The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-11-01

uent IN Limo Win she
Policy of the Present Campaign
y Especial CorrespondcnceO
" Bellefonte, Pa, Oct n
The attacks OF the Bryanite DEMO-
sacy Of today upon President Wilna1
Mckinley in their "anti-imperiAlism
campaign vividly recall the assaufne
made by the leaders OF the same parry
upon the martyred President Abraham
Lincoln.
Sensational interest 10 attached -
the discovery this week OF oertan
snissing documents and other papers b
q case In which the Democratic oaS-
'didate for auditor general IN this M0r
,paign. p. Gray Meek. was involved
y. Gray Meek, during the dark dHzss
tCf the rebellion. was one OF the DoS
blatant and bitter vilitiers OF Press
rleut Lincoln and his administrato0-
He waS arrested BY the United Stasfs
authorities and had . vsry close oaA
from going 70 jail lor long Ssrn
kpon the charge Of interfering wtth
ahs drafting OF men for tho Unsaa
army and other reasonable acuoeA
Bat for the intercession of innuentasa
friends and. possibly through mean
which It might be well not to even
upon, he escaped punishment for ~
traasonable work.
Assk was thea . venomous cnppa<
head Democrat
His newspaper. The Demosvt1r
watchman. which he still publishes
ta1Yly tsemcd with abuse OF l1ocA,
members Of his cabinet and those n
rectly in charge OF the suppresstos q
the rebellion. in almost every issue duS-
ing the war.
The attacks Of the Dryanite Deu>-
cratic leaders OF today upon PresiA01
Mckinley in connection with tA6
criticism OF the conduct Of tho sAD-
paign against the insurgents II IL
Philippines are mild In toneapd puatS
in character compared with the abSD
and defamation heaped upon Lincoln
by the Democracy Of his day and Dsn
& the type Of Meek.
When p. Gray Meek was prurosed
for the nomination for auditor genesaa
this year there were those who 70
called the circumstances Of his arrrs4
in lsc5 and of the terrible character Il
his editorial comments upon Lnoolnt
administration and his work In trying
70 incite citizens Of Pennsylvania - ~
,sist the drafts for troops to defend ~
Tag and the honor Of his country.
The Democratic leaders who vese
then engaged In condemning PreeidesK
Mckinley for his policy in the Philip
pines evidently did not regard Nenh'e
record as inconsistent with the policy
of the Democracy Of today. Thy
blandly asserted that the voters would
not be influenced By what Mr.. AAek
wrote or did IS ysars ago. anyhow.
Besides, II was stated that the ~
pers in the eass had all been Rbstractad
from the public records and that these
would be no material other thaA -
Feitsration Of vague story with
which to direct tho attention q IL
people to the f0et OF tho Rrrest Gf
Meek at tie instance OF tho Unt1ad
States authoritisA
Deveral citizens Of this place VhD
we're familiar with the eircumstaAc0
OF Meek's arrest went to work 70 ~
% get at the documents In the saee.
Aftsr diligent inquiry they have lnaliy
gotten hold Of the copy Of the indiee-
nslt against Meek and other DaSsss
Of record, and they succeeded IN -
eing a copy Of his newspaper. ISe
Democratic Watchman. Of the issue &
Uuly %, 1864
The leading editorial Of this -
rad as follows:
BOaeOO morn.
Another edlct has gone forth.
and on the 9Th OF September he
wheel from which ia drawn The
order OF death will DO put in mo-
ton again. King Abraham wants
more victims, AAaticism demands
more blood. and I've hundred thoU-
. sand more men must offer up thsd1
lives on the bloody altar Of inadsl
Abolitionism. b there 70 be 10
F.. stop to this terrible work, no hull
n the cry for blood! Must w.
powers that be- surfeit on IT, ~
; fore we can hope for nm end to this
/ korrid butchsry-this 6sndisA
ffightful war;
Already two millions Of men
; have been called for and respol4-
{. Cd. Where are they today? LA
che millions Of graves that MARI
the soil Of the southern statss-
, che sickenins hospitals Allied with
Heir suffering victims, and tho
thousands of men, disabled IN
limbs. broken In health. who are
/ wasting away the miserable rom
| can't Of their lives in pain anl
| poverty around us, answer; And
{, then let the condition Of our couA-
tfy today tell what these saeri-
Aces have been for, and what good
!. has been accomplished by them
: That Abraham Lincoln will be
idiotic enough TO attempt to en-.
force another draft we have not
the least doubt notwithstanding
Sbe signs Of the times" indicats
piainly that II viii be dangerous
Undertaking for hip. and those
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