The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-01-10
DBMOCATIC PARTY
MUST STAND FIRM
HON. W. BRYAN'4 sP EECH AT THE
BANQUET.
Money Power Not Omniporent- Service Is
Rendered Mankind so Long as the
Party Represents Constitutional
Government.

Wooster, O., Jan. 6.-The Hon.
William J, Bryan spoke here tonight
at the jackson Day Banquet, which
was held this evening, at his sug-
gestion, in order that he might keep
engagements at Boston and New
Haven later in the week. His sub
iect was ''Steadfastness," and he
said in part:
tAmong the traits of character
which distinguished Andrew Jack
son, no trait was more prominent or
more helpful to his country than
steadfastness. When he believed a
thing, ne believed it. Where duty
led, he followed without questioning.
When he decided that anything
ought to be done, he did it, and no
power could overawe him. He did
not have in his veins single drop OF
anything to win blood. When Mich
olas Biddle declared that through
the national bank he conld make and
unmake congresses, Jackson replied
that that was more power than any
one man ought to have in this coun-
try, and he then began his war
against Biddle and his bank, which
resulted in the overthrow of that great
finsncier and the institution which
he SO automatically controlled.
Others were afraid that Biddle's in.
fuence, il sntsgonized, would defeat
the Democratic party, but Jackson
saw in it menace to his country and
he did not stop to consider what eff
feet an attack on the bank would
have on himself or on his party: He
won, and we revere his name and
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celebrate his day.
6 Benton, in reviewing Jackson's
work, said that, as Cicero overthrow
the conspiracy of Cataline and saved
Rome, SO Jackson overthrow the
bank and saved America. We shall
observe this day in vain if we do not
gather from the life Of Jackson in
spiration and encouragement for the
work which lies before us. Today
the Democratic party needs to learn
from the hero of New Orleans the
lesson of seeadfastness; It needs to
learn from him not only that to be
right IS more important than to be
successful, but that to be right is the
best way to insure success.
"A party must have principles or
it can have no claim upon public con-
fdence; and how can it commend its
principles better than by standing
by them. Who will have faith in the
creed Of 8 party if the party stands
ready to barter ava, its creed in ex-
change for the promise of patronage?
A hatling, vscillating course not only
fails to. invite recruits, but it alien
ates and drives away veterans.
"Another reason for steadfastness
is found in the fact that no one can
tell until the attempt is made what
obstacles courage can overcome. The
bold and fearless triumph where the
timid fail. The victories which live
and light US on to the noble deeds
are the victories snatched from the
jaws of defeat by intrepid spirits who
preferred death to retreat.
"There is profound philosophy,
as we'll as religious truth in the
words: ssHe that saveth his life shall
lose it." The party that has no high
er purpose than to- save its own
llfe will die because it deserv's to
die, if need be, for the sake of q
great cause will live because it de-
serves to live.
Who says that the money power
is omnipotent and that the Demo
cratic party must compromise with
it or surrender to il? Not until hu
man nature is entirely changed can
the financiers be lntrusted with the
guardianship of the producers of
wealth; not until greed becomes just
can the money changers constuct a
system for themselves which will be
fair to anyone else. A top can be
balanced upon the point only when
it is in rapid motion, and SO the great
financial structure designed by Wall
street for the benefit of Wall street
will stand upright only so long rs it