Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-06-10
BIMETALLISM
is IN THE INTEREST OFCOM-
MON HUMANITY
And Should BE Preached i'm
Every Pulpit i'm Order to En-
lishten the People in Re-
gard to Its Benefits.

We are now in the midst OF period
in the worlds history when the peo-
pie witness universal struggle for
liberty and humanity. The spirit of
uplifting the human kind pervades
the earth and it is appropriate that
the United States should lead In the
struggle.
We believe that the year 1896
marked the beginning of the greatest
movement ever started and that it
will continue until all humanity
throughout the world is elevated to
a better, higher and nobler and more
Christianlike ambition. The closing
scenes of the present century will af-
ford abundant material for the his
torians and the next generation will
find the records of great events now
occurring day by day and year after
year, OF greater interest than the his
tory Of centuries now past and gone.
The struggle now going on in the
United States for bimetallism is a
struggle, which, when successful, will
have more to do with the betterment
of all human kind than all the religi-
on the face of the globe. 1t has to do
with every condition of Gods people
in every quarter of the universe. Its
benefits, not only to the people of
America, but to the entire inhabited
world, would result in greater and
more enlightened civilization than
ever resulted from any other cause
conceived bYthe human mind. There
could be nothing more in keeping
with the teachings ofthe Bible; there
could be no better religious subject
preached about and discussed from
every pulpit in the United States
than the subject of bimetallism. 1t
is not political question. 1t is not
a partisan issue. 1t rises far above
the ordinary significance of party
principles. 1t is humanitarian
question Of greater significance; of
deeper purposes; of broader, higher
and ennobling consequences than
even the ten commandments. Its
establishment into law would help to
make better men and women. 1t
would make happy the homes and
firesides of those who are now suffer
ing the pangs of want and starvation,
and it would make happier those
who now enjoy the luxuries of the
rich and powerful.
The man who does not study this
great question and endorse and sup
port its tenets, is an enemy!to society,
and, though he knows it not, is his
own worst enemy. He is criminally
Indifferent to the welfare of his fel-
low man, and some day will pay the,
penalty for his ignorance. The de-
preston which is today pressing
down the manhood of honest men,
and the iinpoverishment of the many
millions, of good and honest people,
willsome day reach upward to the man
who today owns money. The time
will come when his money will either
seek investment and employ labor or
become a burden to him. Unless the
gold standard is crushed, even the
rich bondholder and money hoarder
will suffer untold remorses. The peo-
pie of Ohio can do much this fall to
further the great cause Of the people
by electing only tried and true men to
public Office, and send to Washing
ton a Senator who will speak and
vote for the restoration of Gods
money to its proper places and for a
constitutional financial system which
will send further forward the great
movement for the emancipation of
the human race from the slavery of
the bond holding and money chang
ing class, not only at home but
abroad. Columbus Call.