The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-09-29
Bryan's Campaign Speeches.
AT FREDERICKsBURG, VA.

AT OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, VA.
an Eloquent Tribute to Motherhood
at the Grave Of Mary WashiL gton.
On his journey to Washington, ID. G..
Mr.. Bryan halted for short time a.
Fredericksburg, Va, and he was taker
to the monument lately erected to the
memory of Mary Washington, the
mother of George Washington, where
q stand had been erected, and the
candidate addressed large gathering
OF Vlrglnians as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen am CRATE
full to the mayor of your city for his
eloquent words of welcome | am glad
to renew my acquaintance with my
colleague in Congress who has SO
kindly presented me, and am pleased
to greet the people who have assembl-
ed In large numbers on this occasion.
fredericksburg is not o large city and
yet is rich In incidents of great historic
value. Here the women OF America
have reared a monument to Mary, the
mother of George Washington. (Great
applanse.) l am glad to stand on this
spot; am glad to feel influences which
surround her grave. In campaign,
there is bitterness and sometimes abuse
levelled against the candidates for pub
liz office, but my friends there is one
character, the mother, the candidate
for the affection OF all mankind, against
whom no true man ever uttered o word
OF abuse. Great applause.) Ard
there Is one name mother" which is
never found upon the tongue of the
slanderer; in her presence, all criticism
is silent The painter has with his
brush transferred the landscape to the
canvass 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
tae 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 picture of mother holding in her
arms her babe. Great applause.)
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.
Great applause.j
l 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 wound
ed than ever fell on 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 those
scenes have passed away and those
who meet in deadly array now meet
and commingle here as friends. Zap
plause.) Here the ploug ghshare has
been made out Of the sword and the
spears have been converted into prun-
ing 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 ap
plause) behind the band follow war
Scared veterans who wore the blue
and the war-scarred veterans who wore
the grey, each vieing with each other
In the effort to make this the greatest
and grandest nation on Gods footstool
Great cheering)
L 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 a great feat then, but we have
developed SO rapidly in the last 100
years that we have financiers now who
who can leave George Washington's
achievement far behind. We have finan-
ciers 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.)
Would you believe, my friends, that
\ 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
allied financiers. mo, no y Well, lit
3 SO mean that they don't like 1t. Why
our opponents tell us that they want a
icllar that will go all ovor the world.
over the world so rapidly that we want
s. dollar that will stay at home without
3 eurfew law. (Cheers.) Our opponents
tell us that they want dollar which
they can see anywhere In the world IL
they travel abroad. [ am not so much
worried about our dollars which travel
abroad. want a dollar that won't be
ashamed to look farmer in the face.
loud applause.)
People can have just as good a dollar
as they want because dollars are crea-
lures of law, and you can determine
the purchasing power of dollar " hen
you determine the number of dollars
II 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. IA Voice +:
I'VE don't want that kind of dollarn)
II anybody here has been raising farm
products and complaining because they
are not cheap enough you can make
them cheaper III you vote the Republi-
can ticket this fall.
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