The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-08-06
The Barthu!di Statue.


iron SpectaclcS back on top of his head
and whooped for liberty he did not
know that some day wo would have
more Of it than VIC knew what to do
with he little dreamed that tho timc
would come when wc would have moro
liberty than we could pay for. When
Mr.. Henry sawed the air and shouted
for liberty or death do not believe
that he know that tho time would come
when Liberty would stand knoe-dcep
in tho mud of Bcdloc's Island and
yearn for n solid place TO stand upon.
1t seems to me that We have too
much liberty in this country in some
ways. We have more liberty than we
have money. We guarantee that every
man in America shall fill himself up
full of liberty at our expense, and the
less of an American he is the moro lib
erty he can have. If he desires to en-
joy himself all he needs is slight for
eign accent and willingness to mix up
with politics as soon rs he can get his
baggage off the steamer. The more l
study American institutions the more
l regret that was not born q foreign
CT, SO that l could have something to
say about the management of our great
land. If l could not be foreigner, L
believe | would prefer to be Mormon
or an Indian, not taxed.
am often led to ask, in tho Ian
guage of the poet, "Is the Caucasian
played outp" Most everybody can
have good deal Of fun in this country
except the American. He seems to be
so busy paying his taxes all the time
that he has very little time to mingle
in the giddy whirl of the alien. That
Is the reason that the alien who rides
across the United States on the 'limit-
cd mali and writes book about us
before breakfast wonders why VIC arc
always in a hurry. That is the reason
we have to throw our meals into our
selves with 4 dull thud and have nc time
to maintain warm personal friend
ship with our families.
We do not care much for wealth.
but we must have freedom, and free
dom costs money. We have adver-
tised to furnish bunch of freedom to
every man, woman, or child who comes
to our shores, and wc arc going to de-
liver the goods whether we have any
left for ourselves or not. What would
the great world beyond the seas say to
us if some day The blue-cyed Mormon,
with his heart full of love for our
female seminaries and our old women s
homes, should land upon our shores
and lind that we were using all the
liberty oursclvesP
What DO we want OF liberty, any
howP What could we do with it if we
had 1t? 1t takes a man of leisure to
enjoy liberty, and we have no leisure
whatever. 1t is good thing to keep
IN the house 'for the use of guests
only,' but we don't need it ourselves.
Therefore | am in favor of a statue
of Liberty Enlightening the World, be-
cause it will show that we keep it on
tap winter and summer. We want the
whole broad world to remember thai
when it gets tired of oppression it can
come here to America and oppreSs us.
We are used to it, and we rather like
ii. If we don't like it we can get on
the steamer and go abroad, where we
may visit the ct1ete monarchics and
have high old time.
The sight of the Goddess of Liberty
standing there in New York Harbor
night and day, bathing her feet in the
ripping sea, will be Il good thing. 1t
will be tirst-rate. 1t may also be pro-
ductive of good in direction that
many have not thought of. AS she
stands there day after day bathing her
feet in the broad Atlantic, perhaps
some moss-grown Mormon moving to-
ward the far West, confirmed victim
of the matrimonial habit, may fix the
bright picture in his so-callcd mind,
and remembering how, on his arrival
in New York, he saw Liberty bathing
her feet with impunity, he may be led
in after years to try it on himself.
Bill Nyc, in Boston GiOGc