The sun., 1896-07-05

III
"Tbe only thing that b,metaiiIsts and rold
monometalIi,,s and ali men who have eyes TO
see into thu national nbvss Of silver rnonometal.
liam can do in the face Of the present crius IA 10
stand 10 the defence of the existing system,
The casa a. airnple the issue plnin the road IN
straight and no one of us can look 10 the right
hand nor Tn the ieft
1--WE cannot hone TO appeal with success TO all
Of the silver delegates. The great body of them
would not listen TO even persuasion. The wild
character of the movement is shown in its fury
and anger. But there must be many silver dele
gates who ind them selves out of touch with
fury and rock le.aness and who can still be
made TO zee where this passion and excitement
are carrying them and their party, and possi-
bly, their country. To their sober reason this
meeting IA an nppeal. They may still listen to
the solemn warning of dispassionato men,
dispassionate Americans. We are here with
out passion, without excitement, without fury,
but with n perfect vision of the crisis that is
being forced upon the party and tho nation.
Ex-Gov Russell of Massachusetts, was then
introduced and spoke as follows.
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o'n''' "e, ''i"' 'on,' S INC
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n ,i,usI p,e'A 'ae ,ie. ~nioh oiiu eouen Hnu
No.'n' Eas' anu Wess tosether In an ehoufink
@iiu uIuihpnNh' Doniooiaos
pemocratic National Convention always
ii"' uoeh S uoioei"'''o o'u'' t' nieo.o ~ ieh
'e. ''e ",' ot ~ nv .iai, vi ,., ~ NO"
.Afos hl',o i'r po,SouNi "no''ions. We NV
uoihin"'e" w "eei'" VI ''ass VI i"o'o,' "'n
,nehioer cairies MS 'hahhoou uiueF his o"n
nat, conseiehee uohha0es ins'r uc'ion, anu INC
"eii"fo Vi MS oouh.'y anu 'no iiAe u, hi' p",o
are moro important thah any eect'ohal IN
'eres' UT perso''.i "uccess LII 'he oeiiei tna'
now, as formerly our par! meets Ill ,h's
spirit. anxious 10 raiiy uhuer 'he oio hae al oh
its oiu soiu.ers anu u WIZ recruits ir'.n "Ner'
'ee.''n. an ''aN' W '.eoi y. 'pee."
anu aclion' VIC ha.e R"'he'oo "-hisi. " MANY
ouf appea' io' unio"' anu "e y. 'n' -'oi vi "Nu
r'as. " pieau iof 'he very t'io VI oui pNt'.. ~
"ouiu oe ioiis " o,e,'o'A 'he 1i"''y Vi ,no
of's's' uu' "ou'u 70 ' oo"aioi' " "o..ooA ~
nope anu uh, De'hocra'.e 10 "ssuiie 'iia' our "p-
pea. ...,, WIZ iaii upon ueA' e'fs.
Inc glory vi our party mas oeeii IN .ne past,
ana ouGn' no" anu iore'er 70 10. l's or oau anu
na,iohui charactef. mas oeen anu Is eiie peo-
PIE party ~ u''',s io' "''e'i '""ee "k',i,' oe'
ia se1''uiAi anu Gus. my. , o.,S N'i'-
,oi tne p'. '..n -. 80 .s
,ro,,.a h., saIC.h ;r,.r..ts or az. ,rInsncs
80, - ~ ,,,,,, W. ~ r.o,,.anh,o., r.ii,0
ious, or class lines. Rights. not favors: the
people, not classes: our country. not It's sections.
are the ma4ims of our Democratic creed.
Has the time come when we are ready to
srrrender the.e the cardinal princIr,.s Of our
euiienue' 'Ae'e' .'' e"' e,.' P' 'N'p' " wa
faith, to reverse the established policy OF our
party. to look to a patern.l Government, to add
'aiue ~ any .on.. ~ .n' ,au. VI
or section and. as the resuitof such folly. TO de-
stroy the national character Of n broad and
,oIor,nt nernocracv, We or. not ready m sur-
to.e,an. n''hIio no, ,1s, 'h, ,,'a,
render to Republican protection ana throw thht
mantle over silver its discarded child. nor..to
abandon our position as the people's party to
become, like the Republicans. a party OF class
and Of section.
-, .o,, 30 ,t,,, M. M n Nor.hor, br,
SPEAK to-hiRh' "o' no NOT tnofh ou'
as national DE nocrat. whose privilege 1t
has been tn take part in the battles OF our
80 ovor ,I,o issues ~ tbe last ,w.rtv
. paao J'p. baro Wv n.var yet odrocotod nri,.
c,ple or measure which was not as sound
Democracy in Illinois or South Carolina as
in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. l
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