Times of William Jennings brian, the threetime president ial nominee from nebraska. What better way to introduce you to the man than hearing from him. Its commonly referred to as the cross of gold speech which led to his first run for the white house at the age of 36. We do not come as aggressors. Our war is not a war of conquest. Were fighting in defense of our homes, our families and prosperity. We have petitions and our petitions have been scorned. We have been treated and disregarded. We have begged and they have mocked when our calamity came. We beg no longer. We entreat no more. We defy them. We go forth confident that we shall win. Were coming to you from his home and office in the state capital of lincoln, nebraska. Its referred to as fairview. William Jennings Bryan and his wife moved here. Were coming to you from the first floor of his parlor. His study is below us. He did much of his writing and entertaining here in this house. We want to welcome our two guests. Michael kazi
We do not come as aggressors. Our goal is not a goal of conquest. We are fighting in defense of our families and prosperity. We have traditions and our traditions have been scorned. Our in treaties have been disregarded. We have begged and they have bought an hour, amit we have balked. We brought forth confidence that we shall win. The words of William Jennings bryan. We are coming to you from his home and office in the state capital of nebraska. And hisJennings Bryan wife moved here in 1902. We are coming to you from the first floor. He did much of his riding an entertaining here in this house. We welcome our guest, a professor of history at Georgetown University. Chairalso joined by the of the department of history at the university of nebraska here in lincoln. To set up this speech, the man that delivered it and the impact that it had bought democratic delegates. The country was very divided. There was a Great Depression. The democrats were split down the middle. The incumbent presi
The cross of gold speech. It was from his first run at the white house. We do not come as aggressors. Our war is not a war of conquest. We are fighting in defense of our families and prosperity. We have traditions and our traditions have been scorned. We have entreaties, and our entreaties have been disregarded. We have begged and they have balked when our calamity came. We beg no longer. We entreat no more. We petition no more. We defy them. We go forth confident that we shall win. The words of William Jennings bryan. We are coming to you from his home and office in the state capital of nebraska. It is commonly called fairview, because it gave you a fair view of the land. William Jennings Bryan and his wife moved here in 1902. It is now part of the brian g h Medical Center. We are coming to you from the first floor. His study is just below us. He did much of his writing and entertaining here in this house. We welcome our guest, a professor of history at Georgetown University. He also
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the night tv studio, another edition of our program. As the 2020 president ial election, starts to invade our daily news feed, and with joe biden feeling the fire this week. What better time to look back at the history of the presidency, and looking at the character and dignity of the man holding the office. The title tells it all of our book, youll be hearing from susans wayne soon, who will discuss how her book came together, based on the historian survey of president ial leadership. Following the presentation, i have the distinct privilege of speaking with brian lam, the chairman of cspan, who over the course of many years conducted the interviews, with president ial historians that make up the content of the book, and we are also joined today by historians can ackerman, and David Stewart who have both contributed to the book. At this time please welcome susans wayne. Hello nice to see you, we have a long long friendship and relationsh
Catholics. Just to put this in the context of what weve been looking at the past couple of weeks, what weve been looking at is this struggle for American Catholics to kind of find their place in american culture. Despite persistent and clear expressions of loyalty and patriotism and despite the real and human sacrifice of life in the civil war, after the civil war catholics remained a people viewed by most americans with suspicion and fear. A people apart, a people to be feared. A variety of reasons for this. They were members of what was perceived to be a Foreign Church based in rome. They were, as weve seen, participants in a separate School System. Even just by the virtue of their status as members of the working class at a time when the working classes are coming to be seen as the dangerous classes, catholics appearedded as a people apart, a people dangerously apart. Catholic efforts to participate in mainstream american institutions only seemed to make things worse, and this is pe