The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-03-09
The Passing of Lentz

Those who took the trouble read the speech of Mr.
Lentz, of Ohio and hardly think there many who
did, have felt their natural satisfaction at the passing
OF such creature swell into feeling of infinite pleasure
result of its perusa Very properly denied the priv
lege of delivering in the House diatrbe the election
of Mark Hanna to the Senate Mr. Lentz had his speech
printed in the Record 1t wonderful deiverance.
Taking up about thirteen pages of the Record it
every phase of the disturbed question of human
rights and liberties and in we'll calculated to suit
the most exacng democratic taste He quotes, and cop
iousy, from dozens of dead men, and many live
He inecs kilograms letters editorials and magazine art
Giles, and introduces 'injuncons" and messages from
Washington Jefferson Monroe, Lincoln, jackson, and
host of others Not content with all ths he incorporates
the wonderful Grafton delivered by himself at the opening
of the campaign which, happily terminated in his defeat
He gives in full the platform of the Jefferson
Jackson Lincoln League
Of this interesting document Mr. Lentz tells u.s. "a
number of Democrats of the city of Columbus and the
state of Ohio, organized the Lincoln
League, ELECTED PRESIDENT, and adopted ON MY
SUGGESTION creed made up of quotations from this tri
umvrate of Americas greatest Presidents Then follows
the creed" 1t is this organization which that distinguish
ell Bryanite aud sngetaxer Mr. Louis Post editor of
The Public, welcomes the exponent OF the 'new DEM
ocratic democracy" 1t the observance of Lncolns
birthday recently by this league, with its wonderful
collection of toasts that heraded throughout the
country and attended by many distinguished democrats
1t was this celebration that the father pres dent and
sponsor of the league introduced the principal speaker
"Hon. William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska" as 'the
next president of the United States.''
In the course of his remarkable production Mr. Lentz
indicates quite clearly where he stands For instance he
recalls with evident pleasure 'that Lincoln and Seward
welcomed the irrepressble conflict because they recog
nzed higher law than the decisions of the Supreme
Court He quotes, with all the JUNCTION of democratic
democrats enthusiasm the sacred cause OF human
liberty the words of Patrick OFarrel recruit from
the republican ranks II remember when first saw the
sacred soil of Virginia, during the great civil waryes
the great for liberty read sign on large brick
building Alexandria, Price, Birch Co., dealers in
slaves. remained South long enough to shoot that slav
cry business to death. Oh, awfuy proud that was
an aboonis and republican in those days. Those were
the days of Lincoln and liberty. Now, when walk up
Pennsy avenue look up at the White House and
carried back to the days of Price, Birch Co., deal
ers in slaves, and read that White House. in imagin-
airy lines, Hanna, Mckinley Co.. wholesale dealers IN
Filipino slaves. He also draws on VIM Lloyd Garrison
Whittier, and others of the kidney
1t is hard to realize an actual occurrence that at
ceebl alton of Lincons birthday, in the year of grace
1901 under the auspices of this league engineered from
start to finish by this blatant prophet of the new democ
racy, southern white not only present, but
numbered among the chief ceebrators and speakers
The occasion must have been for them an inspiring one
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