The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-11-06
MR.. BRYAN'S MATCHLESs CAM
PAIGN.

Last night near midnight Mr.. Bryan
made his last of a, series of the ablest
speeches ever heard by the voters of
America. The campaign has been the
most brilliant, the most uplifting,
the most inspiring in the annals of
our country. Animated by lofty pa
triotism and holy zeal for the con-
tinuation of the Republic as the faith
ers established it, strengthened by his
devotion to the rights and liberties of
the linen who think and the men who
suffer-" Mr.. Bryan has carried the
gospel of Justice and Equality to the
voters with sublime faith in their
love of country and devotion of the
principles of which the flag is the rep
resentative. In all the weeks of the
arduous campaign, assailed by the
thoughtless and tradnced by the hire
lings of the trusts, he has uttered no
sentence unworthy of the high posi-
ton he holds. He has appealed to the
highest instincts of his countrymen.
He has never descended to SANDER or
billingsgate. He has evaded no issue.
He has told the truth with plainness.
MI. Bryan has arraigned corruption
in high places, and been called an agi-
tator. He has protested against the
unholy war against liberty in the
Philippines, and been called traitor.
He has appealed to men of wealth and
urged them to put their faith in the
Declaration of independence instead
of dollars, and has been called an an
archist. He has called the farmers to
vote against trusts that rob them,
and been called an agrarian. He has
plead with the men who labor with
their hands to put liberty above
full stomach, and been called a COM
munist. He has arraigned trusts and
illegal combinations in restraint of
trade, and been called an enemy to the
prosperity of his country. He has pro-
tested against giving national banks
the sovereign power of issuing money,
and been called an advocate of ma
tional dishonor. He has been de-
nounced in almost the same words and
in the same violent manner in which
Jefferson was denounced by the Fed
eralsts and Royalists one hundred
years ago, though not altogether so
basely for they called Jefferson an
''athiest'' and monster" while none
of the present day Federalists have
called Mr.. Bryan anything worse than
an anarchist and traitor" He
has escaped even better than Andrew
jackson, for the Nicholas Biddles of
his day did not let even the private
character of Old Hickory escape. But
through all the abuse and SANDER
that the monopolists have uttered
against him, Mr.. Bryan has been un-
moved He has not lost his faith in
his fellows, he has not said word
that was wanting in courtesy and
wisdom, he has not fiinched from the
performance of his duty.
With an eloquence that has stirred
the hearts and consciences of millions,
he has stood for the ancient land
marks which the fathers have set. He
has arraigned McKinley's administra-
ton for the conduct of bloody war
against feeble people whose only
crime is that they wish to be free. He
has put the life of the youth above
the profits of the syndicates. He has
put the doctrine of liberty above the
doctrine
Let him take who has the power
And let him keep who can"
The Declaration of independence is
to him the pillar of cloud by day and
the Constitution the pillar of fire by
night. He has called his countrymen
to follow them into the paths of peace
and righteousness. He has begged
them not to worship the golden calf,
but TO be true to the ideals of gov
eminent that have made this Republic
o city that is set upon hill, giving