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Bayard

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Day
11
Month
October
Year
1878
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Public Domain
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In fin sfilcíross dlíWfSd rer-cntly at the Mnryltfnd Btto Fiar Ht f 'iöilieö, Senator Baytird, of Delmvaire, said : Never v.us thore a timo in the bistory of our country whon calm, iudcpcndcnt and resolute reeiMaace to wild and dangeroua popular fallacies was bo noeded as now. Evory thinking man muat havo folt that the absenen of legal ranks and classes in the United Staten haX eYeati'd wb&t may bn likened to a broad prairie land öf pöbliö gCntimont, over whieh every galo that becota'es ptfpiilar sweeps wÜl: "nWb.tlrm-tcd f'Tce and lévela all individual opporanoh. Thw ík une of the defects and dangflfS Ot rtnr democratie forni of government, againat which itrt fronda muat guard it, and which espccially nceds the Jjjpltion of outspoken individuality of opinión, and w ff. o indisposed to tolerato it. ... A fsteehdba ifl no' leas falsíí becafl# 1,000 vofeca shoYït it ; it b ohly the irforc dangeïotïs and sb. ':!''irnrimircr Inferir ffetive and atrenuoun ïvsistance. We do need, and need badly, vixcVcw rtttorancea of independent opinions. It ia from the eenfHot of honest, outspoken minds tliat truth ia obtainüdj jtwf w tho Hteol and Hint are both Mnirired to strike tf )Wi.And to the tyranny o'f {Wbfclwi] popular opinión is added tho terroriam of pohficcl )rtisanshii), by wliich American intellect and perHDiial eonscíeuco aro so rudely aaaailed, overeóme, and dragged in the clust of wild and damcirijiii rrm''. Updn thë fhni$tixü miniin of mon wlio lovo their corfntry'; diifl HIkW )ÍY(ff w piel romote froVn bitsv cftütdüj Í ta'fnWfty' jirCRB the i-ouhiú' 'riit'n'ii l Hipjr duty oud fespotasíbilíty itoremcji ;!::"■'' ilíT'fcct?. If, ín.tíie midst oï meit ftinbiefal dfatre'sa and iM'wildorment as no'w eurroVind fts, remedies, illuaory and yit glaustble, BhouKl bc urgM Bchemea which pToinaie fmlriediate relief, unbounded, easy and aeduct!". and wliicli have caught the pcipular ïnind sufncientlj' tí Tiroraise tho ptisseasion of temporary political power t6' thefr moat conspicuoua advocates, how plain is tl' diitv iind rdKponoibility of every man who ., , ,, ",; iti-nMn" inor and tho conooaled danger of sueh nu:iviu V '"' '"':vr )iin Wstimony in loid warning against tliem. . Wliut answrr shrniM the farmiug classes, llifc lftiid-Dwners and tho hardj yeoman of the ; United Stiftcs B'vo to thoe strangp, wild cries I wo hcar going up froffl (hf nojiticnl conventions i of partios with ncw name, that i)f' mor rent ehouH bo paid for land, no more interest for fh" ue of money, tliat tho procious metáis shoiild bodieeardod, and béoiute monoy" ordained by law BBoWfl r'nhKf BOÍ Tnrasnre all values, and bc roceived for all aue6: . Who sholild fe Htrcimously resist all sclwirfics which ten3 to lessen public reverenco for pledged faith, to weaken confidence, and to cripple and destroy public (and of courso private) credit by agroeing to plans for the indefinite poatpouèment of the paymeut of public engaHement wording to tlieir terma V yhat portion of the ArrtPrícaU popplo nood credit so mucb and so1 rogularly aa flit' fftrtlirri vho ha to ■o'aíf Rbr ïiintha beteen seod-tinto and hafvost foY h;8 inVii'n. n'f ïiayuunt? If a man would enjo'y credtt IR 'iW . rteno'nnce all schomes to weaken credit, and inRïst üpci 611 I tliat will give it strength. To the poor and i honebt it:mi who needa credit and is compelled to borrow moñey,' rn"9tly commend thca words. . _( What portiou of the American peopie1 íínow j so well as the agricultural classes the great faot that all values arise out of labor, and that nothiijft 'Jf valuó can bo had without ita sharo of labrtrV . To' Qmftiii 4)(iv'fcT6 rtin tho allaoy that wealth can be oreated bj fWpt prrirrilíOH to créate it be moro appareut, an(T By' hftih should it more scornfullyand promptly bc rLjocted? Who knows the reality and necossity of steady, eontinuous manual industry botter than the American fannor '! and who can better attest the falsèhodd f a öyslflm of currency nich inStrttrtj trirti tliaf pieePe öf pivpcv pon which ia prlntód i íírVfijtec oï pavnie'nt.ne.Vör io lx; redeemed, and whicli ciil M niuftiplied incléflnitely at the v.ill of any accidental 0(0)' i)f Congress, can ever bo a atable and reliaba measure of the value of thoso crops upon the production of which bo much human toil, anxïetv and care have been bestowedV Tlu! tf(tni'lod mysteries of tho alchemist ■,ive.iöig sinwf bivulik1 tho cubjivt of human pity niid il'.risi"!). :úi'Í Stfte'lj' HM íítíflOipt now to revive üió' irrerffcr (Iririsicta fhii{ rt pr1nfí OOV(rnini-nt cortinentr of value, uit co'nvertiblc into anythiug of viUuo, can take ábvdlnfelv and pi'nnaiiiiitly the place of, and perform all the funetious of actual value, will speodily bo discarded liv the "sober accond thoiighf' of tho Amorican peopie. But little more than twelve months ago we . v.itnosKi'd hero in Maryland, and in other States, oooilrroncos growing out of eouflicting claims of labor rtnd oapital, m whioh luwlossneiis raiaed its büiild ttönf itnd sliocliing sconoe of hisane añd sa rage dCHtrïlefirtno'f pi'oporty and lif o wcre cnaefd, well caloulat d tofill ivory cltiani with appreliension and dfep anxiety. So long as public pefrioe1 rtód nafety ara ín jeopardy there can be fur all gcöd citizsng but one immediate, ever-present and paraimmnt duty - tho maiutenance of thelaw; and when lawis obcved, and sita firmly and unquestioned in its riglitful seat of powor, theu, and (inhiben, and not until then, shall tho hearing and relief of alleged injuries and iniuatico fie patiently, calmly ahd Itiudly heard, iiivostigatcd 'id raiiodii'd ao far aa legal juarice can euffieo.

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