The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-07-13
THE GREAT SPEECH OF
WEBSTER DAVIS.
The Real Fight Of the Cam.
paign.

The speech of Webster Davis. in
which he declared himself for Bryan fol
President, is in part as follows:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Convention: l appreciate very highly
honor conferred upon me by inviting m,
to say few words at this time, aud ]
shall detain you but moment hay,
been honored highly by another party
than this in the past. have served
that party well, and have rendered ser
vices as good as the honor l received
and the account is balanced now. (Greai
applause and cheeringD
Life, human life, is but narrow span
between two great unknown eternities
and life is too short for man 10 sacri
flee his principles or his love Of country
for money OF for office i'm this republic
Enthusiastic applause.l
| have never yet read or heard 4
platform that was so intensely Ameri
can as the platform read here in the con
vention. Continued applause and
cheering,) Old conditions have passed
away, old questions have passed away
and good many new questions are now
before the American people. care not
the snap Of my finger for party OF pri
vate criticism. / care nothing for Of
fee, but voluntarily gave up one bet
ter than any you can give me great ap
plause and cheering) and the man OF
newspaper that makes the statement
that / was forced TO leave the admins
ltration against my will absolutely, IN
qualifiedly and malicously lies. Cap
plause and cheers.)
DENoUNCEs REPUBLICANS As COwARDS
love liberty, l love equality Of rights
and love justice ana when the party
that / belong TO Is too cowardly {,
take a stand for liberty, 10 represent thi.
government against British aristOcracy
and monarchy, l leave il and leave il fol
good. wild and enthusiastic applaus,
and cheering.D In every part OF Europ,
and Africa the charge is made by ths
English press and the British official.
that there is a secret alliance between
this country and Great Britain 10 thu
effect that in case any foreign nd
tion attempting 10 intervene in behau
Of the poor Beers that this republic vii
stand by Great Britain with It's armi
and navy (Cnes Of no; no.
CROWD RISES AND CHEERS.
sympathize with the people stru9
Cling for liberty everywhere. ! sympa
thized with them as they struggled 10
| liberty in Greece. And when the va
broke out with Spain we said then tina
il was not a war for conquest. not 70
glory. but for carrying liberty TO peopl
who were crying for help at our feef
/ loud applause.l And the boys mares
ed up from the northland whose fathef
once marched in tattered blue with 10
song their fathers loved. My COuntry
It's Of Thee" and the boys came fron
the southland they whose fathers one
marched in ragged gray 10 the music 4
Way Down South IN Dixie" ane the
followed the men who once led ~
Northern and Southern armies down n
Cuba and into other lands and INFO the
islands Of the sea. They marched under
one flag in behalf Of one country 10 The
music Of one splendid melody, las they
felt in their hearts the music that .n-
spired the men in the days gone by.
In the beauty Of the lilies Christ vas
born across the sea.
As He died 20 make man holy, Jet US die
| 10 make man Tree.
The crowd at this point broke into a
demonstration, yelling and waving aags
and hats, and il was some time before
order was restored. The speaker az
tempted several times TO 90 on, but vas
forced TO wait. lie finally proceeded as
follows:
Up until that point the war was right
but when we passed beyond that point
the Administration went too far But
il was another indication Of following in
the footsteps Of Great Britain. When
our flag rose over the flag Of the rotten
Spanish monarchy, the American Re
public could not resist the temptation q
follow in the footsteps Of Great Britain
and it thirsted for land and gold, and
that is where the mistake was made.
A grander struggle for liberty va.
never made in all the worlds history
than the struggle being made by the Re
publicans and Democrats In South Al
RIGA. Let us sympathize with them.
am glad that you have taken this actor
to-day. At the polls in November fol
low il up. Let American principles eve
live. Let them go on down for years Z,
come as an inspiration 10 generations Sc
unborn. Liberty, love Of country, on
flag, one country. one splendid destinl
alone. l stand upon this platform {,
support William Jennings Bryan.