The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-31

more pregnant warning. There Is not
prominent issue raised on the Bryan
side which is not disposed OF calmly
but completely by the Irresistible logic
and far-sighted patriotism Of the father
of his country.
1t Is worth while to examine in some
detail the position of George Washing
ton on the issues of this campaign. The
first Of them, In order Of time, Is the
sectional issue. 1t was Mr.. Tillman who
first declared that this is campaign
of the South and the West against the
East. That statement of it has been
accepted by all the prominent Popo-
crat leaders. Mr.. Bryan himself is re-
sponsible for referring to the East
repeatedly as 'the enemys country.
Now hear what the farewell address
has to say on this issue:
In contemplating the causes
which may disturb our Union, 1t
occurs ms matter of serious concern
that any ground should have been
furnished for characterfxing parties
by geOgraphicaI$ disc riminatfons-
Northern and Southern. Atlantic and
Western-whence deaignfnE men
may endeavor to excite u belief that
there In real difference of local
interests and views. One of the
expedients of party to acquire in
nuence within particular districts
In to misrepresent the opinions and
aims Of other districts. You cannot
shield yourselves too much against
the jeaIOusies and heartburnings
which spring from these misrepre-
sentationsj they tend to render
alien to each other those who ought
to be bound together by fraternaI
affection.
We have been referred frequently to
the fathers Of the republic in this cam
paign. as II by any possibility they
could countenance the wicked endeavor
to divide the Union which has been re-
vived after the lapse Of a generation.
Listen to the voice of Washington as
opposed to that Of Tillman, Altgeld and
Bryan.
Foremost in the campaign, as the
issue. Whatever else may be said for
or against this no one on either side
questions that it's adoption would i'm
pair the public credit. Right or wrong,
wise or unwise, 1t is charged by one
side and admitted and gloried in by
the other that it contemplates blow
against the creditor. That is the CEN
ter and soul of the Bryan argument.
Now hear the farewell address on that
point:
| As a very Important source OF
strength and security, cherish public
credit. One method Of preserving
1T is to use it as sparingly as pos
| sfb1e, avoiding occasions of expense
| by culttvating peace, but remember
ing also that timely disbursements
to prepare for danger frequently
prevent much greater disburse-
mcnts to repeI ity avoiding likewise
the accumulation of debt, not only
by stunning occasions of expense,
but by vigorous exertions I'm time
| of peace to discharge the debts
casioned, not ungenerous1y throw
ing upon posterfty the burthen
which we ourselves ought to bear.
| These are the simple words Of man
| honest in every fiber. Preserve the
public credit; pay the public debt; seek
%N
| obligation which you have incurred
! Just prior to this declaration Washing
| ton had laid stress upon the necessity
| Of founding any free government on
virtue and morality. AS fitting cor
| ollary to this, and springing directly
| from 1t, he emphasizes the maintenance
| Of the public credit. Once more we
may leave the great first president to
answer the diatribes of the unworthy
| aspirant to that high office in our time
| From the beginning Of the campaign
the attempt has been made to disparage
! the gold standard because 1T is the
| standard Of Great Britain. As in other
| campaigns British free trade was
the bugaboo which enraged the ig-
norant voter, so in this one it Is the
British bondholder" who is used as an
instrument to play upon hatred Once
more hear what Washington has to say
upon this appeal to low and unworthy
motives:
I'm the execution of such 81 plan
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permanent, inveterate antipathies
against particular nations and pas
sionate attachments for others
should be excluded, and that I'm
place of them just and amicabIe
feelings toward all should be cuIti-
waited. The nation which induIges
toward another am habftuaI hatred