The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-07-12

'"S "H VIC 'cucstlphS Ol the
Hour.
In the June number OF the North
American Review, Hon oWillium J
bryan, tho candidate Of the Democ.
racy Tor president, discusses the issues
oi the approaching campaign. He be-
| gins with these words
| "Ihc issue presented in the cam
palSn OF 1900 is the Issue between
plut"cracy and Democracy. All tho
questions under discussion will, in
their last analysis, disclose the conflict
between the dollar and the mana
conflict Us old as the human race, and
ono which will continue rs long as the
human race cndurcs.'
From that point the issues Of The
currency, trusts, and Imperialism are
discussed very much in the same WAY
as when MIR. Bryan was addressing uu.
dlcncos in different parts OF the cOun,
try. with the exception that the colo
Quial style gives place TO the digniticd
one OF magazine article.
MIR. Bryan is very imprcs in
speaking OF tho cost OF war. Having
quoted from Benjamin Frankin's let
ter to Lord Howe the remark, "To me
1T sc"ms that neither tho obtaining nor
retaining any trade, how valuable
sOevcr Is an object for which men may
justly spill each others bood,' Mr..
bryan uses with great effect Abraham
LincUin's beautiful letter OF coincidence
TO Mrs. Bixby, Of Boston, the mother
OF five sons who died gloriously on the
field OF battlc,' and adds
mo more beautiful expression OF
sympathy can be found in litcraturc
Compare it with the sordid consolation
last ten years. Foreign influence, dc.
scribeu by Washington as one of the
most banuful foes Of republican gov
ernmcnt,' has been felt as never be-
fore. Wealth has been concentrated
IN the bands OF Is few more rapidly
than ever before. Corporate capital
cXcrts an influence over government
more potent than ever before for cor
rupt elections.
"What is TO be the end ? Can any
thoughtful person bclicvr that these
conditions promise we'll for u republic?
Are we not following in tho foot
steps Of Rome, as described by FrOudu? ?
'Io make money, money by any
mcaps, lawful or unlawful, became the
universal passion. Money The cry
was still money Money was the one
thought, from the highest Senator to
tho poorest wretch who sold his vote
in tho COmita.'
and that VIC live under the reign OF
law, lot the reader review the lecture
delivered by DR.. John Lord, q Con-
ncctlcut scholar, on itomc in tho days
OF Marcus Aurclius. After describing
the conditions which existed when
about Two thousand people owned
the whole civilized world he says
"'l}ut | cannot cnumerate the evils
which co.existcd with all the boastcd
prosperity OF the empire, and which
were preparing the way for ruin evils
SO disgraccful and universal tnnL
Christianity made no impression at All
on eucicty at large and did not modify
Il law or remove a single object Ul
scandal
"Apd again
lis there nothing TO be considered
hnt external g'orics which appeal to
the senses alone? SHAH our eyes be
diverted from the operation Of moral
law and the inevitable consequences OF
| Us violation : Shall we blinu ourselves
| to the future condition OF our familic.
| and our country In our estimate Of hap
piness Shall we ignore, in the daH
z!ing life OF u few favored cXtortiOn
crs, mOnOpOlists and successful gamb
lcrs, all that Christianity points out az
hope and solace and glory OF man.
kind -
- instead OF regarding tho recent AS
sault upon constitutional government
the attempted overthrow OF Alneri-
can principlcs-as matter OF destiny,
We may rather consider IL as the last
plague, the Staying OF the lirst-born,
which will end the bondage Of the
American people, and bring deliver
"ncc from the phara0hs who arc cD.
tbroning Mammon and dcbasing man
king