Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-07-07
Support The Administration.
DUTY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
TO STAND FIRMLY BY THE
NATIONS EXECUTIVE.
Demagoguery of Politicians and Per
sonal Organs to be Severely Con-
demned-Should be No Politics
in This Spanish War.

in This Spanish War.
Correspondence of the Ledger.
SOUTHAMPTON, LONG ISLAND, N. Y.,I
June 27.-I find once in awhile
throughout this country we have men
that every true American is ashamed
of. Generally they are ignorant and
corrupt politicians. They wanted war;
they would not go and fight for their
country; they are not given a chance
to rob and dispoii at home and all
they a do is to howl and carp and
disgrace American manhood. Along
this line, referring to a yellow news
paper run by such deplorable meth
DDS, the New York Journal, the great
Democratic paper which so loyalty
supported Bryan, says:
"Suppose that by any possibility
whatever it should become necessary
to call for 100, 900 more recruits.
What sort of response would be likely
to come from a people educated day
by day to suspect the President of in
competence, corruption and a base
willingness to barter the lives of
American boys for a partisan advant-
age?
"This is the belief which this paper,
to the extent of its limited capacity,
ia endeavoring to instill into the minds
of the people. Every resource of
falsehood, of innuendo and malice is
taxed to accomplish this end.
"The spectacle is a disgrace to journ-
alism. 1t has been paralleled but once
in the history of the calling in the
United States, when the Chicago
Times, directed by a paretic p~rofligate,
strove to help the dismemberment of
the union by preaching sedition
through the North"
The Journal, again referring to this
shameless demagoguery of politician
through his personal organ, says:
"Worse than that, in it's daily as
saults upon the President is is morally
guilty of reason to the United States.
"The Journal does not need to
%reiterate its often expressed estimate
of Mr.. McKinley's abilities and quail
ties, but it recognizes the fact that he
is the Chief Magistrate of the republic,
that the nation is at war, that he is the
Commander-in- Chief of the Army and
Navy of the United States, and that as
heavy a responsibility rests upon him
as a be shouldered by any man
in a place of great power. Being
human, it is to be expected that he
will make mistakes, but the Journal
assumes it to be the duty of an Amer
lean newspaper to help and not en-
barrass him while he carries this tre-
mendous burden. 1t ~conceives it to
be wise and seemingly to wait until
Mr.. Mckinley commits blunders and
crimes before charging him with them.
1t holds that because of his Office he is
entitled to respectful treatment from
the American prese, and that there is
due him from every loyal American
trust in the goodness of his Intentions
in the prosecution of the war when he
has done no act to forfeit that trust.
1t is his privilege, his manifest duty,
to conduct the war according to his
own judgment, and not according to
that of newspaper strategists, how
ever sincere they may be.
civilian Mckinley ia an American
President and he ls the leader of the
American republic in a foreign war.
No true American needs to be told
what the American duty is in such cir
cumstances.
"Stand by the PRESIDENT"
The weather is delightful down here
and the war does not appear to have
Kept any of the "summer people" al
home. "Summer people" do not cut
much ice in a war except when the
soldiers are on dress parade.
The summer girl is here again,
And, as of old, she's coy and sweet
and cute;
lSho hOAot S4oiPPod W ShdAAl thS
men
With the soldier buttons on he1
bathing suit.
Several weeks ago there WAS some
talk of the Spaniards bombarding the
society people who were at the ses
side resorts. The talk now is that the
"society" people are going over t.
lombard the Spaniards in Spain.
The people in this part of the worlt
are beginning to hear from the from
where friends and relatives are beinf
killed by Spanish bullets. In st. Louis
/ saw mothers and sisters bidding som
and brothers good-by. In New Yorl
I find mothers and sisters receiving
word that sons and brothers ar,
killed. This ia war. And still enough
of our young men are not being killes
to suit some of Dur cowardly, I'M
American, unpatriotic political scav
engers. They think there is too mucl
Sunday Schoop' about this war. Sucl
men-God save the mark!-should b,
forced to the front where they coulC
be put in the guard house, for the,
would not fight. "War is help from
start t finish and for years afterward
but 1t appears as though there coul'
; not be too much hell on this earth Il
suit some people. Well, there will b
a hereafter. r. M. WHITE.
When John Atchison stepped out OF
his front porch early this morning b
saw Jim Browning picking burrs out o
his horses tail. John cleared his throa
and shouted GRO to Jim, "Remem
Der the manel" Jim collapsed an
hasn't been able to eat anything since
Wait for the 90 cent sale il you wan
bargains. BAKER & RAGsDALE,
L d2e-w1t Props. 90 Cent Store.
Mrs. ]. T. Bedbury and Miss Myrtl
Hale, of this city, are in MartinsburI
on q visit to relatives and friends an
will remain until after the Fourth.
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