BRYAN: CROSS OF GOLD. Why? The warmest ties of love and acquaintance and association have been disregarded. The BlandAllison Act was vetoed by President Rutherford B. Hayes, but was enacted by Congress over his veto on February 28, 1878. He favored the monetary policy . According to Jones, it was clear that Bland could not win, and that Bryan could not be stopped. Ah, my friends. [57] Bryan then defended the right of silver supporters to make their argument against opposition from gold men, who were associated with financial interests, especially in the East. It was not unconstitutional when it went before the Supreme Court for the first time. He cared about politics and his religion equally. Three months later, at Memphis, an organization was perfected, and the silver Democrats went forth openly and boldly and courageously proclaiming their belief and declaring that if successful they would crystallize in a platform the declaration which they had made; and then began the conflict with a zeal approaching the zeal which inspired the crusaders who followed Peter the Hermit. [101] According to rhetorical historian William Harpine in his study of the rhetoric of the 1896 campaign, "Bryan's speech cast a net for the true believers, but only for the true believers. It made no secret of these preparations. On the night of July 8, William Jennings Bryan revealed himself as the candidate the silverites were looking for by delivering one of the most famous speeches in American history. It is the issue of 1776 over again. I shall not slander the fair state of Massachusetts nor the state of New York by saying that when citizens are confronted with the proposition, Is this nation able to attend to its own business?I will not slander either one by saying that the people of those states will declare our helpless impotency as a nation to attend to our own business. [25] Bryan biographer Paulo E. Coletta wrote, "during this year [July 1894 June 1895] of calamities, disintegration and revolution, each crisis aided Bryan because it caused division within his party and permitted him to contest for its mastery as it slipped from Cleveland's fingers. He did for Rome what Jackson did when he destroyed the bank conspiracy and saved America. 28 Monday Mar 2016. He then lowered them, descended from the podium, and began to head back to his seat as the stillness held. Bryan, an advocate for free silver made a speech at the Democratic National Convention which became known as the "Cross of Gold" in his speech he spoke against the gold standard and for silver to be back as a monetary standard. I tell you that the great cities rest upon these broad and fertile prairies. Edition of 10 (this copy is #5). It also repealed the statutory provisions allowing silver bullion to be presented to the Mint and returned in the form of circulating money. Such bills, sponsored by Bland, passed the House of Representatives in 1876 and 1877, but both times failed in the Senate. Introduction. [19] Among those defeated for Senate was Bryan in Nebraska. time before some commentator alludes to William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech at the 1896 Democratic convention as the leading example of an orator's ability to sway listeners. The next day the convention nominated Bryan for President on the fifth ballot. [32], The 1896 Democratic convention opened at the Chicago Coliseum on July 7, 1896. The financial Panic of 1893 intensified the debates, and when President Grover Cleveland (a Democrat) continued to support the gold standard against the will of much of his party, activists became determined to take over the Democratic Party organization and nominate a silver-supporting candidate in 1896. Other delegations, seeing that Bryan would be nominated, also switched, securing the victory. McKinley on the other hand, opted for a front porch campaign. If they dare to come out in the open field and defend the gold standard as a good thing, we shall fight them to the uttermost, having behind us the producing masses of the nation and the world. The Democratic idea has been that if you legislate to make the masses prosperous their prosperity will find its way up and through every class that rests upon it. The gold standard, which the United States had effectively been on since 1873, limited the money supply but eased trade with other nations, such as the United Kingdom, whose currency was also based on gold. In the late 1800's a populist movement was happening and people were starting to take notice. They say we passed an unconstitutional law. At Bryan's words, he threw his hat into the air, slapped the empty seat in front of him with his coat, and shouted, "My God! The temporary chairmanship, for example, would have permitted him to deliver the keynote address. "[80], It took about 25minutes to restore order, and according to Bensel, "somewhere in the mass demonstration that was convulsing the convention hall, the transfer of sentiment from silver as a policy to Bryan as a presidential candidate took place". Bryan consented, on condition that his own time was extended by the same amount; this was agreed to. Consciousness of grievances of years and not of months was reflected in the decisive action of the state Democratic conventions in the spring and early summer of 1896. It's a very famous speech and it was powerfully delivered, and was so . One Indiana voter wrote, "God has sent you amongst our people to save the poor from starvation, and we no [sic] you will save us. In November he lost to the Republican candidate, William McKinley. 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. Circulars were being distributed in Illinois, and admirers in Nebraska, North Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, and other states were urging his selection among their friends. [6] Silver was now undervalued at the Mint; accordingly little was presented for striking into money. The Democratic idea, however, has been that if you legislate to make the masses prosperous, their prosperity will find its way up through every class which rests upon them. William Jennings Bryan delivered his "Cross of Gold" speech at the Democratic National Convention in July of 1896 as part of his bid for the party's presidential nomination. They complain about the plank which declares against the life tenure in office. [103][104], Writer Edgar Lee Masters called the speech, "the beginning of a changed America. He sent letters to national convention delegates, urging them to support silver, and enclosing copies of his photograph, writings, and speeches. [1], Bryan later described the silence as "really painful" and momentarily thought he had failed. Bryan later wrote, "This was another unexpected bit of good fortune. Russell's address was inaudible to most of the Coliseum; he was ill and died just over a week later. "[67] By then, as he spoke in a sincere tone, his voice sounded clearly and loudly through the hall. My friends, we have made no criticism. [40], The only gold man who put together any sort of campaign for the Democratic nomination was Treasury Secretary John G. Carlisle, but he withdrew in April, stating that he was more concerned about the platform of the party than who would lead it. [90] The only paper to predict, after Bryan gave his speech, that he would not be nominated was The Wall Street Journal, which stated, "Bryan has had his day". For twenty years, Americans had been bitterly divided over the nation's monetary standard. [74], With this call to action, Bryan abandoned any hint at compromise, and adopted the techniques of the radical, polarizing orator, finding no common ground between silver and gold forces. His speech, delivered at the close of the debate on the party platform, electrified the convention and is generally credited with earning him the nomination for president. Because upon the paramount issue in this campaign there is not a spot of ground upon which the enemy will dare to challenge battle. from Harper's Weekly, 18 July, 1896. He had already begun work on a speech. Pamphlet. But Bryan first wished to tie the silver question to a greater cause:[46][76], Upon which side will the Democratic Party fight; upon the side of "the idle holders of idle capital" or upon the side of "the struggling masses"? Bryan's "Cross of Gold" Speech: Mesmerizing the Masses The most famous speech in American political history was delivered by William Jennings Bryan on July 9, 1896, at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. McKinley won more easily than in 1896, making inroads in the silver West. Bryan begins. BRYAN: CROSS OF GOLD. bimetallism), which he believed would bring the nation prosperity. Why, as individuals we might have been glad to compliment the gentleman from New York [Senator Hill], but we knew that the people for whom we speak would never be willing to put him in a position where he could thwart the will of the Democratic Party. Shall we, their descendants, when we have grown to 70 million, declare that we are less independent than our forefathers? 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I shall object to bringing this question down to a level of persons. He always regarded it as the best point he made during the speech, and only the ending caused more reaction from his listeners: We say to you that you have made the definition of a business man too limited in its application. Old leaders have been cast aside when they refused to give expression to the sentiments of those whom they would lead, and new leaders have sprung up to give direction to this cause of freedom. Silver advocates argued that this dropoff, which caused the price of grain to fall below its cost of production, was caused by the failure of the government to adequately increase the money supply, which had remained steady on a per capita basis. Bryan had been a dark horse candidate with little support in the convention. For these images we dont claim any copyright or other intellectual property rights and neither do our contributors, we just provide you with access to a high resolution copy to use in line with the terms of the license you buy. They manufactured that leader in the convention, a fabrication in which Bryan was only too happy to assist.[108]. W.J. Document Analysis: "Cross of Gold" In 1896, three years after the "Panic of 1893", a man by the name of William Jennings Bryan delivered one of the most historical speeches to this day. The cartoon charges Mister Bryan with disrespect for religion Bryan ended his. Among those who spoke against the repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act was Nebraska Representative William Jennings Bryan. Cleveland tried to replenish the Treasury through issuance of bonds which could only be purchased with gold, with little effect but to increase the public debt, as the gold continued to be withdrawn in redemption for paper and silver currency. They are also most often funny. Afrocentrists, Evangelicals, Hebrew-Israelites and the False Revolution. [51], The debate on the platform opened at the start of the third day of the convention, July 9, 1896. The task of relieving the jobless fell to churches and other charities, as well as to labor unions. [81] Bryan was urged by Senator Jones to allow it, but refused, stating that if his boom would not last overnight, it would never last until November. The majority of cartoons are from the 1908 campaigan, but there cartoons that feature 1920 election and Bryan's borther Charles Bryan. "And I needed it for the speech I was to make." William Jennings Bryan, gifted orator and three-time presidential candidate was born on March 19, 1860, in Salem, Illinois. [79] As he moved towards his seat, the Coliseum burst into pandemonium. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. The Akron Journal and Republican, no friend to Bryan, opined that "never probably has a national convention been swayed or influenced by a single speech as was the national Democratic convention". Behind the scenes and the irony: -fueling of the trucks uncaring of the president iv. When you come before us and tell us that we shall disturb your business interests, we reply that you have disturbed our business interests by your action. The man who is employed for wages is as much a business man as his employer; the attorney in a country town is as much a business man as the corporation counsel in a great metropolis; the merchant at the cross-roads store is as much a business man as the merchant of New York; the farmer who goes forth in the morning and toils all day, who begins in spring and toils all summer, and who by the application of brain and muscle to the natural resources of the country creates wealth, is as much a business man as the man who goes upon the Board of Trade and bets upon the price of grain; the miners who go down a thousand feet into the earth, or climb two thousand feet upon the cliffs, and bring forth from their hiding places the precious metals to be poured into the channels of trade are as much business men as the few financial magnates who, in a back room, corner the money of the world. [4] When silver prices rose relative to gold as a reaction to the California Gold Rush, silver coinage was worth more than face value, and rapidly flowed overseas for melting. It was not in any concerted or open action, however, that Bryan had his strength; it was in the friendly predisposition of the mass of the delegates that he had hopes.[30]. Conclusion: -main message of Latuff's cartoon process . The 36-year old Bryan was an avowed bimetallist, placed himself in the tradition of Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson against moneyed interests and in favor of "hardy pioneers who braved all. Why doesnt he tell us what he is going to do if they fail to secure an international agreement. Once the convention came to order, Arkansas Senator James K. Jones, chair of the Committee on Resolutions, read the proposed platform to cheers by many delegates; the reading of the pro-gold minority report attracted less applause. We care not upon which issue they force the fight. The speech was given at the Democratic National Convention, so the audience was pledged delegates from the 50 states of the US so that . [90], The Pullman Company offered Bryan a private car for his trip home; he declined, not wishing to accept corporate favors. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. The Democratic party has won the greatest success in its history. In passing the Coinage Act, Congress eliminated bimetallism. This was not the case; Bryan was well known as an orator on the tariff and silver questions. ( July 8, 1896 ), classic of American political oratory delivered by William Jennings Bryan ( Bryan, William Jennings) in closing the debate on the party platform at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1896. If the gold standard, and I might call your attention to the fact that some of the very people who are in this convention today and who tell you that we ought to declare in favor of international bimetallism and thereby declare that the gold standard is wrong and that the principles of bimetallism are betterthese very people four months ago were open and avowed advocates of the gold standard and telling us that we could not legislate two metals together even with all the world. Gold Democrats looked to the President for leadership, but Cleveland, trusting few in his party, did not involve himself further in the gold efforts, but spent the week of the convention fishing off the New Jersey coast. I come to speak to you in defense of a cause as holy as the cause of libertythe cause of humanity. Cleveland issued a statement urging Democratic voters to support goldthe next convention to be held, in Illinois, unanimously supported silver; the keynote speaker prayed for divine forgiveness for Cleveland's 1892 nomination. The image that is selected for the analysis is from the pre-1856 epoch of US history, and it represents the imagination of the political and social life as it was imagined by artists. Question 9 30 seconds Q. [21] He traveled widely, speaking to audiences across the nation. [66][70], Through this passage, Bryan maintained the contrast between the common man and the city-dwelling elite. Bryan had a distinguished and active political career, supporting workers' rights and women's suffrage while opposing monopolies and teaching evolution in schools. ; D. The Democratic Party understood the economy from the point of view of workers and farmers. [98] The Democratic candidate failed to gain a majority of the labor vote; McKinley won in working-class areas as well as wealthy precincts. If they say bimetallism is good but we cannot have it till some nation helps us, we reply that, instead of having a gold standard because England has, we shall restore bimetallism, and then let England have bimetallism because the United States have. Cross of Gold speech, classic of American political oratory delivered on July 8, 1896, by William Jennings Bryan in closing the debate on the party platform at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago during the campaign for the presidential election of 1896. Bryan also ran in the years 1900 and 1908 which became failures. Other copies or versions of these images might be available elsewhere. They criticize us for our criticism of the Supreme Court of the United States. We have begged, and they have mocked when our calamity came. Our silver Democrats went forth from victory unto victory, until they are assembled now, not to discuss, not to debate, but to enter up the judgment rendered by the plain people of this country. At the time, Bryan was a former member of Congress from Nebraska who had been working tirelessly to build support for his candidacy. [Note on the recording: In 1896 recording technology was in its infancy, and recording a political convention would have been impossible. [64] Throughout the speech, Bryan had the delegates in the palm of his hand; they cheered on cue. Unfortunately, no recordings exist of his original speech. Hamilton proposed a monetary system based on bimetallism, in which the new currency would be equal to a given amount of gold, or a larger amount of silver; at the time a given weight of gold was worth about 15 times as much as the same amount of silver. [5] It was not until 1834 that Congress acted, changing the gold/silver ratio to 16.002:1. Jones deemed the Democrats likely to nominate a candidate who would appeal to the Populist Party, and Bryan had been elected to Congress with Populist support. [106] Historian R. Hal Williams suggested that the opposite philosophy, of legislation for the masses leading to prosperity for all, advocated by Bryan in his speech, informed the domestic policies of later Democratic presidents, including Franklin Roosevelt with his New Deal.[107]. Standing upon this victory-crowned summit, will it turn its face to the rising or the setting sun? [27] The leader of those who left was Colorado Senator Henry M. Teller; he was immediately spoken of as a possible candidate for the Democratic nomination. It is because no private character, however pure, no personal popularity, however great, can protect from the avenging wrath of an indignant people the man who will either declare that he is in favor of fastening the gold standard upon this people, or who is willing to surrender the right of self-government and place legislative control in the hands of foreign potentates and powers. [8] During the economic chaos of the Panic of 1873, the price of silver dropped significantly, but the Mint would accept none for striking into legal tender. Our ancestors, when but three millions in number, had the courage to declare their political independence of every other nation; shall we, their descendants, when we have grown to seventy millions, declare that we are less independent than our forefathers? [12] Although the economic Panic of 1893 had a number of causes, President Grover Cleveland believed the inflation caused by Sherman's act to be a major factor, and called a special session of Congress to repeal it. President Cleveland sent federal troops to Illinois to end the Pullman strikeworkers at the Pullman Palace Car Company, which made railroad cars, had struck after wages were cut. An 1896 cartoon of William Jennings Bryan supporting "Free Silver." What exactly did he mean that money did not need to be "backed" by gold? It revealed that the U.S. had become a world power. Born Mark Elliot Zuckerberg May 14, 1984 (age 38) White Plains, New York, U.S. Education: Harvard University (dropped out) Occupations: Internet entrepreneur, philanthropist. The President's move was opposed by the Democratic Governor of Illinois, John Altgeld. Sources. The silver men were thus in the hunt for a charismatic leader who would underpin what they already desperately wanted to believe. Pro-silver forces, with congressional leaders such as Missouri Representative Richard P. Bland, sought the passage of bills to allow depositors of silver bullion to receive it back in the form of coin. There were a large number of potential candidates seen as having less support; these included Vice President Adlai Stevenson of Illinois, Senator Joseph C. Blackburn of Kentucky, Senator Teller, and Bryan.[43]. Congress did so, but the debates showed bitter divides in both major parties between silver and gold factions. [65] Bryan then recounted the history of the silver movement; the audience, which had loudly demonstrated its approval of his opening statements, quieted. With the powerful words he used, Bryan showed his support to the Populists. The Republican Party platform for the election, formulated at its convention in St. Louis in June, declared, We are unalterably opposed to every measure calculated to debase our currency. When the Democrats gathered a few weeks later, their platform called for the free and unlimited coinage of both silver and gold. In an eloquent plea for the coinage of silver and an attack on the thesis that gold was the only sound backing for currency, Bryan closed with the peroration, you shall not press down on the brow of labor this crown of thorns. Speakers in some states cursed Cleveland; the South Carolina convention denounced him. We do not come as individuals. Therefore, we care not upon what lines the battle is fought. [18], Despite the repeal of the act, economic conditions failed to improve. Out of all of the prominent business figures that arose during the Gilded Age, Andrew Carnegie is perhaps viewed in the most positive light. According to Barnes: The people of the South and the West had for years been convinced of the enormity of the "crime of 1873", and they had long since come to regard silver as the sword that would cut the Gordian knot of privilege. If you want criticisms, read the dissenting opinions of the Court. The policemen were swept away by the flood of delegates, who raised Bryan to their shoulders and carried him around the floor. We defy them! We believe it is a part of sovereignty and can no more with safety be delegated to private individuals than can the power to make penal statutes or levy laws for taxation. We come to speak of this broader class of business men. "[89] The New York Times disparaged Bryan as "the gifted blatherskite from Nebraska". As a Democratic member of the Ways and Means Committee through two Congresses, Mr. Bryan was by all odds the ablest and strongest orator on the Democratic side of the House. . [96] Bryan spoke on silver throughout the campaign; he rarely addressed other issues. But if he means to say that we cannot change our monetary system without protecting those who have loaned money before the change was made, I want to ask him where, in law or in morals, he can find authority for not protecting the debtors when the act of 1873 was passed when he now insists that we must protect the creditor. Bensel ties the delegates' response to Bryan's address to their uncertainty in their own beliefs: In a very real sense, adoption of the silver plank in the platform was akin to a millennial expectation that the "laws of economics" would henceforth be suspended and that the silver men could simply "will" that silver and gold would, in fact, trade on financial markets at a ratio of sixteen to one. I am in favor of an income tax. Mr. McKinley was the most popular man among the Republicans ; and everybody three months ago in the Republican Party prophesied his election. 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