The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-07-21
'Btyans Great Speech.
sTh8 Presidential Nomination Was Made
When Il Ended.

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EVEN THE GOLD RUGS CHEERED
THE MATCHLEss ORATOR.
The following Is the great speech OF
VIM. j. Bryan, OF Nebraska, In closing
the debate upon the platform ut Chi
cago, and which rendered 1t certain
that he would be the nominee for
President of the United States. His
gifts as u speaker were recognized and
appreciated very highly during the
great tariff debate in Congress, but he
was never at better advantage than
when he met the arguments of Senator
Hill so ably and so squarely in this
speech at Chicago, and it will go down
In history as the climax of e~loquence
and the vindication of right principles /:
"Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of
the Convention-It would be pre-
sumptuous indeed to present myself
against the distinguished gentleman
to whom you have listened, IL this were
but o measuring of ability, but this is
not a contest among persons. The
humblest citizen in all the land, when
called to arms in u righteous cause, is
-, atronger than all the whole hosts of
error that they can bring. | come to
speak to you in defense of o cause Us
holy as the cause of liberty, the
of humanity. loud a%pplause.)
"When this debate is concluded u
motion will be made to lay upon the
table the resolution offered in COM
m%endation of the administration and
t liz N ,,npx,l,,tt0n Il, nnln,,N,niD - ,f
the administration. l shall object to
bringing this question to u level of
persons. The individual is but an
atom he is born, he acts, he dies, but
principles Ire eternal and this has
been a contest Of principle. Never be-
fore In the history of this country has
there been witnessed such a contest as
that through which we have passed.
Never before in the history of Ameri-
can politics has u great issue beer
fought out, as this Issue has been, by
the voters themselves.
Son the 4th of March, 1895, q few
Democrats, most of them members OF
Congress-, issued an address to the
Democrats of the nation, asserting that
the money question was the paramount
issue of the hour asserting also the
right of allowing the Democratic
party to control the position of the
party on this issue, concluding with a
request that all believers in the free
coinage Of silver in the Democratic
party should take charge of and con.
troll the policy of the Democratic party
Y Three months later, at Momphis, an
organization was perfected and the
silver Democrats went forth openly,
boldly and cOurageously proclaiming
their belief and declaring il successful
f" they would crystaliZo in q platform the
declaration which they had made and
then began the conflict with a zeal APP.
preaching hat which inspired the
crusaders who followed Peter the Her.
init. Our silver Democrats went forth
from victory unto victory, until they
are assembled now, not to discuss, not
to debate, but to enter up Judgment
rendered by them to the people of this
country. (Applause.) In this court
brother has been arrayed against
brother and father against son. The
warmest ties of owe and acquaintance
and association have been disregarded
Old leaders have been cast aside wher
!. sentiment Of those whom they would
lead, and new leaders have sprung w
to give direction to this cause of truth
(Cheers.)
1.-THE gentleman who has Just pre-
ceded me Governor Russell) spoke o
the old State of Massachusetts. Lee
me assure him that not one person il
all this convention entertains the leas'
hostility to the people Of Massachu
sets. (Applause.l Blu we stand here
representing people who are the equal.
of the largest citizens in the State o
Massachusetts. (Applause.) Whe1
shall disturb your business Interests W.
~replyFthat you have disturbed oul
business interest by your course
Great applause and cheering.) W.
say to you that you have made too
limited in it's application the definition
of business men. The man employed
for wages is as much u business maj
as the employer. Continued cheers.
The attorney in a country town is al
much q business man as a LAWYER in
great metropolis. The merchant at
cross roads is as much a business mar
as a merchant in New York. TIL,
Z farmer who goes forth in the morning
n tolls all day, begins in the sprinl
and tolls all summer and by the ap
plication of brain and muscle to the
natural resources of this country, ere
ates wealth, is as much o business
man a. the man who goes upon thu
board OF trade and bets upon the price
of grain.
VhlnCIS WuO 10 d thousand IeoU int
the earth OF climb 1000 feet upon the
cliffs and bring forth from their hiding
places precious metals to be poured
into the channels of trade, are as much
business men as the few financial mag
mates, who, in a back room, corner the
money of the world.
"We come to speak for this broader
class of business men. All, my friends
we say o one word against those wht
live upon the Atlantic coast, but those
hardy pioneers who braved all the
dangers of the wilderness, who made
y the desert blossom as a rose-those
pioneers away out there rearing their
children near to natures heart, where
they have erected school houses for
h education Of their young and
churches where they praise their Gre.
ator and cemeteries where sleep the
ashes Of their dead-are as deserving
OF the consideration OF this party as
any people in this country. (Grcat APP.
plause.)
we have petitioned and our petit
lions haps been scorned; we have
entreated, and our e~ntreaties have
been Qisregarded and they have
inoc&cd and our calamity came.
@We beg no longer; we entreat no
II ore !; we petition no more. We DEFY