The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-01-19

gard of law i'm his tendency 10 let the
primitive man in him abuse his great
power m the domination Of his judy
meut hy his elemental impulses.
Int the mental aud moral fibre Of
the man the spirit of our great Con-
stitution has never entered, and never
will, for he has not the capacity 10
understand and appreciate great con-
stitutional principles and questions.
The wisdom of the fathers of the Re
public la fixing the limits Of, and pre-
serving the balance between, State
and Federal authority is as dust TO
his eyes. IL annoys him. one would
not suppose, from his public and pub
lished utterances, that he ever knows
such thing as "a state line, consti-
utionaliy considered. From him has
emanated no state paper Of import.
William of Germany can discuss con-
stitutional law with the same ease |
that he discusses theology, for he has
studied both deeply. Roosevelt also |
can discuss them with ease, for he has
studied neither. For him no chart
| like the Declaration of independence,
or the Bill Of Rights, or the COnstitu-
ton TO guide the ship of state over the
seas. With "a strong arm and an
absolute faith i'm his mtuitiye knOwl-
edge Of every point of the compass, he
pulls the oar, and if smaller craft be
in the path of his boat, SO much the
worse for the weaker vessel But
while he pulls with steady stroke,
and with a courage i'm his ultimate
success that Is sublime, who can tell
whittier he has gone or where he will .
land? For, setting his eyes on the
isles of T9r.fa, and causing cOmmO-
ton i'm the ranks of its rulers well
fortified in their castle Of Privilege, he
is soon seen heading for the shoals Of
Strikes. And barely stopping there {
long enough TO make a short truce
between warning elements, I've plum ,
yes his boat into the foaming and in
secure sea of the Northern Securities, {
pOurs outs barrel of oil, and amid the
shouts of those ashore proclaims the \
waters stilled; and is now far away on {
the waves, eyes fixed on the steep &
cliffs and dangerous fords Of the
Land Of Rebates. No priest, treading I
the burning sands Of India with I'M 1
firing zeal and spriukling with holy {
water the surrounding onlookers who I
hOcked about as he rung his bell, ever {
believed more fanatically in the COM I
plete conversion Of those upon whom /
even drop Of water fell, than does q
Roosevelt believe in the eternal eilica- J
cy Of a new Federal law.
y year ago Roosevelt was the most l
popular man in America. Bryan was {
and is, temporarily in the shadow. He q
is today immensely popular. Why? j
Because he is at heart honest, and a
really wishes to do something to ;
loosen the grasp Of the thieves Of d
High Finance and allow the plain, y
everyday citizen TO keep what belongs I
to him. Naturally the plain, every a
day citizen believes in him and has 4
given him the opportunity to break t.
that iron gripOf the twentieth century y
Roosevelt would e
cunning rs former leaders Il
have shackled force if hecould. But il
with capacity TO shackle the latter, Ii
he will be found utterly incapable of 81
claiming the former For Force is no Il
match against Cunning. il
Believing that to the victors belong s.
I'd the spoils, and believing that the {,
people should be the victOrs, Jackson
ook the spells from the money-chang-
RS and handed tito the people Roose- "
'elt lacks Johnson's will and persis- 6'
ence. lie will therefore fail in that
ask which has been committed TO
lin. Cleveland was obstinate enough STs1
o break up his party to betray his OF
MS people TO the cohorts of cunning. bI
Roosevelt will not be strong enough ~
o break zap his party to save the peo-
lie from those into whose hands they
ave been betrayed. &c
The Gar is the Little Father. Al
Roosevelt is the Big Brother. But, as u,
d Russia, so in America, the people r.,
re growing, and they will need not q
D much the giant arm Of the brother IN
S the wise counsel of leader before ~
elief comes. Relief will come
'hich means that Roosevelt will go.
he thermometer Of his popularity is bu
lready on the wane. The people pl
Ike that courage i'm him which faces ~
bear at the knife's length. They 10,
.Ould worship i'm him a courage that co.
Ould take the freebOOters and plum
erers by the throat, haul them into Il,
)urt, and put them hehind the bars an
: enemies of their country. is
But they must wait. Gods pity it be-
sol Gu
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