The record-union., 1896-09-20
date addressed a large gathering
NirginianS.

date addressed large gathering of
Virginians.
The crowd that assembled to hear Mr.
Bryan was a disappointment with re-
gard to numbers, but fully up to expec-
tation in expressing enthusiasm. Be-
tween two and three thousand people
We're present. Congressman Jones in
troduced Mr.. Bryan, who started by say
ing that he was glad to visit this his
torical place. Mr.. Bryan said:
Ladies and Gentlemen: l am CRATE
full to the Mayor of your city for his elo-
quent words of welcome. l am glad to
renew my acquaintance with my col
league in Congress who has SO kindly
presented me, and am pleased to greet
the people who have assembled in such
large numbers on this occasion. Fred
ericksburg is not large city, and yet is
rich in incidents of great historic value.
Here the women of America have erec-
ted monument to Mary, the mother
of George Washington. Great ap-
plause) I am glad to stand on this
spot; l am glad to feel the influences
which surround her grave. In a cam
paign, especially in a campaign like
this, there is bitterness and sometimes
abuse leveled against the candidates for
public office, but, my friends, there is
one character. the mother, the candidate
for the affections of all mankind,
against whom no true man ever uttered
a word of abuse. (Great applauseO And
there is one name, Mother which is
never found upon the tongue of the
slanderers. In her presence all criti-
cism is silent.
1.-The painter has with his brush
transferred the landscape to the can
vas, so that you can almost believe
that the trees and grasses are real
rather than limitations. The painter
has even transferred to the canvas the
face of the maiden, until it's beauty and
purity almost speak forth, but there
is one picture which no painter has
ever been able to faithfully portray,
and that is a picture of a mother hold
ing in her arms her babe. Great ap-
plause)
within the shadow of this monu-
ment, reared to her who in her love
and loyalty, the mother of each one of
US, I bow in humble reverence to
motherhood. Great applause) 1 am
told that in this county were fought
more battles than in any county of
like size in the world, and that upon
the earth within the limits of this
county there fell more dead and
wounded that ever fell on a similar
space in all the history of the world.
Here opposing lines were drawn up
face to face; here opposing armies met
and stared at each other. and then
sought to take each others lives.
but all Of those scenes have passed
away, and those who met in deadly ar
ray now meet and commingle here as
friends. Here the plowshare has been
made of the sword, and the spears have
been converted into pruning hooks,
and people learn war no more. Here
the bands on either side stir up the
tagging zeal with notes that thrill the
hearts of men. These two bands are
now component parts of one great
band, and as that band marches on in
the lead playing Yankee Doodle and
Dixie too (great applause), behind
the band follow the war SCARED veter-
ans who wore the blue and the war
SCARED veterans who wore the gray,
each vieing with the other in the effort
to make this the geratest and grandest
ration on Gods footstool. (Great cheer
iEg)
'I am glad to visit this historic place.
They say that here George Washing
ton once came and threw a silver dol
lar across the river, but remember, my
friends, that when he threw that silver
dollar across the river it lit, it fell and
remained on American soil. Great
cheering) They thought that it was a
great feat then, but we have developed
so rapidly in the last 100 years that we
have financiers now who can leave
George Washington's achievement far
behind. We have financiers who have
been able to throw gold dollars all the
way across the Atlantic, and then bring
them back by an issue Of bonds. Great
cheering.)
do you believe, my friends, that a
silver dollar which was good enough to
be handled by the father of his country
is now so mean a thing as to excite
the contempt of many of our so-called
fnanciers? Ono, no.'O Well. it is; it
is so mean that they do not like it.
Our opponents tell us that they want
a dollar that will go all over the world.
We have had dollars which have gone
a dollar that will stay at home without
a curfew law. (Cheers.) Our opponents
tell us that they want a dollar which
they can see anywhere in the world, If
they travel abroad. / want dollar
that won't be ashamed to look farmer
in the face. cloud applause) People
can have just as good a dollar as they
want, because dollars are creatures of
law, and you can determine the pur-
chasing power of a dollar when you
determine the number Of dollars. If
YOU want dollars dear. make them
scarce and they will be dear If our
dollars are good enough now, when
a, dollar will buy ten bushels of oats,
you can make it good enough so that
1t will buy 100 bushels Of oats. CA voice
I'VE do not want that kind of dol
lar') If anybody here has been rails
ing farm products and complaining be-
cause they are not cheap enough, you
can make them cheaper If you vote the
Republican ticket this fall"
ON EASTERN TRACKS.