The Republican journal., 1896-08-27

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against civilization and blow against til,
foundations of social order.
THE PoPULIsT CRIME
Wherever you find Popnlists assemble
you will find discussions proceeding OF
the theory that men are hostile to eacl
other in their interests; that the condition
OF life is one of contest. At Chicago Mr.
Bryan declared:
Nv hen you come before US and tell us tina
| we shall disturb your business interests w
reply that you have disturbed our bushes
interests"
A voice-''He was right
He was, my friend. When man lose
all sense he has a right to defy those tina
possess any. Qaughter.) In convention
OF extremists the most extreme will al
ways be selected for a leader Your pros
poets are not bad.
merely desire to call the attention o
this gathering to the character of tina
speech, to the underlying spirit that per
vades it, and then to ask the workingme1
OF this country, to ask the citizens of thi;
nation, if the Government should be trust
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of civilized society is one of warfare aDe
OF strife. We believe that the very essence
OF civilization is mutual interest, mutua
forbearance, mutual cooperation. We
believe the world has got past the time
when mems hands are at each others
throats We believe to-day that mer
stand shoulder to shoulder working to-
gether for common purpose beneficial tC
all. (applause.) And we believe that
this attempt to assail wages, which means
an attempt to attack the prosperity of all.
will be resisted not by a class, but bv the
whole nation.
What labor has gained that shall it
keep. The wages that are paid to it to-
day are at the lowest rate we will ever
willingly accept. We look forward to a
further and further increase in the pros
perity OF worklngmen, not merely bv ail
increase in the daily wage, but by fur
Their increase in the purchasing power of
wages. Men who tell us that the prices
OF farm products have fallen and that the
farmer for that reason is sufferer. forget
that while the price of wages has risen off
the farm the efficiency of labor has in
creased; that the cost OF production has
been reduced through the aid of macljn-
cry, while the wages OF the individual
laborer may have risen.
While wages remain at their present
rate | hope there will be a further and
further and continuous decrease in the
cost OF living. There is no way in which
| can be admitted to a share of Cod s
bounty except through fall in the prices
OF the necessities of life. While we have
IN existence system of mutual CO. opera
ton which is but another name for civil
lized society, all men are admitted to a
share in every bounty which Providence
showers upon the earth. The dweller in
the tenement house, stopping over his
bench, who never sees a field of wayinr
corn, who has never inhaled the perfume
of grasses and of flowers, is vet made the
participation in all the bounties of Provi-
dence, in the purifying influence of the
atmosphere, in the ripening rays of the
sun, when the product of the soil is made
cheaper to him every day by the abund-
ance of the harvest. (Applause) 1t is
from his share in this bounty that the
Popullst wants to exclude the American
Workingman To him we say. in the
name of humanity, in the name of prog
ress you shall neither press a crown of
thorns upon the brow of labor, nor press
a scourge upon his back. (Applause)
You shall not rob him of any one adj
vantage which he has gained by long wears
of study, of progress in the skill of his
craft and by the careful organization of
the members who work with him at the
same bench. You shall not obscure the
golden prospects OF further improve
ment in his condition by further cheap
ening OF the cost of living as we'll as by
further depreciation of the dollar which
is paid to him. (Applause)
The man who raises his hand against
the progress of the workingman raises
his hand against prosperity He seeks to
restrict the volume of production. He
seeks to degrade the condition of the man
who is steadily improving himself and in
his own improvement is accomplishing
the improvement of all mankind, but
this attempt will fail.
l do not regret this campaign. The
time has come when the people of this
country will show their capacity for self
government. They will prove that men
who have led the world in the pathway
OF progress will be the jealous guardians
OF liberty and of order. They are not to
be seduced by appeals to their cupidity
or moved by threats of injury They
will forever guard and jealousy guard
and trim the lamp of enlightenment. of
They will ever relentlessly
press and crush under their heels the
flaming torch of Populist discomfort,
Populist agitation and Populist destruc-
ton. When this tide of agitation shall
have receded-this tide of Populist agita-
ton, this assault upon the common hon
esty and upon industry shall have been
abated forever, the foundations of this
Republic will remain undisturbed This
Government will still shelter a people
indissolubly welded to liberty and order,
jealousy forbidding any distinction of
burden or of privilege conserving prop
erty. maintaining morality, resting for
ever upon the broad basis of American
patriotism and American intelligence.
The Journal and The Tribune.
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