Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-10-17
MONDAY EVENING. OCT. j. 1898.

The PRESIDENT processes great de-
sire for unity. He says: 1--WE want
no differences at home until we have
settled our differences abroad" Now
this is charming sentiment. II is unct-
uous to a degree that might cause the
Standard oil company 10 fear most
formidable competition, only that Mr..
Mckinley and the trusts have no differ
ences to be reconciled. The Presidents
plan for bringing about this unity Is
exceedingly simple. The administra-
ton must not be criticised or even in
vestigated save by its own paid agents
and commissions. The skeletons OF
the victims of maladministration, cor
ruption and imbecility must not be
dragged to light. The only exception
10 this conservative rule Is the digging
up of rebel graves in Virginia and the
distribution OF the relics. Nothing
must be said against Shafter or Samp-
son. or the rich and silly sides de camp,
or the hospital service, or the commits
sarv department, or the quartermasteF
service, or the ordnance bureau, or any
thing else. 1t must also be conceded
that not since the days of the elder
Chatham was there ever such a war
minister as General Alger, and that as
an "organizer of victory" Carnot wasn't
in it with the great Michigander who
figured ia the civil war and subsequent
" bought John Sherman's negro dele
gates away from him. 1t must be fur
ther admitted that there is 'prosperity"
all over the land, so much indeed that
Illinois miners the other day only
struck work for the purpose of giving
the Alabama ringers picnic while
they were cutting oil their cou-
pons. The Dingley tariff bill is
6lling the Treasury with money,
all taken out of the pockets OF me
tricked foreigners. "GOverpm by
Injunction" is all right and Try trial
wholly unnecessary. The roney is all
sgjsssss1laazer, but still the sill
ties, the greenbacks
bank notes, must ali
SsI' Ike room for unlimited
paper resting on wind
ed by the government.
is full to OVERLOOKING
5s the people to buy mar
IS q fact, there is too much
and, and the only thing to
hide half Of it away in the
s or the banks. If the people
hold of it they might spend it,.
up, everything under this ad
Fation is perfectly lovely, but
would be well to elect g republi-
House of Representatives to sup
the administration, reform the
lrency, suppress silver, create big
hiding army, impose fresh taxes to
BY for it, get up another war, if neces-
AIRY, and make things hum on the
good old republican plan of taxing
q everything in sight in the mama OF pc
4 triotism, good government and human
ity. Such is the programme of unity
which the President considers is abso-
lutely necessary so long as this bloody
war with Spain is going CD. So long
as blood enough to float the whole
American navy is flowing, it won't do
to divide OF home or to turn out sim
gle republican congressman. Unity in
such crisis as this is indispensable.
The lion and the lamb must lie down
together and the lamb must keep quiet
inside the lion till this dreadful war is
over. When that day will come, only
Mr.. Mckinley knows, but if it ever
should, the lamb may ''get move on
him" and walk out to take breath Of
fresh air.