The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-10
SCORING AN ORGAN.
To the Editor Of The Post

independent is a weekly politico- religious
paper published In New York. the organ
of that considerable element In the East |
which firmly believes 1t monopolses all |
the religion, civilization and good sense |
In the United States. and that the rest OF |
us are barbarians, rascals and fools. Its |
big motto seems to be: Il am holier than |
thou" 1t sticks close to the capitalistic |
class and scorns the poor folks. 1t hates
everything Southern and everything demo-
cratic with cold blooded. snake like hate.
and seeing to revcl In the hate. Its writ
ers are nearly all preachers. have been
u reader OF It about twenty years. because
its articles are generally able and many OF
them are really splendid, and because
like to study those people. who arc a real
curiosity TO me. wanted to throw nice,
pleasant little bomb shell into their ranks
TO stir them up n little. but you sec they
would not have me. II The Post can use
the article 1t is at your service.
N. A, T.
Dallas, Texas, December 17.--tTo the
1ndependent.)--1 have been pretty reg
ular reader Of the Independent a number
thoughtful articles, covering a great va
riety OF subjects. have made It quite ia
vorite with me. But l must confess that
during the late presidential campaign
was often shocked by its utterances. and
still lnd matter in II that is by no means
pleasing, especially when II refers to the
South and the Southern people. Evidently
the Southern people are great bugabooB
TO the Independent and its writer's. If they
had but one neck, l fancy nothing would
please the Independent and its writer's
so much as to apply big butcher AK to II.
| so as to oxterninate--ln the name OF re-
| lgion and civilization of course-the whole
Southern people at "one fell blow" No
| doubt they would like to save the negroes.
the republicans and those few "aristocrats"
who call themselves gold democrats, but
to secure the baggiug OF tho rest OF the
game / suppose they would not scruple to
whack of their heads also. whence
comes SO great wrath to celestial minds?"
| | am at a loss what TO call that sort of
spirit on the part OF the Independent and
its writer's. However, am quite suro 1t
can not be the spirit of divine love.
Some time last summer one of its CORE
spondents, one Or, Wayland, u. H.. spoke
of tina supporters of Bryan as 1.-THE forces
of ignorance. dishonesty and anarchy"
Another reverend gentleman. eager to
score great hit. plunges into ALTERATION
and sums up the Bryan followers as con =
ssting OF lungs lunacy and larceny"
u These be terrible words to apply to very
nearly ono-half of the American people.
They are simply outrageous. falsehoods
without an element OF truth In them;
expressions so hateful that it seems to me
they must have issued from the bottom
less pit, said to be populous OF fiends and
devils. Who can say that they are Christ
like? Who can deny that they are devil
like?
; In tho view Of these reverend preachers
over 100000 OF American men are thieves
scoundrels. anarchists. lunatics. simply he
cause they wish to restore bimetallisu
under which we all prospered. and dc
away with the modern British invention o.
gold monometallism. under which non,
prosper but the rich. the trusts and com
bines. and which rs rapidly bringing Il
ruin our agriculturists who create thu
wealth OF the country! must confess
, that the thing gets away with me totally
BY the way. l will say when preacher
turn politicians they exceed all men II
violence. virulence and want of charity
Instead OF teaching the doctrine of love
. they teach the doctrine OF hate. And witt
what sublime sef-assurance do they his
their words from their lips That is Il
say, 1t would be sublime II II were not sc
positively absurd. They speak and ac
b as II nobody had any sense whatever eN-
g cept themselves and the mill,onaires. whit
need little of their sympathy and who
indeed, can get along better without them
What Sir Oraclcs they are! What peacock'
. in their strut!
t When Christ walked on earth he wa,
, not that way at all. take the liberty o
commanding to the reverend gentlemen
!, His beautiful. loving, sweet example. The,
profess to follow Him. but they take thei
inspiration from the devil. l fear they are
t close akin to those scribes and phariseo'
4 and high priests who bounded the Prince
, of Peace to the cross and stood by mockint
Him in His dying agonies. There Is M
character more exalted than the true
; preacher OF the Gospel, none more poten
for good. and no character so debascd a.
, the false preacher; none so potent for evil
because they are wolves in Sleeps clothing
: They are the agents OF hell on earth; II
, other words. satan manifested in the flesh
, At least that Is the view take OF them
and believe / do not err.
think 1t Is a feather In the cap OF thu
South and of those who supported Bryan
, in the late election that they have thu
: hate of these creatures. Therefore SO ia
a az we are concerned. let the serpcnts hiss
think we can stand IL.
q But | am greatly caught by letter II
the Independent Of the 10th, headed Hop
for Virginia and the South-by an Oh
| NlTRlnldn. nat may b' "h VIZ -
[ ginian by residence, but he Is not a nativ
! OF that State, md I can not believe he ma
drop of Virginia blood in his veins
t Nearly every line OF his letter breathe
5 with intense hate OF Virginia He don
give his name. as your correspondent
r nearly always do. but hides in ambush 7
c shoot his envenomed arrows of hate. II
i says the Virginians carried the State 10
4 Bryan by intimidating voters and by cheat
: Ing at registration; otherwise Mckinle
= would have carried It. l venture to sa
= that is a whopper, pure and simple. with
/ out so much as a suspicion OF truth In II
3 IL sounds like the bitter writing OF de
d feated carpet-bag candidate for office;
d class of men whom we OF the South ca
not easily forget. Honor bright, now.
no not so? As for cheating at registration
: the Virginians are not built that wa,
& and why would they practice "intimida
K, ton" when II is totally unnecessary? NJ
" observation is that the negroes througho,
9 the South are generally sollcitous that tn
: Southern whites speak Extraordinarily
- them about election times. and when the
. do so there is no trouble about the negr
= vote. | am sorry TO say that too few {
" our Southern whites encourage this generi