Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-09-02


CHICAGO PLATFORM IND0R6ED.
It is proper, aye. more, It ienecessary,
nat t s..g h cshll s.e xa5 stshlls Z. o.
platform shall indorse the utterances ol
his platform, and I stand before you *
declare in your aresence that indorse
every word and every syllable of the
platform at Chicago. [Applause. But
while 1 do SO expect in this campaign
the support of many democrats who
are not willing to indorse all that the
platform declares for. [Applause.] In
a campaign there is always some over
shadowing issue, there is in a campaign
always one great paramount question
which more than any other will deter
mine the allegiance of those who sup
port the ticket, and in this campaign
we appeal with confidence to those
people who are opposed to a longer con
tinuation of the gold d-standard policy
in the United States. [Applause.[
Our opponents have at last taken q
definite position upon the money ques
ton. The republican platform adopt
ed at st. Louis declares that the gold
standard must be maintained in this
nation until other nations shall consent
to its abandonment. We believe that
that declaration, which commits us to
gold standard until other nations
come to our relief, is equivalent to a
declaration in favor of permanent
continuation of the gold standard, be
cause we do not believe that other ma
tions will take pity upon us before we
take pity upon our own people. We
have then to consider this question
Ought the American people to submit
longer to a gold standard Cries OF
mo. nor
The democratic party has begun a
war of determination against the gold
standard. We ask no quarter, we give
no quarter. We shall prosecute our
warfare until there is not an American
citizen that dares to advocate q gold
standard policy Cheers. You ask
why? We reply that the gold stand
ard is a conspiracy against the human
race, and that we would no more join
it than we would join an army march
ing to despoil our homes and destroy
our families. Applause.
HON. JOHN g. CARLISLE QUOTED.
ask you not to take my word for the
evils of the gold standard. call as a
witness a gentleman whose voice has
been heard in the councils of the demo
cratic party. l ask you, if you are in
clined to accuse us of using extravagant
language ask you to read and reflect
upon the language used by John g..
Carlisle in 1878 In speech made in
Congress he said: According to my
opinion, the conspiracy which seems
to have been formed here and in Eu-
rope to destroy by legislation and 9th
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the metallic money of the world is the
most gigantic crime of this or any 9th
er age. Its consummation would ulti
mately entail more misery upon the
human race than all the wars, pesti
!ences and famines that ever occurred
in the history of the world"
That is the language of John g. Car
Isle. believe he spoke the truth. and,
if it was true then, it is true to day and
will be true no matter who may change
his opinion or his course upon this ques
tion. Truths once uttered will live, no
matter what may become of those who
uttered the truths. Men cannot retract
truths. That prophecy was spoken
eighteen years ago, and eighteen years
OF fulfillment has enabled us to believe
words which were believed by all at the
tell us that the free coinage of silver is
going to disturb business. ask our
opponents to write down the worst
thing they can possibly think of as a
possible consequence of the immediate
restoration of the free coinage of silver.
and when they have written their worst
I would place against the most dismal
prophecy they can utter the words OF
John Il. Carlisle and tell them that
I would take the worst thing they could
think of rather than bring misery
greater than war, pestilence and fam.
Inc. Applause Can you imagine the
meaning of those words? No, nv
friends. the imagination cannot con.
ceive. the tongue cannot describe all
that is wrapped up in those words.
WARS OF THE PAST.
Can you think of all the wars of the
past When you remember that from
the time that Cain killed Abel until
now history has been little more than
record of warfare, can you remember
all those wars and can you add in one
great sum all the misery that those
wars have caused, and then can Won
think of the pestilences which have
visited the earth and the misery that
they have brought, and then can you
think of the famines that have afflicted
mankind from time to time? Can YOU
add into one great sum all the misery
caused by these three dread destroyers
OF the human race and then think that
the consummation of the conspiracy OF
those who stand behind the gold stand
ard would bring more misery than all
OF these !? All, my friends. it is because
we believe that that prophecy was
true; it is because we believe that no