Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-01-08
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the farin Of 1S9z reached back about a
year and brought on panic which "cost
the country more than our great war In
the early sixties?" Have we a secretary
who cares more for the truth than for the
exigencies of his party's organs? 1t would
seem so, and the Post congratulates him
for his independence. Nevertheless we
expect to see that exploded fiction re-
paired and put on the road again in 1904.
1 particularly commend that editorial
to the careful and prayerful considera.
ton of those palpitating and hysterical
patriots, General Charles Henry Gros.
venor of Ohio and Hon. Charles B.
Lands of Indiana, who seem to be real
ly possessed of the strange hallucina
tion that the panic Of 1893 was caused
by law passed in 1894. The chances
are, however, that those eminent pub.
hcists would not change their opinions
though one rose from the dead to tes-
tify or though an angel from heaven
came down to take the witness stand
against them.
Ambassador Clayton Again.
Uneasy lies the head that wears
crown" is an ancient saying frequently
quoted with approval. The philosophy
of the proyerb might well be applied tc
all persons holding high office. Gen.
eral Powell Clayton, ambassador to
Mexico, can make his "alferdavy" to
that fact In one respect at least the
position he now occupies is the most
desirable in our diplomatic corps, for
it is the only one in which our repre-
sentative abroad can live in style and
save money. His mission is first class
and he ranks with the ambassadors to
England, France, Russia, Germany,
Austria and Italy, the pay being in each
case $17,500 per annum. This extraOr.
binary rank was conferred upon our
representative to Mexico wisely and
purely as commercial measure-to in.
crease our trade with Mexico by hatter.
ing the Mexicans. Living is much
cheaper in Mexico than in Europe
General Diaz, really great man, being
possessed of power, has sense enough
to care little for its trappings. Conse-
quently our ambassador, so it is said,
can live in comfort and at the same
time save large portion of his salary.
Nevertheless Ambassador Clayton Is
not happy; he does not repose on bed
of roses. His enemies poster him so!
The trouble with the general appears
to be that, not satisfied with the legiti-
mate gains of his position, he has gone
into the speculating business in the land
of the Montezumas, and, being a high
roller in that regard, people object to
his performances, claiming that he
prostitutes his powers as Ambassador
Clayton in order to increase the profits
of Plunger Clayton. The result is that
they keep the general and good many
other official folks in hot water Just
as he was settling down to enjoy his
Christmas turkey Senator Penrose OF
Pennsylvania filed some new charges
against him, calculated to give him a
bad case of Indigestion
General Clayton is the last of the
carpetbaggers to hold high Office. The
rest have dropped by the wayside polit-
ically-some rich, some poor, some in
the south, most back in the north. One
of them, Ex-Governor Franklin j. Moses
of South Carolina, recently was sent
Tue massachusetts, penltentiary for
Stealing mr..
carpetbaggers.
A Kansas Poet.
The publication Of the John j. In.
gals book is serving to revive interest
In that brilliant ard vitriolic statesman.
Few people remember that he was a
poet as well as an orator, but he was,
and he wrote what some critics con-
tend is the finest sonnet In our vernac-
ular. Here it is:
OPPORTUNITY.
Master of human destinies am I!
Fame love and fortune on my footsteps
wait.
Cities and fields walk; penetrate
Deserts and seas remote, and passing by
Hovel and mart and palace. soon or late
l knock unbidden once at every gate!
If sleeping wake; if feasting, rise before
turn away. 1t Is the hour of fate,
And they who follow me reach every
state
Mortals desire and conquer every foe
Save death, but those who doubt or hesi-
tate,
Condemned to failure, penury and woe,
Seek me in vain and uselessly implore.
answer not and return no more!