LAD/Blog #26: William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech

The "Cross of Gold" speech was delivered to address the issue of free coinage of silver at a ratio of 16 to 1 from silver to gold. he starts his speech by saying that the American worker has great value and how they are important, as well has how great America is. He states that Democrats have proposed an issue of money. He says that the farmers and American workers are just s important as the big business leaders of the time, and that farmers could use this change of money to pay off debts they owed. He ends his speech by saying he doesn't believe people should "crucify mankind upon a cross of gold".
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The populist party was against the decreasing value of silver and the
 increasing value of gold, opposite to what Bryan believed. 
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