Democratic Campaign Book: Presidential Election of 1896 |
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Page 24
It is scarcely necessary to defend the principle of bimetallism . No national party
during the entire history of the United States has ever declared against it , and no
party in this campaign has had the ten erity to oppose it . Three parties - - the ...
It is scarcely necessary to defend the principle of bimetallism . No national party
during the entire history of the United States has ever declared against it , and no
party in this campaign has had the ten erity to oppose it . Three parties - - the ...
Page 27
It is only necessary to note the increasing number of failures in order to know that
a gold standard is ruinous to merchants and manufacturers , These business
men do not make their profits from the people from whom they borrow money ,
but ...
It is only necessary to note the increasing number of failures in order to know that
a gold standard is ruinous to merchants and manufacturers , These business
men do not make their profits from the people from whom they borrow money ,
but ...
Page 33
... silver in the future ever exceeds the requirements of the arts and the needs of
commerce , we confidently hope that the intelligence of the people will be
sufficient to devise and enact any legislation necessary for the protection of the
public .
... silver in the future ever exceeds the requirements of the arts and the needs of
commerce , we confidently hope that the intelligence of the people will be
sufficient to devise and enact any legislation necessary for the protection of the
public .
Page 35
The one thing necessary in order to maintain the parity is to furnish a demand
great enough to utilize all the silver which will come to our mints . That Mexico
has failed to do this is not proof that the United States would also fail . It is also
argued ...
The one thing necessary in order to maintain the parity is to furnish a demand
great enough to utilize all the silver which will come to our mints . That Mexico
has failed to do this is not proof that the United States would also fail . It is also
argued ...
Page 36
... all these confer incidental benefits upon individuals and communities , and yet
these incidental benefits do not deter us from making appropriations for these
purposes whenever such appropriations are necessary for the public good .
... all these confer incidental benefits upon individuals and communities , and yet
these incidental benefits do not deter us from making appropriations for these
purposes whenever such appropriations are necessary for the public good .
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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.