The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-07-17

leave our citizens TO the casual protec-
ton Of other powers as would have been
unavoidable had we flung the Philippines
away and withdrawn from the Orient. 1t
is to Manila again, TO our fett IN the bay
and our army on the land that We shall
owe the power, when thesescenes OF
blood in China are closed, to exact repair
alton, 10 force stern justice and to in
sist in the final settlement in an open
door to all that vast market for our grow
ing commerce..
Your election next November assures
to us the continuance of that policy
abroad and in our new possessions. To
entrust these difficult and vital ques-
lions to other hands, at once incompe-
tent and hostile, would be a disaster to
US and a still more unrelieved disaster
TO our posterity. Your election means
not only protection to our Industries, but
the maintenance of a sound currency and
of the gold standard, the very corner
stones of cur economic and financial well
fare. Should these be shaken, as they
would be by the success of our Oppo-
nents, the whole fabric of our business
confidence and prosperity would fall into
ruin. Your defeat would be the signal
for the advance of free trade, for the
anarchy Of a debased and unstable cur
rency, for business panic, depression and
hard times, and for the wreck of our
foreign policy. Your election and the
triumph Of the Republican ~party-whiciI
we believe to be as sure as the coming
of the day-will make certain the steady
protection of our industries, sound money
and a vigorous and intelligent foreign
policy"
THE PRESIDENTS RESPONSE.
Senator Lodges remarks were frequent
~ Interrupted with applause. When he
closed and President Mckinley mounted
the stand the ~assemblage arose and cheer
ed enthusiastically. 1t was some mo
ments before the President could begin
his remarks. He had a manuscript of
his speech in his hand, but he referred
to it only at long intervals. IIe said:
Senator Lodge and Gentlemen of the
Notification Committee:
The message which you bring to me is
one Of signal honor. It is also a sum
mons to duty. A single nomination for
the office of President by a great party
which in 80 years out Of 40 has been
triumphant in national elections, is a
distinction which 1 gratefully cherish.
To receive unanimous denomination by
the same party is an expression Of re-
gard and pledge of continued confidence
for which it is difficult to make adequate
acknowledgement.
If anything exceeds the honor of the
office Of President of the United States,
it is the responsibility which attaches
10 it. Having been invested with both,
| do not u~nder-appraise either. Anyone
who has borne the anxieties and burdens
of the Presidential office especially in
time of national trial, cannot contemplate
assuming it a second time without pro-
foundly realizing the severe exactions
and the solemn obligations which it i'm
poses, and this feeling is accentuated
by the momentous problems which now
press for settlement. II my countrymen
shall confirm the action of the conven-
ton at our national election in November
| shall. craving divine guidance, under
take the exalted trust, to administer it
for the interest and honor of the country
and the we'll being Of the new peoples
who have become the subjects of our
care. The declaration of principles adopt
ed by the convention has my hearty ap-
prevail. At some future date / will con-
slider it's subjects in detail and will by
letter communicate to your chairman a
more formal acceptance of the nomination.
"On a like occasion four years ago l
'~' Io'N SiAoC NPPAiS W SIS
lation the vast revenues for the conduct
Of our greatest war, that promptly re
stored the credit of the country at its
close; that from it's abundant revenues
paid Off a large share Of the debt in
Cured in this war, and that resumed
specie payments and placed our paper
currency upon a sound and enduring basis,
can be safely trusted to preserve both
our credit and currency, with honor, sta
bilitv and inviolability. The American
people hold the financial honor Of our
Government as sacred as our flag and can
be relied upon to guard it with the same
sleepless vigilance. They hold it's pre-
servation above fealty and have often
demonstrated that party ties avail moth
ing when the s%potless credit of our coun-
try is. threatened.
= The dollar paid to the farmer, the wage
Garner and the pensioner must continue
forever equal in purchasing and debt-pay-
ing power to the dollar paid to any Gov
rnmen creditor.
Our Industrial supremacy, our pro-
ductive capacity, our business and com
mercial prosperity, our labor and its
rewards, our national credit and cur
rency, our proud financial honor and our
splendid free citizenship, the birthright of
every American, are all involved in the
pending campaign and thus every home
in the land is directly and intimately
connected with their proper settlement.
Our domestic trade must be won back
and our idle working people employed in
gainful occupations at American wages.
Our home market must be restored to its
proud rank of first in the world and our
foreign trade, so precipitately cut off by
adverse national legislation, re-opened on
fair and equitable terms for our surplus
agricultural and manufacturing products.
Public confidence must be regained
and the skill, energy and the capital of
our country find ample employment at
home. The Government of the United
States must raise money enough to meet
both its current expenses and increasing
needs. It's revenues should be so raised
as to protect the material interests Of our
people, with the lightest possible drain
upon their resources and maintaining
that high standard of civilization which
has distinguished our country for more
than a century of it's existence.
THE national credit, which has thus
far fortunately resisted every assault
upon it, must and will be upheld and
strengthened. If sufficient revenues are