The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-30
TIE C0MM0NER. :"
The Great Tribune Of the People
Explain the Mans.
SPEAKS FOR TnE MASSES.
Parposea and Ideals OF the Demo
cratic Leaders journalistic
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Enterprises Told in the
First Issue.
a dispatch from Lincoln. Neb-asks,
says the first M absr of The Commo-
Der," the weekly paper p1bl's5ed oy
Willisn J. Bryan, ass issu=d Wednea-
day afternoon. II is 3 neat appesrlns
sheet typogrshisal!y. The following ls
the salutasory:
TIE coNHoEEs.
Webster defoes counonet IS "one
Of the comnoa people" The name has
been selected for this psp.r because
The Comnoner will eR5eavor to aid
the common people in the protection OF
.heir rights, the advancement OF their
interests and the realization Of thelr
aspirations.
Il is not necessary to apologies for
the use Of a term which distinguishes
,hs great body Of the population fr>m
the comparatively few Who, for one
reason or another, Withdraw them
selves from sympathetic connection
with their fellows. Among the Greeks
''hoi polloi" was used to describe the
many, while among the Ronaos the
word "plebs" was employed for the
same purpose. These appellations, like
"the common people" have been as
suncd with pride By those to whom
they were applied, while they have
been used as terms Of reprosch oy
those who counted themselves among
the asistocratic classes. Within recent
years there hiss been growing ten
dency in soma quarters to denouoce as
demagogic sny reference to, or praise
of, the common people.
One editor 10 late issue Of his paper
takes exception to the phrases and
says:
This expression is an ill-chosen one
| and should have no lcdsnent in the
vocabulary Of an American patriot asd
| statesman. If We sought lis origin, Es
Tould look for it in that specious DEM
agoey which has evolved the pcofes-
| sional pollsioisn, arrayed counry
against toWn-,he farmer and his sons
aud daughters against the business and
professional men and their sons and
daushters-cspitsl against labor, and
built up against neighbots the impreg-
| nable barriers of prejudice and late.
/ This quotation is Reproduced oeca1se
it fairly represents the views OF those
who criticiz, the expression. 1t hass
however, an eminently respectable ORR
gin. In ths same chapter in whlch
| Un1ist condensed mans dusy to his fell
lows into the commandment: Thou
shalt love thy neisboor as thyself," IN
the same chapter in which he de-.
nouoc.d those who de7our widows
houses aud for a pretense make long
prsyers-ln this same chapter 1t il SAID
| II Him, The common people heard
| Him gladly" =,
No higher compliment Was ever paid
to any class.
| The term, ''ths common people" is
properly used to describe the large ma
jorlLy Of the people-thoss who earn
their living and give to society 8 fais
return for the benefits bestowed by
sociesy-shose who IN their daily lives
recogoiEs the ties which bind together
the mass Of the people who have .
eoumon lot and 3 common hope.
Sometimes they are called "the midd!e
cIssses' because psupers aud criminals
are excluded on the one hand, while on
| she other hand one ex,.uie then
selves because Of wealth Or position OF
pride Of bIlth. The common peopie
form the Industrious, intesllseas and
patriotic element of oar populstion;
they proiucs the nations wealth 10
time of peace and fight the nation o
battles in tune of war. They are self.
reliant and Independent; they ask Of
government nothing but justlce and
will not be satisfied with less. They
are not seeking to get their hands into
other peoples pockets, but are contens
if they can keep other peoples haads
on. OF their pockets.
| l16 COnuOu pSop4o 0o ooS SoHSsA~S
an exclusive societJ-thcy are not OF
the four hundred; and one can become
q member If he is willing to contribute
By brain or muscle to the nation q
strength and greatness. Olly those are
! bsrred-snd they are barred By their
own choic-Eho imagine themselves
male of sup ;rior kind of clay and
| Woo deny the eQaslisy Of ali before the
Law.
A rich aan, who has honestly 80:
ou red his wealth and who is not afraid
to ,u,1ust its care to laws made by his
fellows, can count himself among the
common people, while poor mAn is
not really not one of them if be fasns
before plutoorat and has Nd higher
ambition than to be courtler OF
s. cophant.
TIE Connouer will be satisfied il.
By 6delisy to the common people, It
proves is right to the name which IL
has chosen.
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