The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-01-06
THE MAN CLEVELAND.
Alfred Henry Lewis, the Washin

Alfred Henry Lewis, the Washing
ton correspondent of the New York
i journal, in the assure Of the 4th IN
slant deyotes page to a review o'
the personal side Of Cleveland's ad-
ministration 1t is one of the most
scathipg arraignments Of a public
official that has appeared in print in
4 years. He is accused of ignorance,
intense egotism, treachery and IN
gratitude to personal and political
friends, of slavish love of money
and subservieney to the the money
| power, of gaining riches by prostltu
ting his Office at the dic!ation of the
monopolists, of cowardice that
causes him to surround himself with
force of twenty-six secret service
men, of tyranny and of leaning
toward monarchical ideas. The ar.
raignment is= not general and inde.
finite, bat relentlessly specific. A
few paragraphs will give an IDEA OF
the vigor and virulence of the ar
ticle.
| ateCleveland is not book taught, oeither has
be beed taught By travel. He knows moth
ing vest of Baffalo, nor south of the North
Peunsy!yania line. He has most of all no
imagination He has heard of West; be
has heard OF atSouih, but the terms tell no
tales to Cleveland. he can no more picture
them than be eau form conception of
Asia Moor. He knows that silver comes
from the West and Democratic major,ties
from the South; ttatis all be knows con-
cerning them"
Jones. of Nev.da, once told nae that of all
whom be bad net in high place, Cleveland
vas the,most widely ignorant and abundant
" dark. When became to be President he
bad the yaguest notion of government. BE bad
never read tbs constitution of the country
He hasa's yet
ssCleyeland is By nature 3 Tory. he has
no instructive conception of republicanism
no knowledge native or acquired of the
school TO which free America belongs He
is Tory. Had be lived IN the smoke-blown
day of Bunker Bill his substitute would have
worn red coat and fought st the foot of
that celebrated eminepee against Warren and
the others at the top.''
ellis Instinct is monarchial. Three times
within three years be aligned himself with
a throne. II Samoa, Hawaii, and last 10
Brazil. He succeeded ia Samoa, and this'
country to-day, with Eogland and Germany,
upholds king in these fer off lands. He failed
10 Hawaii with bis clumsy Kins.making and
public opinion frightened him away from
Queen Lii. Mendonca drove him backward
with Iau gh and sneer in the Case of Bsa-
szil y
.sTo-day his toryism is at the,brakes. With
Cuba bleeding at our very door, With pso-
pie and a Congress demaudspg her relief,
Clevelend refuses. BE sides with Spain
To-day his great reverence'is for money
his profound respect is reserved for those
S who hayeit Poverty is synonymous with
ignorance wisdom. gees with wealth, apd
the best citizen ls 1.-The pest dye sed, CITIZEN
with Cleveland. Obme afoot TO Washington
and you c.n'. pee him; coms 10 a private car
acd you can Your honestly, soar worth,
the goodness OF your purpose, or the Justice
of youc caute wil not avail uniess they come
10 a rrivase car People ere no h,ng 10
sC:syeland property is everything BE
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Spill down million dollars in gold, AID the
SIGHT would suspend the acsion of his uind
and hold him spelloouod for honrs-c.st him,
ss II were, into a trance of riches"
ssWhen Cleveland came ia IN 1888 be found
the Treasury on the rocks. He has kept il
there ever since He has pounded hole III
its bottom and stuffed the lesk with $240,-
000, 900 Of bonds. He sells these at loa nCd
the mex, da, they bricg l2o, and bring il as
this is read -
ssHad Mayor Of New York indulged him
self in The hood antics that haze beeu Wit
messed 10 Washington during the last three
years, specia! Grand jury would have bseu
on his trail with horn of law and hound Of
Inquiry in moment"
s.But hoads 90 srd 90 and go again, anc
as a by-piay, and just 10 show 'be sy mpath;
h:ch exists between Us millionaires, Gae-
.neeie's ine, imposed for rotten arGor plate
is remiited."
;sFhere were nooe durirg Hat7ison's reign.
Cold be was; uasccial be was, an uaioVe'y
soul at best, but boaest vas Earrison and
clear as ics."
"When Cleve:a,d came in with Carlisle
the bond wolves began 10 sosp Auc srarl
aoout the gold Carlisle iu'epded in tee early
sumner of SO to do as Mauuiug did il IS.
He told Vest aad he told Co:kreli nd he
told olhers that he would pay silver and en-
force the law as late as the afteraoon OF the
day when Cleveland took his prouuuciSmenio
FROM him, wro'e it over, crossed oul silver,
and made Carlisle say that be wouia pay
sold-nothing but gold-whle dollar gilt
tered in his ill That was al! 'he bosd ring
wartd They have bed three bood issues
out of the Government since then"
Dwight L Moody, the great evan
gelist, is conducting great revival
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