Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-10-20
NUMBER AZ.

sumed popular ignorance or rascality 10 Au.
dacious and wicked. some Of the silver ora
tors actually speak a. II they believed the
American people 20 be born fools or knsyes,
OF both.
Sectional and Glass Prejudice.
They seek 20 excite the people of the west
against the east because, a. Mr.. Bryan said
In the Chicago convention, the east injurious
ly interferes with the business Of the west.
Aye, the east has interfered with western
business. but hcwi In helping 10 build west
ern railroads, 20 dig western canals, 70 set up
| western tslegraphs, 20 establish western fac.
| tories, 20 build up western towns, 70 move
western crops. 90 allay western distress caus-
| cd by fire, food or drought. Has this served
10 enrich the oast' Yes. and ~ IL has enrich
ed the west. Their wealth and greatness have
been mutually built up by tho harmonious cd
OPERATION u their Drawn and brain and money
,ust ~ the blood 81 tho east and the west
mingled on the common battlohelds of the re-
public. And now comes this young man, as
we had not suffered enough from sectional
| strife, and talks - "rnemy's country
Thcy seek % excite what they call "tho
| poor" against Hliat thpy call the rich'-in
this land Of great opportunities Tor all, where.
now as over. many Of the poor ~ yesterday
| arn among the rich of today and many of
the rich of today may De- among the poor OF To-
morrow. Their candidate for tho presidency
: PR sentcd a characteristics spectacle whom some
i time ago he was kindly shown over the farm
/ O. the governor 81 New York. who u himself
an example ot the poor country by risen by
! able and honest effort % aflurncr and distino-
] ton, and whom that candidate then straight
/ way In public speech drew inyidious com
/ parisons between the elegant houses on tine
| Hudson and the poor cabins Ia the west
teaching not tho true American lesson of sue
/ c-s- won By honest industry. thrift and enter
prisa, but the lesson TINT those who have sue
| ceoded less should hat" and a. ght those who
! have succeeded mora lesson utterly un-
American. unpatriotic and abpminable!
They toll the farmsr-mosi cruel deception
that he must and Will b, made independent
~ the world abroad. while year after year
| from JUJUpU.OO o. s1UJ0'o.UJJ worth of our
agricultural products must -,ek the foreign
/ market g. find purcha-. and Will, nothing
| will hurt the farmer more than serious i'm
! pairment % the great home market by bust
| ness crisis.
| Pals. Friends of Labor.
They proclaim themselves the special cham
| pions 81 the toiling masses while their policy
would rob a, laboriDg man of half u his say
| ing- and grievously curtail thu value ~ his
wages. Am asked, II the -iiv"r standard
will relatively reducc wag,-. why many
| employer. ~ labor arv opposed t0 ~ Tho
! reason u obvious because, aside from all con
sidera,ions 81 >'ntimcnt, the prudent employ
| err ~ labor know that they would lose vastly
more through the disastrous disturbanc" Of
| business sure - be cau.ed 10y frc" coinage
victory than they could possibly gain by the
| cheap-ning ~ labor. And would not the tOiling
niass,s ~ufi,r most from that disturbance u
businossi Re Is traitor 20 the lhboring man
| who tells him thnt be pruat by the ruin
| Of his employer.
The agitator, denounce the gold standard as
| the dsyicg ~ monarchs and ar-tocrats,
| while the history u the wus.d tai. hes that
| from time iumDmorial 8; was a favOrito trick
| u u1scrupuluu- dc-pots to = ecr their subjects
by dcbasins the coin % the realm, and that
tho-a who out - the monetary confusion
evolved hxed standards of values and money
that would not cheat have always been rank
| ed among the most meritOriou, bvnetactOrs of
mankind and especially 0f the poor and weak
They -.'ek O. inhano the vanity ~ the Amer
| team prsplr hy telling them that We are great
| and strong enough o. maintain any monetary
system W. like and 70 keep up the value -
| our money without regard 10 al the world
| abruad-whils our own history teaches us that
IA century ago th. American people were
| strong enough % shake oH the yoke u Great
| Britain, but not strong enough 20 save their
| continent money from declining IN yalu" -
| nothing. that IN rrcant times the American
people Were strong enough o. subdue gigan-
nc rebellion. but not strong enough D. ko'p
| an indafinit. issue - grcenbacks ~ par, and
| that this republic may h. able 70 conquer the
| world. bat u Will not b" able 20 make twice
two fye or % make itself richer by watering
IT, currency.
| They speak u the silver dollar as the money
OF the constitution. while they must know
| that ther. j. not onc single word In the con
stitution which. honestly interpreted, could
| Justify such a claim.
They invoke FOR their cause the names 81
1 L. - .
| history knows that Jefferson and Jackson
would have stood aghAst at their Wild scheme
| os creating By law false value and would
| have kicked out - their presence ~ public
nuisance any one seriously advocating it.
such things IN" free cuinag" agitators tell
without intclligrnc" Far wor-e are the Sp-
| peals they address - them assuming thom %
| be without moral sense.
Immoral Pleas.
Thcy have been teaching the people that
| bocau-a the prices u wheat aud other things
have fallen about onch half since the 80 called
| dsuon.tiZatiou year, lss3-I have shown why
| those prices have falirn-It u not equitable
| that i, btors should b. held g. pay more than
half the umc4ut II their d,bt- In gold, that
| they should De- released in correspond"nco
| with the decline u pr.crs, and that 10 would
| therefore De- night O. reduce by free silver
| coinage the value Of the debt paying money
| BY one half.
| Subject the principle 70 a simple test. When
| | contract debt, O~e what 10 Is mutually
| understood that | am q pay. our whole bust
ness LIE and social fabric all human inter
course. rests upon the binding foroo of such
| understandings Unless 20 be expressly under
| stood, has the debtor the slightest night or
| reason 70 demand that the creditor shall bs
| satisfied with a less amount In payment II
| wheat or cotton or something else had mean
| while declined IN priccf II 80, would not the
creditor also have the right TO demand that
| the debtor should pay more In proportion II
wheat or cotton or something else meanwhile
| had risen IN priccf II neither of them had
| thought uf proposing or uf accepting 20 sdyen-
| turous "a contract, how can such claims De Jus
| titled u ba-,d upon iI,rc secret mental res
| ervation or an arbitrary aitcrthoughtf Il II
not mou-trous that such an assumption should
| b. taken A. "a warrant FOR the reduction at
| one sweep of all debts by debasement Of the
| standard ~ yaiu,f
| And yet he who has watched the free coip-
age agitation know, ttat just this appeal ~
| debtors l. one of lts main lllurrmrnts. Listen
| 10 their speeches, READ tEcir literature and you
| meet ever rccurrug-no~ IN sot spoken car
| cumlOcutiOn, upw ir sly suggestion. now IN
the language q trazen cynlcism-the promise
that free coinage VIII enable the d, btor 70 get
| rid Of his obligations by paying only part Of
| "A a.
OF private as well as public debts, not a. If We
| could not pay In full, but becaus" We would
| prefer not o. pay In tull-the practice resorted
| u Ly the fraudulent baBkrupt-and this sane
toned by Law, as a part of our national pohcy'
The Coming Verdict.
| Follow citizens, think this out. IL Is Il grave
natter-a matter of vital import 10 the exist
ence Of this nation. The father who teaches
such moral principle, 10 his children educates
them for fraud. dish,nor and the penitentiary.
| Tho public men who teach such moral princi-
| ul,4, 10 the people educate the people for the
| contempt and abhorronce Of mankind. The
| nation that accepts such moral principles can
| not live IL viii rot 70 death IN the loathsome
| stew Of it, own corruption. IL the nation sc-
cepting such moral principles b. this republic,
| IL will deal blow % the credit Of democratic
institutions from which the cause OF free gov
/ ernment will not recover for centuries.
But. thank God. the American people viii
| never accept such moral principles. The
Anne rican people viii, before election day ar
rives, have fally discovered what all this
means. They will Indignantly repeal the un-
| speakable insult offered 10 them by the poll
ticians who have dared 20 ask for the votes
| Of honest men upon the offer Of such bait
| They will know how ~ resent the deep dis.
grace inflicted upon the nation in the eyes OF
thu whole world by those Americans who ex-
| h!bited their own belief that the American
| people were capable OF taking such bait.
Mr.. Bryan has a taste for Scriptursl illus
tration He viii remember how Christ was
taken up on high mountain and promised all
the glories of the world II he would fall d
and worship the devil He will also remember
what Christ answered. So the tempter n W
takes the American people mp the mountain
and says, Il Will take from you half Of your
| debts II you will worship me- But then
| brave old Uncle sam rises up In all his dig
nifty, manly pride, and honest wrath. and