The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-10-14
ARUSE ~ THE CAMPAIGN.

Men have always differed; il has been
50 from the bmegiunng, and will con-
tinuc unto The end of time, but there is
no reason why men should abuse one
another because of existing differences.
There is no excuse for n man abusing
5 noishbor. whatever may be The d!f-
ference between them, and he who does
Il more often hurts himself than the OBJ
iect of his abuse. The great American
people do not believe in vilihcation-
obusc Is not al giiment.
Tho N,rginian Gocs not understand
just now abuse in this campaign can
help those who indulge in it, or the
cause which they spouse, and yet there
are man on the stump to-day whose
stock N trade seems 10 be made up of
that coinmodity--so To speak Take,
for instance, General Dan Sickles, who
in addressing Il Mckinley meeting at
in the following talk:
IF there is anybody in this crowd
who feels disposed to do me a personal
favor. | want YOU to help Tanner skin
Altgeld Bryan i an ass. Watson is
Il mule Sewall Is Il donkey. Then
there is Altgeld-he Is n wolf. He was
wolf in sleeps clothing four years
| ago. and so lie humbugged the Demo-
Gratis into making him Governor. Your
man has skinned him anad taken OFF his
hide. and now he is a skinned wolf y
wolf with his SIX in on is ugly enough.
but when You take his skin off and you
have nothing left but his ugly. raven
Gus teeth and enVious eyes. what Il beau
tiful picture it is TO represent the State
OF Illinois,
The above Is taken from the report
| made by the New York Sun of General
Sicklcs' speech, which journal despite
| the high plane which it prc;cnds to oc-
cupy in the journalistic world, has more
| than once worked itself into state of
| frenzy over what il has been pleased 20
| term Mr.. Bryan's "vulgarity," and yet,
| 1t offers no rebuke TO the mighty" war
| rior Sickles whose language at Rock
| ford is a disgrace to him anad the peo-
| Pile with whom he is associated. Ii l.
| to the credit of the American people,
| however. to say that General Sickles is
the father of his own thoughts, and that
Very few of them approve his Rockford
| ut;eiances. Buzz how cminently fair is
| the Washington Post in this matter, as
| compared 10 the New York Sun.
| The Post, in referring to General
\ S!ckles speech, says:
! We have the highest respec. for Gen.
| Sickles personally, and retain the mos /
| grateful recollection OF his services as a
| soldier and a patriot: but we can mag
| Inc that Mr.. Bryan would be quite will
| ing 10 have his ''coarseness" measured
! by the standard set up in the General s
| Rockford speech. Mr.. Bryan makes the
assertion thar the present Democratic
| campaign amounts to Il war by the
masses of the people upon the trusts,
corporations. and monopoies. and
| charges the boiling Democrats with hav.
| ing considered personal interests in GO
| ing over 10 the side OF capital This
| may b mistaken view Of the MAJ tier
hut "" do Mr.. Bryan the Justice to be-
| h've that he speaks as he really thinks
ana cert linly We can find I'm his utter.
2hce no trace of vuigarity or coarscnees
Jus, what style of oratory ii is whicF
deals IN ASS" mule" wolf" liar
and "donkey"-lEd nothing clse-w,
leave j, II The Sun to say.
Meanwhile We are having "a campaign
"' education" FOR 4 fact. TO this latte,
iemaFk our Washington contemporar
ha!Sh' nave remarked that the Sun i. q
mos: b2n,.ul teacher, and that Gene,,I
!sieNies is an apt pupil thereof.