Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-10-26
POLITICAL review OF THE WEEK.

The antislavery agitators We're rot
ten egged, stoned. dubbed and mob
bed both by DULLES in broadcloth and
DULLES in rags. Free speech was de-
MED to every man and woman Of that
period who dared to attempt to register
a protest against the infamy of human
slavery. The intolerance and coward
ice Of the defenders of slavery and all
it's concomitant evils and iniQuities
were no wiser in their day and gcner-
alton than the DULLES in broadcloth
and the DULLES in rags Of this genera
ton who have adopted the same method
to stifle the voice Of the peoples rep
resentatiyes in campaign having for
one Of its objects the conservation of
the rights and liberties of all the peo-
pie. The mob spirit which has mani
tested itself in the present campaign
and the mob spirit of the antebcllum
period differ in no material feature.
The same vindictive and mendacious
impulse that moved the antislavery
mobs to intimidate, harass and grossly
insult public speakers who detained
against the evils of human slavery is
the same spirit which has manifested
itself in the present campaign against
those who are known to be againstthe
methods and policies of the Democrat
ic party. The mob spirit Of the ante
bellum period was born Of Democratic
arrogance; the mob spirit Of 1900 pro-
ceeds from the same source. 1t is the
Democratic policy to meet argument
with the bludgeon. the bowie knife and
the shotgun. Its history is history Of
bloodshed, murder and lawlessness. 1t
struck down Charles Sumner; it drag
ged William Lloyd Garrison through
the streets of Boston with a halter
around his neck; it destroyed the print
ing Office Of Loyejoy at Alton. and it
assassinated Abraham Lincoln at
Washington. But the principles for
which these men stood and fought tri-
umphed as gloriously as those for
which their exemplars now stand and
are fighting with courage born Of
faith in the Righteousness of their
welt, Chairman Hanna and others will
redouble the efforts Of Republicans ev-
erywhere to defeat and humiliate the
arrogant policy Of the intolerant De-
mocracy to crush out free speech.
The perSstency with which Governor
Roosevelt has been pursued and insult
ed during his tour through the west is
proof "strong as holy writ" that these
attacks upon him are the result OF
generalization.
Whether the plot originated with the
Democratic national committee or with
the state committees of the states in
which lie has spoken Is immaterial. 1t
is Democratic plot. and the people
will bold the Democratic thugs who are
responsible for it to q strict acconnta.
bility at the polls.
The barefaced philosophy Of Ananias
is breaking out in spots on the Demo
cratic side of this campaign, and it is
pursuing Governor Roosevelt with a
malignity and devilishness as venom.
GUS as It is cowardly and disgraceful.
The Democratic press and individuals
in the Democratic party profess great
interest in the negro troops who fought
with Colonel Roosevelt at Santiago lie
Cuba, and they affect to be ronsidera-
bly, Mortified because Of certain state
ment alleged to have been made by
Colonel Roosevelt touching the v,Inrof
the men Of the Ninth and Tenth cavll-
~, statement which. If he did make
1t, he afterward retracted in manly
way and in these words: Il have seen
my mistake. find these men to be far
different from what supposed them 10
be-" JOHN 2. BRUCE.