Birmingham state herald., 1896-07-18

so democracy, though often assailed and sometimes apparently stricken to it's death by ignorance, fanaticism, hate or treason, win rise again and again, and rear its proud crest and forever bear it's brave and majestic front in battle array for the peoples cause and their rights and against all their enemies More than this, my countrymen. Its unbroken rec ord for more than century on American soil has proven 1t the constant friend and unyielding champion of the masses against the encroachments, exactions and aggressions of the classes, and it is because of the peoples love of it's prin- ciples and their confidence in its honesty Of purpose and fidelity to those principles that the great patriotic and unpurchasa- Dle masses of the American people are now rallying around its gonfalons, de- termfned to achieve for it and all 1t rep resents a glorious and lasting triumph tn November.
 The great democratic convention made no mistake when it renewed and empha- sized it's devotion to the ancient and time honored doctrines of democracy as for mulated by Thomas Jefferson and de- tended and maintained by Andrew Jack son. It responded to a prophetic and overpowering inspiration when 1t placed the standard of the great party of the honest masses of the common people in the hands of William J. Bryan, the '.boy orator of the Platte," the brave young commoner, the great tribune of the pSe- pie who, holding it high above his Lead, boldly defies all the powers of darkness afA, republicanism to .'press down upon tic brow of labor a crown of thorns or crneify mankind on a cross of gold"
 When, on the morning of the battle of Shiloh, that great American patriot and illustrous soldier of the lost cause, AL bert Sydney Johnston, had called his lieutenant commanders around him for final instructions, his last charge to them was: Let every order be forwards; this evening we water our horses in the Tennessee" Had that order been fully obeyed the battle flags of the Confed- eracy would have waved in triumph over the defeated and crushed army of it's foe, and the rays of the setting sun of that springtide day would have wrought In letters Of golden light upon sillSen folds of the southern cross: 'victory- independence"
 There would have been no second days contest on that fateful field of carnage.
 So today the great army of democracy IS marshaled for the coming conflict. We may say, without exaggeration. that It's massive columns lie in unbroken ranks along the southern borders of Pennsylvania and Ohio, the eastern and northern boundaries of Indiana and Hi nols, to the great father of waters, and, defiecting northward along it's course. It's left wing rests at the western end of Lake Superior with sentinels and strong outposts and buttressed Qualifications in Wisconsin and Michigan-a democratic empire behind it,a few republican sa trap ies in front Already its great leader is preparing to storm the strongholds of the enemy; his intrepid courage and match less eloquence has fired his followers from his immediate subalterns to the humblest of the rank and file of his in- vincible legions with the zeal and spirit of the old guard of Napoleon He has given command that every order shall be
 forWard." Our great captain will live to see his order obeyed. and on the even- Ing of November 3, the day of the great battle of ballots, the war chargers Of de- mocracy will quench their thirst in the waters of Lakes Michigan, Erie and On tarfo and along the banks of the Jud- son, and It's triumphant hosts will build It's camp fires and bivouac along the Connecticut and among the hills of New Hampshire and pine forests of Maine. There will be no second days battle. Victory, complete and glorious victory, will be ours.
 Judge Arnold.
 Concluding his speech MT Garrett an- nounced as the next speaker Judge Ar mold, the old war horse of democracy.
 Judge Arnold said that he felt like ex- claiming with David of old, ",rhe Lord reigneth, let the people rejoice.' It seems like the nomination of Bryan and OoVHAf afiaiSotCo tiidt liDtTty dnO Ifee- dom are upon us. The platform is the very essence of democracy, and if lief ferson and Jackson were alive today they would ratify every plank that 1t con tains. There Is no split or straddle now, and there is no true democrat who can fail to give the nominees and the plat form their patriotic support. He be- lieyed that the nomination of Bryan was proyidentia1, and the God of hosts raises up leaders in an emergency, and that Bryan is the modern Moses to lead the democratic party and the people out of the wilderness. He knew little of MT. Sewa1l, but Is informed that he is firm, clean man and an unquestioned democrat. While he has accumu1a ted means he has done so by honest labor and not at the expense of the poor He had heard no objections to-either of the democratic nominees except from a few goldbug democrats and Mckinley repub- licans. The goldbug democrats who were objecting to the nominees reminded him of the old Baptist preacher in Arkansas He conducted protracted meeting for three solid weeks. preaohing two ser mons day, and at the close of each service he would ask for penitents to come to the altar, and each time they refused At the close of the meeting he said:
 i"Brothers and sisters, have done my duty. but you have failed to do yours. For three long weeks have begged you to flee the wrath to come and you have stubbOrnly refused. but the day