Evening star., 1896-09-21
AND BRYAN
The Chicago Platform and the Farewell Ad-
DRESS
Some observations Made ny Star
Renders-Appenls to Sec
tiOnal Feeling.

tionaI Feeling.
A correspondent Of The Star. referring to
the references to Washington's farewell
address made Saturday afternoon by MI.
Bryan in his speech, which was interrupted
by the rainstorm just as he reached that
subject, expresses the hope that Mr. Bryan
will take opportunity Ito reconcile the fol-
lowing extracts of ancient and modern
morality. In the elaborated Ordinance
fer the government Of the territory of the
United States northwest of the Ohio IL
July. 11S7, it is solemnly declared that:
I'm the just preservation of rights and
property, II is understood and declared,
that no law ought ever to be made, or have
force in said territory, that shall, in any
manner whatever, interfere with or affect
private contracts or engagements, bona
fide and without fraud previously formed
In the Chicago PLATFORM, writes The
Stars correspondent, upon which Mr..
Bryan stanCs, and every clause OF which
he approves, it is solemnly declared that
I've favor such legislation as will pre-
vent for the future the characterization OF
any kind of legal tender money by private
contract
notwithstanding Gen. Washington was
the richest man in America, his election to
the presidency was by no means regarded
as IA gold-bug triumph. For that reason, in
| his inaugural address, he 'pray-ted) that
| the pecuniary estimates for the station in
which L am placed may, during my con-
| tinuance in it, be limited TO such actual eX-
pendltures the public good may be
| thought to require
MIR Bryan, probably. will not think
proper to limit his salary to actual expendi
| lures. but then he ought not to forget the
example of the first gold bug President.
There is no Altgeldism in the following
extract from the farewell address:
All Instructions to the execution of the
laws, all combinations and associations
under whatever plausible character. with
| the real design to direct, control, counter.
| act or awe the regular deliberation and ac
ton OF the constituted authorities are de.
| structive to this fundamental principle, and
of tai tendency
Gen. Washington did not disguise the
great principle of federal supremacy in the
execution of federal laws with any Subter
| fuge of arbitrary Interference by fedora
| authorities in local affairs 1t is to bt
| hoped that Mr.. Bryan will reconcile the
| farewell address with the Altgeldsm Of
the Chicago platform, and explain wha
Gen. Washington meant when he declared
| that: Il is. indeed. little else than a nam,
| where the government is too feeble to with
| stand the enterprises of faction, to confint
| each member of society within the limit:
| prescribed 10y law. and to maintain all il
| secure and tranquil enjoyment of the right:
| of person and property
THE farewell address enjoins the peopl,
| to cherish public credit as very i'm
portant source of strength and security
| to observe good faith and justice to all ma
| tions.' and adds: so far as we have al
| ready formed engagements let them be full
| filled with perfect good faith He is no
| to be understood as capable of patronizint
| mfidelity to existing engagements. l hol,
| the maxim no less applicable to publ,
| than to private affairs that honesty is al
| ways the best policy. / repeat, therefore
let those engagements be observed in thei
| genuine sense
| The Chicago platform is not so clear il
| its declarations which affect the publ,
| credit, and Mr.. Bryan would do well t
| reconcile the genuine sense and the per
| feet good faith which marks the farewell
| address with that indication of a disposi
| tion in his party's platform to squeeze tn,
| holders of the obligations of the United
States into accepting silver when gold wa
| the genuine sense of the contracts as un
derStood when made"
Washington and SectiOnalfsm.
To the Editor Of The Evening Star:
| The farewell address Of the immorta
! Washington was dated United States 1911
| September, 1885, Used in this way tn.
| words United States are significant
| Washington was not the President of an!
| particular state, faction. party or section
| He was the chief executive of all the peo
| pie of all the sections. He did not regart
1 any section as 1.-The enemy's country" Her,
| Is the language which he used to condemn
| the stirring up of sectional strife:
| I'm contemplating the causes which ma!
| disturb our union. it occurs as a matter o
| serious concern that any ground SHOULD
| have been furnished for characterizini
| parties by geographical determinations
| northern and southern. Atlantic and west
| ern-whence designing men may endeayo
| to excite a belief that there is a real diff
| ference Of local interest and views. On
| Of the expedients of party to acquire In
| fluence within particular districts is to mis-
| represent the opinions and aims of othe
| districts. You cannot shield yourselves to-
| much against the jealouses and heart
| burnings which spring from these misrep
| resent ationS: they tend to render alien t
| each other those who ought to be boun'
| together by fraternal affection"
| The efforts of certain persons to stir III
| the animosities of 1865 against one Of tn
presidential candidates Of this campaign
| should be met with the scorn and contemp
| SO Justly deserved. The majority of voter
have grown up since the war. The Ques
| tions then involved have been settled 70
| all time. The voters of today care nothing
| for them, except as matters OF history
| Nor Is there any more reason for arrayinl
| the west against the east.
The sections are mutually dependent. TIL
east needs the vast agricultural and min
eral products of the west, and the ives
| must have our manufactured goods an
she needs eastern capital to develop he
| vast resources. Eastern money has dotte
the western prairies with cities. village
| and farm houses. Eastern capitalists hav
| built thousands Of miles of railroads. open
| ing up vast territory for settlement, Great
ing values for land and property previous
ly worth little or nothing. Instead of en-
| riching the people of the east most O
these railroads are barely able to pay IN
| interest on their bonds, leaving absolutel
nothing to pay as dividends to stockhold
ers.
The east has shown herself an "enemy