The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-09-12

"''houSn TIC tai%eu iouGlv OF prosecution. the SOW
ernor has not brought G. these men to iis,
| tice.
History records the fact that the governor has
| never lost an opportunity, when standing in the
| temple or the market place. to make loud prot
esta,ions OF heroic virtue, but the hist orian has
eearched In vain for any evidence Of performance.
The volume OF profession is full, but The u,ye o.
| performance Is blank
| wish TO avoid even the appearance Of severity.
anc as have not the language TO pr~l-riy char
acte'ize this mans career, ! shall not attempt it.
hc Is the right man to defend criminal aggression
and the abandonment OF plain duty. by the presi.
| dent. lie is the right man to defend n war Of
| conquest. the burning Of towns, the slaughter Of
people and the assassination OF liberty. but the
| Democratic party will pay no attention to his
| vulgar assaults
If anything more caustic than that
has appeared since Sir Philip Francis
wrote the Letters of Junius." have
not seen 1t. What's more. Colonel Roose-
welt richly deserved the excoriation.
Politics In Ohio.
have been In Ohio lately, giving
political joint lectures at Chautauquas
with my Republican friends. Hon. Jon.
athan Prentiss Dolliver of Iowa and
Charles B. Lands of Indiana, and,
while am neither prophet nor the
son Of prophet. l should not be ut all
surprised to see Bryan get the electoral
vote Of Ohio and to see a majority OF
the Ohio delegation In congress Demo.
cratic. Now, mark you. am not claim.
Ing Ohio. but am stating that from
close observation. from converse tions
with all manner and condition Of peo.
spNv ct l.
have the best chance to bag Ohio that
they have had since Franklin Pierce
mopped up the earth with General
Winfield Scott In 1850.
The Jones vote added to the Mclean
vote would give the state to the Demo
Gratis by some $4,000. and that's pre-
cisely the thing which makes all things
uncertain and which keeps everybody
jumping. Where will the Jones vote
be found this time? Is the question that
gives Mark Hanna trouble, for Mark
knows-none better-that II It once
gets grated about that Ohio is a doubt.
ful state that fact alone will defeat
Mark
At Lancaster Colonel Davidson and
I had what many said was the greatest
crowd assembled in Ohio ut n politica!
function since the log cabin, COON
skin. hard cider campaign Of 1910.
Excitement was intense. which bodies
good for the Democrats.
Human Nature the Same Every
where.
Napoleon once said, Scratch q Rus
sian. and you will find Tartar" and
1t really appears that If you scratch
the average American citizen you will
strike n savage. For years good
many good people In highly respectable
communities. laying the flattering unc-
ton to their souls that they are better
than the rest Of us. have had q great
deal to say about the lynchngs in the
south and west and have intimated
very broadly that we. the denizens Of
those regions. were lapsing into bar
barism. | believe they have even gone
so far rs to organize an antilynching
society In Boston. the undisputed hub
or the universe. The intention Of this
amiable society Is to educate the peo-
pie Of the south and west into such n
beatific state Of mind that they will
cease to lynch Outrageou ,minals. |
have no doubt that the attentions Of
these Bostonese reformers are good.
but 1t Is said that hades Is paved with
good intentions. | once read Of little
girl who put some obstacle In the way
or philosopher who was always star
gazing. He fell over 1t and barked his
shins and angrily inquired why she did
IL. She innocently replied. ITO make
you observe the beauties closer at
hand"
During the Greek war for independ-
ence John Randolph Of Roanoke visit.
ed an aristOcratic lady ncighbor Of his
and found her busily engaged making
clothing for the naked Greeks. When
he started to leave. the front yard was
full OF half naked pickaninnies. Point.
Ing his long. bony forefinger at them.
he shrieked To his hostess. MADAM.
the Greeks are at your door, | com.
mend these two anecdotes to the Bos
tonese antilynchers and would suggest
to them that they send an agent forth
with to Akron. o., Republican city
In Republican state. the state Of the
president. Of Hanna, Grosvenor and
Foraker and many other apostles Of
the true. the beautiful and the good.
Out there the other day they had the
worst riot which has taken place since
the Cincinnati riot some years ago.
Strange to say. this rioting. bloodshed,
arson and murder grew out of the fact
that q negro brute had criminally as.
saulted white girl. Now. mirabile
dictu. this Is the very same crime for
which southerners lynch men. All OF
which goes TO show that human nature
Is the same In Ohio as In Mlssissippi,
and the only way the society can stop
these lynchncs Is by Gcvising a way to
stop the commission Of these crimes
FOR which men are now lynched.
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