Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1907-01-24

you will the American wage-earner
living in home of his own, with
food aud clothing in plenty, with do
nestle happiness the master of his
labor, aud in the enjoyment Of hi,
political franchise, to the ragged.
half-starved Roman slave. robbed Of
his political rights, trampled upon by
a tyrannical master, spurned and
spat upon by all and thrown into the
Ampitheatre to feed the raveuous
beasts aud his masters desire for
enjoyment. Compare, say, such
conditions existing toward the labor.
ing classes. and then can you say
that the United States is following
in the footsteps of ancient Rome
No, one policy leads to prosperity,
the other to ruin aud destruction.
The United States shows another
symptom which points to her future
prosperity, the accumulation Of
wealth ia her own territories. Her
mercantile wealth cannot threaten
her while it remains so entirely un.
der the benign constraint of religion.
Such wealth beauties society and
advances her great philanthropical
enterprises. This wealth has deliv-
cred the oppressed and saved the
Republic, aud has filled our counties
and cities with schools Of learning,
galleries of art, halls of justice and
temples Of piety. Not a few of our
millionaires have made and are still
making liberal and beni6cent use Of
their wealth. In America the max
ers Of fortune are workers, not men
who rely upon the labor Of Others,
but on their own toll and they sell
dom spend in luxury what they have
made by toll and thrift Such was
not the case in Rome. The whole
wealth Of the empire was in the
hands of few and was spent. only
in luxury, not for improvements.
The rich were extremely wealthy aud
there was no middle class. The poor
were bound a. slaves. Such eondi-
tons can never be possible in the
land Of the free. The President
Is now advocating an inheritance tax
upon the wealth Of the rich and such
a tax bids iair to become law. This
gives to the people control over the
the money Of its millionaires
A. the security Of refinement,
wealth is the feeder Of all those arts
that enable and beautify life. The
Roman government spent vast wealth
10 erecting great arches and column.
A. memorials Of her Emperors the
I nited States spend, her money fol
he good Of her people. Rome rev
slled 10 luxury, the United States M
comfort. The moral conscience Of /
he Roman was blunt, aud so unaf- /
ected By wrong as to leave evils un-
punished the American moral CON
cience is so acute "a to expose the
lightest wrong.
Rome maintained such privilege,
: to create men whose god was
money. By her system of education
nd instruction in morals the United
tates creates men whose aim, pur-
ose and exertions inspire honesty, .
and patriotism in the
carts of all people.
The strength of our Republic rests
D an invisible and ideal base and is
eyeloped out of mental and moral
esourees; the strength Of the Roman
mpire rested on a corrupt and decay
foundation and was developed out
the brute force Of her arms.
Little Greece resisted the food of
'ersian arms and at last conquered
he East because there was no vitality
lore courage, genius, enthusiasm
D her people than in the swarming
lyriads which the bulk Of the Persian
mpIre enclosed. Rome, too, rose
D power by the dcspouc sway Of
haracter, not legions. When Rome
ell she had more troops and fortified