Democratic Campaign Book: Presidential Election of 1896 |
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Page 19
His whole life and life work identify him , in sympathy and interest , with those
who represent the great industrial forces of the country . Among them he was
born and reared , and has lived and wrought all the days of his life . To their
cause he ...
His whole life and life work identify him , in sympathy and interest , with those
who represent the great industrial forces of the country . Among them he was
born and reared , and has lived and wrought all the days of his life . To their
cause he ...
Page 26
... hoarding , because , when prices are steady or rising , money can not afford to
lie idle in the bank vaults . The farmers and wage - earners together constitute a
considerable majority of the people of the country . Why should their interests ...
... hoarding , because , when prices are steady or rising , money can not afford to
lie idle in the bank vaults . The farmers and wage - earners together constitute a
considerable majority of the people of the country . Why should their interests ...
Page 29
If the holders of fixed investments will not listen to arguments based upon justice
and equity , I appeal to them to consider the interests of posterity . We do not live
for ourselves alone ; our labor , our self - denial and our anxious care - all these ...
If the holders of fixed investments will not listen to arguments based upon justice
and equity , I appeal to them to consider the interests of posterity . We do not live
for ourselves alone ; our labor , our self - denial and our anxious care - all these ...
Page 30
... purchasing power than the dollar which rests upon one metal only . If there are
two kinds of money , the option must rest either with the debtor or with the creditor
. Assuming that their rights are equal , we must look at the interests of society in ...
... purchasing power than the dollar which rests upon one metal only . If there are
two kinds of money , the option must rest either with the debtor or with the creditor
. Assuming that their rights are equal , we must look at the interests of society in ...
Page 31
... it will be seen that the fault does not lie with thic greenbacks and Treasury
notes , but rather with the executive officers who have seen fit to surrender a right
which should have been exercised for the protection of the interests of the people
.
... it will be seen that the fault does not lie with thic greenbacks and Treasury
notes , but rather with the executive officers who have seen fit to surrender a right
which should have been exercised for the protection of the interests of the people
.
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Popular passages
Page 228 - Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 244 - SEC. 4. The several circuit courts of the United States are hereby invested with jurisdiction to prevent and restrain violations of this act; and it shall be the duty of the several district attorneys of the United States, in their respective districts, under the direction of the attorney-general, to institute proceedings in equity to prevent and restrain such violations.
Page 48 - ... the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Page 48 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political ; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none...
Page 228 - Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
Page 228 - 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 49 - ... a well-disciplined militia, our best reliance in peace and for the first moments of war, till regulars may relieve them; the supremacy of the civil over the military authority; economy in the public expense, that labor may be lightly burdened; the honest payment of our debts, and sacred preservation of the public faith...
Page 245 - State to another, or to a foreign country, shall be forfeited to the United States, and may be seized and condemned by like proceedings as those provided by law for the forfeiture, seizure, and condemnation of property Imported into the United States contrary to law.
Page 181 - ... aggression upon its rights and interests, the appropriation by Great Britain of any lands or the exercise of governmental jurisdiction over any territory which after investigation we have determined of right belongs to Venezuela. "In making these recommendations I am fully alive to the responsibility incurred, and keenly realize all the consequences that may follow.
Page 180 - When such report is made and accepted it will, in my opinion, be the duty of the United States to resist by every means in its power,, as a willful aggression upon its rights and interests, the appropriation by Great Britain of any lands or the exercise of governmental jurisdiction over any territory which after investigation we have determined of right belongs to Venezuela.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Democratic Campaign Book: Presidential Election of 1896 |
| Author | Democratic National Committee (U.S.) |
| Contributor | Democratic Congressional Committee, 1896 |
| Publisher | Hartman & Cadick, 1896 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 22 Aug 2006 |
| Length | 383 pages |
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