. We shall prosecute ou
warfare until there is not an American
citizen that dares to advocate gol(
standard policy. (Cheers.) You asl
why? We reply that the gold standard ii
a conspiracy against the human race ant
that we would no more join it than WI
would join an army marching to despoi
our homes and destroy our families. asl
you not to take my word for the evils o
the gold standard. I call as witness {
gentleman whose voice has been heard ir
the councils of the Democracy. I ask yor
if you are inclined to accuse US of using
extravagant language. ask you to reat
and reflect upon the language used by
John G.. Carlisle in 1878. In speech
made in congress he said: According te
my opinion, the conspiracy which seemt
to have been formed here and in Europe
to destroy by legislation and otherwise
from three-sevenths to one-half the me-
tallic money of the world is the most gi
gantic crime of this or any other age. Itf
consummation would ultimately entail
more misery upon the human race thar
all the wars, pestilence ana famine that
ever occurred in the history of the world.
An Eighteen Year Old Truth.
"That is the language of John G. Car.
it was true then it is true to-day, and will
be true, no matter who may change his
opinion or his course upon this question
Truths once uttered will live, no matter
what may become of those who uttered
these truths. Men can not retract truths
That prophecy was spoken eighteen years
ago, and eighteen years offultillment have
enabled US to believe words which wer
believed by all at the time they were
spoken.
"Our opponents tell us that the free
coinage of silver is going to disturb busi-
ness. ask our opponents to write down
the worst thing they possibly can think
of as possible consequence cf the i'm
mediate restoration of the free coinage
of silver and when they have written
their worst, I would place against the
most dismal prophecy they can utter the
words of John G. Carlisle, and tell them
that would take the worst thing they
could think of rather than bring misery
greater than war, pestilence and famine
(Applause).
"Can you imagine the meaning of
those wordsf No, my friends, the i'm
agination can not conceive, the tongue
can not describe, all the wars of the past
When you remember that from the time
that Cain killed Abel until now history
has been little more than record of war.
fare. Can you remember all those wars
and can you add in one great sum all the
misery that those wars have caused, and
then think of the pestilences which have
visited the earth, the misery that they
have brought, and then can you think Of
the famines that have afflicted mankind
from time to time; add into one great
sum the misery caused by these three
dread destroyers of the human race and
then think that the consummauion of the
conspiracy of those who stand behind the
gold standard would bring more misery
than all of thesef
Waited for Twenty Years.
"Some Of our opponents say that they are
afraid that we can not maintain blmetal-
lism alone. We reply to them that we
have waited for twenty years for other ma.
tions to help Us, and if we are going to
restore bimetallism We have got to re-
store it alone because others do not come
to our assistance. More than that, We be
lieve that the assertion of American indie.
pendence will do more to bring about in
ternational bimetallism than a servile
dependence upon onr enemies. to bring il
to us. Our opponents say that all We
need is q restoration of confidence. When
ever the confidence man is abroad in Q
community, the man who has the leas,
confidence gets of with the most money
(Laoghter.) And am very much afrait
that the confidence man is abroad in this
campaign preaching Have confidence
and all will be well.' My friends, conf
dence must have basis to rest upon
Our opponents say that unless We shap,
our financial policy to suit the pleasur.
Of foreign nations, they will not loan ut
any money. We reply that as long as VI
shape our financial policy according &c
their pleasure We will always be borrow
ers and can never be money lenders our
selves. Confidence must rest upon {
substantial basis. Suppose that mar
in your community gives out his notes unit
everybody has them and somebody triei
to collect note and finds that the mar
has no property beyond his notes, how
can you restore confidence in that man
how can he inspire confidence in the com
munityf just in one way and that is BY
putting property behind the notes tina
he has ont.
Restoring Confidence.
"My friends, how are you going TO re
store confidence In the United States b.