The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-09-26
A GREAT SPEECH
William Jennings Bryan Speakes
on the Progress OF
CHRISTIAN IDEALS.

CHRISTIAN IDEALS.
AS Observed on His Trip Around the
World. Shows Stand Pat Argument
Examined and Answered. Gov.
ernmeni Ownership vi Rsil.
roads Considered.
Mr.. Chairman, Mr.. Mayor, Governor
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Il is very gratifying to be welcomed
to tnis greas Southern Stale, this
typicsi snd representative Sss>e o.
the South, so cordially by the repre-
Eentstivse CT your city and your CHE
executive.
l xnpceciate the kind words Vnlcf
they nsve spoken. I an aiis'd, no"'
ever, that tits going 20 &c vccy IL,
cult fer me to measure up to toe flsi.
ooiuion that they have expressed. l
an glad I am young :oE I viii pave 8
longer tire to e.ldesvor TO Jusel1!
their good opinion You nave oone $:
much for ms il the past ana eeen
Iovsl 70 the things which hsvs stcoo
for that you have an Unlimited depo;
It in nv bank, and csn draw on il
whenever ycu require it. shall come
hare whenever can help sou sno /,
IS in the part, you 90 not
need any help, I will come here whsn.
evsr you can help me. Ncoghser }
And you cSn hep me by giving me
encouragement, or giving me hope. u!
giving me tcspics! ca.
Ispprsciste the gathering OF this in
mense crowd before me. he did not
mention his name, but he told then
to vote for the best man ard every
body knows who that is" Laughter
When I have tried to be non psrti
san ! hsye not always sui ceauso; but
1oday I an not going to try. l to1ns
you are good cesl as they were st q
meeting once addressed st Bcckhorn
school house, bsck in "a las l wen
in tie house, little school house, one
CT the Democrats whispered to me
'.Eis 'en sa-c, there is rot Repub
ucsn here" (Lsugate: 1t was his
less OF gooo meeting. daughter
But ! had splendid c,,snce to say al
I wanted TO say. The fact is I resly
enjoy q meeting better II somc R.pu5
l:cans are present. hate 30 uake 3
soeseh on great questions, In great
utlses, and feel tcat all the peopls
whom I an tslking TO are ali right
and don't need ", Sc I say.
like tc tssi t.sa. .ss.;a.. P2ossi ly there Isy
be some oue Who ousnt to Il -aVeo,
and can siter awhile look back and
feel tha. have saved some cne IS q
bran from the burning. But II I can
not make 3 speech to RepC oEc.nS
he1e, can make a speech Ike / would
make 10 8. publissul 81 ia. Jou l4sl
know how We lalk to them Up North
where they need talking to. (LauSh-
ter
TRIBUTE TO CHRISTIANITY.
My trip Sounl tie world has been
an instructive one. it has given me
great encouragement. I was glad tina:
this meeting was opened with prayer.
] have been 8 nenbe- Of the Chris:
tian church s:rce I was Il. hope !
have grown in grace, as they ssy. ]
think 7 have lesrned to appreciate
the Christian ideal more ttsn ever
did bsfcre, fo1 I nave seen the need OF
1t In the Orient, and have returned
with she belief that what they need iD
the Oc;ent more than anythlng else is
the Christian ideal that will give them
D conception of life4s worth living up
to.
When In China they tod ne that
they were living up TO the Confucio1s
ideal, and that in OUT country We are
not living up to the Christian idesl,
and I told them that s man coulo fall
short CT the Christian ideal and yet
live on a much higher plane than 8
man who lived up to the Confucious
ideal. It is the glory OF cur concep.
tion Of life. the Christian ideal, and
while it is within sight Of every one
it is beyond the reach OF snV to en-
tirely fulfill it.
was glad to iod everywhere that
democracy Vas growing. Democracy
means the rule OF the people. We hsv:
not visited q land but we fund there
evidence OF growth ct the democratic
idea. Nothing more iDpresses one
than the fast that there is not 3 na :
ton on earth where its seed has not
been sown in places where 1t is not
now making progress. Even 10 Tur
key, the most backward OF all those
nations, q man was talking to me one
day on the bost-the next day he sent
me apologies because he die not talk
longer. He said that be had some re.
form ideas, that he was under susD.c-
ion, that he saw spy watching bin
when he was talking to me and he was
afraid to talk any longer. They axe
talking reform everywhere, are work.
ing toward the Democratic ideal. It
Is growing in this country l
will speak OF this growth sitter 5
while.
I come to bring you words OF en-.
enlargement in regard to the ultimsts
triumph OF these ideas to which you
have stood &C stesdfsstly.
Before I do thst ! want to dwell q |
little while on a subject that has been
brought before the Southern people |
y one Of tha members OF the cabinet,
Secretary Leslie NJ Shaw, who is Wis |
ting North Carolina, making tacif
especially in districts where |
they have small Republican msjori-
ties. I thought 1t worth while to call
attention in the South to the speech |
he msde, and to show how completely
this speech proves to sou all we con-
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