The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1896-07-17
THE NATIONAL DANGER.


There appeared in yesterdays dis
patches a remarkable letter from Pres
ident Andrew D. White, addressed to a
number of leading Democrats of the
country, urging them to take such steps
as will save their party from ruin and
the nation from anarchism and dis
horlou now threatening it, through the
action of the late Democratic, Populis-
tic, anarchisic convention at Chicago.
That the value of the letter may be
the more appreciated, and the charac-
ter of the writer better understood, it is
well 10 briefly indicate who Andrew D.
White Is. He is citizen of national
reputation and a. student of political
science without a superior, aged "a, and
of New England parentage. He was ed
ucated at Hobart and Yale, and after
leaving college passed two years in Eu-
rope, studying history. He was an at
tache of the American Legation at st.
Petersburg, and after his diplomatic
service travelled through Europe on foot
to study the people and their institu-
tons
He returned to America and entered
Yale again to further make historical
study. In 1857 he became Professor of
History and English Literature in the
Michigan University. He resigned after
two years service on account OF i'm
paired health. and went to Syracuse,
New York, and was from that place
twice elected to the Senate of New York,
and was the author of the present edu-
catiorla1 law of that State for normal
training and for founding OF Cornell
University, of which he became the
President
In 1667-6S he visited Europe to ex-
anime the schools of agriculture and
purchase the necessary apparatus for
the university. In 1871 he was made
one of tha commission for San Domingo
70 represent the United States. The
same year he became President of the
New York Republican State Conven-
ttnn- He was United States Minister to
Ilx<lky kIoUl LCsO ~ AOOA-
From his savings he gave 100000 to
squap Cornell University, and in 1887
no endowed the School of Political
Scasnoe and of History, and gave to
Tho university his historical library of
10000 volumes and 10000 pamphlets
and manuscripts, which cost him over
100000 He has been one of the most
prominent essayists of the world ON po-
isttcal science and sociology, and the au-
thor Of numerous works on history and
civilization. He has frequently been
oa1led by the Government TO perform
for Sc difficult tasks, and has always
achieved them with credit to himself
srrd honor TO the country.
President White is everywhere recog-
nized as a patriot, a far-seeing and
learned man, q student of great assidu-
fty and unparalleled storage of political
truths. He never was an alarmist, but
rather optimistic In his views, and most
hopeful for the American Republic and
Ats stanch defender. His regulations is
unblemdshed as a publicist and a pri-
waite citizen He has not been politi-
clan in the party sense. He is cool and
collected man, with nothing of the hys-
terical about him.
And what is the judgment Of this en-
inent American? Why, that we are on
the verge of most serious trouble and
that the hand of mfsrule, revolution and
anarchism Is at last thrust forth and
that unless patriotism intervenes, under
the doctrines of the Chicago platform,
we will rapidly descend to the level OF
a centralized power. dominated so
greatly by individualisim and anarchy,
that like consuming fires they will
sweep away a republican form of gov
eminent.
And this astute American, accom-
nlished scholar and analyst of history
and the propelling forces in nations and
civilization. does entertain patriotic
fear that the doctrines of the so-called
Democratic party, unless rebuked and