The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-05

corporations and for doing away With
the abuses connected with wealth, In
TO u campaign OF hysterical excite,
ment and falsehood In which the aim
Is 10 infiame to madness the brutal
passions Of mankind. The sinister
demagogues and lfolish Missionaries
who are always eager TO undertake
such campaign of destruction some.
times eek TO associate themselves
with those working for a genuine re.
form In governmental and social meth.
such reformers. In reality they are
the worst enemies of the cause they
! profess to advocate, just as the pur-
veyors of sensational SANDER in news.
paper or magazine are the worst en-.
emies Of all men who are engaged in
an honest effort to better what Is bad
in our social and governmental condi
! tons. TO preach hatred of he rich
man as such, 10 carry on 4 campaign
of slandcr and invective against him,
| 10 seek to misead and iniame 70
madness honest men who live are
/ hard and who have not the kind of
mental training which will permit
| them TO appreciate the danger in the
doctrines preached--all this is to com.
nit a crime against the body polite
and to be false 10 every worthy prin.
| cple and tradition of American nation.
al life. Moreover. while such preach.
ing and such agitation may give a i've
! lehoOd and a certain notoriety to some
of those who take part III it and way
result in the temporary political suc.
cess Ct others, in the long run every
else will provoke a violent reaction
which will itself result not merely in
undoing the mischief wrought by the
demagogue and the agitator, but also
in undoing the good thar the honest
roformer, the true upholder of popular
rights, has painfully and laboriously
achieved. Corruption is never so rife
as in communities where the dema-
gogue and the agitator bear full sway,
because in such communities all moral
bands become loosened, and hysteril
and sensationalsm replace the spirit
Of sound Judgment and fair dealing as
between man and man. In sheer revolt
against the squald anarchy thus pro
duced men are sure in the end to turn
toward any leader who can restore
order, and then their relief at being
free from the intolerabe burdens OF
class hatred violence, and demagogue
is such that they can not for some
time be aroused to indignation against
misdea% by men of wealth; so that
they permit new growth of the very
abuses which were i'll part responsible
of rthe original outbreak. The one
hope for success for our people lies
in a resolute and fearless, but sane
and cool-headed, advance along the
path marked out last year by this very
congress. There mus be q stern re
fusal to be misled into following eth |
er that base creature who appeals and |
panderS 10 the lowest instincts and
passions in order to arouse one set % |
against their fellows, or
that other creature, equally base but |
no baser who in a pirit Of greed, or
to accumulate or add To an already |
huge fortune, seeks 10 exploit his fell |
low-AmeIicans with callous disregard |
ia their welfare Of soul and body. |
The man who debauches others in Or
der to obtain high office stands on |
an evil equality Of corruption with the
man who debauches others for finan
ciai profits, aud when hatred Is sown
the crop which springs mp can only b.
evil
The plain people who think-the
mechanics. farmers, merchants, work
ars with head or hand. the men to
whom American traditions are dear.
who love their country and try to act
lecently by their neighbors, owe II
% themselves to remember that the
most damaging blow that can be
IN unworthy and sinister agitator on
/ platform of violence and hypocrisy
Whenever such an Issue l. raised in
his country nothing can be gained
~ lIinching from IT, for in such case
democracy is itself on trial. popular
;elf- government under republican
orms is itself on trial. The triumph
If the mob Is just as evil thing as
he triumph of the oiutocracy, and to
lave escaped one danger avails moth
ng whatever is we succumb to the
,ther. In the end the honest man,
whether rich or Door. who earns his
'wn living and tiies 10 deal justly by
lis fellows. has as much 10 fear from
he insincere and unworthy dema
,ogue. promising much and perform
ng nothing, or else performing moth
ng hut evil, who you'd Sc on the I
mob to plumber the rich. as from the
rafty corruptionist. who. for his own
nds, would permit the common pep
lie to be exploited by the very veal
by. II We eayer let this government
al into the hands of men of either (
4 these two classes, we shall show
"a, selves 10 he false to Americas i
asst. Moreover. the damaeoeue and {
he corruptionist often work hand in
and. There are at this moment