New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-06
WEEDS OF THE HOUR.

The Rev DR. s. Gfard Nelson preached IN the
Bedford Avenue Baptist Church yesterday morning
on Courage Calmness and Confidence the Neeos OF
the Hour" from Proverbs XII, ~; In the way oi
righteousness is life and In the pathway thereo'
.ters &c no death" He said: Never was there
.ina u.hen Il better behooved men to speak calmly.
temnsrately and hopefully. The fate Of the world Is
bound I'D with that OF the American Nation. "oVer'-
ment of the people, by the people anu Ior the people
shall not perish but an experiment So vast as OURS
,s destined to NEE. with many check and nm
ORANGE. Never before In the word were conditions
provided 60 favorable to happiness and prosperity as
q. tho as,a bishment of this Republic Here heroic
mon laid the foundations In civil and religious liberty
OF true national greatness. The oppressed OF all ma
tons we're invited to come and snare IN the 'os anu
rewards Of developing our vast material resources
Decade after decade. with brief Interruptions indus
try has aourished and never in the history OF man
l,nd uere vr,rk!ngmen so well housed and 50 well
Maid "a ours have been until recently. Free educa-
tion gave opportunity to the sons OF the poor anu IL
long seemed the hope Of the founders OF the Re
nuhc had been realized in permanent conditions
,hat insured the greatest good Of the greatest num-
b.r Ru now that the country has grown TO contain
ncnu,ation of G5 OO0 co. stand in temporary dis
couracement at the outlook. Farmers complain OF
threatening bankruptcy factories are shut down or
are running at loss, commercial interests arc pros
,rate and discouragement Is universal 1t Is evident
that there has been terrible laundering 10 suggest
how or by whom would be profitless
To trace responsibility Is not my business. This IL
"a time for sober and ncghborly speech. not for re-
elimination Whatever the cause OF our troubles the
duty is TO seek the remedy. While the competent are
doing So obligation rests on the ministry and on all
nasrL,,s TO reassert righteousness primary con-
drfon OF prosperity That 1t is the foundation OF Ma
,ional as Of individual success and happiness none
b,, Anarchists and madmen will deny. That 1t has
become decadent Is equally indspuable Ii would be
easy enough TO encourage demagogsrn By inveighing
against the disregard OF IL in the conduct and policy
OF the money power. And while the mechanics and
;aborers condition "a one OF straits and difficulties
Western farmers complain that the price they re-
ceiye for corn will not pay for gathering. Smelling and
hauling it TO the railroad station Rightly or
wrongly, the workngman and farmer attribute their
might 10 p.utocratic greed
'But In the revolt against II. they contemplate re-
TAXATION by methods equally indefensble Let Us
q" s,beir adoption OF remedies. Wolkingmen are told
they Will get with the money power BY adopt
ing q currency in which debts may be paid at 10 cents
on the dollar. The simple truth about This IL that
ie M: honest; and what Is not honest Will not stand
Much OF the debt we propose 20 compound In this
way is owing TO those who lent II 10 our country In
SJosperity WILL not return In the taons OF robbery.
the upright eousness wherewhh we would treat
others would assuredly be visited heavily upon our
selves The silver medium that men talk OF adopting
is one that has no absolute value II may and would
auct,iate with every nlorrows sun; with silver
currency In India until recently the coal or other
,he next 10 one could tell I'll the day came. Cold.
once purchased and absorbed by the foreign silver
that would flow In upon w. would leave US az TIE
NAT a day's work worth 81 to-day. would be worth
So tomorrow end perhaps 50 the day after Financial
basis gone AAsmpt at calculation or estimate would
suseertion but that we are persuaded workingmen
srs not FOOLS From the Ills they have that can ana