The Cross of Gold speech was written by Williams Jennings Bryan and delivered on July 9th, 1896 at the Democratic National Convention. William Jennings Bryan was a former United States representative from Nebraska and in the speech he talks about bimetallism or “free silver”. Bryan’s speech turned out to be one of the greatest speeches in American history and it also won him the Democratic vote. He ran for president for the first time in 1896, he ended up losing the election. Bryan ran two more times in 1900 and 1908, he lost both times, never becoming President. Although never becoming the president, Bryan has one of the most appealing speeches of all time.
The Cross of Gold speech was written using multiple political techniques to win the votes of many. The first one is logic, he states what he believes in and what he is for. Then he explains and gives his reasons for those beliefs. On the second page of the speech, logic is used in nearly every …show more content…
The speech is also very popular because of the crowd he appeals to. He wins over the lower class citizens because he believes in making them prosperous. Not only does he appeal to the vast lower class, but the other major group that he appeals to is the farmers by making bimetallism a policy he would basically take farmers out of debt. Throughout his speech he is very appealing and friendly towards the end of the speech he creates a fire in the hearts of the audience. In the two paragraphs he shows that America is a strong country and he shows he will stand up to England when he says “If they dare to come out and defend the gold standard as a good thing, we shall fight them to the uttermost”. I believe this is one of the best closing because he takes what the people are passionate about and says he will defend and fight against others who oppose
The Cross of Gold speech was written using multiple political techniques to win the votes of many. The first one is logic, he states what he believes in and what he is for. Then he explains and gives his reasons for those beliefs. On the second page of the speech, logic is used in nearly every …show more content…
The speech is also very popular because of the crowd he appeals to. He wins over the lower class citizens because he believes in making them prosperous. Not only does he appeal to the vast lower class, but the other major group that he appeals to is the farmers by making bimetallism a policy he would basically take farmers out of debt. Throughout his speech he is very appealing and friendly towards the end of the speech he creates a fire in the hearts of the audience. In the two paragraphs he shows that America is a strong country and he shows he will stand up to England when he says “If they dare to come out and defend the gold standard as a good thing, we shall fight them to the uttermost”. I believe this is one of the best closing because he takes what the people are passionate about and says he will defend and fight against others who oppose