The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-10-01
Bryan's Campaign Speeches.
AT FREDERICKSBURG, VA.

AT FREDERICkSBUR VA.
An Eloquent Tribute to Motherhood
at the Grave of Mary Washington.
On his journey to Washington, d. @.
Mr.. Bryan halted for u short time a
Frederic Hsburg, Va, and he was takel
to the monument lately erected to tht
memory of Mary Washington, the
mother Of George Washington, where
stand had been erected, and the
candidate addressed u large gathering
Of Virgtnians as follows:
Ladies' and Gentlemen | am CRATE
full to tho mayor OF your city for his
eloquent words of welcome; | am glad
to renew my acquaintance with my
colleague in Congress who has sc
kindly presented me, and | am pleased
to greet tho people who have assembl.
ed in large numbers on this occasion
fredericksburg Is not u large city and
yet is rich in incidents of great historic
value. Here the women OF America
have reared q monument to Mary, the
mother Of George Washington. (Grcat
applauso.) l am glad to stand on this
spot; am glad to feel Influences which
surround or grave. In q campaign,
especially in campaign like this,
there Is bit ;erneSS and sometimes abuse
levelled ag g..inst the candidates forpub-
liz Office, bat my friends there is one
character, the mother, the candidate
for the afIe, tion Of all mankind, against
whom no truO man over uttered a word
of abuse. Great applausc) And
there is on name mother" which is
never founu upon the tongue of the
slandorer; IL her presence, all criticism
is silent. The painter has with his
brush trans tered the landscape to the
canvass SO hat you can almost believe
that the tire ,s and grasses are real rather
than jmitat ons. The painter has even
transferred to the canvas the face Of
the maiden until It's beauty and purity
almost spe * forth, but there is one
picture viii ,h no painter has ever been
able to ia hfully portray, and that
Is q picture II a mother holding in her
arms her babe. Great applause. J
Within the shadow Of this monument
reared to her who in love and loyalty
was the mother Of each one of us, / bow
in humble reverence to motherhood
tGroat app!&usc.J
[ am told that in this county were
fought more battles than in any county
Of like size IN the world and tnat upon
the earth within the limits OF tni.,
county there lell more dead and wound
ed than ever fell on u similar space in
all the history Of tho world. Here
opposing lines were drawn up, face to
face; here opposing armies mot and
stared at e;ich other and then sought
to take each others lives, but all those
scenes have passed away and those
who moct II deadly array now meet
and cOmminglc here as friends. (Ay-
plau-o.) Here the ploughsharo has
been made out Of tho sword and the
spears have been converted into prun-
ing hooks and people learn war no
more. Hero the bands on either side
stir up the tagging zeal with notes
that thrill the hearts of men. Those
two bands are now component parts Of
ono great band and as that band
marches on in the lead playing" yankee
Doodle" and "Dixie," too, (great ap-
plause) behind the band follow war
scarred veterans who wore the blue
and the war SCARED veterans who wore
the grey, each vieing with each other
in the effort to make this tho greatest
and grandest nation on Gods footstool.
Great cheering)
am glad to visit this historic place.
They say that here George Washing
ton once came and threw q 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 u great feat then, but we have
developed so rapidly in the last 100
years that we have iinancicrs now who
who can leave George Washington's
achievement far behind. We have linan-
ciers who Lave been able to throw gold
dollars all The way across the Atlantic
and then bring them back by an issue
of bonds. Great cheering.)
Would Won believe nv friends that
silver dola ar which was good enough
to be hant led by the father of his
country, is now SO mean II thing as to
excite the contempt Of many of our So
called fina .ciers. (No, no J Well, lit
is SO moan hat they don't like it. Why
our oppone ITS tell us that they want a
dollar that will go all over the world.
We have h q dollars which have gone
over the W. rId 50 rapidly that VIC want
Il dollar th IT will stay at home without
g curfcw la v. (Checrs.) Our opponents
tell us thai they want 81 dollar which
they can SEQ anywhere in the world if
they travel abroad. / am not so much
worried alb ,ut our dollars which travel
abroad. | want a dollar that won't be
ashamed tC look farmer in the face.
loud appl luse.)
People c: II have just rs good a dollar
as they wa it because dollars are crca-
lures of lay. and You can determine
tho purcha Ing power Of Il dollar When
you detorm &c 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 10 bushels OF oats, you
can make it. good enough so that it
will buy 100 bushels of oats. (A Voice :
"We don't want that kind Of Il dollar y
III anybody here has been raising farm
products and complaining because they
are not cheap enough you can make
them chea!er If you voto tho Rcpubii-
ctLn ticket this fall.
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