The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

take the liberty of best speakers and writer's to sometimes tranple the rules of grammar under my feet (nnetaphorical- Iy) as unholy things, it pains me no little for anybody else to do so. Even school teachers will say 'it don't" and ''he don't" and ''he done it. is not confined to the ignorant. Occasionally I see such breaches in the editorial columns of our best papers. They are little things but they spoil a speech or writing. And peo- pie ought to be careful. There are lots of people who don't want the gospel in bad grammar and this may account for the spelling. Is't a pity they were not en- may be so.
 I once, in kindness. undertook to cor rect a preacher in his grammar and my experience is such that II won't under- take it again nor advise another to do 1t for there was an unpleasantness of fail- ure that fingers all the time in my mem- ory. It did harm rather than good. You have to be exceedingly careful with preachers. They are generally able men and so inspired that wrong reading of texts is immaterial. The old fellow who took for his text Their feet shall be like hens feet found confirmation of the doc Urine of Final Perseverance of the Saints from the hold-on-to-the-limb peculiarity of the hens foot. But he went to heaven under a good doctrine from a misreading.
 President Making.
 I didn't mean to be switched off, on letter writing, grammar, etc., from the main purpose of this letter and that Is to sympathize with you in your disap- pointment that MT. Cleveland refuses to be President. This making of Presidents is 50 uncertain, so unsatisfactory, with so much vanity and vexation of spirit in 1t that have gone out of the busi- ness. guess 1t has become ruling passion with you that you can't down. know this much that in turning out what you proudly think is first class job of President there will be millions of people to turn up their noses at it, as a first rate failure.
 I began the business before my time and tried to make Judge Douglas Presi- dent in 1860, in spite of some wise mans opinion that ''his coat tail was too near the ground" I,couldn't understand why the proximity of his coat tail to the ground would initiate against his worthy aspirations but 1t turned out there was something in it. I believe if had sue ceeded then the history of the country would have been different. My only sue cesses in making Presidents were Cleve- land and Mckinley. Everybody was not satisfied even then. reckon the rising and setting of the sun would have been the same IT l nad Tailed Tn those ln- stances. Sometimes Providence takes a hand in the business, not entirely to the satisfaction of all the people. I know that a Providential Propriety-buster makes us nervous. He's like the proVerb- ial terrible infant" that breaks out, at the wrong place.
 But you must not take with too much seriousness the refusal of great men to have other greatness thrust upon them. It's a pretty clear case that Caesar was "shamming'' when he refused the crown. It isn't human nature to refuse these things unless one has regular Diogenes's s sense and there are precious few men of Presidential probability who have that much sense.
 I look upon the nomination for Presi- dent as a solt of Atalanta. You know her story and how her feet-footedness in the race was the death of many an ador- ing youth. The story goes that she was finally beaten by being beguiled from the course by some golden apples. I rather think she fixed admiring eyes on tho man. ly Milanion and love leadened her limbs to procure him for husband.
 So, don't despair Go on making Presi- dents and carrying, Atlas-like, all the burdens of government on your shoulders. am tired of 1t and mean to rest. I retire from the business, in the belief that whether Phaeton or the old man holds the reins there will be some kindly Jupiter 1 that will keen him straight