The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-24
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To the Editor OF The Post,
Houston. May 20, ispc.--yuur editorial
AN Imposing Spectacle" has ring TO II
unlike the s,und which usually omnnntos
from your oa1cis. Aroihcosis Is not con
Hnod to Russia. Tho tyiaunr which TX
born of the lust fer power and The wof.
ship of wealth, has PORN, nteJ the inat
tutons of all coun,rcs- pcrhapa with the
exception OF switzerland ana America to
day Is fas, PRECEDING from the proud p3s-
ton shc hclh AH The header Of the nations
towards the goal If human liberty.
"1rcmpua mu'uu,rr 81 uoa nulumos IN
mis-"
Tho dospousm of tho ear which tor
rorizoH and impovorishos. ia 10 worse than
the iovall2oi causes which 70, In iholr
worR in apparently free countries and pro
ducc similarly disastrous effects Tho
l'uasian pauper VIII per no difference In
government when grinds him To the earth
~ nom ana nnirH nm ouicust of ms
brother who Is ~ America. Ne nrn losing
s'Eht Il the injunciinna Of tho fathers.
and seem 10 forget thu, eternal vigilance
Is the price Of lhrrty." The effect Of the
popular drifi II TO separate into clnasas
on ms on' hatid dnS the masses ON the
other AIreaiy, IN ihr Enitrd StntoH, The
country W ruled, IN municipal. Stni, nnJ
Federal nnairs. hy the CLASSES, These are
playing The role Of the bourgeois who ron
WplI"d IN France before The great rcvolu-
Ton and drove the masses into revolt
history win repeat itAolf here. II tho ballot
be not employed to avert tho catastrophe
by hiinglng hack our government to hrst
frineirlcs That me- people should rule
- thr thrniy and mlny Try tn deceive
themselves that II ~ carried into prnr-
''ce. That money docs rule liz known OF
an men, mud this fact ~ more disastrous
70 irre INSTITUTIONS than war, rapue and
lInlift. Mr.. lIuFDlu. I'm "A nTDDlsfip IpuDn
predicted tho coming rule OF money, ana
realized the danger II is 50 hard to divcH.
ourselves OF MI aclhshnoss. and to trcni
our human brother Ms The hnna work OF
IN" same Creator W., name him Il sJvri-
oign and paco the most Formidable
w"n3an known to political history IN hls
hhnds-the hnllot--ihcn we bril. him To
misuse II, and forco him INTO Industrial
slavery We have Ien simplicity for n
counterfeit Of those European customs ma
paYeants, which culmlnate IN scenes IKE
those now being enacted In Moscow. our
Washington ceremonies are nnii-rrpub-
lran. II is a republican court. the out
ward sign Of an oligarchy. without tn"
d"rrncea, In Some respects. which chnrAc
terri" iiF Enropnnn coun'erpurts IN.
closing of the last congress was an orgic
81 the most dssfacrful character. the Ma
tons misrepresentatiyes indulginp IN
every excess known to The inebrin'c and
TO the bawd hunter, These evidences Of
the decay ~ free institutions are the re-
SUIT Of tho rule OF money In The several
Of ONCE !ntoxicate and corrupt, and the |
love Of liberty and the Spartan love OF |
country which characterized the first half |
following Independence II finding |
away ana becoming snppanted by the |
Of Indifference. Our country |
rs represented at Moscow by special ar
and doubtless American piaud-
iis VIII help swell the eciat when the i'm
pcriaI crown will press the temples Of the
tyrant II the Husgns. The navy viii rep
regent uH. but, aiasi they are not Perry's. |
nor I'ainbrGc's. nor even like our later
Ingram. I remember The Post published |
q letter written by ihoughtiess Young |
snrig Of our navy land born In this ely, |
from the FAR OFF Baltic. His ship had
participated IN the ceremony Of opening
Emperor Williams great canal. and the
,oungster and other American officers hal
shnkon hands with his majesty. In the
letter referred to he stated That there off,
GERS fnimself Included. | bclieve) immedi-
a,aly took off ihcir white gloves. before
any other hand could touch them and
framed them under glass TO preserve and
bring home. In conclusion. he stated that
he presumed the populists and their sock
less Jerry would object 10 this country
going TO the expense Of taking part In
hat celebration and spoke IN ridicule OF
lis countrymen Of that party. All this
shows the tendency Of the thoughtless to
irift away from those FIRST principles
by such men as Washington,
and Payne. and whose perpefma-
Ion ID, the only guarantee q human lib
.rty, u. =. AgDurY. ]