The advocate., 1896-07-01

OF both gold and silver as standard money
This was accepted by us as declaration In be-
half Of the principle upon which rests the In
terest OF every citizen and the safety OF the
United States. In such terms the platform
was then satisfactory TO the believers In bi.
petallism within our party. Only because OF
eQulvocal construction and evasion, has 10
since been demonstrated to be insufficient
AS the declaration Of 1899 has been by a ma
jointly of the party construed to justify . single
gold standard for our monetary basis, and 90
the recent trend Of the of1cial power OF the
party has been In that direction, we can bus
assume that the money plank Of the new plate
form being much more favorable 20 parpetnat0
gold monometallism, will be determinedly used
In behalf OF that idea The republican party
has won It's power and renown by pursuing lts
purposes courageously and relentlessly. II So
therefore only in accordance with the p0rty'a
history to assume that II 1t shall come %
present authority In the United States 1t will
crystalline into law and administration under
this tempting platform the perpetual siAglO
/ gold standard In our finances This, Il long
continued, will mean the absolute ruin OF the
producers Of the country and finally OF tho nAa
tlon itself
The American people not only favor bim0tals
lism from tradition and interest, but from that
wise instinct which has always been manifest
In the AFFAIRS OF people destined for the
worlds leadership. Under the operation OF
our great demand for advancement w0 have
become to other nations the greatest debtor
nation Of the world, We pay the vast charges
which every year accumulate against us In the
clearing house Of the world with the money OF
the world, procured by the disposal OF our OoDa
modities in the markets OF the world. We are
o nation OF producers Our creditors are ma
tiOns Of consumers. Amy system Of finternation-
al or national finance which elevates the price
OF human product makes our burden lighter
and gives promise OF that day when 1t shall be
entirely left and our country freed financially,
as 1t Is politically from the domination
of monarchy and foreign autocraoy. Amy
system Of finance which tends TO depr0.
Oiate the price OF human productions which we
must sell abroad but In so far adds to the bur-
den OF our debt, and conveys o threat OF the
perpetual servitude of the producers OF our
debtor nation to the consumers Of creditor naa
tlons. To US 1t Is o folly without parallel that
this country. or any political party therein.
should deliberately accept money system
which enriches others at our expense.
History philOs ophy, morals, oil join with
the commonest instinct OF seli-preserVation In
demanding that the United States shall have
o Just and substantially unvarylng standard
composed OF all available gold and silver and
with 1t our country will progress to financial
acknowledgements But with o single gold
standard the country will 90 on TO worse de-
structon to continued falling prices, until our
people would become the hewers OF wood and
drawers OF water for the consumers in creditor
nations OF the earth.
To such an unholy end we will not lend our
selves. Dear as has been the republic an name
to It's gdherents, that name Is not so dear 40
the faith itself And we do not sacrifice one
Iot or little OF the mighty prin OF pies by which
republlcansm has uplifted the world when we
say that at the parting Of the ways, we cling to
the faith, let the name go where 1t Will We
hold that this convention has seeded from the
truth; that the triumph Of such secession
would be the eventual destruction Of our frees
dom and our civilization. To that end the peos
pie will not knowingly follow any political
party; and we choose to take our place IN the
ranks OF the great mass OF citizens who realize
that the hour has come for justice
Did we deem this Issue less important to hu-
manlty, we would yield, since the associations
of all our political lives have been inteEtwlned
with the men and the measures OF this party
OF past mighty achievements But the people
cry aloud for relief; they are bending beneath
q burden growing heavier with the passing
hours endeavor no longer brings It's just re.
ward; fearfulness takes the place Of courage
and despair usurps the throne Of hope and uns
less the laws Of this country and the policies
OF political parties shall be converted into mes
diums OF redress the effect OF human despera-
ton may sometime be witnessed here as In
other lands and in other ages.
Accepting the fiat OF this convention as the
present purpose Of the party, we withdraw
from this convention to return to our constleu-
ents the authority with which they invested
US, believing we have better discharged their
trust by this action, which restores TO them
authority unsullled than by giving cowardly
and inslncere Endorsement to the greatest
wrong ever willfully attempted within the re-
publican party-once redeemer Of the people,
but now about TO become their oppressor uns
less providentlally restrained by the votes Of