The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-10-09

duty all other reforms must whit TIL,
test of party principles is the government
they assure; the proof of good gOvcrI
mcnt is II COntentcd and happy people, AM
the supreme test Of both Is the ability I.
yuide the country through crisis
well as To- administer the government
in ordinary times. Our people now face
crisis, a crisis more serious than any sine
the war, To what party shall they turn
in their dire emergency 1t Il true tina
the present crisis may not involve al
equally, that there are those who do no
suffer now n, d may not suffer should tn,
crisis thrcat%ncd by the gold standar'
come on In al its fury.
Human SelliShnesS makes these deaf e
all appeals, hut to these, fortunately, thu
Democratic party has never needed tn aP
peal To win It's battles, nor does IL now
save as there are some among them win
can rise superior to self in the sHcrificr
which such n crises demands nf every pa
triot. We are told that the country hn
prnSpcrcd under the present monetary
standard, that its wealth has enormously
Increased Granted So. but in who's
handSY In the hands of the tOilCrS, tn,
farmers, the miners, the fnhricators IL
factories. the fratcrs of tho nations wciltl
iii peace its defenders in war; have th,'N
the prosperity which was theirs sn late
20 years ago? | deny IT, They deny u
None affirm il save those whose interest
IL is To do so Whose profit would diminish
as prosperity returns tn those who's
distress they thrivef
III Il indeed right bctwern capital and
labor. The best money in the world i,
none too good for those who have got 1t
but how iS II with the O per cent
our people who have got it to gctY' How
X IT, with those who must buy this ''h.SI
money i'm the world with the products al
their own labor? These are the people fu.
whom the IDcmocratIc party would lcgi>
late What l. the hest money for thusa'
is the question for all tn ask who rtsIIl,
love this land llpNV pl N Ifo,.
laborS' purchasing power but by inCrCsIS
ing the price Of lahorS produCtsr Is IL u.
fair measure OF valucS, that in OuI great
producing section ten bushels of potatn,.>
must he paid for dollar, ten bushels nI
oats for "a dollar. six bushels of corn for IL
dollar, thrrs, bushels of wheat and ali
other products of the soil. and mines slna
the labor of all wage carriers at the sam,
ratioY Does any fair mind say this l.
honest money that forces such an rx
change. and II il l. not - fair exchange. j.
it honest il it less than robhCry7
This Is the condition iu which the single
gold standard has brought us Under IL
the appreciation of the hest money IN
the world has increased the wealth ui
the rich, and for the same reason has il
creased the debit of the debtor 80 it has
been, so under the present standard il
must continue to he With these object
lessons about me. little need have we fnI
history and statistics. and the studies al
scholars Lutte satisfaction it il to IL
the deadly evil of the gold standard IL
has brought us at last To the parting of
the ways. Whittier shall the people go
in the way that has led to the cnSlavc
ment, or into that which offers them their
only chance TO regain individual liberty
lasting prosperity, and happincss2 Let
not our opponents charge Us with crcatin.
class distinction Alas, for the republic
they are already here created nv the Re
publican policy of the last ~ years. created
by the very system we would now
throw and GcStroy- Nor do we raise a
sectional issue The nomination you ten
der rcpcls tn, charge
None knew better than I that this nom
inatiOn Is meant rs no personal tribute.
but as an assurance that our party Is a
non sectional party. Not by our policy
but only by the continuance Of the gold
standard can Scctionalism I've revived
Neither shall our opponents bc permitted
to tcrrIfy the people 10y predictions that
temporary disturbances or panic will
come from the policy propose. The
American people will bc loyal to the ma
tiOnS money, Will stand behind il and
maintain IL mt whatever value they them
selves may put upon it Once before in
the present generation have our people
been called upon 10 face = momcntous
crisis. What then said Mr.. Lincoln the
chosen leader of the plain people of the
ia"f' Was he aweu by threat, DI weak
sned by tho willy persuasion Of the false
friends, who, rs today, pleaded for com
prumisc.with wrong His answer was.
If our sense Of duty forbids this, then
let uS stand by our duty fearlessly and
effectively. Let MS be diverted by none Of
these SOphistical COntrivances wherewith
We are SO industriously placed and Iva.
Iabored, cDntrOvcncS such cropping for
some middle ground between right and
wrong reversing the divine rule and call.
ing not the sinners but the righteous To
Icpcntance, such as inyocatioy.s to Wash
Higton, imploring men to nnssiy what
washington W said, and undo what WASH
lHgton did. Neither let us lie slander,sI
from our duty by false accusations against
MS Let us have faith that right makes
might and In that faith let us Ia thn end
'iarc Ia do our duty as we understand it,
We know well the nature of the strug-
gle In which VIC are engaged, we are
anxious only that the people of the land
shall understand It., and then our battlc
IL one Behind the strong entrench-
mcnt of the gold standard are gathered
all those favored classes H. has f,tStcr.sI
the only dangerous classes of the land
AVarice and unhOly greed there, every
trust and combination is there Every
monopoly is there led by the greatest
monopoly of all the monoIJoly nf the
power of gold. With us In our assault upon
these entrenchmcDts are all tht.ss, IInSclfiSiI
men, who not now suffering themselves,
canIIot rest content with conditions s., full
of suferings for others, and that yHsicr
number OF our people who have lpcn SAC
rifited To the small and selfish class who
now resist their attempts ~ regain their
nncient rights and liberties Tht.S,. arr. the
patriots OF 1875; the foes of IA .'dishon,- L
dollar" which enriches 10 per cent of our
people to rob the rest. the defenders u the