The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-11

sought to apply to us epithets and hard
names, when they find it impossible
to oppose the positions which we have
taken. (Applause.) They shall not be
permitted to put us in the attitude of
opponents of government, but we
shall show them that there is a diff
ference between defending a govern
menb and defending the vicious legisla-
ton inaugurated by the government
for private ends. tremendous cheer
ing)
Andrew Jackson, than whom there
never was a brayer, truer Democrat,
has expressed it well in these words:
There are no necessary evils in gov
ernment; its evils exist only in it's
abuses
ut is true, my friends, that we at
tack the abuses of the government,
but not the government itself"
C'Thats right" cheering).
The worst enemy of this country is
the man who seeks unjust legislation,
or defends unjust legislation after it
has been obtained. He is the best
friend Of the Government, who in the
first place seeks to prevent unjust leg
isiation, and if unjust legislation has
bean enacted seeks to erase it from
secures vicious legislation because of
the pecuniary profit which it brings
him, but the man who loves his govern
ment so well that he would make it so
good that it would deserve the love of
every citizen. (Applause).
My friends, in this campaign there
is only one great issue. If that is set
tied it will not give us a government
perfect in all it's details, but that one
question must be settled first before
other questions can be settled. ma
ton that is not able to adopt it's own
financial policy is too impotent to leg
islate on any question where the people
are concerned. (Cheers). We do not
say that our opponents are not sincere,
we do not say they are less honest than
we, but we do say that when they at
tempt to say to the American people
that we must be dependent upon the
legislative act of some other govern
ment, we say it matters not how hon
est they may be, we dare not entrust
Legislation in their hand. cloud cheer
ing). / have said that in this contest
we have a repetition of the contest of
1776, and that in this campaign as in
that, line viii be drawn between the
patriot and the Tory, and when l say
it, do not say it, my friends, to criti-
else the man who believes that this ma
ton is not great enough to- legislate
for its own people. He believes it hon
estly, and / recall your attention to the
fact that in the struggle of our fore
fathers for liberty, there were those
who honestly believed that we ought
to continue in this land the supremacy
of Great Britain. cloud applause). In
this they were but mistaken, so and
if YOU 90 to the cemeteries YOU will
find no monument reared by a CRATE
full people to commemorate the names
of those who thought English domini-
ton should continue, (Applause.)
There are people to-day who believe
that this nation is not strong enough
to legislate for our people, and there
are people who honestly believe ;hat
an attempt to do so would bring dis
tress and many evils. We may respect
their honesty but we enter into a life
and death struggle with them because
we assert here that the financial domi-
nation by a foreign power is as dan-'
gerous to the liberties of the people
as political domination" loud and
continued cheering)
At the meeting in the Avenue
Theatre, Mr.. Bryan was received with
great applause and spoke again. His
speech was punctuated by vigorous APP
plause. The vast audience was quick
to catch his points and manifested
their approval by frequent cheers.
After a reception at the Randall Club
and another brief speech at the hotel,
Mr.. Bryan retired for the night.
The party will leave FIttsburg at
73O a. IN. tomorrow morning, arriving
at Philadelphia at 5.47 p. m, and in
New York at S,13.