Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-10-08

order % defeat L. and elect another ticket.
IAppiause.
The Republican party is a rational
party. lt nominated a candidate. and e Is
trying r. elect frs candidate The Hepuh-
liean party. hswever. did uut sav that tn.
xrsd stazfiard was ! desirable thing FIR tho
people q this country. It expressly de-
ciareh that the gold Standard was not
guoa- becau-s it pledged the Republican
party % get rid o. Is. aud would they try
% get rid % 4 thing whicn they thought
vas good When they declare that the
5trnetlllic priacfpie should b. sub-tirufesl
fgrr the gold standard they declare that tn.
<oid standard = bad and that himcraliism
ls the thing deSirahic- rApplause
But when they declare that however DE-
sir1nie biruetallisu IS, We can't have is an
81 other nattstus bring it ~ Us thew hlve
virtually Declared that ~ shall uaintain
the gold standard. however bad not for A
year. but forever. my friends Applause
That word until : long word. NJ
limit - its duration The xnld standard
uliSc b raiutaInevs until
You might as well say that a man who
has suffered injury must euutinue t8 suffer
from = uafu the man who injured him
-a-n-t-tl thSt man voluntarily gives him
retress. This gold standard was forced
upon this country in the beginning II has
been held upou tbs country by force. and
Y for fear cur foreign creditors viii corne
down On rs and wip., us on. Of existence
~Sly friends. our policy has xut % De de-
terIulled. either BY the people who live
here or by tn. propls who live somewhere
else. n it IS - b. determined oy the peo-
pie who live here. We can present our
claims. defend our principles and submit
the cause % the arbiframent OF the ballot
BUt u IL Is % b. determined somewhere
else. the ballot can not reach them. We
must - and petition them to do something
which We want u have done. and which
they may not ind ir profitable 20 DO. lAp-
plags.s.
I'VE are opposed 70 the gold standard
opposed tn it because it IL wrong. opposed
q Il because there IS nothing % commend
the xuld standard u the mass Jf the people.
and never has been Take away from Il
the support u the r1suey-chaurinx and
money-loaniur classes amt The srnld stand
ART VIII not stand one day In any
nation ia the world. Applause IL has
resulted in 4 constantly rising Dollar. Who
<ays thIt a rising dollar IS q good thing
judgment apon the effect Of rising stand
ard on the prosisesrs q wealth. The only
man who ever declared rising standard
- b. a good thing = the nan whose sFu-
pathiss 1re with the lille capital ansI
Whose art Is not touched By the suffer
ins-s OF 1IInkiuG- Applause.
The <0ld standard xives rs q rissasr tol-
ar. and rising dollar means bansiags
dLstrns. and misery - Ehosss who prt.fHs-e
wealth. those who form the basis ~ al
civilization and VITO are the strength and
h'iiNar< u every government Applause
Il ruld - N D. eur standard AMI the snld
dollar i % Dc the unit. and we are cun-
tent with is upward iirht. then. my
frienfis. believe that We ought - change
the dies. - that dollar viii property de-
scribe Itself As L passes from hand 10 hand.
II we are going r0 say that We must have
u bccsAHSe foreign Eatious insist upon is.
then think we ought % change it. amt n
the place Gf that face above whis-h Is writ
ten Liberty iet Is have a picture Of n
woman IN CHAINS. and above Z written
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