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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1896. 3 SOME FAMOUS SPEECHES BY ORATORS AT NATIONAL CONVENTIONS. By reason of the very general belief that the nomination of William J. Bryan for the constitution by proclaiming that the militaryrule shall ever be subservient to the civil The el ection power. The before us will be the Ansterlitz of American politics. Itwilldecide whether States by the Democratic National Convention at Chicago was plighted word of a soldier was proved by the acts of a statesman. Inominate one foryears tocome the country willbe Republican or Cossack. ••"••« defeated President of the United name will factions, will be Never in war subject whose suppress all alike acceptable to the North and to the or inpeace, his name is the most illustrious borne by any livingman; his Jargelv effected by bis famous speech for silver, the of National Convention South— aname name, if services attest his that willthrill the Republic, a nominated, of a man that will crush, greatness, and the country knows them by heart. His fame was born not alone of things writ- oratory on new Interest. Mr. Bryan is not the first orator who has by well- the last embers of sectional strife, and whose name willbe dawning day take? hailed as the of the of ten and said, but of the arduous groatness of things done, and dangers and emergencies will enthusiasm delegates. are submitted perpetual brotherhood. With him we can flingaway our shields and wage an aggressive war. in vain in the rounded periods awakened the of Below extracts appeal search future, as they have searched in vain in the past, for any other on whom orations, We can to the supreme tribunal of the American people against the corruption of the the Nation leaus with • * • from various convention including some of the more striking passages of Mr. Republican such confidence and trust. Never havinghad a policy to enforce party and their untola violations of constitutional liberty. With hhn as our against the of the people, he chieftain, Republicans will never betrayed a cause or a friend, and the people willnever Bryan's address. the bloody banner of the will fall from their palsied hands. Oh, my betray or desert him. reviled, in this of Vilifiedand aspersed by numberless Dresses, not in present myself against the distinguished gentleman countrymen, supreme moment the destinies the Republic are at stake and the other lands, but inhis own, the assaults upon him strengthened and Iwould be presumptuous indeed to to liberties of the people are imperiled. The people hang your deliberation. have seasoned his hold measuring of ability; but this is contest breathes on Take upon the publicheart. The ammunition of calumny been exploded, powder Whom youhave listened if this were but a not a of heed! Make no misstep! Inominate ona who can carry every State, and who has all the has all in ail the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, Southern can been burned once, itspower is expended, and Grant's name willglitter as a bright and imper- persons. The humblest citizen carry Pennsylvania, Indiana, Connecticut and New York— soldier statesman, with record of error that they can bring. Icome to speak to you in defense the a ishable star in the diadem of the Republic when those who have tried to tarnish it willhave ger than all ihe hosts as stainless as his sword— Win field Scott Hancock of Pennsylvania. If he willtake came of liberty—the cause of humanity. When this debate is con- elected his moldered in forgotten graves and their memories and epitaphs have vanished utterly. of a cause as holy as the seat.— Daniel Dougherty, at Cincinnati, 1880. success, motton willbe mnde to layupon the table the resolutiou offered in commendation of Never elated by never depressed byadversity, he has ever, inpeace and in war,.shown iidmlnMration, an'i aiso the resolution in condemnation of the administration. Ishall the very genius of common sense.— Roscoe Conkling, nominating U. S. Grant, 1880. the I of this bringinj;this question dowu to the levelof persons. The individual is but an atom. have witnessed the extraordinary scenes convention with deep solicitude. No ... principles eternal, and has been a princi- emotion touches my heart more quickly than a sentiment in honor of a great and noble Republicans of the United States demand Ho is born,'he"acts, he dies. But are this contest of The aman who knows that prosperity * • * But as I seats these you andire- ples. We do not come as aggressors. Our war is not a war of conquest. We are fight- character. sat on these and witnessed demonstrations itseemed to me Bumption, when they come, must come together; that when they come they willcome hand in prosperity. We have petitioned and our entreaties hive were a human ocean ina tempest. Ihave seen the sea lashed into a fury and tossed into a hand through the golden harvest fields; hand in by whirlingspindles ing tor our homes, our families and spray, hand the and the turn- sregarded. have and they have mocked, and our calamities became worse. and it? grandeur moves the soul of the dullest man. ButIremember that itis not the ing wheels; hand inhand past the open furnace doors; hand in hand by the flaming forges; We be? Red billow*,but sea, which all heights We beg no longer. We entreat no more. We petition no more. We defy them. the calm level of the from and depths are measured. When hand in hand by the chimneys filled with eager fire—greeted and grasped by th» countless the storm has passed and the hour of calm settles on the ocean— bathes • • • warrior, The gentleman from Wisconsin has said he fears a Robespierre. My friends, in this land of: — when sunlight its sons of toil. Like an armed like a plumed knight. James G. Blame marched you tyrant who willspring up from among the people. we need smooth surface then the astronomer takes the level from which he measures allterrestrial down the halls of the American Congress ana his shining against the free, need fear no What is • • • circle, threw lance rail and fair Jackson to stand, as .iHckson did, against the encroachments of aggrandized heights and depths. Not here in this brilliant where 15,000 men and women the brazen foreheads of the defamers of his country and the maligners his honor. an Andrew• • • are assemDled, is the Republic to be decreed; here, of For the wealth. Having behind us the commercial interests and the laboring interests, and destiny of the not where Isee the Republican party to desert this gallant leader now is as though an army should desert enthusiastic faces of 756 cast votes • • • their all the toiling masses, we shall answer their demands for the gold standard by saying to delegates wailingto their into the urn ana determine the leader upon the Held of battle. Gentlemen of the convention, in the name of the shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns. Youshall not choice of the party, but by 4.000,000 RepuDlican firesides, where the thoughtfulfathers, with great Republic, the only Republic that ever existed upon this earth; the them. You them, thoughts in name of allher crucify cross ofgold.— J. Bryan Chicago. wives and children about with the calm inspired bylove of home and love of defenders and of allher supporters; in the name of all living; mankind upon a William at of the her soldiers in the name ofall country, with the history of the past, the hopes future and the knowledge of the great her soldiers dead upon the fieldof battle, and in the name of those who perished men who have adorned and blessed our Nation in days in the gone by—there God prepares the skeleton clutch of famine at Andersonville and Libby,whose suffering* she so vividlyremem- Ipropose to present to the thoughtful consideration of the convention the name of one shall aetermine the wisdom our work to-night. Inthe silence deliberation styled verdict that of of bers—lllinois—lllinois nominates for the next President of this country that prince of par- \u25a0who, on the field of battle was "The Superb," yet won the still nobler renown as a willthis great question be settled.— James A.Garfield, nominating John Sherman at Chicago, liamentarians, that leaders, James G. Governor, act, leader of Blame.—C olonel Ingeraoll nominating'Blaine " military whose first when in command of Louisiana and Texas was to salute 1880. 1876. adjournment was to prevail, the convention. The convention, however, motion for fore the bulletin boards cheered the nomi- withmarked satisfaction part crowds, without waiting for the ter- was but the beginning, and whether its on the ot the nee the more conservative wanted to know the Democrats. This mination of the vote, determined not to action was wise or not could only be de- is especially trae of something about the man before commit- Seattle, where the applause and demon- "stand upon the order of their going, bnt termined in November next. ting once," they began say themselves. A few hours later the strations following the announcement to go at and so an in- It was not for him to whether the Denver public had satisfied themselves of were vigorous formal and rather withdrawal. acted wisely, was and hearty. Leading Popu- tumultuous convention had t>ut it his silver record, they now talk of lists and Republicans went on with the rollcall and duty agreed and bolting silver almost The clerk his and all those who with majorities for him ranging from 25,000 to to a man expressed not always wait for a reply, but set to up their approval of the did him back the convention and the 85,000 votes.

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