Answer:
Explanation:
1. He was addressing the delegates to the 1896 Democratic convention.
2. The whole point of the speech was to glorify the common individual -- the type of man that Built the United States. That's why he refers to bi-metalism as the standard which should be put in place. Silver was not nearly as valuable as gold. The common people could buy and use silver coins, but gold was beyond them. That was the currency of the rich.
3. During the crucifixion of Christ, the Roman Officers mocked Jesus and mocked the idea that he was the King of the Jews. They said he needed a crown, so they made one of the stems of rose bushes (or some plant that had thorns).
4. This line because it is so simple and powerful in itself. <em>You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.</em>
<em />
5. I suppose the working man, the man who does the back breaking labor of industry might be interested in what Bryant has to say.
