The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-07-10
PoLITIoAL PRoRLEMa

This Country FOR Anarchists and Social
tsts-A sEomsntous Crisis Present.
WAsHISeTOS, July 1.-Ex-SenatOr
ingalls, addressed a large audience at.
the National Chstauqua, in Glen Echo.
upOn The Problems OF Our Second
Century" He began his lecture with q
glowing tribute to Washington. eulogiz-
ing its many advantages as a resident
city, referring to its lack of popular
suffrage and predicting that the time
would never come when it would be re-
moved from its present site
There is a growing sentiment" said
Senator Ingalls,, as he entered upon the
topic selected for his talk, ''in favor Of
lAaternalism in this country; of the gov
eminent doing everything and the
people doing nothing. This" ne
continued, lis diametrically opposed
to the idea of individualism upon
which this government had been
built and the good Anglo-Saxon
doctrine OF root hog or die. It has al
ways happened in every community that
the weak were more numerous than
/ the strong; that the number of those
! who failed Outnum bered those who sue
/ ceeded and that the wise. the inteIli-
/ gent and the thoughtful were in the
minority. We have now a new school
/ Of political philosophy that is repudiat-
/ ing the Declaration Of Independence
! and is endesvoring to overthrow max
/ inns of democracy and to insist that
/ the race shall not be for the swift
! nor She battle 70 the stronus
! that the distinction ordained by God
among men shall be an obliterated
/ statute, so that idleness shall bring the
same reward as industry and thrift;
| that the ignorant shall be as wise as
/ the learned; that debts shall be paid by
/ acts of congress; that money shall be
made as plentiful as the autumn leaves
Of the forest; that taxation shall be
abolished by acts of states Legislatures,
and that prosperity shall be fOrcibly dis
tributed equally among all men"
Dwelling for few moments on the
! progress of the AnglO-SaxOn race, Mr..
Ingalls, then paid tribute to the people
/ from whom the American nation
/ sprung. Among them, - he said, were
no nihilists or socialists The Anglo
Saxon characteristic Of individualism,
/ right Of personal liberty, freedom OF
/ conscience, and the development of the
faculties of every man was forcibly
/ emphasized. 1T was a race, " he said,
that would not intermingle with other
/ races. The Chinese have had some
taste of this
The negro has had some melancholy
/ experiences and the anarchists and So
! cialists, - he added, amid applause, will
/ have a still more significant experience
before the Anglo-SaEon race is through
/ with them
The doctrine of the devil take ths
/ hindmOst." continued Mr.. Ingalls,, amid
/ laughter, twas a good one, but just now
/ itseemed as if there were more hindmOst
than foremost If the present condition
/ of things were to continue without be-
| ing retarded this land, instead of being
tho home of the free and land OF the
| brave, would be the home of the rich
and the land of the slave"
/ In the course Of his address Mr..
| ingalls, said that he and Jay Gould were
! about the same age, and had started in
! active life about the same time. Mr.
! Could" said the ex-senator, entered
! Wall street with a patent mouse trap as
/ his only stock in trade, and setting il.
/ has nearly succeeded IN capturing every
/ thing in sight 1 started west with my
/ gripsacS, and now am statesman
out of "a job"
/ In conclusion Nfr. Ingalls, said that he
/ could not disguise the fact that this
/ present was "a momcntous crisis, that
/ tho destructive forces OF our civilization
/ are raArehaled Tor the final contest:
/ upon this continent was Co be fought
/ the battle that meant dcspotisn or vic
/ tory, This "a the last experiment. in re-
publican institutions, but the attempt to
| cure the Ills OF society by statute would
/ be as futile as the effort TO make the
/ mercury stand at zero in July and at
/ boiling point In January"
This government" he said finally,
! sis based upon the New Testament,
/ upon the teachings Of Jesus Christ, who
! declared that all men were equal before
/ the law and that the fatherhood OF God
/ resulted in the brotherhood Of man
This contest viii have but one result
I have no doubt that the progress Of the
nation viii be constantly upward
/ In every crisis OF history, in all the bit
! ter struggles of humanity through the
! desOlate tract Of yvretchedness and pow
/ erty, still the progress OF the race has
boo rg
struggle, out of every contest, has
/ come broader liberty, greater oppor-
/ tunities for happiness and greater
prophecies of the development Of the
race hereafter, and so out OF this con.
test upon which we have entered wiz