Life and Patriotic Services of Hon. William J. Bryan: The Fearless and Brilliant Leader of the People and Candidate for President of the United States. A Sketch from the Beginning of His Career to the High Position He Holds in the Affection of His Countrymen--an Affection Won by His Devotion and Loyalty to the Welfare of the Toiling Masses of AmericaEdgewood Publishing Company, 1896 - 482 pages |
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... declared that his nomina- tion was due entirely to his admirable speech upon that occasion . Many people who are not familiar with Mr. Bryan's remarkable record readily ac- cepted this idea as a fact . It is true , however , that Mr ...
... declared that his nomina- tion was due entirely to his admirable speech upon that occasion . Many people who are not familiar with Mr. Bryan's remarkable record readily ac- cepted this idea as a fact . It is true , however , that Mr ...
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... Declaration of Independence before he became thirty - four . Time will show that Mr. Bryan is en- titled to rank among these extraordinary men , not simply as a brilliant leader , but also as a profound student . His powers as an orator ...
... Declaration of Independence before he became thirty - four . Time will show that Mr. Bryan is en- titled to rank among these extraordinary men , not simply as a brilliant leader , but also as a profound student . His powers as an orator ...
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... declaration , " Our principles are right and they will ultimately prevail . Victory will be all the greater because a few battles have been lost before Appomattox has been reached . " Commenting upon Mr. Bryan's nomination at Chicago ...
... declaration , " Our principles are right and they will ultimately prevail . Victory will be all the greater because a few battles have been lost before Appomattox has been reached . " Commenting upon Mr. Bryan's nomination at Chicago ...
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... declared for the Australian ballot system , declared against trusts in all their forms . That platform also contained these two planks : " We demand the free coinage of silver on equal terms with gold , and denounce the efforts of the ...
... declared for the Australian ballot system , declared against trusts in all their forms . That platform also contained these two planks : " We demand the free coinage of silver on equal terms with gold , and denounce the efforts of the ...
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... declared " Young Mr. Bryan would be a credit to Nebraska in the lower house of Con- gress . " At the Democratic State Convention for Ne- braska , held in 1890 , the name of Bryan was on every tongue , and he stirred that convention to ...
... declared " Young Mr. Bryan would be a credit to Nebraska in the lower house of Con- gress . " At the Democratic State Convention for Ne- braska , held in 1890 , the name of Bryan was on every tongue , and he stirred that convention to ...
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Page 176 - BREATHES there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land ? Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned, As home his footsteps he hath turned From wandering on a foreign strand ? If such there breathe, go, mark him well; For him no minstrel raptures swell; High though his titles, proud his name, $ Boundless his wealth as wish can claim, — Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And,...
Page 477 - ... a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned, and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
Page 484 - These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us, and guided our steps through the age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages, and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment. They should be the creed of our political faith, the text of civic instruction, the touchstone by which to try the services of those we trust ; and should we wander from them in moments of error or alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps and to regain the road which alone...
Page 480 - As avenues to foreign influence, in innumerable ways, such attachments are particularly alarming to the truly enlightened and independent patriot. How many opportunities do they afford to tamper with domestic factions, to practice the arts of seduction, to mislead public opinion, to influence or awe the public councils!
Page 484 - ... the diffusion of information, and arraignment of all abuses at the bar of the public reason : freedom of religion; freedom of the press; and freedom of person, under the protection of the habeas corpus : and trial by juries impartially selected. These principles form the bright constellation, which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.
Page 483 - ... a well-disciplined militia, our best reliance in peace, and for the first moments of war, till regulars may relieve them...
Page 128 - We hold to the use of both gold and silver as 8 the standard money of the country, and to the coinage of both gold and silver without discrimination against either metal or charge for mintage, but the dollar unit of coinage of both metals must be of equal intrinsic and exchangeable value...
Page 208 - American people for themselves, which shall restore and maintain a bimetallic price level, and as part of such system the immediate restoration of the free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation.
Page 257 - Yea, though thou lie upon the dust, When they who helped thee flee in fear, Die full of hope and manly trust, Like those who fell in battle here. I "4] Another hand thy sword shall wield, Another hand the standard wave, Till from the trumpet's mouth is pealed The blast of triumph o'er thy grave.
Page 341 - We are opposed to the policy and practice of surrendering to the holders of the obligations of the United States the option reserved by law to the government of redeeming such obligations in either silver coin or gold coin.