The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-10-03
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-Choulish Capers of T Teddy
Roosevelt.
WAVING THE BLOODY SHIRT.
0dg Head Afilicts This Cavort.
ing Broncho Buster.
FOREVER BLOWING HIS OWN HORN.

FOREVER BLOWING HIS OWN HORN
reses as the Hero ef the spanish
war ana Denisa HE Cenrade.
TAsir Jest Hsners-Doins His Bee,
% Awaken seetional DiRere.ces
TAs DsluasA Olebe-Denoerat--so
psSssatssa Fren Texas - C. A.
Tswas's Mental nsuiDnent-ysepuA.
1 Aeass sn the Run - Repeater
v1sskiss % west virsinia.
ttjpecal washinston Letter.l
Palsied be the hand that draws the
osoody shirt from its dlshonored grave
and waves II In the face Of the Ameri.
can people to stir up strife! That's
ny sentiment and Il comes warm from
~ hsart And that is precisely the
\ ehoulish caper that Governor Roose-
vele ID now cutting before hlgh heaven.
yoe this culpable and inexcusable Der.
1ermance he deserves and will receive
~ execration Of al honest and patri.
oeSc men. No human being has had
\ soch an astounding case Of big head
1ance Napoleon the Great died on his
su1en isls amid q storm which rocked
- world to its foundations. murmur.
)nG "Tete d'armeer' The immortal
Oersican had q right to be an egotist.
He had accomplished marvellous things,
0ut Teddy's achievements, both In
yeace and I'm war. are mere bagatelles.
Insckeray says that George Nv had
knlghted % many people for heroisn
- the nead and had presented 90 rnany
oaneers to returning regiments during
ahe Napoleonic wars that he finally be-
cane ~iuny" On the subject and con-
e1uded that be, under the name and
seyle OF Colonel Brock. had led a tre-
meudous charge OF the Scotch high
Sanders as Waterloo. Teddy seems to
labor under the same sort of halluc,na.
sjon. He appears to think that be was
the whole thing during the Spanish
war He not only. single handed and
alone. conquered the dons by land, but
he'is responsible for Dewey's amazing
victory ut Manila. Teddy was the Car
not OF that immortal deed and organ.
10 that victory. to hear him tell the
enls. II be keeps on, he vii finally
eonciude that he captured vl.ksburg.
conquered ut Gettysbur:, aud compelled
ene surrender Of General Robert f
Lee at Appomattox.
the Mar who blows His Horn,
III In
man who bloweth his own horn, lest
% be not blownw Teddy must have
read that bit Of sarcastic philosophy
written by the great Missouri humor.
nj. and not only has he taken 1t to
heart. but adopted II as the rule and
guide OF his faith and practice. for as.
suredly no mnn Of this generation has
80 exalted his own horn. lie blows It
Song, loud and on all occasions. But that
10 venial sin. II sin II be. and Injuries
no one except his fellow soldiers of
ahonors Justly due them. But Dragging
the bloody shirt out OF It's tomb for per-
soual political reasons Is the sin nnpor.
aonable against the American people.
By 30 doing Colonel Roosevelt tot only
writes himself down as Cheap John
demagosue. but as q pestilcnt disturb
er Of the public peace.
1--WE kisAs 81 RspuSlIeans.
There are Republican, and Republic
{ ena Seventeen times this summer
nd Joint discussions with Hon. iona.
ehan Prentiss Dolliver, the new sena.
t6r FROM Iowa. Always In enumerat.
ing the benefits Of the Spanish war
- placed among them IA reunited
country" and that Item always provok.
ID applause. Now comes the vaporfng
esotist from. Oyster Bay aud knocks
thst prop out from under Brother Dol
liver. II Teddy Ia right. Jonathan In
wrong. and there n no reunited coun.
Try" IL Jonathan Is correct. Teddy
Sts a malignant enemy of his country
who for personal gain seeks to re-em
broil the various sections OF the coun-
try against each other. OF course II
was none Of my business. except I'm
the most general why. but from the
bottom ot my heart | wish that Dolli.
yer had received that vice presidential
'hoNsau VI u.
Should Mckinley be elected bv any
chance - though II looks like q . to
Il shot against him - aud should he
die and Roosevelt succeed. hc will
bend nll bis energies to relntroduclnc
4. the era OF hate. which would be the
greatest calamity that could befall the
country, which God forbid!
There Is one day that have always
loved to think about, aud that Is the
Sth OF March. 1898. when the house of
representatives. without a man miss
ing-Democrats. Republicans. Populsts
anG free performed the most
stuperdous act OF confidence witnessed
among men since the morning stars
first sang together for JOY by giving In
to the hands OF the president without
condition and without reserve S5O.OOO.-