The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-31
THE PRINCE OF TEMPTERS.

I'LL ! nii'Oh
And the devil. taking him up into s,.ad 1iss
| n, The world in moment OF Time ..,, Ash.
And the devil said unto ~, siH aIorv Of them s'
20. ,bat Is delivered unto me. and TO- whom
s sos ,na' vii. give It. II you therefore
sSsi, worship me. all shall be thine"
Ana Jesus answered and said unto MIN
&c, thee behind me. Satan. for II Ia written
.Thou sbalt worship the Lord thy GOD anu
Him only shalt thou serve
In n four-column editorial in the Cour-
Ter journal, Henry watterson took the
gulf states to the top of pinnacle, sucn
ne watterson only could take them to,
and pointed out to them markets anu
wealth and glory II they would only faii
down and worship Imperialism and the
republican party. He told the people OF
Alabama. Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana
MississippI, Georgia and Florida that all
these things would be theirs If they would
only turn their back upon the principles
of liberty and the doctrine OF tine con-
sent of the governed"
The devil was not more subtle or eio-
auent when he tempted Christ, He sneers
at "the bucolic republic OF Washington
and Franklin" he inveighs against the
"penny trumpeters who foot the old can
about the consent OF the governed, ana
those who "drone about constitutional
FORMS" he sees, or claims to see, tine
world shutting up like telescope, and
through its smaller end one can see
farther than Jefferson ever saw through
the larger" he characterizes liberty
the passion of our fathers, as the idiosyn-
cracy of the passing century, and pro-
claims that it must give way to mar
kets" In the century before us; he APP
peals to the hunger OF the South as prob
ably Satan appealed to the hunger Of the
fasting Master, and says for these demo-
cratic commemorative that they will
fling aside any party which dares step
across the pathway OF their prosperity,
and which proposes to manure their vast
ed fields and fill their hungry mouths with
commonplace about the consent of the
governed" He even winds up his appeal
with a poetic apostrophe to Mobile the
lovely and Pensacola the patient-sleep-
ing beauties In the ballroom Of COM
merce-to awaken at the touch of the
fairy Prince Fortunatus." All, like Me-
phisto now, with honeyed words.
'BOOr GretCnen, tnou III DelOOi.
And what is his argument? Why he
says the building of the Nicaragua canal
will bring these States near the new
stream of commerce thus operated and
establish their prosperity anew.
But what has the Nicaragua canal to do
with this policy of imperialism-of Asiatic
conquest and colonization? What has been
done before this colonial scheme took pos
session of this administration. The ad
mnistration itself is in the hands of the
transcontinental railroads, who are OPP
posed to the canal, and who will, to the
extent of their influence, prevent its COM
pletion.
Besides, the annexation of these Asiatic
islands as Federal territory is not es-
sential to our trade there. Trade does
not necessarily follow the flag 1t goes
in obedience to the laws OF commerce.
What flag influence has led to the i'm
mense American exports to Europe and
other portions of the globe? Does the
agricultural South really believe that an
neXation of islands whose climate re-
sembles and whose products must compete
with theirs will be master stroke of for
tune for her? Would Mr.. Watterson have
the "negro-ridden South believe that the
acquisition of some ten million Malays
into, perhaps, our voting, certainly our
industrial, citizenship, is a "consumma-
ton devoutly to be wished?'
II the Nicaragua canal promises pros
perty to the South that promise will be
neutralized by the permanent acquisition
OF this colonial empire. These islands |
and not the South, will invite the invest
ment Of that wealth that always seeks the |
field of cheapest labor as the source of
greatest profits. The struggle now going
on in the South will grow more acute;
and does Mr. Watterson fancy flor he |
does not say) that the men of the South |
viii cease agriculture and go to banking
and manufacturing? In his fevered dreams
he seems to see the old South OF agri-
culture fade away--the South Eat the
down to starvation point" and with no |
pull except its raw material-and to see |
a South Of factories and clearing houses. |
Vain DREAM The manufacturing business
is now surfeited and overdone The daily
birth notices of trusts bear witness to this |
fact. What the gulf States need, what the
North needs, is more consideration paid to
agricultural interests; not through n pro-
tective system which protects manufacture
ing at the expense OF agriculture. but
through the restoration of silver coinage.
a system that will again give value TO
property, wages TO labor and hope to the
despairing heart of the debtor.
~
Mr.. Watterson recognizes that the gulf
States are Eat the mercy of the capitalists
Of England and the United States. who
have the price OF cotton down to the STAR
walton point. and who never let sover-
eign or dollar go until they are assured
Of Its safe journey and of its return with
interest He sees this, but he has
set his head against the only practical
plan for relief from the domination of that
class. He would still leave us Eat their
mercy, and so no wonder he looks for
rescue IN the markets OF the orient He
would divert attention to our duties m
Asia when our own domestic troubles are
pressing hardest on us
Ana one of the worst results Of tb,s
policy he would have us follow would
ne the ENHANCEMENT OF our government
II foreign disputes, in wars and rumors or
War--to the end that domestic o,,estIons
would have small consideration against tha
patriotic yaporings of such hypocrites as
now administer National affairs. In draft
ing our constitution the wisdom of our
athers declared our National purpose IN
'e TO establish justice, to insure domestic
tranquility, provide for the common de-