The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-08-03

He asks, "Where is the devil?''
'sHe's gone
The devil in politicians tie devil
at home. He loves to get in politi-
clan. He can lazy around and DO
nothing and yet see his work go on.
Sometimes he gets into the Democrats
and gets them to run off into pop-ism
and free silver and so on; and when
the party is tranded and national ex-
istence nearly blotted out they look
around and say, "Who did all this?''
"Why, the devil did it, The politi-
clan asks, 'Where is the devil?'
"He's gone over to see the Republi-
cans. He is not with them for the
present.
Sometimes the devil gets in nation
and they get fussy and mean like
Spain and will starve and murder a
whole province until other nations
must take it up; and when her navy
is sunk and her people conquered and
bankrupt and the nation ruined, they
look about and say, ''Who did all
this?" s'The devils done it. y
"Where is the devil?" "He's over in
France and Germany and Austria try
ing to get up another fight"
Gentlemen, I believe there is a
devil and all sorts Of devil. I be-
,lieve in the devil in the deacon, in the
preacher, in the politician and in the
editor. Ibelieye in the devil getting
in his work upon nations and churches.
1 believe the devil goes dressed in silk
and satin. 1 believe the devil goes in
broadcloth; drives spanking teams,
lives in fine houses, lives in huts.
The devils is rich and the devils
poor; the devils sober and the DEVIL s
drunk; the devils honest and the
devils dishonest. L believe he is
pretty and / believe he is ugly. He
is just anything, gentlemen, to get in
his work; and his work is to disrupt,
to debauch and to damn. Oh, how he
has gotten in his work in all this
Christian land.
Sometimes the devil will get in a
book agent and make him send the
funniest kilograms; and afterward
when Congress declares it has been
deceived and the church goes mourn
ing over the deeds Of her officials and
the mischief s to pay, we look around
and say, "Who did all this?'' 'sWhy,
it was the devil" "Where is the
devil?" "He's gomez" But he got
in his work all the same.
The best thing We can do is to look
out for the devil. He may be in the
next man you meet or the next woman.
He may be in your preacher. He is
very likely in your congressman or
legislator. If he amt, perhaps he
has just stepped out for few min
utes. Look out, gentlemen, when
things don't go straight. Take no
hand and>have no part or lot. Resist
the devil aud he will fee from
you. Be courteous to him and he will
visit you daily.
By the way, we have tgotinto good
big war with Spain. They tell me it
is costing million and half dollars
every day. Wars are always bigger
than we think they will be. We fell
lows down South thought we would
lick Yankee doodle in three months,
but they fought US for four years and
licked US at last. I don't believe
Spain is going to lick US, but it is
going to take us some time to lick
them. OF course they will soon have
no navy, for if Watson crosses over
and gets lick at Camara' feet Spain
will be utterly out Of it so far as her
navy is concerned. But on the land
they fight stubbornly, and | have no
doubt that our forces have been worst
ed outside Of the entertainments of
Santiago.
Of course it is only question of
time when we shall utterly route and
conquer Spain, but it is going to take
many man to do it. We will spend
much money and lose many men. I
reckon after our experience with the
insurgents under Garcia we are not
fighting so much now to help the in
surgents. Some one has truthfully
said they would rather hear dinner
bell than a bugle. They want to live
to enjoy Cuba Libre, but they don't t
care to die on the battlefelds; and
they are the very fellows who ought
never to have Cuba Libre.
AS time wears on it seems to be
more apparent that we will take in