Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-25
OUR COMO LETTER.
The Senatorial Fight is Outweigh.
ing all Others in Interest.
The Negroes arc tho Only Republicans
Some of the spellbinders of tho Past
Observations on the Old Opponents of
Slavery.
Especial to virginian-Pilot.)

Inc senatorial is outclassing both I'm
interest and in enthusiasm the Con
gressional and Presidential political
campaign in the Old North State. The
apathy in regard to the last two is as
founding. 1t is hard to prophecy in re-
gard to the result. In some sections
many are reaching for Simmons; in
others many will assist to push for
ward Carr. Carr is by long odds the
favorite of the old ''rebs" He fought
as private; he refused a commission.
Since the war he has amassed a for
tune: he has used it generously and
lavishly to promote education and TO
comfort his old comrades i'm arms.
Much bitterness and wrangling are be-
ing infected into the contest. Prima-
ries and dispensaries are delicate
things to handle.
Butler and his following, to the con-
trary Notwithstanding, the Populists.
VIII vote almost solidly for Bryan. At
Como there will be neither a Repubi
can or Populist vote cast, The negroes
arc the only Republicans with us, and
there are now no PopulistS, Our peo-
pie need mighty shaking up and they
VIII get 1t. too, before the Ides of
March. 1 do not like to write or talk
pontics. have seen n battle between
giants and the fisticuffs of pigmies do
not amuse me. Among the thousands
stumping In the nation there is only
one orator-many good speakers. l
nave seen Webster, Clay. Calhoun and
Seward in high debate; seen lances
splintered in nobler list than Ashby;
witnessed the grandest Senate ever
on rth nd \
discussions are tame. I have clinked
glasses with old Sam Houston, of San
Jacinto fame; hob-nobbed with Jerry
Clemens, of Alabama; seen old lack,
of Buena Vista, laid out in state; at
tended his funeral, and a travelling cir
Gus has now for me fun charms. Clap
trap is not craftsmanship, froth and
foam no oratory, and Butler and
Pritchard of 1900 do not parallel with
Mangum and Badger of 1850. When
passion usurps reason the waters be-
como muddy. To ono who has lived
long the future seems ringed with fire
NO man or policy can ensave a peo-
pie. Peoples enslave themselves, and
when debauched they are easily man
aoIed. people aroused. informed,
easily throw off the yoke and push for
ward the car of liberty, even if 1T has
to crunch human bones and become
slippery with human blood.
Labor organized can control capital,
and O nation united for freedom de-
capitates kings. A nation that fights
for conquest has always lost It's free
dom. Thrones built and cemented with
blood will sooner or later be Slapped by
nlhilism. communism or anarchy. "A
volcano often slumbers, and in its
sleep gathers volume to bury cities.
The coup d'etat of Louis Napoleon
gained him An empire-that was the
BAPTISM Of his glory-Sedan was its
burial Boadicea predicted the fall of
Rome and 1t fell when It's octopus arms
of conquest went too far. The alliance
of Napoleon with the House OF Haps-
burg was an abyss covered with flow
are. Waterloo came upon him. like q
flame kindled in hell, destroying oil
even hope.
"Is this the man of thousand thrones,
Who strewed the earth with human
bones;
So AFFECT yet alive?"
All this may be ressimistic. would
I could evoke optimism from the out
look. TITS. strange that the section
most opposed to slavery. which lavish
ed treasure and blood to obliterate It,
should now be so anxious to manacle
and enslave the Isles of the Sea; to
make millions Of slaves; to compact to
perpetuate polygamy and slavery. a
repuhlic goes back nn-itS- oMn-raoaFa
when IT attempts coersion and force.
China is greater menace to civilIza-
ton and progress than the Philippine
archipelago. Why not unfurl our flag
on the walls of Pekin until the Dragon
is dead? Is It that we fear compiled
lions. the growl of the Bear or the roar
of the Lion? To admit this is to ad-
NIT cowardice = to stand forsworn
among nations. 1t Is well to sentinel
old landmarks with beacon lights. and
to buoy sunken reefs. where many
gallant ship has foundered
seaman, when near shoals. notes
we'll the warning sound OF fog horns
He knows we'll danger is nigh. I'M
perialism means a standing army. and
large army is a threat to republican,
Ism. No republic needs one unless
surrounded by enemies to freedom
France for instance. Switzerland has
none; her Alps are her buIwarks
America. that Is the United States. is
Isolated. separated from Asiatic and
European despotisms by oceans. Her
glorious traditions VIII supply men to
beat back any invasion. At the drum
tap millions will forsake loom. factory
and pillow and see that no one pulls
down their flag. The Monroe doctrine
applies to the Republics of South
America. but does not prevail within
our own possessions, as a Mahometan
despot rules there, and is recognized
by treaty. No rational man is an
enemy to capital per sea but only to
the abuse of It's power.
A tariff that protects a few to the
injury of the many is radically wrong
in precisely the same way that a is
that exerhpts capital from taxation.
and thereby throws q heavier burden
upon those who may not have that par
ticular form OF property. American
manufactures are competing success
fully with the world: the protection
given them only enables them to sell
their goods at a higher rate In the