The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-19

and did not understand the principles
by which men aid each other in taking
from the bosom OF the earth the wealth
which makes life bearable and develops
the intelligence which makes civilization.
Anything that attacks that basis OF
human confidence Is n crime against
civilization and blow against the foun-
dations OF social order Wherever you
find Popuists assembled. you Will find
discussions proceeding on the theory
that men are hostile 10 each other in
their interests; that the condition of life
is one OF contest.
We believe that the very essence OF
civilization IL mutual interest. mutual
forbearance, mutual cooperation We
believe the world bas got past time when
mems hands are at each others throats.
We believe today that men stand shoul-
der to shoulder, working together for a
common purpose beneficial TO all and
we believe that this attempt 10 assail
wages, which means an attempt 10 at
tack the prosperity OF ALL will be re-
sisted. not by class. but by the whole
nation. what labor has gained that shall
II keep. The wages that are paid TO IL
today IN at the lowest rate we will ever
willingly accept.
While wages remain at their present
rate, hope that there will be q further
and further. and continuous. decrease
In the cost OF living. There is no way in
which I can be admitted TO a share of
Gods bounty, except through a fall in
the prices OF the necessities OF life.
While we have In existence a system OF
mutual cooperation, which is but
another name for civilized society. ali
men are admitted TO share i'm every
bounty which providence showers upon
tho earth. The dweler in the tenement
house, STOPPING over his bench, who
never sees a field Of waving corn. who
has never inhaled the perfume of grasses
and OF flowers, is yet made the partici-
pator In all the bounties OF providence.
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 dayvby the abun-
dance OF the harvest 1t is from his share
in this bounty that the Populist wants
TO exclude the American workman; to
him he says, in the name OF humanity,
in the name of progress you shall neither
press a crown OF thOrns upon the brow OF
labor, nor press scourge upon his back.
You shall NOT rob hIm of any one advan-
tage, which he has gained by long years
of study, of progress in the skill Of his
craft, and by the careful organization
OF the members who work with him at
the bench. You shall not OBSCURE the
golden prospects OF a further improve
nent in his condition by a further
cheapening Of the cost OF living, as well
as Dy Il appreciation Oh tllc doi-
lar which is paid 10 him. The man who
raises his hand against the progress OF
the workingman raises his hand against
prosperity. He seeks to restrict the vol
une of production. He seeks to degrade
the condition OF the man who is steadily
improving himself, and in his own inn
provoment Is accomplishing the i'm
provement of all mankind, but this at
tempt will fail.
/ do not regret this campaign. The
time has come when the people OF this
country will show their capacity for self
government They win prove that men
who have left 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 10 their GU
pidity or moved by threats OF injury.
They will forever guard, and jealously
guard, and trim the lamp OF eUlight-
enment, Of progress. They will ever re-
lentlessly press and crush under their
heels the flaming torch of Populism,
discomfort, Populist agitation and Popu-
list destruction. When this tide of agi-
tation shall have passed-this tide OF
Populist agitation-this assault upon the
common honesty 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. jealously forbidding
any distinction OF burden or OF privilege.
conserving property, maintaining mo-
rality, resting forever upon the broad
basis OF American patriotism and Amer
ican intelligence.