The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-01-12

| bastards but true born are these men,
| sons of the men of Sempack, of Murten
| they knelt but not to thee o, Burgundy.
| The men that voted for Bryan constitute
i the hope of North Carolina. The men
| that would cast her people beneath the
| iron wheels of the car OF the golden
| Jugernaut would humiliate her under
/ the heel Of an ignorant and alien race.
| despise the protestatiOns of Democracy
| of that man who directly or indirectly,
/ by word or deed, contributed TO the ruin
| of the people by allying himself with the
| minions Of the party that is and always
| has been the slave Of the rich and the
| tyrant of the poor. And the true and
brave men Of North Carolina will spurn
| the protestation Of friendship Of the man
| who deserted this cause Of the people
| in the hour Of peril, and when it was
| denounced as anarchy ana population,
| stood by and consented and encouraged
| and helped to stone it to death. If some
| of the men OF the present day had lived
| in the time OF the Apostles they would
| have followed the crowd that stoned
| Stephen and helped to stone him, and
| before his blood was cold upon the
| ground, had they seen the tide was about
| to turn, they would have held up their.
hands in holy horror and declared in the
| presence OF the dead body of the martyr
| and all the witnesses that they had al
| ways believed in the Christian religion
| and were the truest trends that Stephen
| ever had. They would have sought the
| office Of Bishop Of the first church Of
| Jerusalem, and had the support OF those
who followed Christ for the l0aves and
fishes
| can pay no higher tribute to the man
for whom we cast our votes to-day, than
to say that he is worthy of the place that
he occupies in the hearts of the American
people. From the day that he stood upon
the platform at the Chicago convention
he has been the idolized leader OF the
| true Democratic sentiment Of this coun-
try, irrespective of party. 1t was fortu-
nate for the cause Of the people that
| at this time a leader like Bryan came
A great era has dawned, a great man
has appeared. He is thirty-six years old.
He has the form OF an athlete, and the
face OF a Caesar. Though young and
imprisoned, and though he plead in
| words of living fire the cause of the OPP
pressed, yet in the most intense excite
ment, in the face Of insulting mObs, and
amid the wild enthusiasm of unnumbered
thousands, no word OF unwisdom escaped
his lips. He spoke fearlessly. No place
hunter, no time server. He spoke with
the inspiration OF conviction. He com
bines the unselfsh patriotism Of George
| Washington with the sublime faith in the
| integrity and wisdom OF the common
people OF Thomas Jefferson. He has the
wisdom to know and the courage to do.
In the language Of Thomas Carlyle. "No
hollow Journalist is he deceptive and self
| deceptive, CHASTITY to the natural sense
| but very man, with all his dross he
is a man; fiery, real from the great fire.
| bosom OF nature herself" He stands
out transcendent in defeat This strug
| gle is as wide as the world, involving
| the welfare OF the whole human family.
1t must be fought out and determined
by the people Of this Republic Another
| chapter OF world history is beginning.
| Bryan is the leader of the people Of tho
great nation.
Defeated but not man dismayed.
Anteus like, we strike our feet against
| the earth and spring forth with renewed
| yigor and unconquerable determination.
| For four years we must pass through
| the travail OF hard times getting harder.
The tools Of the trusts will then be swept
from power and an era OF justice begin.
/ 1t must be so; for if they continue to
steal elections that they may plumber the
| nation; if under the sanction of law the
| idlers continue to deyour the substance
of the toiling poor; If the power OF the
| government continue to be prosecuted to
the interest Of the favored few, that
factions may fatten while the people
starve; and if to the demands OF simple
| justice we are to be always answered by
the slanderous cry of anarchy, robbery,
| reputation, the time will come when the
| people, like an eraged Sampson, viii lay
| hold of the pillars of State, and in wild
| fever-frenzy cry for revenge amid a reign
OF terror, red ruin and the breaking
! up OF laws"
| DIR. YORK SPEAKS.
| Or. Tyre York. Democratic electol
from the Eighth district spoke next: IF
| / were to let this occasion pass off and
| say nothing, | would not do my durg We
/ entered a fight in North Carolina God
/ bless the State forever to carry the cause
! of bimetallism. / was proud that Bryan
/ carried this State North Carolina did
( her duty well 1T will continue to do it.
/ The fight has just commenced The gold
! standard and William Mckinley VIII
sirk forever.
"They told us that if Mckinley should
be elected, we would have a wave Of
prosperity.
Il live in the State Of Wilkes, the hub
Of the universe. / have looked for the
wave to strike the top OF the Blue Ridge,
and come over into the State We havnt
even had zepher. We were told it would
come just as soon as McKinley's cleo
ton. That was two months ago, ard it
hasn't reached us yet
at is in the minds and hearts Of the
people to restore bimetallism. Tley ale
full of determination.
Mckinley may call his forces around
him. He can do nothing. He is follow
ing Cleveland's policy. 1t is a policy OF
ruin.
Neither i'll ancient nor modern history
have we had a spectacle equal to Bryan's
campaign. We went from the rivers to
the end Of the earth, he carried the flag.
Lombard street and Wall street, the
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