The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-20
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Great Is Baal Of the
Gothamitesl
Saint Paul relates that during
one of his itinerant tramrs
through Greece he had occa
sion 10 stop over some days in
Athens--i nperial. intellectual
Athens-the rendezvous of those
9 cgant casmopolites who spent
all their time in either telling,
or listening to some new thing,
Now, Paul may have stopped
over there for the purpose Of
disputation, he being, as i evi
dent from his writings now ex-
tant, a master in the then, as
now mystic realm of logic; and
as such well qualified to har-
angue the susceptible Athenian
multitude with profit both to
himself and them. Whatever
Pauls individual opinion may
b We been in regard to the So
cial or religious status Of those
plastic devotees of Athens, one
thing Is incontroys rtable-he
there found an altar with this
| inscription: go The Unknown
Cod plainly an implied, but
rather vague belief that there
was, somewhere in natures do
main a diety, yet wholly un-
known to their theologic creed
of skepticism.
The wandering pilgrims of
today, although their hearts
may be as free from the impress
of isms or oligies as if the be-
som of anhilation itself had
swept over them, can find com.
fort and a perennial solace in
this reflection: We have an al
ter 10 Wall Street; Grover is our
high Priest, and we know the
Gods who we have, and are still
daily worshipping. Selah!
The knowledge which we gain
lin our EVERYDAY exI erience
teaches US that we may become
wise through observation, il
wisdom be not accessible in
any other way; but to the aver
age politician, wisdom, whether
to be gained from actual ex-
perience or otherwise, is an I'M
known quantity, and is nevel
found on their balance sheet o.
Common Sensel This is palpa
bly, and historically true thu
proposition proves itself.
Tie present gold STANDARD
movement and the opposition Il
the free coinage Of silver at th,
ratio Of I6 10 1, refutes the ide;
that the United States are capa
able Of establishing and main
tanning their own monetary sys
TEN without the concurrence q
the effete monarchies Of Europe
virtually acknowledges tina
America is neither capable Of
nor should not be permitted Z
govern herself. La other word
the progeny of your Uncle San
barring Wall Street. as !
matter Of conrse--are, practi
cally, idiots; should be or thei
individual as well as collectiv,
good. disciplined two or thre'
centuries in the financial schoo
If Mes,rs Morgan, Cleveland &
Co. before being allowed I,
think or act for themselves il
matters pertaining TO the pub i
veal.
"A few more bond issues IL
time Of profound peace IN ordel
to sustain q vicious treasur,
system, will inevitably plac,
the country wholly with th,
power Of ,oulless. autocrati.
niilionaires who gobble up. o
then own price, those sinews D.
national life and honor.
We can, and do syrnpathiz'
with the cub8ns in their her ].
struggle for liberty; the chris
tian sensibilIties Of the nation
ire shocked at the nameleal
cruelties inflicted by the "un
speakable Turk" upon the de
f,nceless Armenians, and ",
send them { e Red Cross SDcie
" to bind up the wounds caus'
Cd by Islamitic fanaticism
while here at home that van
pire OF greed-wall Street
shamelessly lattens upon th'