The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-09-18

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coinage At q ratio Of ls 70 ]. II VIM oppose
me expulsion Of soid from our circulation.
pebased Money Destroys values.
III there IL any one thing which should
Be free from speculation and fuctuafion.
y y the money OF . country. II ought
never % be the subject Or mere parfisan
contention When We part with our labor.
our cur pso sls o. our property We should
receive IN return money which Is a. stable,
ana pnehangins IN value a. the ingenuity
@ nonest men can make Il. Debasement
o. me currency means destruction Of val
ues. NO one sufera 20 much from cheap
money g the farmers and lahorerx. They
are the hrst TO feel ita bad effects and tho
~! ~ % recover from them. This has been
sae uniform experience Of all eotntriss.
An; ana, mere a elsewhere the poor and NOT
tne rich arc the greater sufferers from
ssery attempt 70 debase our money. It
WOULD AN with alarming severity upon
stments already made. upon insurance
companies and their poilcy-hniders, upon
~, sas,ns 3 banks and their depositors. upon
building and loan associations and their
, msnDefs upon the savings Of thrift.
upon pensioners and their families, and
upon wsge earners and the purchasing
power OF their wages.
Cheap Money experiments.
The silver question Is not the only
issue Affecting our money in the pending
contest Not content with urging the free
aemAnu tnat our paper money shali be
Issued directly By the government Of the
United States. This Il the Chicago Demo
cratic declaration. The st. Louis Peoples
party declaration II that Our national
money shall be issued BY the general gov
eminent only without the Intervention Of
oann o. issue. be full legal ten6sr for tho
payment o. All debts public and prtvats.'
and % distributed direct to the people
and through lawful disbursements OF the:
government Thus. In addition 10 the free
coinage OF the worlds silver, we are asked
70 enter upon an era OF unlimited ire
deemable paper currency. The question
Mnicn was fought out from 1856 to 1879 Il
thus 70 DO reopened with ali Its cheap
form foisted upon Us. This indicates a
most startling reactionary policy. strangely
at variance with every requirement OF
sound finance: but the declaration shows
me spirit and purpose Of those who, by
combined action. are contending for the
control OF the government. Not satisfied
with the debasementto of our coin which In
evitanly follows the free coinage Of silver
at ls to l. they would still further degrade
honor by the unlimited issue OF an ire
;aeemaole paper currency. A grayer menace
70 our financial standing and credit could
nArdiy be conceived, and every patriotic
citlzen should be aroused 10 promptly meet
and enectually defeat It
Dividing the People Into Glasses.
at Is cause for painful regret and So
licitude that an effort Is being made by
those high in the councils Of the allied
parties to divide the people OF this coun-
itry into classes and create distinctions
among Us which in fact do not exist and
are repugnant to our form Of government.
These appeals to the passion and prejudice
are beneath the spirit and intelligence Of
q free people. and should be met With
stern rebuke by those they are sought 70
influence. and ! believe they VIII be. Ev-
cry attempt to array class against class.
the classes against the masses, section
against section. labor against capital. the
Door against the Rich. or interest against,
interest In the United States Is In the hish-i
est degree reprehensihle. It Il opposed To-
tpe resisted by every citizen. Ne are not;
e nation Of classes, but o. sturdy free, In.
ldependent and hon6rab bic pecpie. despising
the deniagoEuc and never capttulAtiuf TO-
dishonor. This ever recurring Sffdrt cn-
dangers Popular government and y 4
menace TO our liberties Il Il not new
campaisn device OF party appeal. \ u Is
never more untimely and unfortunate than.
now. Warrington warned us against It
and Webster said in the senate words
which i feel are singularly appropriate at
this time: 7 admonish the people against
the object Of outcries like these adj
monish every industrious laborer Of this
country 70 be ON his guard against such
dslusion. tell him the attempt Is to play
on MS passion against his interest and TO
prevail on him In the name OF liberty to
destroy all the fruits Of liberty
Protection Of Supreme Importance.
Another Issue OF supreme importance
Il that OF protection. The peril OF free
silver Is menace to be feared. We are.
already experiencing the effect Of partial
free trade. The one must be averted, the
other corrected. The Republican party isi
welded to the doctrine Of protection and
was never more earnest In Its support and
advocacy than now. II argument were
needed to strengthen Its devotion to .the
American system or increase the hold Of
that system upon the party and people. It
10 found ID the lesson and experience of
the past three years. Men realize In their
own daily lives what before was TO many
OF them only report. history or tradition.
They have had trial OF both systems
and know what each has done for them.
Warrington. In his farewell address:
Sept. II. 1895. 100 years ago. said: -As q
very important source Of strength and Sc
curity. cherish public credit. One method
Of preserving II 10 to use II a. sparingly as
possible; avoiding the accumulation Of debt
not only by stunning occasions Of expense.
but by vigorous exertions In time OF peace
TO discharge the debts which unavoidable
wars may have occasioned, not ungener-
ously throwing upon posterity the burden
which we ourselves ought 10 bear To
facilitate the enforcement Of the maxims
which he announced. be declared 1T IS
essential that you should practically bear
In mind that toward the payment OF debts
there must ne revenue; that 70 have re7e-
nue. there must be taxes: that no taxes can
be devised which are not more or less In
convenient or unpleasant: that the In
trinsic embarrassment inseparable from
the selection Of proper objects (which Is
always choice Of dlfhculties) ought to be
q decisive motive for construction Of the
conduct OF the government In making II:
and for q spirit Of acquiescence in the
measures for obtaining revenue which the
public exigencies may at any time dictate.
Prompt Protective Legislation DEE
manded.
eliminated by like sentiments the people
Of the country must now face the condi-
tons which heset them. The public exi-