Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-07
Fairylight and Mr.. Bryan.
Slower, Mo. Feb. End, 1901


We are glad to see, In the RRprBi.i.
| CAN. articles taken from Democratic pa
pers, for it is the mark OF a liberal spirit.
We read with interest the extract from
The Comnnoner, in the last issue Of your
paper, but failed to see the point of the
! author. We are told to set our ideals
high aud push forward. This we all
know. The author hints at truths. and
leaves the mind bewildered. "The battle
is to the strong, and in the struggle
through the boys the weak must prove
stepping stones for the few who get safe
~ through. We learn through the abuse
of privilege, we have outgrown our gar.
US whai we learn, what garment we have
outgrown.
If knowledge be a record Of the exper-
fence of the past, the author mistakes
when lie says we cannot 90 back. Men
are now exploring the ruins Of buried
cities. which have no history. Where i
Babylon, and Tyre. and Athens, and
Rome Has Egypt gone back? Macauly.
the prophet historian, declares that CIV
i~lihation's march is westward. leaving
ruin and decay in its path, and the day
will come when the New Zealarder, sit
ting OH the broken arch of st. Paul, will
sketch the ruins of London Bridge"
Because a thing has been is no reason
that it will again be; but the effect OF a
past condition may certainly be produced
III the future.
A nation grows as a child grows, and
what the garment is to the child, the
constitution is to the nation. Why it is
that constitutions are not changed, ex-
cept through revolution and bloodshed,
is because of powerful and unnatural
vested rights. AT one time two-thirds Of
the land of France belonged to the mobiles
a,1 to the clergy, aud out of the other
thiNl, belonging to the people, all the
revannc for AN extravagant government
was raised. The people protested in
vain, the garment was rent, the. dam wae
broken, anal knanre was ,leluged with
blood. 1t il ,Dw n republic, but has i.
eroiiied by u. lfsso,n of the past? Du
we not zee larHe areas Of England and
Scotland ~hepOpHitisd 10 serve as shooting
reserves tr her nobility. I% England
going back Read the history Of the wa,
i'll SouilL africa. IL she lie sawed IL will
: he Al. Anier:ras savsd h1r. Look a,
, AlneTea.' An army Officer" declares lie,
constitution al '~lacem!iary ,ipcmne.h' -
III the PHILIPPINES. three iraoceu, me-,
: con .gilIsd i'll Colorado by the lOlIer,
: Of Nesnsl nights, the steel truss, has lease,
1 froi+ Jamss T. Hill. for City years ar,
. deposits cn ROYALTIES, estimated by 6aan
, ciers t" reach +, l95, s0,0OU. AZ five dol
, lars per day Mr.. Hill! commands 10 tNl
men fer fifty years, Aggregate ,lns in
L stance With Others commanded nv mon
op"li,s' We can demonstrate thu industri
t al slavery a, that pricc.of many million,
m"Ie. These arc facts. l00rIs Won tiiinl
The Coinnnone,r knows, aSi KNOWN,
I'VE N"h "e w tHS eJiivnL stTctCIr
or hear a brtHn burstr Ra with on
t coHgres and. .W icei>lnirse il, us laugh
: ami play trlnpacserr or rm-e'foo,io
sunday ls.&.
, Ard Ipw a few wny.ls for he moral
tIo" long could a" nHrinfnp trust exist. i
= compsiie'l hp pay'the a'!A,al saIus Of IN,
! coat iron or oil ,Hn,ls il l.,,ts eut oI us.
! New k%.alani wAathe only cc,satyy in u,
w9md which, lewedIa TAX. UPON i:a, sa.,r
III Islands heavy enough, to, make, - uH
profit bic to hold then out ri use, mn,
! vas ,h-o only coun,ry III It did not have
'panic in 1874. NORMAN.