The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-10-15

straightforward Expression of the
FaIth That is in Him-f1is Arguments
IN Behalf of Money and Financia
System for the People are Pithy and
PoInted-A Time of National Crisis
And the People Must Tide it Over.
The following is the letter of accept
ance of Hon. Arthur Sewall, Demo
cratic Nominee for Vice Presidents:
Hon. Stephen B. White, Chairman
and members Of the Notification
Committee.
Gentlemen: have the honor te
accept in writing, as | have alread,
verbally done, the nomination tender
ed by you on behalf of the Democratic
party, as It's candidate for Vice -Presi
dent Of the United States. And ir
doing so, am glad first to express m,
satisfaction that the platform of our
party, which has commended my life
long allegiance, is honestly and fully
declaratory of all its principles, and es
peclally of the absorbing financial IS
sue, upon which as you say, took III,
stand 'when the hour of triumph
seemed remote, and when arrogan,
money-changers throughout the world
boasted that the conquest ofthe Amer.
lean masses was completed"
These principles have been OF late
IN abeyance, but only because those
whom we trusted to maintain then
have failed to do 50. These principle:
can never die. We have rescued ou1
party from those who, under the inhu
ence OF the money power, have con
Lrolled and debased it. Our mission
now is 10 rescue from this same power
and rs foreign allies, our own beloved
country. This is the first and highest
duty imposed by our party platform
upon the performance of this all Other
reforms must wait. The test of party
principle is the government they assure
the proof Of good government isa con
tented and happy people, and the su
preme test Of both is the ability &c
guide the country through crises as
we'll as to administer the government,
in ordinary times. Our people no"
face a crisis, a crisis more serious than
any since the war. To what shall the y
turn in their dire emergency? 1t is
true that the present crisis may no,
involve all equally; that there are
those who do not suffer now, and may
not suffer, should the crisis threatened
10y he gold standard come on in al
lis fury. Human selhshness makes
these deaf to all appeals, but to these:
fortunately, the Democratic party ha:
never needed 10 appeal to win its bat
ties, nor does 1t now, save as there are
some among them who can rise supe
rior to self in the sacrifice which such
a crisis demands of every patriot. W.
are told that the country has prospered
under the present monetary standard
that its wealth has enormously inCreas
ed. Granted 50, but in whose hands
In the hands OF the toilers, the pro
ducers, the farmers, the miners, ths
tors Of the nations wealth in peace
its defenders in war? Have they th'
prosperity which was theirs SO late Z
even 20 years ago? | deny it. They
deny it. None affirm it saye thos
whose interests it is to do SO. Who's
profit would dlmish as prosperity re
turns TO those on whose distress the
thrive? All this indeed right between
capital and capital. The "best none
in the world Is none too good tol
those who have got it, but how is
with the 90 per cent. OF our peopl
who have "got it to gel?' How is
with those who mus. buy this "bes
money in the world" with the pro
ducts Of their own labor? These art
the people for whom The Democratic
party would legislate. What is tn
best money for these? is the question
for all to ask who love their land. Ho,
else can YOU increase labor's purchas
ing power but by increasing the price
OF labor's products? 1t is fair meas
} uie O: values that in our prc1ucin;
, sections ten bushels of potatoes mus
be paid for dollar, three bushels q
wheat and all other products at tn
same ratio! Does any fair mind sa
this is honest money that forces sue
an exchange? And if 1t is not TAI
exchange, IS 1t honest, Is II less thai
robbery? This is the condition i
which the single gold standard ha
brought US. Under 1t the APPRECIATE
of the "best money in the world ha
increased the wealth of the rich, ant
for the same reason has increased tn
debt of the debtor. So it has been, S
under the present standard it mus
continue TO be.
With these object lessons about u:
little need have we for history an
statistics and the studies Of scholar
Little satisfaction is it to US that the
have warned US long since of III
deadly evil of the gold standard.
/ has brought us at last to the par
:. ing Of the ways. Whittier shall tt
; people go-into the way that has lie
to their enslavement, or INTO tht
which offers them their only chance
regain individual liberty, lasting pro
peri,y and happiness? Let not OF
opponents charge US with creating cla
Z. distinctions. Alas! for the repubi
= they are already here, created by tt