Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-07-18
SPEECH OF W. ]. BRYAN
III support of the Platform of the
National Democracy.

q u Bfyan in Sunnort ~ ~ ..
a port OF tho co,,,.. "'"Joli'y II
tho CUT. oiuiieSee on platform {
NJ. e"so cohVentloh.
=, ,taa ne'flnan ana Gentlemen Of the Conye,
: sa,. would be presumptuous indeed 10 mr.,
a ~ "ss SCH against the distinguished gentleme
n ,oa "no'u you nave listened II this were but
4 u'iiR oi ABILITY, but this Is is not conte,
Q "s ,n"s pcrsohs. The hunblest citizen in ALI m
laiu' when the call to arms IA IN , rantos ~
error that ,nn,. man all tile whole hosts
you in defense of fI,s s, cans ! come to speak
, of liberty, the cause of h,a.s. 90 'ne caus
. plause.l ''' lAoud ap
When this debate Ga ,o,
, be made to Law unon t,,a tu..N ihouoh WI
offered in commena,t,on =, 'av'' 'he resoiuno
shall object to hrIna,na 'uv ,,,' a''iilis.fauon
level OF persons Tha ;,'s,''ls .",o questioh 10
bo ,shass Aho Individual Is but an atom
eternal, and this has haor pt.ne.pics ~
Never before in tba h,stss. ~ y. y piinVipie
mas been Witnessed spoh .,. oo"M'i'
through which we have naesod Mo..s, 20 wa
the history Of American 'nou no,, Neser peiore Il
issue been fought ont as this issuo as ha si1a
the voters themselves '''' ""' o0on w
On the ith of March ,ooz
most of them memhers of oa,,. ".o" De'hociats
address to the Demonra,O VI eous'ess, ISSUED al
ing that the money mnstion ,ns n""oh "''ei1'
issue of the hour; asserting ,so tha rinn, u,
allowing the Democratic marty IN oo,,tre, ~ ~.
position of tho nar,,' parry 10 control the
with the request that all believer. IN ,r,, ,nas
coinage of silver In the Democr,tc nav. s
take charge of and control tba rnI;ov ~ .,,a
Democratic party. f''N' VI 'Ae
Tba uo,,.,
Tbrso ,.,, '''e"oe'
ton nousao i',er, at memphis, the 0rgani-
forth nnau,'. anu .he SILVER Democrats went
caim,no ,,,,,a "nu oo'oiy ana courageously, pro-
thev wonld on,o,a', "n' ueciarihg II successful
tim vhich ,ia,, '10 r, :" p'atlofhi the decara-
confic, ,,,,, nav maui; ana then began the
nspirod ,ho s"i "ppioachihs the zeal which
| Uermi, "no ioiioWeu Peter the
| Our silver no,,oouo..
unto victory until they are assembled no,n w.,
to discuss, not TO debate but to nn,on Nv, Nv, .o'
Judgment rendered by them tn tho noonio y, ,,,,
country. Applause " WHO
In this contest brotber hos hoo,, .,
against brother and father against con H.,
warmest ties of Iovo ond no,ss'. 'on A"o
soclallon have hoen aiu aeqaaih'ance ana as
have been cast aside Ybon tho,, ..,,, .o"uoi' us1
expression to the sentiments of ,hasa ~ s,,e
they would lead and new le,ao,s ha,,a ''" "no'
up to give direction to mic o,,so ~, s t.,'.,
[Chees. ''"'"
Thus has the contest beer r,ooa
assembled here nndar 40 hina,ns INV We ''a'o
struclons as were over Fastened unn, en ,te III
ef'" 'hS ANfiC-
diyiduals Whv nc indi,,dna,. w.. '','. sOnO 90 III,
been glad to commitment rho oor,,on,s. sn' t nv
New York 0Hilb. but wo know tho nnan,a sa,
whom we sneak would nevor ho yj,,inr, ,a ~, ~,
him in position whore ba cou,d t,,ra.. .,, ,,
of the Democratic marty rChoors .,,. =.
was not a mostjon of nerso,s. !, ,,aa ~
OF principles and IL is mot v,i,h ,Iad,,nas 'oa
friends that we find onr .o,vos hroa,. n9o' my
1ict with those no,v orravod ~, ,ha o.,,a..,,e
v,,
''"'
son'io'l'"h Who just preceded me spoke
". Wv V'u o'"'e Vi haSsachuseus Let me as
n'," ''a' iiol ohe person III all thls conVen-
Wv" oh'oi'"'''s 'le tease host'llty TO the people
W 'no n'"'e vi MASSACHUSETTS,. tApplause.)
na' W. o,''i' iieie representing people who are
IN tHe State Of ",i7A"s
u..s ,..-.,',N,s',s' I"pp'"u'e''
,., l,a .ou oo'no uo'oio US anu 'ci' us 'ha' we
,""" u'o'uip soui BUSINESS INTERESTS we reply
~, Nv. ''''"oo. o"i BUSINESS interests
~ ~, 'oui oo"ie0 nioa' applause anu cheering'l
" W. 81! W sou VA, you nave hiaae 100 limited
NJ ''' "ppl'e"''oH '''e ueni'ioh oi business man
a,. Nv .n"n ol'ilolo" ioi wages 's as iiuc'i OF
man 40 '"o e''pioser' continued
.u.s.'3 Inv ".'o,uey ~ ,ouh'is 'owh Is as
V"''"v,' ''"n 40 'ie lawyer Ill 'he great
iuV h'eion'h' a' .he cross'foa's
= I. 10 ,''"'" uu''n''' man 10 'ho lhoiehahI at
W." .o'"' ao - n"'"vi nv ""o soe' io,"i III tne
'oi"ne ".u 'o,,' an u"!' Des'nn'hs L" tsie
'p,s "nn 'o''' 81, .'io ou'n"o'' anu w appii-
.'.'vn' ",.n ., "nu n,uso'o w lnc natural re-
'ou'.e' vi '"'o oo"u'i9 'ie"'eS WEALTH. IL as
n"," man 10 'no ',,'n WIN soes upon
ne uo"iu vi 'i"'' anu 'e'S upoh 'ie pr'ce VI
T,," ','' .,,,,. ,,,. .,,
arth ar climb . ooo feet mon ,he cliffs and
,rinp forth from their hiding places nrecious
Metals TO he poured into the channels of trade
re as nuch business men as the few financial
nagnates. who. in the back room. corner the
money of the world.
We come TO sneak for this broader class of
usIness men All nv frlends we saw mot
,ord against those who live upon the Atlantic
oast but those harder pioneers who brayed
II dangers of the wilderness. who made the
esert blossom as a rose. those pioneers away
ut there roaring their children near IN nature,s
cart where they can minele their voices with '
,c voices Of hirds-out there where thew have .
rected school houses for the education of their
l.,
reator and cemeteries where sleen the ashes Of
,eir dead--are as deserving of consideration In
,is nartv az anv neople in tnis country lGreat
rnlauseI
Wa have net;tioned and our petitions have
nan scorned. wc have entreated and our en-. /,
ooi,os hava been disrsoarded and tbev have ,
ed and our calamity came Wa b.o no
ncer. we entreat no more. we netltion no ,
ora we defv them fGreot annlanse,
A.. ..,. .,,, N.,.,
Inc gentleman from WISCONSIN saiu ne reared =
Robesperre. MY irlends' IN this iand OF the
GO we neeo rear no tyrant VINO Will spring up
ON among the people. "hat we heed Is an An
ew jackson 10 STAND as jackson stood against =
Q encroachments ana aggrandlzlng OF wealth. y
treat Applause. They tell us that this plat = =
rm was made 10 eaten Votes. we reply 10 t
e. NAV .n"nns .o"',.Uns ,," ''""e ro"
a a. as "a everlasting as the hills but that they a
net be annlied to new conditions an thew arise =
,nditions have arisen and we are attempting
meat those conditions. Thev tell II, that the
coma - INV ought NOT To be brouvht in here that h
Is M 4 new adoa. 81
rhsv crtIcI.e II. for our criticism of the an. p
anne me- Court Of the United states. NV friends. 1t
have not criticised Wa have simnlv called a
,ention % To what Won know. II YOU want crIti. G,
~. road mo d,ssentino on,nions of tho conrt m