Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-07
sewAll's LETTER.
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pie by predictions that temporary dis
turbancc or panic will come from the
policy we propose. The American peo-
pie will be loyal to the nations money,
Will stand behind it and maintain 1t at
whatever value they themselves may
put upon it.
once before in the present generation
have our people been called upon 10
face a momentous crisis What then
said MIR. Lincoln. chosen leader OF the
plain people of the land? Was he
awed by threats or weakened by the
Willy persuasion of false friends. who.
as today. pleaded for compromise
with wrong. His answer was: III our
sense of duty forhids this. then lei US
stand by our duty fearlessly and eff
fcctively."
Let us be diverted by none Of these
sophistical contrivances wherewith we
are so industriously piled and bella
bored. contrivances such as cropping for
some middle ground between right and
wrong. reversing Divine rule and call
ing not the sinners but the righteous
to repentance, such as invocations To
Washington. implorinG men TO unsay
what Washington said. and undo what
Washington did. Neither let us he
slandered from our duty by false ac-
cusations against us Let us have
faith that right makes might and in
that faith let us TO the end dare 20
do our duty as We understand IL. We
know we'll the nature of the struggle
in which we are engaged. and we are
anxious only that the people of this
land shall understand il. and then our
battle is won.
Behind the sh ong entertainments of
those favored classes it has fostered.
the gold standard are gathered all
the only dangerous classes of the land
Avarice and unholy greed are there,
every trust and combination is there.
every monopoly is there. lead by the
greatest monopoly of all. the monopoly
OF the power of gold. With us, in our
assault upon these entertainments, are
all those unselfish men. who not now
suffering themselves. cannot rest con-
tent with conditions SO full of suffering
for others, and that vaSter number of
people who have been sacrificed to the
small and selfish class who now desist
their attempts to regain their ancient
rights and liberties.
These are the patriots of 1896; the
foes OF dishonest dollar" which
cnriches 10 per cent. of our people to
rob the rest: defenders of homes. of
land. of public morals and the public
faith. both of which alike forbid the
payment of government obligations in
coin costlier to those who have to pay
than that the contract calls for: the
defenders of the honor of the nation
whose most sacred charge is to care
for the welfare of all it's citizens.
The free and unlimited coinage of sill
yer is the sole remedy with which TO
check the wrongs of today, to undo the
ruin of the past. and for our inSpira-
ton we have the justice of our cause
and those cherished principles of JEFF
ferson and Jackson, which shall he our
guide on our return to power. Equal
and exact justice to all men: absolute
acquiesccnce in the decisions of the
majority the vital principles of repub-
lies, the honest payment of our debts
and sacred preservation of the public
faith" Profoundly sensible of the
high honor of the nomination you ten
der, | am. truly yours.
ARTHUR SEWALL