Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-08-27


ductiOn. Instead of recognizing these
facts, it appeals to the prejudice of
the people.
1t demands the free coinage of sill
yer at the arbitrary and fictitious ra-
ito of l6 to |, although the ratio es-
tabliShed in the worlds market is
about ~ To /, and although neither
experience nor reason warrants the
belief that the commercial ratio be-
tween the metals can be reduced by
acton of this government to any ra-
ito even npproNimating that pro-
posed. 1T threatens in certain con-
tiugcncicS to increase to an unlimit-
ed extent the volume of legal tenders
issued by the Federal government,
the ultimate effect of which would
la, To- force the withdrawal of all coin
from circulation and to compel pub
lie and private business to he trans
acted in deprecated paper currency
constantly tluctuating in value and
to invite the ruin and confusion that
have always followed the adoption
of such Il policy.
Its declarations Invite and have al
ready produced Il financial panic, and
many of its proponents announce
that toaccompliSh their purpose they
are prepared to involve their country
in Il disaster comparable to nothing
i'm its history save the calamity of
civil war. 1t assailS the indcpend-
cnce of the judiciary Ivy n covert
threat to reorganiZe the courts when
ever their decisions contraVcne the
DEGREES of the party caucus. 1t seeks
to allure otiicc-SCek and sp0ilsIncn
to its support by attacking the exist
cnce of civil service laws, which good
men of all parties have lahorcd so
long to establish, and to extend to all
departments of the public service.
The Chicago convention, having
thus departed from the recognized
Democratic faith and promulgated
doctrines new and strange to the
Democracy, all Democrats are ah-
| solved from obligation to support its
! program. More than this, as the
I doe trincs announced are destructive
of national honor and private Oblign-
ton, and tend tn create sectional and
class distinctions, and engcnder dis
cord and strife among the people, all
good citizens of the republic are
| bound to repudiate them, and exert
! every lawful means to insure the de-
!
I these false doctrines.
| Democrats are told that they must
accept the platform enunciated and
/ the ticket nominated at Chicago be-
cause submission to the will of the
majority is II fundamental principle
of Democracy. 1t is true that when
Il majority of the people have eX-
pressed their will at n legal election
the will of such majority must be re-
spected and obeyed. This is essential
to the peace and existence of the ma
ton. But it is IA mOnstrous peTver-
sion of the doctrine to apply it to Il
political party, which exists only by
virtue of common, voluntary as
sent to its principles.
When II Democratic convention de-
parts from the principles of the par
ty, no Democrat remains under any
moral obligation to support its action
nor is there any tradition of the par
ty that requires him SO to do. Or ;ilt
contrary, it is evidence of nora
weakness for any free man 10 -ot, B.,
enforce policies which, in iis ~. ,.iuu
are inimical to the wclltyg % til,
people or to the integrity Us Re M
ton.
The duty of the hoSr is to stano
s's1a~f I !" the S dESfef s Of thS S%f is a"
i s:ai" a...a han the possibility o
b, ..np.rary yictory. The honor an,
Nrpetuity If the Democratic part.
! :" at stake. \ political organization
tat is untrue to itself, its prin
rtt'es, its history and traditions
D. iisgraccd and dishonored. Tn,
existence of our great historical
rarity, that has withstood assault
'uf every foe, is threatened b,
'eason of the recrcancy of many q
it's members. That this party, as w
ht1yc known it, may not die, lr. ~
faithful of years rally roI - 49,. lis
t"~'c banner, =, furn its casa liUns
with abiding Iaith 81 the INA
IunprSv rs prime pies, unite to re
store the name Democrat to its for
mer meaning-an proved distinction
/ To this end we request all Demo
! rrats who are opposed to the plat
, form adopted and candidates nomi
mated at Chicago to organize in thci
5 several States and to send represen
ratives to the convention of the Dem
I crratic national party to be held n
/ Indianapolis ON Wednesday, Sep
? Iember 2, 1895, in accordance wit
the call heretofore issued by the Ma
: tional Committee.
w. ID. BYNUM. Chairman.
r JOHN II. WILSON, Secretary.
? Charles Tracey, j. NJ. Faulkner, L
w. NJ. Cutcheon, Ellis Il. Usher,
9 II. Holding, f. w. Lehman, W. i
= Haldeman, John p. Hopkins,
| Executive Committee of the Ma
: tional Democratic party.