The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-09-03
PRESS IMPRESSIONS.
Concerning tie --latest Phases ,ot the
Battle of The Standards.
A MALICIOUS REPUBLICAN, CIRCULAR
a Base Attempt TO Revive Sectional
Animosity nnd Ala In the Eiec.
tion of McKinfey-A New York Re-
publican VIII Vote for Hryan and
Gives Bfis Reasons Therefor.
ATLANTA Constitutlon.)

nr DlsmqEy os d by the popularity which Mr.
ginning, to realize that If Mckinley is
elected In November, II must be by other
than fair means.
Never in American ,,yiitics has a candi-
date Tor the high office of president OF
the United States received such contin-
uous ovation as the one which mas marked
MIR. Bryan's tour OF the eastern states At
the same time, It may be affirmed with
corrupt and desperate methods for resist
Ing the will of the people.
;, TO cite particular instance, the Repub-
itcan central committee of Nebraska. with
headquarters at Lincoln, has recently is
sued a circular letter to the school teach
the issues of the pending campaign but
which. stripped of its artful disguise, is
nothinY more or less than base appeal
to sectional prejudice.
with such remote feeling as this, the
issues issues OF ne present campaign have abso-
such vile method of securing votes IS
h mo- or, only inspired by corrupt political eth
term 1" aham e5s !ne of no less
Like IT'S diabolical prototype in the gar
den OF Eden. the circular begins by flat
good work which they have done, and
nE gently reminding them of the fact that
,i the school TEACHERS OF the land are the
real arbiters of the nations destiny"
With this suspicious beginning, the cir
cular proceeds in the most artful manner
to array the TEACHERS Of the State against
free coinage: "Unhapiy," observes the
author of this remarkable document, The
teachers are not too well paid. This arises
from the fact that the money paid them
Is raised by taxation. The Democratic
and Populist parties, are now engaged In a
desperate effort to place this country on
a silver basis, which would give our dollar
the purchasing power of 73 cents. Should
this EFFORT prevail your wages would be
worth about half what they are now, and
IN mo, oEde G to receive your present wages II
on the school district"
AS vile n fabrication as is the above ar
Sument. the one which Immediately fol-
lows is still more reprehensible. In this
connection. the language OF the circular
reads as follows,
publcans. They read history and know
that for over a century the Democra-
nc States of the South made 1t Il
crime punishable by Imprisonment in
the penitcntiary for n school teacher
TO teach Il black man 10 read
They know that the Republican
tional purposes where the Democratic
States spend one, even on per capita
In the first place 1t may he stated in
reply to the opening sentence Of the above
quotation that If IL be true that Il ma ior-
ity or the school teachers in the country
are Republicans, the author of the circular
does not know it to be Il fact, and even
II 1t is n fact, II has nothing whatever To
do with the issues which are now pending
AS to the charge which is brought
against the South 1t is nothing short OF
a iiagrant and deliberate falsehood, and
| is merely cited for the purpose of stirring
up sectional hatred
Such methods as these instead of doing
harm TO the cause against which they arr.
directed. only show the weakness OF the
cause from which they cmanato If tho
| Republican party has no better logic than
this on which TO base its tight to govern
| the republic ii had better retire from bust
ness at once and not walt until November,
when retirement will perhaps be compul-
sorry.