The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-10-03
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-Ghoulish Capers of I eddy
Roosevelt.
WAVING THE BLOODY SHIRT.
Big Head Aaaicts This cavort-
ing Broncho Buster.
FOREVER BLOWING HIS OWN HORN.

FOREVER BLOWING HIS OWN HORN.
Poses as the Hero OF the Spanish
wnr and Denies His Comrades
Their Just Honors-Dofng His Best
to Awaken Sectional Differences.
The Desuded G1obe-Democrnt-Sol
Delegation From Texas - c. A.
Towne's Mental Equipment-Nepub-
Iicans ON the Run Repeaters
EIoclkins to West Virginia.
Especial Washington letter.
Palsied be the hand that draws the
bloody shirt from it's dishonored grave
can people to stir up strife! That's
my sentiment, and it comes warm from
my heart And that is precisely the
ghoulish caper that Governor Roose-
yelt is now cutting before high heaven.
For this culpable and ine1cusable per-
formance he deserves and will receive
the execration Of all honest and patri-
otic men. No human being has had
such an astounding case Of big head
since Napoleon the Great died on his
sullen isle amid storm which rocked
the world to it's foundations. murmur-
Ing, 1Tete d'armeew The immortal
Corsican had a right to be an egotist-
He had accomplished marvellous things,
but Teddy's achievements. both in
peace and in war, are mere bagatelles.
Thackeray says that George ~ had
knighted so many people for heroism
on the field and had presented so many
banners to returning regiments during
the Napoleonic wars that he finally be-
came -'luny" on the subject and COZ
cluded that he, under the name and
style Of Colonel Brock. had led tre-
mendous charge Of the Scotch high
landers at Waterloo. Teddy seems to
labor under the same sort Of hallucina-
ton. 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 at Manila Teddy was the Car
not Of that immortal deed and organ
ized that victory, to hear him tell the
tale. If he keeps on. he will finally
concluGe that he captured Vicksburs.
conquered at Gettysburg and compelled
the surrender of General Robert E
Lee at Appomattox.
The Man who Blows His Horn.
Mark Twain said. Blessed is the
man WHO bloweth his own horn, lest
it be not blown Teddy must have
read that bit of sarcastic philosophy
written by the great Missouri humor-
ist, and not only has he taken it to
heart, but adopted it as the rule and
guide of his faith and practice. for as
suredly no man of this generation has
SO exalted his own horn. Ile blows it
long, loud and on all occasions. But that
is yenial sin. if sin it be, and Injuries
no one except his fellow soldiers OF
honors justly due them. But Dragging
the bloody shirt out Of its tomb for per-
sonal political reasons is the sin nnpor-
donable against the American people.
3y so doing Colonel Roosevelt not only
writes himself down as Cheap John
demagogue, but as pestilent disturb
er Of the public peace.
Two Kinds OF Republicans.
There are Republicans, and Republic
ans. Seventeen times this summer !
had Joint discussions with Hon. iona
than Prentiss Dolliver. the new sena-
tor from Iowa Always in enumerat-
ing the benefits Of the Spanish war
,the placed among them "a reunited
country" and that item always provok-
ed applause Now comes the vapor7ng
esotis1 from Oyster Bay and knocks
that prop out from under Brother Dol
liver If Teddy is right. Jonathan Is
wrong. and there is no reunited coun-
try" If Jonathan is correct. Teddy
lis 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 1t
was none Of my business. except in
the most general way. but from the
bottom Of my heart l wish that Dolli-
yer had received that vice presidential
nomination instead Of Roosevelt
Should Mckinley be elected BY any
chance though it looks like . : to
L shot against him and should he
die and Roosevelt succeed. he viii
bend all his energies to reintrodncing
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. and that is the
Sth Of March, 1898 when the house Of
representatives. without man miss
ins-Democ-ats. Republicans. Popp:;Sts
anl free performed the most
stuperdous act Of confidence witnessed
among men since the morning St;i's
first sang together for Joy b,, giving ii3-
~, of y,rcc; don't II.lf Ioi,t