The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1888-11-01


hibitionists and they don't like me any
better than cat does hot soup. [ am
opposed to protection, high wages and
happy homes they don't represent my
principles" Then me and the devil
and John G. Calhoun walked down the
free trade gulch until we came to a
cross road and another large guide.
board with this notice thereon:
PANIC OFv1836-7.
mTHE ROAD TO RUM
Turn to the Left.
Then me and the devil and John c.
Calhoun turned to the left and presently
magnificent volcanic rock barred oul
pathway On a polished surface of
pure lava, deeply carved, was this in
scription:
WALKER TARIFF OF 1916.
This IS the Back ON aoAach the Amaerlcan
Ship Of State aoas nearly Wrecked.
asaTurn to the Left
The road on the right and left was
strewn with the ruins Of State Banks
and bales of bobtail and wild cat curren-
cy was scattered around in way that
would make rag picker laugh and IN
solvency acas acriten on every dollar.
Down the road to the left we could see
an immense sign-board with this notice:
PANIC OF 1857.
american Gold IN British Golfers.
The Fools are not all Dead Yet.
Turn to the Right! !a@-
We turned to the right and in less
than a minute came to a great precipice
spanned by broken bridge. On one
of the shattered arches was large sign
with the following information:
FINANCIAL CREDIT of the u. S.
1860
The United States has to pay 123 Per
cent. for boryoN'ed money.
The State Of Nezv York only FL
FER cent.
The Government S9O,O0O,O0O IN debt.
The Credit Of a State Better than
the Credit Of the Govern-
ment-T Tariff for Reven-
ue only a Failure
Free Trade Theories Only q
Rope Of Sand
Turn to the Riyht.as
Turning 70 the right and looking
across the great chasm we saw beauti-
full shaft of Illinois granite, on which we
read the following inscriptions:
"Amer1cam LIBERTY and the Protec-
tom Of american LaJor."- A1rohom
Lincoln.
"Unconditionaz Surrender s.
Grant.
"Now," said the devil, 81 will show
you the grandest sight ever witnessed
since the mighty battle on the Plains of
Paradise, for which and by which I was
hurled into Night and Chaos"
"Don't, for Gods sake, don't p
howled John G. Calhoun, while his face
grew pale and his teeth chartered. "The
sight Of United States troops marching
to the music of the Union makes me
sick. "In an instant the black rocks
around us melted away like mist and in
their place, as if formed by magic, there
lay an immense plain, out Of which
there arose great army; squads, COM
panies, battallions, regiments, brigades,
divisions and grand army corps, all
marching to common center. Out
from this great host there came the
roar, the clang and the smoke of COM
bat, and as the white clouds of battle
drifted heavenward the bright sun
broke through the dark canopy of the
past and tinged them with refulgent
beauty. As we gazed a magnificent
rainbow spanned the horizon and in the
center of the arch was the American en-
sign with every stripe and every star
and circling around it in letters of light
were the notices dear to the heart of
every American:
American Liberty.
American Union.
American Wages.
American Credit
American Markets.
American Competition.
"Those emblematic notices." said