Cross of Gold speech

Cross of Gold speech

▪ speech by Bryan
      (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. In an eloquent 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, you shall not crucify mankind on a cross of gold.” The speech so electrified the convention that the delegates nominated Bryan as their candidate for president, though he was only 36 years old and his experience as an officeholder was limited to two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. In November he lost to the Republican candidate, William McKinley. In later years Bryan delivered numerous variations on the speech, some captured on early phonograph recordings.

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