Show the ex secretary adie A democracy abina free silver coinage Cuin nga washington march 15 in an open i letter to tho the democratic party of tho united states printed in an afternoon paper in the shape of an interview thomas F bayard draws a vivid picture of the evils lio to believes would follow tho the passage of the free diver bill among other things lie he says A cheaper dollar means a poorer dollar and the poorer the dollar the poorer must be its owner leathis let this thought bo be borno borne in mind when the immense aggregate of tho wages of labor is assailed by any policy that would make a silver dollar or a paper dollar of less worth of 0 less purchasing power than a gold dollar it is not necessary to draw a picture of the distressful ful results that afflict a country deprived of the anchorage 0 a stable standard dof of value for uncertainty would attend every business transaction gambling in ia tho the chances would replace careful and settled calculations and fluctuations like tho the tide of the sea would rould not only twice a day but every hour in the day unsettle bargains and set bet at naught all calculations surely siy it does not require courage to oppose measures that threaten to bring about such a condition of affairs and indeed nothing but foolhardiness can describe the condition of mind that can deliberately libera tely advocate it I 1 would be unfaithful to my lay party affiliations and unmindful in of my duty to my country if I 1 did not beg the democratic advocates of free coinage to beware lest by their action they impair and weaken public confidence in in the wisdom anil and con conservation of the or of vilich they are members and thereby increase the dangers and evils 0 of f the continued and control 0 of f a political party proven by its record in the he last congress to be sectional in its objects and purpose and notoriously throng out its organization rega adless of 0 the constitution of our government whenever power is to bo be obtained or perpetuated by its violence |