The First Battle: A Story of the Campaign of 1896W.B. Conkey Company, 1896 - 629 pages |
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... United States and a crime against free institutions , and we especially object to government by injunction as a new and highly dangerous form of oppression by which Federal judges , in contempt of the laws of the States and rights of ...
... United States and a crime against free institutions , and we especially object to government by injunction as a new and highly dangerous form of oppression by which Federal judges , in contempt of the laws of the States and rights of ...
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Common terms and phrases
adopted advocates American Arthur Sewall ballot bank believe bill bimetal bimetallism Bryan bullion called campaign candidate cent Chairman circulation citizens coin coinage of silver Committee Congress contract creditor currency debts declared delegates demand Democratic party demonetization desire election farmers favor financial policy foreign free and unlimited free coinage friends give gold and silver gold bonds gold dollar gold standard Government honor Illinois increase interest issue labor legal tender legislation meeting metals money question monometallism National Convention Nebraska nomination North Carolina opponents patriotism plank political Populist present President principles prosperity ratio of 16 Republican party secure Senator Sewall Sherman law silver bullion Silver Convention silver dollar Silver party sound money South Dakota speech stand standard money tell ticket tion Treasury notes unconditional repeal United unlimited coinage vote wealth William York
Popular passages
Page 285 - We demand the free and unlimited coinage of both silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation.
Page 356 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, I conjure you to believe me, fellow citizens, the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican Government.
Page 300 - No men living are more worthy to be trusted than those who toil up from poverty — none less inclined to take or touch aught which they have not honestly earned. Let them beware of surrendering a political power which they already possess, and which, if surrendered, will surely be used to close the door of advancement against such as they, and to fix new disabilities and burdens upon them, till all of liberty shall be lost.
Page 446 - There can be no greater error than to expect or calculate upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.
Page 360 - It is not needed nor fitting here, that a general argument should be made in favor of popular institutions ; but there is one point, with its connections, not so hackneyed as most others, to which I ask a brief attention. It is the effort to place capital on an equal footing with, if not above labor, in the structure of government.
Page 116 - And it is hereby declared to be the policy of the United States to continue the use of both gold and silver as standard money, and to coin both gold and silver into money of equal intrinsic and exchangeable value, such equality to be secured through international agreement, or by such safeguards of legislation as will insure the maintenance of the parity in value of the coins of the two metals, and the equal power of every dollar at all times in the markets and in the payment of debts.
Page 423 - Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to the Government nor of dungeons to ourselves. Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.
Page 568 - We are unalterably opposed to every measure calculated to debase our currency or impair the credit of our country. We are, therefore, opposed to the free coinage of silver, except by international agreement with the leading commercial nations of the world, which we pledge ourselves to promote, and until such agreement can be obtained the existing gold standard must be preserved.
Page 465 - At the same time the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the government upon vital questions affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made...
Page 390 - We declare that the act of 1873 demonetizing silver without the knowledge or approval of the American people has resulted in the appreciation of gold, and a corresponding fall in the prices of commodities produced by the people...