, 1896-10-15
IN. Is this a government

lioh. 10 tiliS d government OF the peO>
pie? Can the people make laws that
the people are bound to obey? Shall
we be bound by the decision Of the
highest tribunal, or shall we depend
upon the mob? That is the question.
| hate the mob spirit. Civilized men
obey the law. Civilized men believe in
order. Civilized men believe that a
man that makes property Ey industry
and economy has the right t @ keep It.
Applause.) Civilized men believe that
that man has the right to use it as he
desires, and they will judge OF his char
acter by the manner in which he uses
it. If he endeavors to assist his fellow
man he will have the respect and ad-
miration of his fellow men. But we
want a government Of law. We do not
want labor questions settled by vio-
lence and blood.
| want to civilize the capitalist so
that he will be willing to give what la
Dor is worth. I want to educate the
workingman so he will be willing to
receive what labor is worth l want
to civilize them both t. that degree
that they can settle all of their disputes
in the high court of reason.
But when You tell me that they can
stop the of the nation, then
you preach the gospel of the bludgcon,
the gospel Of torch and gun. I do not
believe in that religion. I believe in 2
religion Of kindness, reason. and law.
The law is the supreme will of the su-
preme people, and we mus, obey it or
we go back TO savagery and black
night. (Applause.) l stand by the
courts. l stand by the president who
endeavors to preserve the peace. Zap
plause and cries of "Good!") l am
against mobs; l am agains' lyncbings
(~applause), and l believe it the duty OF
the federal government to protect all
its citizens at home and abroad; and !
want a government powerful enough
to say to the governor of any state
where they are numbering American
citizens without process of law want
the federal government to say to the
governor of that state, stop; stop
shedding the blood Of American citi-
zens. And if you cannot stop it, we
can" (Great appiause.) believe in
a government that will protect the low-
est, the poorest, and weakest as
promptly as the mightiest and strong
est. (Applause.) That is my govern
ment. The old doctrine ,f state SOW
erignity persisted in the fame OF the
civil war, and I tell you tonight that
hat infamous lie was surrendered to
Grant with Lees sword at Appomat-
OK. (Applause.)
CLASS AGAINST CLASS.
Then there is another thing. The
candidate for the presidency is trying
10 poison the poor against the rich
simply because they are rich. He hates
bondholders. Who are the bondhold-
ers? Bondholders of the government,
bondholders of the railroad companies,
And who are the b%ondholGers of the
railroad companies? They are the men
that advanced every dolla; to build
every mile of railway in the United
States. They are the men who paid
every man that cast a shovelful of dirt.
They are the men that paio every man
that cut down a tie in the forest, and
paid every man that dug the ore, paid
every man that melted it in the works
and cast it into form. They are the
bondholders. a set of wretches. Uaugh,
teri
Who are b%ondholders of the govern
ment? During the war we sold our
bonds, and people who believed that
the north would triumph bought these
bonds, and every man Ina. bought a
bond added to the credit of the great
republic. (Applause.)
Very few men own them now who
bought them then. They have been
bought many times since, and all who
own them now paid, with the exception
of a few bonds that were pawned by
the president. about $1.20 daughter
and a%pplause.) And what did they pay
it in? They paid it in gold; every dol,
lar. And let me tell you now. every
cent that has been borrowed in the Uni
ted States since 1873 has been borrowed
in gold, and it is no great hardship to
pay 1t back in the money that you bor-
rowed. If they say that money has in
creased so in value then the fellow who
borrowed it should have kept it and
made himself rich. Mr.. Bryan hates
the rich. Would he like 10 be rich?
Mr.. Bryan hates bondholders. Would
he like to have a million in bonds? Mr..
Bryan hates the successful. Has he
ambition to be a failure (laughter) If
he has. wait until the 4th Of Novem-
Der. and he will be satisfied.
ADVANTAGE OVER THE RICH.
Why should we hate the rich? Some
rich men are good, and some poor men
are mean. Some poor men are good,
and some rich men are mean. You
cannot like a man just because he is
poor. and you cannot hate him just be-
cause he is rich.
And why should we envy the rich?
Let me tell you something The Van
derbilts and the Astors and the Rookie
fellers never drank n colder water
than l have. (Laughter.) They never
smoked better cigars. (Laughter.) They