 | W. J. Rorabaugh, Donald T. Critchlow, Paula C. Baker - 2004 - 508 pages
...every class which rests upon them." Farmers sat at the head of the table of the producing classes. "Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your...the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country!" Waiting for the whoops and applause to subside, he closed with his arms outstretched... | |
 | David M. Ricci - 2004 - 326 pages
...and lobbyists. As Bryan said in 1896, while assuming that most social parasites lived in urban areas, "Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your...the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country."44 Populists held that corporations turned the nation's producers, who included urban... | |
 | James D. Robenalt - 2004 - 340 pages
...gold standard; we reply that the great cities rest upon our broad and fertile prairies. Burn down the cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring...the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country." Durbin likes the reference to magic. Nice touch, his expression confirms. "In fact,"... | |
 | Joy Hakim - 2003 - 438 pages
...down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic," he said. "But destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country.... You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not... | |
 | Steven R. Weisman - 2004 - 436 pages
...your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic," he declared. "But destroy our farms, and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country." As for the Supreme Court and the income tax, Bryan declared: "They say we passed an unconstitutional... | |
 | Richard Daniel Lehan - 2005 - 358 pages
...mankind upon a cross of gold." To an electrified audience, he continued, "The great cities rest upon our broad and fertile prairies. Burn down your cities...the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country." Bryan won the nomination twice more, but he was never elected president.14 Bryan's Populism... | |
 | Marvin N. Olasky, John Perry - 2005 - 376 pages
...that the great cities rest upon our broad and fertile prairies. Burn down your cities and leave your farms, and your cities will spring up again as if...the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country." News accounts described twenty thousand delegates listening intently as Bryan concluded,... | |
 | James E. McWilliams - 2005 - 414 pages
...silver-tongued William Jennings Bryan told the Democratic Convention, "Burn down your cities and leave your farms, and your cities will spring up again as if...the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country." Bryan was, of course, speaking about America, but his remark — and the pastoral sentiment... | |
 | Mark Lloyd - 2010 - 352 pages
...that the great cities are in favor of the gold standard; we reply that the great cities rest upon our broad and fertile prairies. Burn down your cities...the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country." 42 Despite being joined by the Populist and National Silver parties, along with Silver... | |
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You come to us and tell us that the great cities are in favor of the gold standard; we reply that the great cities rest upon our broad and fertile prairies. Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic;... 
