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Read the speech from Senator David Bennett Hill "I am a Democrat and Not A Revolutionist"
1)Describe the central idea of Senator Hill's speech.

2)Identify and explain one rhetorical appeal used by Senator Hill.

3)Identify and explain one figurative language device used by Senator Hill.

4)Identify and explain one rhetorical device used by Senator Hill.

5)Paraphrase the following excerpt from Senator Hill's speech:
"I therefore start out with this proposition, that the Democratic Party stands today in favor of gold and silver as the money of the country; that it stands in favor neither of a silver standard nor of a gold standard, but that we differ as to the means to bring about the result. Those whom I represent and for whom I speak—the sixteen minority members of the committee—insist that we should not attempt the experiment of the free and unlimited coinage of silver without cooperation of other great nations."

6)Paraphrase the following excerpt from Senator Hill's speech:
"My friends we want the Democratic party to live. We want to build it up, not to tear it down. We want the principles of Jefferson and Jackson to win. We want no greenback currency on our pledges. We want no paper currency issued by the government. We want to stand by the principles to which we have clung during the history of the country. If we keep in the good old paths of the party we shall win, but if we depart from them we shall be lost."