The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-02-01

Republicans and those who served with
them in the last campaign. a Oh the
day it was adopted and promulgated.
Happily the tariff part of the platform
has already been engrafted 5nto public
statute. But that other plank. not Al
ready builded into our constitution Is
Of binding force upon al Of Us. What
is it?
The Republican party * unreservedly
for sound money. 1t caused the enact
ment Of the law providing for the re-
sumption of specie payments in 1879;
since then every dollars has been a
cood as gold.
AGAINST FREE COINAGE.
We are unalterably opposed to every
measure calculated to debase our cur
rency or impair the credit of our
country. We are therefore opposed To
the free coinage Of silver except by
international agreement with the lead1ng
commercial nations Of the world. which
we pledge ourselves to promote, al4
until such agreement can be obtained.
the existing gold standard must be pre-
served. All our silver and paper cur
rency must be maintained at parity with
gold and we favor all measures design
cd to maintain inyiolably the obllga>
ions of the United States, and all our
money. whether coin or paper. at the
present standard. the standard of the
most enlightened nations Of the earth.
This is in reality q command from the
people who gave the administration TO
the party Q in power. and who are
still anXiously waiting for the execution
Of their free and om%nipotent will by
those of us who hold commissions from
that supreme tribunal.
have tonight spoken in a some
what serious strain. because l. beEeye
it is due both to the membership OF
this association and to the conditions
under which this assemblage has met.
The conferences and systematic efforts
Of SUCH a body of men as this are ca
pable of infinite good to the respective
communities in which the members live
and to the Nation 1T large.
The country is now emerging from
trying conditions. 1t is only just be,
ginning to recover from the depres-
sion in certain lines of business long
continued and altogether unparalleled.
Progress, therefore, will naturally be
slow. but let us not be impatient.
Rather let US exercise a just patience
and one which in time will surely
bring its own high reward.
| have no fear of the future of OH
beloved country. While | discern in its
present condition the necessity that al
ways exists for the faithful devotion
of it's citizens. the history of its past
is assurance to me that this will be as
it always has been through every strug-
gle and emergency. still onward and
upward. 1t has never suffered from
any trial or been unequal to any test.
Founded upon right principles, We ave
nothing to fear from the yiciSSltudeS
which may lie across our pathway.
The nation founded by the fathers up
Oh principles of virtue. education. free
dom and human rights; nodded by the
great discussions which established Its
sovereignty. tried in the crucible OF
civil war. its integrity confirmed by the
results of reconstruction. with 4 union
stronger and better than even before,
stands to-day not upon shifting sands
but upon immoyable foundations. Lei
us resolve by our laws and by our al
ministration of them to maintain the
rights of the citizen, to cement the uniOI
by still closer bonds. to eNalt the stand.
ards of American civilization. encourage
the promotion OF thrift, industry and
economy and the homely virtues which
have ennobled our people. uphold the
stability Of our currency and credit and
Illustrate the purity Of our national and
municipal governments; and then though
the rain dcscends and the floods come
and the winds blow. the Nation wi;
! stand, for it is founded upon Il rock