The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-08-20

amongst the people Is due TO government,
and that government, In taking with the
hand of taxation from one man In order
TO hot house the prosperity OF another, mas
In some way or another, benenteo arc ca.
rIched both. Do not stop TO explain now
this IS possible. 1t would take too mucn
time. IT might, besides that, be embatrass-
ing. If anybody Is impudent enough 20
insist upon knowing how 1t could possibly
come about. tell him that you are moi
teaching a kindergarten and tell him., more,
over. that IL Is your duty to do things
and not to be bothered with any consioera-
ton of whether you are doing tnem Eisnt
or wrong.
In conclusion. sir, pray for war-nobody
can tell what great things war will END Ia
when once begun. 1t might result In MAS,
ing Of your chief the first emperor anu
Lord Protector of the Western hemisphere.
You would, Of course, In that event, as neir-
apparent. share his glory. know you
would run some little risk of having HIM
designate his secretary OF war as MS sue
cessor, but l believe l would chance IT,
Besides, peace Is a tame and unstrenuou4
thing and "smothers out some of the finest
instincts of manhood" Shakespeare said
I'm thy right hand carry gentle peace 20
silence envious tongues" Our fathers, even
down through the times of Lincoln ana
Grant. thought this sentiment sound moral.
lty and wise policy for the nation as Wen
as individuals. We know that the right
policy is to tread softly and carry a big
club"
who was the fool who said, "War is
He'll" anyhow? Ny word for 1t, he never
saw a real war.
Remember above all things that our chief
duty as citizens, but especially as rulers, Is
not to be "weaklinGs" or towards" A
weakling, sir, Is a strangely domesticated
animal, who listens before he acts. and
weighs evidence before he decides who
modestly venerates greatness In others
who actually prefers these piping times or
na0nQb fn fhA tnnmn Qn6 circumstance or
glorious war" Weaklings are men who
fear the strenuous life, the only national
life that is really worth the llving-tbe
life of Crown Colony Conquest-the life
as a people, your committee Is lead to say.
splendidly military. A flag. brass band
and a choice assortment of epaulettes, es-
corting a secretary of war to and from the
depot in Washington, when he augustly ar
rives Or departs. appeal to the higher
flights of our patriotic Imagination as moth
ing else does or can.
If | have, to some degree. In these words,
speaking for the committee, been your men
tor, attribute it in part to my shorter expe-
rience on the worlds stage and my conse-
quent superior wisdom, but still more TO the
| fact of my close study and assimilation OF
the wisdom of Republican statesmen, both
in and out Of the white house. | hold. after
mature deliberatlon. in cOmmOn with the
greatest of these" and one of the young
| est, that youth necessarily lpsures the pos
session of wisdom, because-becauSe-the
older a man is the more he has forgotten.
1t has been a pleasure to US to do our
duty, to notify you OF your nomination.
This has been a pleasure, Notwithstanding
the fact that you have already been in a
manner notified by Hon. Elihu Root, who,
while pretendedly notifying Senator Fair.
banks, could not get his mind ofn OF
| you" as the darkles say, and whose speech
principally consisted in saying, go too.
thou art an old man." and in bemoaning
| the fact that you might possibly die be-
| fore you got to be president. So might he.
for that matter. That would be bad enough.
but not as bad as a case l know Of-the case
of a man who was once elected Vice -preSi-
| dent and who. becoming president later,
''ttckIed the ears OF the groundlings, but
made the judicious to grieve."
In further comment upon Hon. Elihu
Roots notification of your nomination, l
will hazard the remark, In reply to one or
exceeding good taste on his part, that 1t is
better to run the risk of mourning. as In
due course of the flesh we all must, ply
steal inability" than to have been born
with that peculiar mental and moral I'm
ability" for any possible task in life. which
consists in taking ourselves TOO seriously,
and nobody else with respect or reverence.
In real conclusion. Mr.. Davis. it is a
sincere pleasure, indeed. to know and TO be
able to help to place in high position a
man of your character and SENSE and mod
| esty a man who, as the result of a life of
confluence, temperance. self-conta,nment
and useful and honest industry presents a
| picture. in virile, though advanced, age. of
that mCnG sdra in c0rpOre SGnO, which Is
a delight to the eye, a satisfaction TO the
| soul and was taught by wise ancients to
! be the summum bOnum OF individual earthly