The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-10

| StRteS. inc total value OF tho manu-
featured products OF the country for
the census year OF 1890 was S9,372. .5ei.-
2S3. The establishment OF silver basis
OF value. as now proposed, would en-
tail a loss 10 these three interests alone
equal TO eighty-nve per cent OF this
enormous output Of all the mnnufac-
turing industries Of the union. and
would AFFECT directly nearly one.thlrd
OF Its whole population.
Veterans Would safer.
One hundred and forty millions OF
| dollars per amman are due to pensions
ers OF the late war. That sum repre-
| sents blood spilled and suirerngs en-
| dured In order TO preserve this nation
| from d!sintegrHtlon. In many cases, tho
sums so paid In pensions are exceed
ingly small: In few, IL any, are they
excessive. The spirit that would de-
p!etc these TO the extent Of n farthing
Is the same that would organize sedI-
! tion, destroy the peace and security OF
the country, punish.rather than reward
our veteran soldiers, and Is unworthy
Of tho countenancc. by thought or
vote, OF any patriotic citizen OF what
ever political faith. No party, until
that which met In convention at Chi
cago, has ever ventured to insult the
honored survivors OF our struggle for
the national life by proposing to scale
their pensions horizontally. and TO pay
them here after In deprecated dollars
worth only flfty-three cents each.
The amounts due. In addition TO the
Interests already named, to depositors
and trust companies In national, state
and. private banks. to holders OF fire
and accident insurance policies, TO hoI-
ders OF industrial insurance. where
the money deposited or the premiums
have been paid in gold or It's eQuiya-
lent, ore 80 enormous. together with
the sums due, and TO become due, for
state. municipal, county, or other cor
porate debts, that II paid In deprecia-
ted silver er Its equivalent, Il would
not only entail upon our fellow-coun-
trymen a loss IN money which has not
been eQualled In similar experience
since the world began, but II would. at
the same time, bring n disgrace TO our
country such ~ has never befallen any
other nation which had the ability to
| pay Its honest debts. In our condition,
and considering our magnificent capac-
ity for raising revenue, such wholesale
reputation Is without necessity or e1-
cuse. No political expeilrncy or party
| eHigency. however pressing, could Ius-
tlfy so monstrous an act.
All these deposits and debts must, un-
| der the platform Of the Republican
party. DO met and adjusted In the best
currency the world knows, and meas
| ured by the same standard in which
| the debts have been contracted or the
deposits or payments have been made.
Stlll dealing sparipgly with figures,
| OF which there ~ an enormous mass 10
| sustain the position OF the advocates
OF the gold standard OF value. I cite one
more fact, which Is officially estab-
lishcd. promised by the truIsm that
| there is no better test of the growth OF
country's prosperity than It's increase
In the per capitn holdings OF It's popu-
lation. In the decade between 1850 and,
1880. during which We had our existing
gold standard, and were under the con-
ditions that supervcned from the act
OF 1873, the per capita ownings OF this
country increased from $50 TO $l,036.
In those ten years the aggregate in
crease OF the wealth OF our country
| was S@l.S9S, 100000 being 20 per cent In
excess OF the increase for any previous
ten years since 1870, and at the amazing
rate OF over two thousand millions OF
dollars n year. The trainers OF the
Chicago platform in the face OF this
fact, and OF the enormous increase over
| Great Britain during this same gold
| standard decade. OF our country's for
eiGn trade and Its production OF iron.
coal and other great symbols OF national
strength and progress. ussert that our
monetary standard ia mot only un-
American, but anti-Amer!can," and
that II has brought US Into financial
serv!tude to London" II Is impossible
| TO imagine an assertion moro reckless
| and indefensible.
The proposition for free and unlimited
| silver coinage. carried TO its logical
conclusion, and but one Is possible,
| means, as before intimated, legislative
warrant for the rcpudiatlOn OF all ex-
| listing Indebtedness. public and private.
| 10 the extent OF nearly 30 per cent OF
the face OF all such Indebtedness II
| demands an unlimited volume OF fiat
currency, irredecmable. and therefore
| without any standard value In the mar
kets OF the world. Every consideration
OF public interest and public honor de-
| mands that this proposition should be
| rejected by the American people.
This country cannot afford 10 give
| its sanction TO wholesale spoIlatIon. II
must hold fast TO It's integrity. II must
still encourage thrift In all proper ways.
! II must not only educate Its children
TO honor and respect the flag, but II
| should inculcate fidelity TO the obl!ga-
| tlons OF personal and national honor as
we'll. Both these great principles should
| hereafter be taught In the common
| school OF the land, and the lesson I'm
| pressed upon those who are the voters
OF to-day nn1 those who arc 10 become
| the inheritorS OF sovereign power in
| this republic, that II Is neither wise,
| patriotic nor safe TO make political plat
forms the mediums of assault upon
property. the peace Of society and upon
| civilization Itself
Until these lessons have been learned
| by our children, and by those who have
| reached the voting age, It can only be
surmlEcd what enlightened statesmen
and political economists will record. as
| 10 the action OF party convention
which offers an In1uccmcnt to national
| dishonesty by premium OF fOrty-sevcn
cents for every ftty-thrcc cents worth
| Of silver that can he extracted from
the bowels OF the whole earth. with q
cordial invitation TO all 10 produce 1t
at our mintg and accept for It n full
silver legal tender dollar OF one hun
drcd cents rated value, TO be coined
| free OF charge and unlimited In guam
| tity for private account.
Revolutionary Propaganda.
But, vastly more than Il mere asscr-
| t!On OF purpose to reconstruct the
national currency Is suggested by the
| Chicago platform. II suggests. In fact.
| the form OF revolutionary nrOpa-
ganda. IL cmbod!cs menace OF ma
tlonul disIntcEratIon and destruction.
This spirit manifested Itself In de-
| lIberatc proposition TO repudinto tho
| plIghtcd public faith, 10 impair the
sanctIty OF the obligation OF private
contracts. to cripple the credit Of the
nation by stripping the government OF
the power TO borrow money Rs the
urgent cxigancIcg OF the treasury may
| rnnmlrr nnh. In IL word, 10 nYcrihrnW