The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-08-28

the French. the Ereuen people actually
brought out from savings bankS. frorf siocl
Ines and from pirate places Of hoanSIur
enough coin TO seftie the Prnssian deinands
and free France from the presence of the
invader. The victorious anna Of the NJ
pubiic could NOT keep french paper q par
coin purchased the freedom Of France from
her Invaders Within this very fenefntior.
The third experiment PRECEDED fiais
French experiment by q few years. / have
kept y until the inst beeaise II occurred
here and was iuadc By our own government
among our own people. On April 10. iT50.
the conflict Of arms betWan Great Brifnis,
and the thirteen colonies began n Lerinr-
ton. In Massachusetts, BEFORE the end a
that month The continental congress
These were legal tender IN payment Of dsbt.
BY the end OF that year the Issue AZ tbis ma
per had risen TO $4,000 goo By i7s0 fhe
issue had risen 10 $2li ,Qvo.p00 ana il ADJ
Issued more than $4,000 900 The fotai
Issue of Legal tender money By the conti-
Mental congress and the serefal colonies
was more than $40, Q0Q0D0. The por,ia-
tion did not exceed 4,0OO. 90. SO there iy.sr,,
iatios for each inSsbitsnt Xxx surels s's Tas
enough money TO make everybody prosper
Gus on the PopulIst theory. Bi,t neither
patriotism nor courage could keep thls
money a1oat. But one thing could DO n.
and that was redemption In coin. That one
thing the Continental congress did not try
and the entire continentai currency was NJ
repudlnted. This Il hard word. But II n
truthful. That money had paid our forefa-
their for their winter marches In the SHOWS
Of Valley Forge. That money had bought
the liberty OF the nation. Our forefathers
had not the wisdom 70 redeem or attempt
10 redeem this currency In coin and II wa
fepiidiated. In March. 1850, contfess. by
decree, authorized silver to be received for
this legal tender money at the ratio Of i to
tl0, That was even better than l8 to i. In
December. 1850. they had ABANDONED any
attempt TO rndeem 1t Mt any ratio or In any
manner. IT was dead and unhnrjed. leave
II 70 the conscience. to thu Judgment Of ev-
cry patriotic citizen, whether be calls him
self Popuiist, Democrat or Republican. TO
answer this question. II congress did not.
would not or could not keep: the legal tender
national money Of the revolution at par with
coin Is II honest or wise for as to attempt
the experiment noWf Arr we Drawer than
our fatheDi Are we moro patriotic than
fathersf
thus leave the conrcnuon Of the Popn.
list party In behalf Of irredeemable paper
money. do not question their honesty. !
do not question their patriotism. ] do not
question their courage. On too many fields
The men o. this party, whether from the
that they dared to do and to die for what
they thought right. Some OF them followed
the stars and stripes They were brave men
and believe them honest men. ] have no
aympathy and no patience with those who
sneer at them or reyile them. They are my
eountrymen. They are only trying to do
what the traders and the manufacturers and
the land owners Of France tried to do under
the Bourbon Louis and under the lead OF
John Law. But bid them remember that
the attempt then made under the most en-
atAA
ended In absolute fuin. They are only try
Ing TO do what the republicans Of France
tried to do at the close OF the last century.
Mirabeau, who led In the attempt. was the
most eloquent man In Frunce. / sometimes
fancy that his eioquence may have been as
great as that OF the distinguished orator
who dnxzled and captiynted the Chicago con-
yentlon. They are no drawer than were the
French troops who followed Napoleon at
Lodi and Marengo and who were paid in
such paper money and who finally used their
last payments us wads with which to load
their guns. What the French republic could
not accomplish the Popullst cannot accom-
pllsh. what our continental foEefathers,
with Washington as leader and Jefferson as
counsellor, could not accomplish my Popu-
list fellow-citlzens cannot accomplish today.
know them TO be honest. ! know them to
be brave. but beg them, by the lessons
OF history and BY the memories OF the con-
tinental struggle and the Reputation Of the
continental currency, TO deslst from the ef-
fort they make today. Their defeat will be
for their good and our good and the good
OF our common country. They must be de-
feated In this nnwlse and unfortunate as
sault upon the labor and the savings Of the
people. Defeat them now thoroughly, ANAL
y, completely, and before this generation
shall have passed they will thunk you for
their defeat. Just us the brave soldiers OF
the South today acknowledge that their
states are better without slavery and that
the victory Of the Union has made them
not the subjects OF the North, hut the fell
tiou.
And now let us consider the demands and
the attitude Of the Democratic party.
Let US try 10 do this fairly, squarely and
justly. II know my heart do not wish
TO pettlfog the question. Wish to get at
the truth II can.
Mr.. bryan Is the candidate OF the Dem
oeratlc PARTY and of the ropulIst party.
The Democracy declare, Just as do the Pop
ullsts. that ull paper which Ia made legal
tender shall be issued by the government
Of the United States. Here their agreement
with the Populist party stops The De
mocracy declare that such legal tender paper
shall be redecmable In coin. by no possi-
bic Interpretation of the popullst platform
am ] able TO tind either purpose or willing
ness on the part Of the populists to redeem
such paper In coin. The difference. II hon
ueye that the difference Is hoNest. state
this for the second time here so tllnt ron
may fix 1t In thought. The Democratic path
and the POpnllst path here should part, and
II both parties are honest these paths should
part forever
nag does lie follow? The fiht money popu-
lists trust Mr.. Bryan md therefore dare
not. They have read the Democratic plat
form with lts promise Of payment In coin,
and yet they who believe In constant and In
crcasing issues of irrcdeemable paper be-
lieye III AIR, Bryan. Some one must be
cheated In this double dealing. Who Is It
to be;
The fact Is there is cousinshlp between
tho silver dollar worth % cents and the pa.
per dollar worth nothing. 1t Is a couslnship
of depreciation. The silver dollar IL Just Al
cents nearer nothing thnn ~ gold dollar.
AMI that * cents of dat and of nothIngpcss
Is the ilgainent that binds the Popullst and
Demncrat together.
!, And now let us get hack TO the nrst ques.
tinn, shall we open our mintN TO tile free
and unlimited coinage of both silver and
gold nj the ratio of 10 to without waiting
for the AID or consent OF any other nationT
Here ! ask you to consider certain great
our Inquiry and decision.
First-our mints are now closed to the
coinage o ,s silver We are not as nation
lions Of the world, excepting Mssieo so my,
South American and Central xmeri lean
States, japan, China and india, hold prsc-
ileaily the same attitude toward silver. /
Judgment or mine. think you viii admit
that 1t Is Mt least matter for serious refiec.
tinn. These states embrace every form Of
government from republican France 10 ilcs-
mankind Is not conclusive. Il certainly do.
serves respectful thought. II 600 men de-.
clare that II hurts 10 .'kick agaillst fhe
nr,cks,t would seem wise, for the one.
his own toes before Kicking.