Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-01
OPPOSED TO sECTIoNALIsM.
Senator Lodge Speaks for Unity 1
National Feeling.

National Feeling.
The republican clubs of Essex county,
Mass. held a rally at Salem Willows yes
terday afternoon. A large crowd came to
listen to the speakers. among whom were
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Lieut.. Gov.
Wocott and Congressman Moody and Con-
gresham Knox. Senator Lodge said in
part: i M
Il say to you first that Ijregard the re-
suits of this election as more important
than any in our history with single ex-
ception. When +, see the, pasters OF 4
great party in a great rational convention
appeal to sectional feeling. dsnoHnce their
brother Americans. and even call from it's
grave the moldering corrse of buried seces-
sion, look upon these men as false to the
principles Of patriotism and unfit to be
trusted. When / hear the candidate of a
great PARTY speak of a part of the United
States as the enemy's country / know
that he ought to be defeated 70 candi-
date has ever been defeated before.
Unity of the Country.
Next to the unity of my country. hold
sacred the power given to the nations
chief magistrate by the Constitution, which
has made that unity fact and preserved
it aranst all corners. When 1 see great
party deliberately declare against the pow
of the President. the representative of
the whole people, to enforce the laws Of
the United States and maintain order I
know II at party should be beaten at all
hazards. Free secession and free riot are
far worse than free coinage or free trade,
and the Chicago platform declares for all
four.
Next to the unity and power Of the
United States, 1 set the authority of her
courts. Respect for the courts and ac-
oeptance of their decisions have been one
of the mighty bulwarks of the republic
before they
WantOnly aSSailed. Now comes a great
party and denounces the courts and pro-
poses to pull down the Supreme Court and
all the courts of the United States. drag
their errnine in the dust, and pack them to
suit the whlm of the passions Of fleeing
political majority. A party capable of
such policy deserves the reprobaton Of
all patriotic men, and should be beaten to
the EARTH Yet it is an issue apart from
| these. less vital than these, but very VITAL
which is absorbing public attention and
discs SCI sion. This is the money question.
1.-The proposition of the conglomerate
silver party is that we should open the
mints of the United States to the free
coinage of all the silver in the world and
agree to put the stamp of the United States
on every 53 or 81 cents worth of silver
bought mark it a dollar, and make 1t
legal tender. 1t Is idle to say that we can
keep both metals in circulation with the
Tree coinage of silver by ourselves alone.
1t is impossible and any one who says
otherwise says what is not true. We have,
indeed. demonstrated that fact recently.
India Free Coinage Intellectual.
while the great minis of India were
still open to the free coinage of silver we
oousht o4,ooo,OOO ounces a year under the
act or 1871, and still the price Of silver
steadily fell. The minis of India are now
| closed. If. with the minis Of India open,
and our own purchase of all the American
product, we could not keep the price Of
silver from falling. it is only too obvious
mat we could not hope to raise alone the
price OF all the silver in the world.
Therefore under free Coinage silver
would be enormously oyerValued and all
the underValued gold. in accordance with
the Gresham law. as imiputable as the law
or gravitation. would leave The country.
All the silver countries are entirely
destitute of gold and we should be the
same. AS the case now Stands it must be
eith H; the existing gold standard or, after
jury and disaster. the silver standard
Ihe speaker then discussed bmetalism
at some length and in conclusion said:
"The boy orator has RECENTLY declared
that ne proposes to exterminate the gold
standard, an unconscious confession of the
truth that he Is no friend of bimetallism,
winch involves the use of both silver and
gold. He had declared q, war of extermin-
alton against the gold standard.
Three Democratic, Wars.
wait you 10 consider for moment
| these democratic wars. There have been
three made or declared, in my time. The
southern half of the democratic party,
which controls it today. declared war on
free labor In 1861, and in order to carry it
out they tried to cut the Union in two
They failed but the experiment was ex-
pensive and tragic.
"A few years ago. through Senator Vest,
they declared war of determination upon
Industries 70
cut duty and prices in two They partial
ly succeeded. 1t has been an expensive ex-
perimen. They now propose to extermin-
ate the gold standard. and, to bring that
lar in two. Do you want to try third
experiment? Do you want a third war Of
extermination?"