The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-10

| that noble shaft erected 10 the Father OF
his Country-~for Lee was an ideai amer
/ lean and embodied within himself an
| those splendid virtues OF the vaiorous
hosts he led: But whether you non ,Sl
| our glorious Chieftan OF not. we or the
| South will remain true to the starry Ban,
ner. or course we don't Ike certain .,
your constitutional amendments. don
think that you yourself are as sansuIhe
over them as you We're twenty years ago
| You acted somewhat hastily, not 10 say
unwlScly, but ! sincerely hope thar YOU
may not have TO repent your pet allleiu
ments as seriously as ! fear you VIII.
Another point on which 1 can eNacrs
agree with YOU Is the wholesale pension
business IN which you are engaged 10y
are far too liberal with your cash, ANU !
| fear that you are educating the poUp'v
TO believe that the citizen oMes ~
nothing that you are unable 70 20! 20
That is a perniciOug doctrine. ana ~
might prove embarrassing 20 YOU = ,Ser-
ever gct hard up You DO not nesd ,, IT,
.cenarics: you need patriots. III. Vn,,
IS the corner-stome o, w ,na,riotism by
uuttina, q Drlce upon IL. so let Us dpPly
the Old provcrb. Virtue - ltS ,o,, {,
ward" TO patriotism. and SCI nv IT.
viii work j venture 10 %! ,resent svs-
fe,n Won are being plundered. VI course,
Won are 0uite right in taklns Gar VI
disabled and needy veterans anu tn t,t,
HELPLESS families. Everybody Az MN
,,ou on tbot point. for many or them
y Svere J ber5 5, ana all are worthy Of your
chari;v But further than that you should
not rotor are you not wise chVUBH 20
know that there were tnousnnos Mn9
nnIv served YOU for blood money ana
,yro 6atter YOU now for the same potent
reoson2 Some people don't hesitate TO say
that you are an ass 10 allow youi"sH 10
be 50 freely bled-but you would not
persist in II, ! am sure, II you cOuIu
helD IL. for the system has Deeh I'M
noeed upOn YOU by the cOw9fdlce anu
rupidity OF temporizing politicians. -
a nifty that deTagOguery IS 4heNitdDle
In your system OF government; 49,.
Iut-vou should suppress ana eject the
dcmaeog1le II you do not you may as
we'll prepare To make an Assignment I'I
this pension pillaee VIII coHtI"ec 49,
INTO the third and fourth genefatloil' ana
II Is only 4 question OF time When you
In he a bankrupt. Even now, before
.heir sires have gone TO their graves,
he Sons and Daughters OF veterans
are organizing ana waxing suVHb, ldhe
warning Kick out the lOOters Hlu itPue
date the undeserVlls. Ius . .- Ir &c, nor
relief. for there IS neither PATRIOTISM nor
courage euOuQn ia either OF the great ~
nolitical parties 10 enter mild protest
But YOU have an enormous lHSoiHe' you
say. and must put me money paVh llit9
circulation. We'll. II you must spend
money oxtravaganuy, put 1t where II
mi XXI Benedt the whole people. Spend It
an internal impTONements-Or, pest oI an
build yourself n navy. .,.
Nov there is something that i worthy
~ YOUR best efforts. Your coasts should
frown and br!stie with strong uniWafhS
of defence from Maine TO Mexico ana
from Southern California 10 san Juan DE
Fuca strait. and your invulneIapIe non
lads should cover the face Of the great
deep. Let Columbia rule the waves me
world has had enough Of Brlttania, 30
b,iild war-yessels. Build many OF thein:
Equip the most powerful navy WV WIN IN,
has ever seen. Build as though YOU III
tend to conquer the carth-and your VIII
is supreme. .,,,,..
Then YOU will not have TO treat timidiy
with STRIPPING nations. or submit tanely
10 the DULLES Of Europe. Then you can
teach the world the true meaning oI
npcrty, then you can cstabllsh l"eeln"-
tiOnai arbitration. and DO many other
beneficent tnincs-and II you are sun IN
numOr for trade you can turn an 'oi05'
penny with your bi-mctalism ana ieCl-
nrocity. for a nod Of your head VIII lie
Sufficient 10 convince the NOllu 1'"I SOui
hobbies are divine uulhs. .
There Is a grand destiny IN slOlS loF
YOU If YOU are Only man enough 10 thfot-
for they love you not Though loudest IN
YOUR praise and most obseqmops III your
presence they would sacrifice you LOT
mess of political pottage. -,
Another matter OF which wlsh 10
sneak TO YOU concerns your 'naturaliz-
81 citizens." You are much too Kind 10
them. They don't care damn LOT You,
and laugh in their sleeves at the ease
with which they bambooZle you. Ihey
think Won are soft" ! have thought so
t roo, sometimes. when / have seen for
eigners representirt you In posts OF
honor and responsibility in foreign coun-
tries This is q mistake, and IL ne
most unamerican thing you are guilty
Of. An American Is me only ma. wy
can properly aud decently represent you
either at home or abroad. You owe
nothing 10 the foreigner. lie hees from
oppression and tyranny at nome ana
finds liberty and protection under your
stars and stripes. Those who don come
for liberty, come for money. They all
yet what they come for. and you only
make a damphoOl of yourself by throw
ing int large and valuable chromos
You let him talk too loud and vote too
soon. An American is required 10 i've
here twenty-One years before he can
vote. The foreigner votes IN rVe years.
SaVez? Moreover. and finally, my N,ar
Uncle YOU are entirely too careless OF
the company YOU keep. You throw your
doors wide open 10 the rabble or the
world, and receive them with open arms
thus absorbing enough Of the Ignorant
vicious. anarchistic. and criminal baci.h
OF the East 10 pollute any ouler man
a virgin continent. These dangerous
germs Of pcstilence and anarchy should
he riCorouslv excluded. Let your enc
mics have them. They freed them. Lei
them keen them. To admit them here
invites disaster most dire. SO brush up.
old man. and be Il little more discrimi-
mating and respectable. Don't try 10
nut on cosu opoltan airs. BE plain
bomespun American. and your strons in
dlviduality will command the respect 81
the world.
We'll. / see you are anxious TO be Off
Think Of what ! have said. lhefe is
meat in IT, Mentally masticate II, digest
il. and chew on the end OF reflection.
1t viii do you no harm, and may DO
YOU much good.
Yes. 1t is true | have talked little
freely, but Of course you UNDER, tand that
first, last and an the time I am an Amer
lean, and am with YOU i'm every emergen-
cv. | think you are built ON the right
plan. and have often remarked that your
physique IS superb. There may be line
here, a curve there, or an angle Nonder
that ] should like TO modify. but the tout
ensemble strikes me as about the correct
thing. I'm proud % you. ard cordially
endorse your general policy and princi-
pies. So II ever you get into trouble with
any Of those fellows across the water
and need my humble services. don't hes
itate 10 call on me-for right or wrong
] swear by the eternal gods TO stand by
YOU 10 the last ditch against the world!
small Duetor