Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-07-06

Thomas Jefferson's greatest enjoyment
had been riding on the back of truck !;
/ do you think, as no watched boys go by
In little carts, driving fat ponies, he
would have written: "All men are born
free and equalnP Botherl OF course
he wouldn't He would have Joined q
union, and berated the rich man; and
the White House, that miserable speci-
men OF the nations generosity, never
would have seen him.
Ore has 70 have plenty of fresh air
and plenty of room to be very patriotic.
II isn't a very nice thing to say, but it
Is proven by the fact that during the
late difficulty great number of the
citizens of the big towns were patriotic
through substitutes, while these from
the country We're willing to give their
lives for what they believed was right.
coLUNBIAs POWERFUL LAND.
Still we are great and glorious coun-
try We are; we are. We can produce
things such as never seen any place else.
Women who will sell their bodies,
souls and fortunes for title. Men who
will sell their brains, happiness and
honor TO be kings among flnanciers.
We have shown very lately that we are
about as consummate lot of snobs as
can be dreamed of, and / can quite
imagine that the lady who was generally
known as the spanish Infant" was
thoroughly in earnest when she thanked
MIR. Garter Harrison for having given
her the pleasantest time she had had
since she had been here, for he behaved
10 her like an American gentleman, and
IFiEGad hAF 1, 50,
gentleman does to a woman when he
wishes to show her special honor.
But here in New York--well, II they
have very much more royal blood appear,
the position Of the so-called leaders of
society-those who have attained the
position very lately--will DO that one
which is not pretty-they will be
stretched out on their stomachs eating
dirt.
A Fourth of July is very good time
for my angry passions to arise, because
the firecrackers and the runaway horses
partially deaden them. Still, do think
we are great people. In our variety.
in our peculiarities, and in our vices and
virtues, we have no equals. As nation,
we entertain people, and then put in
the paper how much 1t cost. As
individuals, we would spend our last
dollar and never regret it. AS nation,
we are more kinds of fools with capital
ID before each one than any other; While
as individuals, we have got more COM
mon sense than is usually melted out
singly. As nation, we will scream
ourselves hoarse for something we don't
believe In, and for which, as individuals,
we would like to kick ourselves. Still,
we are great people. We are young,
but that is our misfortune. We are
crude, but the rose was much sweeter
and much more beautiful before it was
cultivated, until it became all size and
no perfume.
OUR AMERICAN POSSESSIONS.
do not ask where we are at; only
want 10 know what have we got?
We have the prettiest women and the
best dressed women In the wide world.
We have the kindest men and the
most long.suffering in the world.
We have the checklist politicians and
the most ignorant in the world.
We have more kinds of climate and
some of the worst in the world.
We have the best hotels and they
charge the most in the wcrld.
We have the finest fancy drinks, and
we know how to make them better than
anybody in the world
We have better fruit, and the rich and
the poor alike can get it, which can be
done no place else in the world.
We have invented the typewriter-at
least, / think We have, and nobody else
in the world comes up to 1t or her.
We have got the Worlds Fair-I
don't know exactly what itis-I haven't
seen 1t, but judging from the pictures
don't believe anything in the world can
beat those beautiful buildings. So
am going to be patriotic, give three
cheers for the land Of the free (2), fire
off blue sky rocket from out the fat
window, and thus being In touch with
the people, you will know that of them
and among them is Bah.