Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-05-04

SAY en- Observation-Disclosures AG9i-
nnlao ana His cnsse-Rre3aaeas Nc
KIalsyas ~PhiHprans Policy Missed
believed ~BeefTs .t Alwsr-Fa@eAs
Chnnge1.
fspeciai wSAizEsoz Lstis<l
Our Republie4n brethren appear 10
be getting Into go d tronh@ beth In
diviauaIly and collectively. For then
the times are sadly ont Of joint
Mute vOnAz lurxskh in nsn'sean
when Hsy hear The railing aecuation
hro1ght against that eminent RsPahhe-
q \ statesman and orator a IOws, Gen
sral DaviS b Henderson. that be l.
short On patriotism and lacking In
respect and rapsurous love fer Old
Gkry. Yet tbs true and pity It's
It's trns-that Is it's true that sueh :
charge il bsing ssnt broadcast oFG
ssthe land Of the free and the home Of
the brave" and. what's more. the gen
srsl has taken the matter 90 seriously to
heart that he consumes two columns
and . hall, fine print II The Du6uzue
Daily Times 10 s.rsfuts the allegation
and to defy the alligator" Bis dandsr
is Up 10 such an extent that he uses Ian
gzzge which cannot be found in any
polite letter writer intended for cir
rulstion IN syoung ladies boarding
schools" he dances q war Jig on his
Hccuse- and brings vitne=es-istin-
guishsd vitnesse-to testify IN his be-
half
Charge AgAknst HenaerssR.
The specific charge In the indictment
against the general which 50 enrages
him is that be said. II hope the Amer
lean people win continue to wrap hams
in the flag. not to teach patriotism. but
to teach ham eaters to eat American
hams" Ever since that famous Mis-
sourian. that prince Of humoristz. Mark
Twain wrote 1.-The Gilded Age" and
created Colonel Sellers, the popular idea
touching the Republican party Is that
in lien Of Webstsr's sonaroas and soul
stirring slogan, Liberty and Union"
It has hilariously and enthusiastically
adopted as its theory THE Old Flag
and an AFprOpriation" General Hen
derson's secuser would have the world
believe that the general has adopted the
battle cry Of "Ths Old Flag and an
American Ham" The ca flag IL Ger
tainly all right and 90 il the American
ham Whether they should be brought
into such close ju~xtaposition as wrap
ping one in the other, issquestion upon
which every American citizen has, or Il
entitled to have. his own opinion, and
that too. without having his patriotism
questioned. General Henderson says
that he never used the language attrib.
uted TO him, and with all who know
him his word goes on q matter fact.
He need not have introduced Hon. W.
E Barrett or anybody else rs q com
purgator, II Is no part Of my purpose
In these letters to defend Republican
eongressmen-they sadly need larrup-
ing, no doubt-but there are Republic.
an congressman Of whom personally ]
am fond. while dstesting their politics
One Of these is General Henderson. Par
sonally he Is most lovabIs man. There
is no finer figure on the floor Of ths
house than this brawny Scot from Du-
buque, with his leonine roar, his splen.
did iron gray name and his crutch-s
perpetual reminder that in his youth b.
lost a leg fighting for Old Glory. In the
times that tried mems souls. he proved
his faith BY his works
General Henderson Is q radical Re
publican he is a fiery orator. ! hav,
no doubt that in the heat Of debate-ur
rather. in the frenzy of debate int
which he works himself in the .'whirl
winds of tempestuous fire" in which b
! envelops himself while speaking-h'
D frequently says bitter things for which
Z when he has cooled of, bis tender hear
) reproaches him, for no man hat I eve
, knew has a tenderer heart. His is
, most ardent temperament. he IL tn
ideal oratorical broadsword's man.
: never hear him speak that do not thinl
of the grim dragons who rode will
james Graham Of Caverhouse and o
the highlanders who raised the siege o
Lucknow. His chief virtue as a debate
us that If he gives hard knocks viii
delight be receives them In good par
and never whines when somebody give
him a rib rooster, as do some representa-
tives that / wot Of. do not believ,
that his accuser would knowingly brinl
q false charge against General Hsnder
son, and as the general wrathfully de
mics the accusation, I am fain 10 beliey
that the whole rumpus grows out Of on
VI those mistakes which viii sometime
pccur even in well regulated families.
Lack Of Patriotism.
Wonders will never cease. Certain
editors, mot having the fear Of God be
fore their eyes, but being instigated b,
the devil" 10 borrow the feIicitous an
energetic formula Of the common Law
indictments. actually and amasingl,
have the presumption. cheek. impu
dence, gall and sffrontery to ehsrg
-prudish. venerable, learned Massachu
; sets with having fallen lamentabl,
short Of her full measure Of patriotism
during and since the Spanish war. 7
this complexion has Il come at last tina
% Massachusetts, should be Tndely accuse
Of a monstrous sin Of omizsion-Massa