The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-10-10

rivers of blood in al effort to subduc
free people and get possession of thei
gold mincl l don't believe that an,
of this is Gods will. Greece and Rom,
and Carthage and Napoleon all cam,
TO grief. Offcnses must needs come
but woe unto those by whom the,
come. l don't believe that any war O.
aggression has the favor of God, bu
sooner or later the agsressor will reaI
what he has sown.
John Brown was backed by Hem
Ward Beccher and other nrcacG
ers who thought they saw the will Of
God in an uprising Of the slaves against
their masters, no matter if it resulted
| in murder and arson and other out
RACES too horrible to mention. He
was as much an anarchist as Czolgcsz
and his Infamous scheme thousand
times more horrible; but last year the,
removed his bones to Connecticut and
reinterred them with honors and q
monument. No, am still the same
old rcbol-unreconstructed, unrepen.
tant, and l am incredulous of any reaI
or lasting harmony between the North
and the South as long as the pension
grab goes on and getsj bigger every
year and we have to pay third of it
for being conquered. If peace and
love and harmony prevail, why bleed
us forever? Why take our hard earn
ings to support the children and grand.
children of Union soldiers, one-third
of whom were Hessians and hirelings
who were fighting for $40 month and
Iations, with no thought Of patriotism7
From that imported class, no doubt,
sprang these anarchists that breed dis
cord and discomfort among our people.
Czolgosz was no foreigner. lie was
born III Detroit, went to school there,
learned his trade there, and his elder
brother was n soldier in the Union
army and he is just as much an Amcrl-
can citizen as sd per cent of the popu-
lation of New York city-natlvc.b born,
but of foreign parents.
The seed of anarchy was sown long
ago, and it is too late to drive it out by
any legislation. The assassins of our
Presidents were all native. born Amcri-
can citizens. Indeed, it is not sur
prlsing that among 100000 of peo-
pie there are TO be found few men of
such abnormal mind as to glory in
killing a President. AS Roosevelt said,
a President must take his chances.
" Uneasy lies the head that wears Il
CROWN" Why that wretch should
wish to kill such klnd-hearted and
unsellish man as Mr.. Mckinley pass
eth comprehension. If he was Jealous
of power or great wealth, why didn't
he pursue Morgan or Rockefeller or
Carnegie? Oh, the pity Of It'll An
unsellish, great-hearted Christian
gentleman. No wonder the women
are helping TO build the Atlanta monu-
ment, for Mr.. Mckinley was a model
husband, true to his marriage VOWS
and ever thoughtful of his loving wife.
Ever in apprehension of his fate he
carried 100000 of life insurance, and
il was all for hcr-yes, all for her
whom he loved bcItcr,n,than fame or
wealth OF power.
And n)w comes President Roosc-
welt, the first President from Georgia
stock. [ like the start he has made,
and l believe he will be as much the
President as was Andrew Jackson. If
we had United States bank he would
close it and remove the deposits. Yes,
L know the stock from away back.
When l was school-boy I visited
Roswell, where the Kings and Dun
woodys and Bullochs and Pratts and
Hands all lived IN elegant seclusion.
Dan Elliott was one of my compan-
lons-a mischievous, black-eyed youth
of 1G; went to school with HIM. He
was half-brothcr TO our Presidents
mother. Yes, l know the stock and
maybe l can get some little office with
good pay and little work-something
like a sinecure or sine qua non
something that would suit my declin-
ing years and let me down easy. l
would like that, anil the President
ought TO give 1t to me because l went
to school with his half-uncle Dan or
his uncle half Dan. That's reason
enough.
But my time is up, for my wife says
she is going to take an evening nap
and must look after the two little
granddaughters, Jessie's children.
There is brand new little boy there
now, and the little girls are staying
with us till their little brother gets ac-
quainted. Before long i will have to
brush up my old baby songs again and
sing that boy to sleep. They keep or
working me as long as last. When
die l reckon the women will build {
monument to me and say on 1t:
He was a faithful husband an,
father. He nursed the children ant
grandchildren as long as he lasted.
BILL ARP.