The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-09-17

lust as the blood Of tho east and the west
mingled ON the common battlchelds ~ the r..
public And now comes this young man, rs II
we had not suffered enough from sectional
strife, and talks Of "cnomy's countryl"
They seek o. excite what they call "tho
poor" against what they call "thc rich in
this land u great opportunities Tor all. where,
now A. ever, W many Of the poor of yesterday I
are among the rich Of today and 10 many d .
the rich Of today may be among The poor Of 10 |
morrow Their candidate for the presidency .
presented a characteristics spectacle when some .
time ago be- was kindly shown over the farm 2
Of the governor Of New York. who Is himself
an example Of the poor country boy risen by
able and honest effort 20 aiiiuonco and distinc.
tion, and when that candidate then straight I
way IN a public speech drew invidiuus com
parisons between the elegant houses ON the
Hudson and the poor cabins In the west
teaching not the true American lesson Of sue
cess won by honest industry, thrift and enter I
prise. but tho lesson that thoso who have sue
cecded less should hate and fght those who
have succeeded morc-a lesson utterly an.
American. unpstriotio and abomnablol
They tell the farmer-most crrcl deception
that ho must and viii be made independent
Of the world abroad, while year after year
from $50. 0Cu0O 10 t7O1. uOo,0OO worth u our
agricultural products must seek the foreign
market % find purchasers and while nothing
will hurt the farmer more than a serious Inn
pairment ~ the great home market BY bush
ness crisis.
False Friends Of labor.
They proclaim themselves the special cham.
pions u the toiling masses, while their policy
would rob the lahoring man u half % hts saw
ings and griovously curtail the value oi his
wages. Am / asked, n the silver standard
will relatively reduce wages, why 10 many
Of lnN 10 h.
reason Is obvious, because. aside from all con
sidcrAtiuns u sentiment, the prudent employ
ors Of labor know that they would lose vastly
more through the disastrous disturbance Of
business sure 30 b. caused BY a free coinar,
victory than they could possibly gain by the
chcapcning u labor. And would not the toiling
masses suffer most from that disturbance "
husinrssi He h a traitor 20 the lahoring man
who tells him that he can profit by the ruin
Of his employer
The agitators denounco the gold standard as
the device % monarchs and aristocrats,
while the history Of the world teaches that
from time hnmemoriAl 10 was a favorito trick
% INSCRIPTIONS despots 90 fecco their subjects
BY dohasing the coin Of the realm, and that
those who out Of the monetary confusion
evolved hKcd standards 81 values and money
that would not cheat have always boen rank
"a among the most mcritorious bcnrfactors %
They scck 30 inhnme the vanity of the Am, =.
lean people by telling them that We arr great
and strong enough % maintain any monetary
system We like and o. keep up the valuo II
our money without regard 20 an the world
I abroad-whilo our own hi .ory teaches us that
century ago iag American p,oplu were
strugs though 20 shekc on The yoke u Great
Britain, hut not strong enough o. save their
I continental money frum declining in value %
nothing; that In recent times the American
people were strong enough 10 subduc giean.
! tic rcbellion. hut not strong enough 30 keep
an indefinite issue % grconhacks az par, and
that this republic may b. able b conquer the
world. but 70 will not b. able % make twice
two I've o. 20 make itself richer by watering
~ currency
They s,irak % the silver dollar ns the none
% tho constitution, while they must knu'
that there 4 not one single word in the CO.
stitution which, honestly Interpreted coul
Justify such a claim.
They invoke Tor their Gauss tho names Of
jefferson and jackson, while every reader o.
history knows that jefferson AMI jackson
would have stood aghast AZ their Wild scheme
u creating by law a FALSE value and would
have kicked out of their presence rs a public
nuisance any one seriously advocating 70.
such things the frvo coinage agitaturs tell
the American people assuming them % De-
paals they address o. them, assuming them o.
h. without moral sense.
Immoral Pleas.
They have been teaching tho people that
because the prices of wheat and other thing
have fallen about one half since the so called
decentralization year. lsi3-l have shown why
those prices have fallon-it h not equitable
that debtors should be- held h. pay more than
half the amount q their debts In gold, that
, they should ho released IN correspondence,
I with the decline % prices and that u would
I therefore BE- right % reduce by free silyci
coinage the value 81 the debt paying money
by one half
4 Subject the principle 90 a simple tost, When
, contract debt, ! owe what 70 j. mutually
! understood that am % pay. our whole husi
, ness life and social fabric all human inter
, course, rests upon the binding forco Of suci
Understandings. Unless 10 BE- expressly under
stood has the debtor the slightest right ol
4. reason % demand that the creditor shall b
| satisfied with a less amount In payment 4
wheat or cotton OF something olso had mean
, while declined In pricoi II ~, would not th'
\ creditor also have the right 20 demand ths
4 the debtor should pay more In proportion q
!, wheat or cotton or something else moanw bib
n had risUn IN priooi n neither u them ha,
y thought 20 proposing OF % accepting M adyon
turuus a contract, how can such claims b. jus
l. iihcd " hassd upon mere secret mental RS
4 oryation or an arbitrary aftvrthoughti l. I
!. not monstrous that such an assumption Shout
!, b. taken us warrant for the reduction a
II ono sweep Of all debts by dehascmcnt u th
i standard 81 valuci
y And yet DO who has watched the free coin
, agc agitation knows that Just this appeal 3
Il debtors u one 81 it, main allurvmonts. Listoi
n % their speeches read their literature, and yo
e meet ever rccurring-now In soft spoken ciT
!, cumlocution, now IN sly suggestion, now q
4 the language u braRon cynicism-th promis
!. that free collage viii enable the debtor % 81
> rid % bis obligations by paying only part O
N thom. IL Il scheme u wanton rvpudiatio
n Of private A. well a. public debts, not ~ u "
"a prefer not h. pay Ia full-thc prncticu rvsortU
" 10 by the fraudulent laukrupt-and this sane
~ toned by law, a. part % our national policy
The Coming Verdict.
n Fellow citiscns. think this out u b. gray
- matter-a matter OF vital import o. the exist
I, encc Of this nation. The father who tcachs
/. such moral principles b. his children cducate
\, them for fraud, dishunor and tho ponituntiary
!, The public men who teach such moral princ
A plies 20 the people educate the people Tor "a
II craiesnpt aud ahhorrrncu % mankind IN
n nation that accepts such moral principles cat
Il not live II viii rot 20 death In the ioathsom
h. stow u its own corruption. II the nation q,
o. ccpting such moral principles D. this republic
IA 70 will deal a blow 30 the CREDIT Of domocrAti
l. institutions frum which the cause u free 80,
a eminent viii not recover for centuries
\, But, thank God. t1o American people vii
:. never accept such moral principles tn
o. American pcoplo WILL before election day Al
n rives, hsvc fully discovered what all thi
M means. Thuy will Indignantly rcpoal the uu
q spcakAhlc insult offered % them by the poll
= iioians who have dared 30 ask for the vote
n Of honest men upon the oior Of such bait
a They will know how 30 resent the deep al
!. grace inflicted upon the nation In the eyes o
4 the whole world by thosc Americans who "a
:. h.hlted their own belief that the Amerioai
/. people were capable Of taking such bait
q Mr.. Bryan has taste Tor ScripturAl Illus
' iration. he win remember how Christ wa
!. taken up ON high mountain and promised al
!. ihc glories Of the world n be- would fall dow
= and worship the devil. lie win also rcmcmbe
e what Christ answered, 81 the temptor nov
takes the American people up the mountain
and says, II viii take from you half 81 YOU
debts n you viii worship me-" But thci