Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-08-08
OUR NATIONAL HONOR.
MIR. Mckinley, in His Speech to the
Notification Committee, Says
1t is Involved in the Cur
renCy Question.

IDpHUIOT I0UTStOU anu bpHllcIlCu VI
the Notification Committee of the Repub-
lican National Convention: To be select
cd as their Presidential candidate by
great party convention, representing so
vast number of the people of the Unit
cd States, Is n most distinguished honor,
for which | would not conceal my high
appreciation, although deeply sensible of
the great responsibilities of the trust and
my inability to bear them without the
generous and constant support of my fell
low countrymen.
"Great as is the honor conferred, equal
ly arduous and important is the duty inn
posed, and in accepting the one | assume
the other. relying upon the. patriotic
devotion of the people to the best inter-
ests of our beloved country, and the slfs-
tanning care and aid of him without
whose support all we do is empty and
vain. Should the people ratify the
choice of the great convention for which
you speak, my only aim will be to pro-
mote the public good, which in America
is always. the good of the greatest num-
ber, the honor of our country, and the
welfare of the people.
"The questions to be settled in the ma
tional contest this year are as serious
and important as any of the great gov
ernmental problems that have confronted
us in the last quarter of the century.
They command our sober judgment and a
settlement free from partisan prejudice
BETTING the honor and grandeur of the
| republic. They touch every interest of
our common country.
Much Is Involved.
"Our industrial supremacy, our pro-
| ductive capacity, our business and com
mercial prosperity, our Tabor and its re-
wards, Our national credit and currency,
our proud financial honor, and our splcn-
| did free citizenship-the birthright of
| every American-are all involved in the
| pending campaign, and thus every home
in the land is directly and intimately con-
| nectcd with their proper settlement.
| Great are the issues involved in the com
ing election, and eager and earnest are
| the people for their right determination.
| Our domestic trade must be won back
and our idle workingmcn employed in
| gainful occupations Mt American wages.
| Our home market must be restored to its
proud rank of first in the world, and
| our foreign trade, so precipitately cut off
by adverse national legislation, rcopened
on fair and equitable terms for our sur
| plus agricultural and manufacturing
| products.
Protection and reciprocity, twin meas.
| ures of a true American policy, should
again command the earnest encourage
ment of the government at Washington
| Public confidence must be resumed and
the skill, the energy and the capital OF
our country find ample employment al
home, sustained, encouraged and defend
cd against the unequal competition and
serious disadvantage with which they
are now contending.
Must Raise Sufficient Revenue.
"The government of the United States
must raise enough money to meet both
It's current expenses and increasing needs
Its revenues should be so raised as tC
protect the material interests of oul
people, with the lightest possible drair
upon their resources, and maintain that
high standard of civilization which ha,
distinguished our country for more thar
century of its existence. The income
of the government, / repeat, should equa
its necessary and proper expenditures
failure to pursue this policy has com
PEELED the government TO borrow money
III time of peace, to sustain its credit
and pay its daily expenses. This policy
should he reversed, and that, too, al
speedily MS possible.
1T must be apparent TO all, regardless
of past party ties or affiliations, that il il
our paramount duty to provide adeuuat,
revenue for the expenditures of the gov
ernment economically and prudently ad
ministered. The Republican party ha'
IDENTIFY believe it will do in the future
when the party is again intrusted will
power in the executive and legislativ,
branches of our government. The ma
tional credit, which has thus far fortu
nately resisted every assault upon il
must and will be upheld and strength
ened. If sufficient revenues are provided
for the support of the government trcr
will be no necessity for borrowing none.
and increasing the public debt.
Policy Is at Fault.
",rhe complaint of the people is no
against the administration for borrowin,
money and issuing bonds to preserve th
credit of the country, but against tn
ruinous policy which has made this nee
essary. 1t is but an incident. and nee
essary one, to the policy which has beer
inauguratcd. The inevitable effect o
such policy is seen in the deficiency o
the United States treasury except ms ii i
replenished by loans, and in the distres
of the people, who are suffering becaus
of the scant demand for either their labo
or the products of their labor. Here i
the fundamental trouble, the remedy fo
which is Republican opportunity an,
duty;
control following resumption there wa
steady reduction of the public debt
while the gold reserve was sacredl
maintained and our currency and credi
preserved without depreciation, taint. o
suspicion. If we would restore this pol
icy, that brought us uneXampled pros
perity for more than thirty years, unde
the most trying conditions ever known il
this country, the policy by which W
made and bought more goods at HON
and sold more abroad, the trade balanc
would be quickly turned in our favor
and gold would come to us and not g
from us in the settlement of all sue
balances in the future. The party tina
supplied by legislation the vast revenue
for the conduct of our greatest war, an
promptly restored the credit of the coun
try at its close, and that from its abnnd
ant revenues paid off n large share of tn
debt incurred in this war, and that re
sumed specie payments and placed ou
paper currency upon II sound and endm
ing basis, can be safely trusted to pre-
serve both our credit and currency wit
honor, stability, and inviolabiity.
Our Financial Honor Is Sacred,
"The American people hold the finan
cal honor of our government as sacre
as our flag, and can be relied upon I
guard it with the same sleepless vigil
ance. They hold its preservation abov