The times., 1898-07-28
STRICTLY 7 A NATIONAL AFFAIR.

I'VE can handle them IL the,, do nor
outnumber US by more than sixteen 10
| one said Col. William Jennings BRYAN
| the other day in speaking of his Nebras-
ka regiment and the foe they are To face
This was playful exaggera.ion. but no
one doubts that the men of the West will
give good account of themselves. II
IS habit of the section formed in the
early sixties and continued to the pres
ent. Indeed. in shat struggle whose Bit
terness Is to be swept away by the pres
eht struggle. the SOutherners found the
"esteTners to be their equals man for
man
Apparently they rode as well. marched
aS "ell' were as used to exposure. were
as handy about camp. and shot as
S-raisht- The fact that the man who was
hohored two years ago by millions Of bal
iotS Tor the highest office within the gift
OF the American people is now on his wav
10 the front merely as a colonel of a vol
unteer regiment l hold TO be one of The
strongest examples OF the wholesomeness
OF American life and proof Of Americas
lnsralned democracy. Fancy a European
coming so near TO be the head of MS cot,o-
try. then dropping back among his fellow
citizens. no better and no worse than they
living as they live. just an everyday
Fo-er ana taxpayer An equally strong
PROOF or the value of our institutions il
derived from the further fact that if Mr.
Bryan had been successful. William Nc
hiniey would now be at the front under
exactly similar circumstances. heading his
quota OF Ohioans and asking nothing bet
fEl
they would do the most good
X IS believed that this nation is the very
solidest nation that ever was. 1t has
more common sense 10 the square foot.
1t IS less affected by aubIab. 1t sees
things with a clearer vision. II viii never
undergo revolution 50 long as i, Dos
sesses its saving sense of humnr. ANY
man Of fuss and feathers and nilitarfsn
who attempted TO arrogate 70 himself
more than his constitutional r:gat 20 say
what he thinks and 10 vote ollae in day
would be simply laughed back into ob-
security. Projectors Of i national mis-
fortune TO come upon Us, OF 4 national
disn ernberment now forming In the
wombs OF the twentieth century. arc fon1
Of RECALLING thar the Roman Republic
lasted SD9 years aEi taen went II .II...-es
! Iney lose sight Of the innate difference
! between the two peoples. Rome was A
military republic at best. The sword was
/ dominant always. The citizens had no
humOr- a comic paper would not have
lived a month This is a grafn-raising
cattle-breeding. clOth-making republic II
Is not a nation of pigs" but a nation 0f
pig slayeTs- Il has had 50 much OF lib
erty that the slightest encroaC hment up
on its liberty is felt in the uttermOst parts
OF it. A fellow grabbing gravel in the
territory OF Alaska hears that another
fellow has been denied the right Of free
speech b. an arbitrary justice Of the
peace in Texas. and his soul flames in re-
sentiment and ne writes long letter 10
the Skaguay Szimeter. which he signs
Fiat Ju-,5tia Ruat Coelum- Two weeks
afterwards his letter with is stately Pc
riOds and INQUIRIES as 20 what This cOun-
try is coming TO- strikes him as the fun
niest thing he ever did and he wishes
that the fellow from Texas were some
Where around 50 thac they could bowl up
together