St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-10-17
BRYAN.s ELoQUENcE.

brilliant speeches that it Is no easy
matter tn pick out from among them
one that can be said to shine with
pre-eminsnt brightness rs compared
with The others. Yet the speech we
give below is one deserving, We
think. Of that honor, and worthy TO
rank not only with the great Grafton
that reused the Chicago convention
and won Mr.. Bryan the Democratic
nomination, but with the most
brilliant orations Of Desmosthenes
OF any Of the ancients.
The Springfield Republican .,
which opposes Mr.. Bryan in politics
and on the financial question, but
which differs from most Of its
Eastern contemporaries in being
able to see aud appreciate the truth,
reproduces the latter part Of the
speech a. enc Of the gems OF the
campaigns indeed it is. When
It . considered that it was spoken
without preparation, aud was one
among . number Of speeches de-
livered that day, it is perhaps pos
slble to fully appreciate the elo-
uuence and statesmansllip OF Bryan.
We reproduce Mr.. Bryan's perora
zion, especially Is it Was one of his
speeches not given through the
Associated Press:
ssWe can support our position
from every point Of view. We can
quote the authority Of those who
stand high in :he nations councils.
We can apply to the money ques-
ton the laws we see enforced every
day, and we can gather testimony
from the analogies Of nature. l am
not old. but / am old enough to
have learned thai the laws Of God
are wiser than the laws Of man, and
I am old enough to have learned
that He who is intimate ia power
w1s also intimate in love, and that
He never gave to mankind . need
without giving them the means oil
satisfying it. When He gave to
man the necessity OF food He
covered the earth with His bounties,
and there has always been enough
to satisfy the hunger Vt man. And
when He made water necessity
Tor human existence He put the
veins in the earth and scattered the
living Syringe along the hillside.
And when He allowed wearinees to
creep over the limbs, He sent sleep
to restore strength. Aud when He
gave man . mind capable of de-
veloping, He filed the universe
with His wonders, which may well
occupy the thoughts Of man.
.sWhen He gave mankind the de-
sire OF society and fashioned the
channels OF trade, He stored away
in the secret places OF the noun
tains the gold aud silver suitable for
. worlds money. Mankind found
those precious metals, dragged
them from their secret recesses, and
for 5000 yesrs they have come down
% az side BY side, ministering unto
the wants Of man. l may be il
error. II I am. I hope | may b.
led into the better way. But in my
humble judgment, the man whs
would rob mankind Of his food ant
leave his appetite, the man wht
would corrupt the springs and leave
thirst for water, the man who w0ult
rob one OF rest or condemn hi
mind to i8norance and superstitiol
10 no more an enemy Of the race
than the man who, deaf to the en-
treaties Of the poor, would strik'
down and out Of existence one o
The precious metals given by th'
Almighty Himself to safety tn
needs Of the human race"
Mr. Bryan's eloquence is admit
ted BY al. They must equally
acknowledge the force Of his logic
and Il should be remembered tina
.4his 8 only one Of . hundred simila
eens which he has presented to th
Anetican people in the most e
maSkable campaign ever made il
&his country. When it is studie,
oyer alteeuasd, tree from the hea
oe Political partnership, it will b
J ranembered = campaign whicl
hes oontgibuted wonders Il Tie Va,