The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-07-14
FREDERICKSBURG, Va, THURSDAY, JULY II. 1904.
MR.. MARYE PLEASED.
He Likes the Result Of ST. Louis Con-
vention-His Criticism Of Secretary
Hays Speech,

N o LIKES the Result OF Ot' G0h'S WV
vention-His Criticism Of Secretary
Hays Speech,
Washington, d. e., July II. 1904.
To The Free Lance;
at Ia not in mortRls to command success
But you do more, Sempronius; you de-
serve It.
For long time has voice In the vii
derness been crying aloud to the Demo
cratic party. bring forth therefore
fruits meet for repentance. 1t has, at
/ length, heeded the salutary eXhOf tatlon;
and has cast far assunder ailihatiOn with
the Jebusites, Perizzites and Girgaehlles.
And no Iittites need further apply.
/ Let every Democratic orator in the
/ South therefore 90 out amid the dOubI
/ ful States, and throw out the lille line.
| Now is the accepted time for every man
who wants 20 save the State. Another
/ four years of ROOseyeltism, military eX-
ploitation, financial dominance imperial
ism. and who can tell whether the lsepub.
lie can he saved, OF whether there VIII
be any Republic 90 save Let every
speaker go Il am perfectly willing to
go) The campaign will be AZ grave Hs
that of $50, 80 far forth as our lnstltu-
tions are involved. And victory IL ~ the
air. Amen! Am declined into the vnlr
of yegra; but II we win out this time, IN
willing 20 shout with the dArkies'
''Den wen praise ole Liiey,
And we'll praise MarHe saul
And we'll dance wild David
Round de ark IN de hall
II am speaking with no irreverence. !
hope | ain never so construed
| trust all your readers enjoyed Seer
tary Hay = glOricRtion of fiIty years Re
publicanism. 1T jackson, Mich
should any have chRnced to miss 1t,
here il III gem, ,.par excellence:
I'VE could desire no better fortune, Ia
the campaign upon which VIE are entering,
than that the other side should persist In
their announced intention 20 make the
isaue upon President Roosevelt What
a podsend To our OrRtOrrl 1t takes some
study. some research, 20 talk about the
tariff. or the currency, or foreign policy.
But to talk about ROOSEVELT it Ia hs
easy to- sing 4 the glory OF the Graeme.
| OF gentle birth and breeding, yet man
of the people in the best sense, with the
training of scholar and the bre ~ &c
Feasibility OF IA ranchmsn; man of the
| library and a man of the world; an ath'
Iete and a tinker: soldier and a states
man. a reader. O writer, and maker OF
history; with the sensibillty OF poet
and the steel nerve OF a rough rider one
who never did, and never could. turn Ills
back on friend or On enemy. man
whose merits are so great that he could
win on his merits alone; whose personal
ity is 20 engaging that you lose sight oi
his merits Make their fight on man
Ike that, What irreyerent caricaturist
was il that called them the Stupid
party ,
Ii seems TO me that the trained 1iplO-
matist does not show his usual felicity
of allusion: The glory Of the Grsemt y
True the Graeme that history recalls
was the prince OfrOugh riders. Under the
nr0rigste Charles, and the craven and
tyrannical James, he trOd down the
| Coyenanters old and young under the
heels of his horse. imagine the Presl-
dent must have felt the sudden hitch
when he read the names associated by
unavoidable implication with John era
ham. OF ClayerhGuse. He is, of course,
! familiar with Scott's novels, as well ar
with the Lady of the, Lake. Another
inscription il a lily OF the valley; The
sensibility Of the poet.
When President Roosevelt was upon
the police board in New York his delight
was said to be 90 haunt the beats In the
small hours and 20 hale the drlinquenta
tn the eondign. Picture him at two
O'Clock Of a dark night at the corner OF
Rleek.r street and the Bowery, lay ing
for Sergeant Bruncker, (who has drop
ped into rerdrive), and sweetlJ carroll
| ing: "Come. rest in this bosom, my own
stricken deer ,
Secretary Hays whole layout recalls
an old Richmond darkey. He was act
ing as guide 10 a gentleman from the
North, at the same time volunteering
historical illustration
When they reached Church H":
stranger: And that is old st Johns
Church. where Patrick Henry made his
famous speech.
Guide; "Shufe, boss, that's the very
church"
stranger. "Well, well, and there's
where he stood when he cried out, GIVE
me liberty or give me DEATH
Gujde: "Them's he very words, sab;
Is hearn EN- all my lile."
Stranger: well, old man, which dlo
I they give him =
Guide. "Sher, boss, they gin him both
They give marse Patrlc Henry anything
he AK for"