Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-12
AN ARISTOCRAT WHO
DETESTS A DEMOCRAT.

nlttef I1ra0e or a correspondent
Who Does Not Like the Times De-
fence of the People,.
Philadelphia Times.
To the Editor of the Times-Sir: /
am an aristocrat and | protest against
| the change of poucy your ape has
made in the last ten days. To me it is
a deplorable evidence of d~isintegration
of what was once a sturdy, sound and
dignifed newspaper.
In my opinion the Times will profit
little by its turn-about face method OF
pandering to the fancies of the mob.
| detest a mob. / detest a Democrat
! detest the common people, and de-
test anybody or anything that aims t
champion their alleged rights.
There is a distinction, and a very
wide distinction, between the people
of this country, as of all countries. The
aristocrat has been destined by Provi-
dence to rule this land as the aristocrat
! has ruled all lands from the very be-
ginning. The aristocrat has, therefore,
a special right that the common herd.
of course, envy, but cannot attain. Ny
political opinions rather tend TO the
maintenance of a monarchy, but as
that form of government does not exist
here at present, | take the next best
party, which, in a large measure, rep
resents my idea OF who have and who
have not rights. / have voted the Re-
publican ticket since 1876, and will
continue to vote it and will give my
contributions to the Republican cam
paign in order to prevent the greatest
country on earth from falling into the
hands of the common rabble.
You, who pretend to favor so much
the rights of these alleged oppressed
and down-trodden people, ought to re-
fleet upon the scenes of carnage and
the pitiable outcome that the French
commune created. This thing of say
ing that the rich man is depriving the
poor man Of bread; this transparent
idea of yours that the few are getting
opulent at the expense of the many;
this false argument of yours that the,
Declaration of Independence and the
Constitution of the United States gives
the common herd the right to muir
der, because they have TO work for
some one else, are just what a wise
statesman within the past three years
has asserted will be the foundation Of
an unnecessary and terrible conflict
within the next half century among
the people of this nation. If you were
a nihilist you could not speak palmer
the dangerous theories which that or
g~anization upholds.
Heaven has willed that ONE men
must be slaves to others. Heaven has
willed that some men must be ignorant
and poor. Heaven has willed that
some people shall have more OF this
worlds goods than others, and neither
the Constitution of the United States
nor. the Declaration of Independence
make it different. l have my slaves
and they are glad to be my slaves. |
have talked to each one OF them upon
the issues of this campaign and each
has told me that he proposed support
ing Bryan and Stevenson. Each came
to me, offering his services, pleading
distress and poverty, and plying him
| engaged him to do work that was
not absolutely necessary to my COM
fort, yet after the Presidential election
they will face the same conditions, for
| do o propose to retain them should
they vote as they have Indicated. To
do this is my natural right. These
men have repeatedly told me that
their very existence they owed 70 me,
that they might have been in the poor
house had | not sheltered them, and
still they swear that they will vote for
Bryan and Stevenson against the very
interests which | represent. Therein
lies the curse of a free ballot for serfs.
They will forsake the bridge that car
ries them over.
| might go into exclusive detail as
to my opinion of the men who support
Mr.. Bryan generally, but | fear it would
be a waste OF time. I will say, however,
that / think there is enough money in
this country and IN this world to buy
up these hungry devils whom you al
| flde to as the down-trodden and OPP
| pressed people, and | am cotfidens that
Mr.. Mckinley will be reelected by a
large plurality.
Your paper and others like IL make
a great mistake when they say that
| the common people have any rights.
From the beginning of the world they
never had any rights. Even when some
benevolent King or Emperor sought to
give them what they never had or
never deserved they spurned the offers
| and went to killing themselves. The
| history of modern Europe furnishes
exemplary proof of this statement. The
| Constitution of the United States is
! only a glittering generality, for it prac-
tically proclaims liberty to the world,
which accounts for the dangerous
! spread of the theories and doctrines
| Organism, anti-trustism and anti-im-
perialism. But, thank. God, the liberty
it proclaims is forbidden by law, for
| the very element to which Mr.. Bryan
appeals is that which for ages has
made restrictive law absolutely neces-
sary for the safety and peace OF good
people. I repeat that have no sym
pathy with them and among those who
doubtless have rendered you regrets
that your paper has turned 10 trucking
% the foibles Of the common people
you may include.
AN ARISTOCRAT.
Philadelphia, October s, 1900.