Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-07-04

Ine questions 10 be settled In the national
contest this year are rs serious and important
as any OF the great governmental probfoms
That nave confronted us In the past quarter of |
century. They command our sober judg- |
ment and settlement free from partisan |
prejudice and passion. beneficial to ourselves |
ana bebtting tho honor and grandeur OF the |
rcrrSbr They touch every interest OF our
eoInmon country. Our industrial supremacy, |
our productive capacity, our business and COM
mercial prosperity, our labor and its rewards
our national credit and currency, our proud
financial honor and our splendid free citizen
ship-the birthright OF ovcry Amercan-nre oil
involved in the pending campaign and thus
every home In the land Is directly and init
mately connected with their proper setrse-
ment' Great are the issues involved in the
coming election. and eager and earnest the peo-
pie for their right determination. Our domes-
tic trade must be won back and our idle work.
ing people employed in gainful occupations ut
American wages Our home market must be
restored to its proud rank of first In the world
and our foreign trado-so preciptately cut of
by the adverse national legislation-reopened
on fair and equitable terms for our surplus ag-
ricultural and manufactured products.
Protection and reciprocity. twin measures OF
true American policy, should again command
the earnest encouragement OF the government
at Washington. Public confidence must be re-
sumed and the skill, the energy and the capital
OF our country find ample employment at home,
sustained, encouraged and defended against
the unequal competition and serious disad-
vantages with which they are now contending.
The government OF the United States must
have enough money to meet both it's current
expenses and increasing needs. Its revenues
should be so raised as to protect the material
interests Of our people with the Dghtest pos
sible drain upon their resources, and maintain
that high standard OF civilization which has
distinguished our country for more than CEN
tury OF its existence. The income of the gov
ernment, repeat, should equal its necessary
and proper expenditures. failure to pursue
this policy has compelled the government to
borrow money in time OF peace to sustain it's
credit and pay its daily expenses. Ibis policy
should be reversed and that too as speedily
as possible. 1t must be apparent to all, re-
gardess Of past party ties or Affiliations, that
| 1t is our paramount duty to provide adequate
revenue for the expenditures OF the govern
| ment economically and prudently administered
This the republican party has heretofore
done, and this 1t confidently believes IL will do
| liz the future when the party is again entrusted
| with power in the executive and legislative
| branches OF our government. The national
| credit which has thus far fortunately resisted
| every assault upon it, must and will be upheld
and strengthened If sufficient revenues are
| provided for the support of the government
| there will be no necessity for borrowing money
| and increasing the public debt The complaint
| of the people is not against the administration
| for borrowing money and issuing bonds to pre-
| serve the credit of ihe country, but against the
ruinous policy which has made this necessary
owing to the policy which has been inaugurated
| the inevitable effect eff such policy is seen in
the deficiency in the United States treasury
except as it is replenished by loans. and in the
| distress of the people who suffering be-
cause of the scant demand for either labor
the products Of their labor. Here is the funda-
mental trouble, the remedy for which Is re-
| publican opportunity and duty.
During all the years Of republican control
| following resumption, there a steady
duction Of the public debt, while the gold re-
| serve was sacredly maintained and cur
| rency and credit preserved without deprecia-
| ton, taint suspicion. II we would restore
| this policy that brought us uneXampled pros
| perity for more than 30 years under the most
| trying conditions ever known in this country,
| the policy by which we made and bought more
goods at home and sold more abroad, the trade
| balance would be quickly turned in our favor
and gold would come to us and not go from us
in the settlement OF all such balances in the
future.
The party that supplied by legislation, the
vast revenues for the conduct Of our greatest
| war; that promptly restored the credit of the
country at its close that from it's abundant
| revenues paid of large share OF the debt in
| Cured in this war, and that resumed specie
payments and placed our paper currency upon
q sound and enduring basis, can be safely
| trusted to preserve both our credit and cur
rency with honor stability and inviolability.
The American people hold the financial honor
| of our government as sacred as our flag and
| can be relied upon to guard it with the same
sleepless vigilance Thes hold its preservation
above party fealty, and have often demon
strated that party ties aTail nothing when the
spotless credit Of our country is threatened.
The money OF the United States and every
kind or form Of 1t, whether of paper, silver or
gold, must be as good rs the best in the world.
1t must not only bn current at its full face
| value, at home, but H. must be counted at par
| In and commercial center of thu
globe. The sagacious and far-seeing policy of
the great men who founded our government;
the teachings and acts of the wisest financiers
ut every stage in our history: the steadfast
faith and splendid achievements OF the great
party to which we belong and the genius and
integrity of our people have always demanded
this and will ever maintain it. The dollar paid
to the farmer, the wage-earner and the PEN
sioner must continue forever equal in purchas-
ing and debt-paying power to the dollar paid
to any government creditor.
The contest this year will not be waged upon
lines of theory and speculation, but in the light
of severe practical experience and new and
dearly acquired knowledge. The great body OF
our citizens know what they want and that
they intend to have. They know for what the
republican party stands and what its return to
power means to them They realize that the
republican party believes that our work should
| be done at hor2e and not abroad and every
where proclaim tlSeir devotion to the princi-
! ing adequate revenues for the government,
will restore American production and serve
the best interests OF American labor and de-
! velopment. Our appeal, therefore. is not to a
false philosophy vain theorists, but to the
, masses of the American people-the plain,
practical people whom Lincoln loved and
trusted and whom the republican party has al
! ways faithfully striven to serve.
The platform adopted by the republican ma
tional convention has received my careful con-
: slderation and has my unqualified approval.
} 1t is matter OF qualification to me- as am
, sure it must be to you and republicans every
where and to all our people that the express
sions OF its declaration OF principles are SO
direct, clear and emphatic They are too plain
and positive to leave any chance for doubt OF
question as to their purport and meaning. But
you will not expect me to discuss its provisions
at length or in any detail ut this time 1t will
however, be my duty and pleasure ut some fu-
ture day TO make to you AID through you to the
great party you represent, more formal ac-
ceptance of the nomination rendered me.
, No one could be more profoundly grateful
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