The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-09-19
Extracts from Bryan's Speech.


"At present there is a VICIOUS CIR
Gle. States are afraid Of employ
ing silver on account of the depre
citation, and the depreciation con
tinues because states refuse to EN-
ploy it,"
Let that "vicious circle" be brok
en- and silver will resume it's right
fal place. We believe, in Other
words, that the opening of our
minis to the free and unlimited
coinage of gold and silver at l6 to
l would i'm mediately result in re-
storing silver to the coinage value
1929 per ounce, not only here, bat
every where. That there could be
no difference between the dollar
coined and the same weight of silver
uncoined, when one could be ex.
changed with the other, needs no
argument.
We do not believe that the gold
dollar would 60 to a premium, be-
cause it could not find b5Iter coin
age ratio elsewhere, and because 1t
could be pat IL no purpose for
which a silver dollar would not be
as good. If our ratio were to IA
our gold would, of course, be ex'
changed for silver; but with our
ratio of l6 to gold is worth more
here than abroat, and foreign silver
would not come here; because it is
circulating at home at a better ratio
than we could offer.
They demand of us unconditional
repeal. They demand that we give
up all that we have in the way of
silver Legislation before we kno v
what we are to receive. Shall we
surrender on these terms? Rollin
tells us that the third Punic war
was declared by the Romans and
that messenger was sent to Car
thage to announce the declaration
after the army had started on its
way. The Carthagenians at once
sent representatives to treat for
pea;e. The Romans first demand
ed the delivery of three hundred
hostages before they would enter
into negotiations. When three
hundred sons OF the mobiles had
been gwen into their hands they
demanded the surrender of all the
arms and implements of war before
announcing the terms of the treaty.
The conditions were sorrowfully
but promptly complied with, and
the people who boosted of Han.
nibal and a Hamilcar gave up to
their ancient enemies every weapon
of otfense and defense. Then the
Roman consul, rising up before the
Illuminated representatives of Car.
thage, said:
81 can not but commend you for
the readiness with which you have
obeyed every order. The decree of
the Roman senate is that Carthage
shall be destroyed"
Sirs, what will be the answer of
the people whom you represent, who
are welded to the "gold and silver
coinage of the constitution" if you
vote for unconditional repeal and
return TO tell them that you we're
commended for the readiness with
which you obeyed every order, but
that congress has deoreed that one.
half of the peoples metallic money
shall ba destroyed?
They demand unconditional sur.
render, do they? Why sirs, we
are the ones to grant terms. Stand
ing by the pledges of all the parties
in this country, backed by the his
tory of hundred years, sustained
by the most sacred interests of hu.
manity itself, we demand an uncon-
nitional surrender of the principle
of gold recommendation as the first
c ondition of pace. You demand
surrender! Ay, sirs, you may cry
"Peace, peace" bat there is no
peace. just so long as there are
people here who would chain this
country to single gold standard,
there is war-eternal war; and it
might just as we'll be known now.
At Marengo the Man of Destiny,
sad and disheartened, thought the