Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-11-22
M. Y. DUNCAN
Writes the Ledger What he Thinks
Of the Late Election.

MEXICO, Mo-, Nov. 17.-DEAR SIR:
In my Judgment we are now at the
midnight hour Of Americas thickHst
political darkness. There is not
single break in the dark cloud over
hanging us that will emit ray Of light
coming from our patriot fathers, who
breasted the storm and gave us the
only model of free government ever
known or enjoyed on this earth. By
the late election this has been so
completely wiped out as to admit OF
no sort of denial, and we stand to-day
in the presence of mangled, distorted
and bleeding corpse. OF the three
great forms of human government, to-
wit: Monarchy, aristocracy and De-
mocracy, the last and best was ours by
inheritance from the noblest fathers
men ever had. By unfaithful conduct
we have lost it. 1t is dead and for
ever buried under mountain OF as
vile rubbish as ever offended human
nostril. 1t was government by the
people, for the people, individually
and collectively. 1t was founded on
the natural inherent rights of man,
clearly set forth and explicitly de-
fined in that grandest of all human
productions-the immortal Declara-
tion of Independence-adopted on the
fourth day Of July, 1776, which act has
forever made that day sacred to the
hearts and minds Of every true patriot.
1t reads: "We hold these truths to be
self-eyident that all men are created
free and equal, being endowed by the
Creator with certain inalienable rights
among which are life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness" At that time
there were thirteen colonies, which
afterward became sovereign states
each clothed with powers to regulate
its own domestic relations, subject and
limited only by the Federal Constitu-
tion. This condition remained in full
force and power until 1860, when the
first Republican president reached the
White House, the result Of all Of which
was the war waged on certain soyer-
eign states, and the destruction by
military power Of the right in any
state to regulate its own domestic
concerns.
This was the first grand step taken
toward centralized despOtism. The
old Federal party, under the leader
ship of Alexander Hamilton, was the
exponent of the strong government
idea and on the death Of that party
the old Whig party succeeded, and
only in modified manner became its
successor, and the Whig party be-
came dead institution also; and out
of the relics of these defunct carcases
came the Republican party, and stand
ing on Hamilton's idea Of a strong
government, ,witha large standingarmy
well organized and made subsuryient
to the will OF the head of government.
In the late election these principles
have, after more than hundred
years of effort, come the frontand with
an executive to order and direct and a
Congress (both Senate and House) to
enact the necessary laws, all pledged
to the same political teachings, no
man with enough sense to carry a
bucket of slop to hungry pig through
a straight alley, can doubt the result
which will follow.
This party, backed up as it will be
lnow, with standing army of from
Ione hundred thousand to half mill
lion of soldiers, will need no further
contribution from aristocratic mon
eyed trusts to carry all future cleo
tions. That such law will pass the
next Congress is a foregone conclusion.
The excuse will be the miserable sub
Iterfuge of suppressing rebellion In
the Philippine Islands and holding a
lot Of semi-savages in subsection for
the mere pretext of coaling station
for American ships. IT is true that
| Mckinley regarded them az friends
land allies in driving the hated Span
lard from their coast and harbor, and
substituting his American Christian
civilization in its place, and then set
about with scene Of brutal war and
butchery, which only a savage could
endorse. Here is a blow that reacts
on all our pretense of patriotism and
sympthy for those struggling for
freedom in any land and proves that
our professions in that direction are
mere sham and pretense, This may
to some persons, be pessimistic, but tC
your writer the outlook is too dark tC
make joke of, as Senator Vest and
others do.
The rich trusts, backed up by the
regular army in 1904, will carry every
state in the Federal Union, and Ken
lucky, grand old Missouri and gallant
Texas will balance up on the othel
side Of the ledger.
Hope forever bade our land farewell
And freedom died when WilliamBryaI
fell.
In order to meet expenses now In
creasing by the million almost daily
there can be no reduction, but heav,
increase of all tariff rates. Alread,
great increase in prices Of every al
ticle of necessary and daily use amonl
the great mass Of people has take
place-such as -four, sugar, salt, etc
etc. and this means want and hunge
to millions of our people. But we hav
the gold standard, yet there are fft
millions of people in the Unite
: States that have not owned nor seen
\ gold dollar for twenty years.
: SIC transit gloria Blundi.
M. Y. DUNCAN.