Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-14
absolutely unable to accounts forsthey seves-
nor's position. q III
waterway bonds.

absolutely unable to accounts lofstne7 eosess :
Il advise everybody to vote ior the dsep !,
waterway bonds.
Tho Pricking Of Bubble
| "And now. fellow-citizens; 1 want to en-
| to discuss, as have. at least Few OF the
many shams and hypocrisies of the present
Let me go back little and read g xey,
peaa from nd paee aes Of thas boSI
The "reminiscences of Carl schurz ana l
| read as follows: PHI
That one OF my speeches. which. perhaps.
attracted most attention, in the campaign OF
1860. wholly devoted to Senator stephen
| A. Douglas. the presidential candidate Of the
Northern wing of the Democratic party. ins-s
preparing this argument debated with my
attack poscs opponent s Ts peo1sy
the discussion Of public interests. - came to
be and fair. If the personality 'i Of That OPP
ponent was brought forward. to give strength
his ana s isss
pretehse. This. II seemed to me. was in 3
the highest degree the case with Senator
:. He posed as champion Of free labor
while he had caused the Missouri Com
promise to be repealed, and slavery to be ad- =
mitted into the territories. until then ;dedi- ?
Gated to freedom; and while he openly sought,
to win the support OF popular sovereignty'e
best chance to get more slave States. He
posed as the great representative OF true
l
| vocated police measures TO restrain all dis
!, cussion adverse to slavery which might have
Of the old world. He extolled by his
partisans as the greatest OF living states
1 men, while be advanced, in support of the
institution OF slavery. theories Of government
so glaringly absurd and childish that the
of them. And he did all these things with
. an aggressive assurance. which produced
upon man many people the impression ihs, he
taken at his own valuation. He was. In my
g eyes. the most formidable and most danger
Gus demagogue in America thought Il
| would be a meritorious work to prick this
= imposing bubble. especially as his prestige
5 was the only thing that threatened to take
1 | from Mr.. Lincoln the votes of some of the
Northern States and thus defeat his, cleo.
| tion.' ~.
II have a much higher opinion Of Senator
o Douglas. of course, than this; in fact greatly
n admire him But you: Of course, catch the
i Idea, fellow-citiZens: II is sometimes a high
Il duty to prick an imposing bubble II there
g ever was an imposing bubble in American
political life, II is this state machine, with
v | its sham reform ...E.sN ~fii /.
It A ching" VS.. A Man ~
"And now. ladies and gentlemen in the
last few minutes win have with you. before
. directly to you. as If sitting in your
= house-a heart to heart talk There is an
II bodied in my case feiiow-citizens which goes
10 far beyond any personal consideration. and
K affects the whole body polite refer to the
=, a man may come up out OF the rural dis
. tricts all full of patriotic impulses and lofty
:, ideals. only to be thwarted and bsffed by a
-, | soulless agency, bloodless. heartless THING
&c &c because the man gets in the THINGS way.
80 you know what 1 was such q
~ ~ man, and | made to realize in the
~ school of bitter experience. In the cold elass-
m rooms OF the University of Hard Knocks
e ing the pregnant hinges of the knee as
ie Shakespeare said; to no one. is not wanted
-, by the faculty, who distribute the honors and
Nc awards. when THING is the head of the
institution-and is training scholars of its
. own for the honors-ia its own cold -blooded
A. course CT study-and that such a THING can
Is embitter multitude against the man, until
n until the emeittered multitude have time 10
nd stop and think. and TO do the ultimate JUS
~ tiee. which Abraham Lincoln. the martyred
~ president. had in mind when he said in his
W W inaugural address in 1861. why should we
he not have a patient confidence in the ultimate
or | justice of the people.
,a Again say. you know what I1ean.
no The generation to which l belong was the
Nc child of a eonsecrated generation; 1t was
us born about the tumutuous year 1885,, ana. the
lai hrsi hooks that i ever read were the old war
On were the. old Union songs: and the first pub
mt | lie men that it ever saw. were the magnin-
,ot cent giants of that age. 1t was stirring
is | lean manhood. Sacrifice on every side
nd | and devotion in the air. The great question:
H.. step. The war had passed-a war in which
lot every man knew exactly why he was night
,re war In which every bullet fired was backet
Led by an intelligent idea, SO that the American
soldiery. OF that day. were the most mag
ate nifcent soldery that the world had eyel
"a seen.
aq as it any wonder that even boys though
ant on such things? The period following tn,
eel war. like the war itself was a period II
of which every citizen knew. for himself. al
ns ana Sa.s o, Tbs with q,
great OF the nation. both IN war and il
m. peace were household words at every famil,
,rn boy in 1870 and 1850 was not taught, In tn,
IN M schools sentiments other than Patricl
rtO Liberty and Union were the conceptions o
ND | every American youth. Under such condi
OF and wheh is now in FUN middle sRe
70 came to manhood and its duties.
IN o ut was with such ideas as these that tn
~ | generation 20 which ! belong came at leas
ar az up to the lire at which they had to decide
an whether they would take part in State ant
a., national politics not
' Ola ITO cut a long story short. when bexar
ans bto take an interest in State and national pol
=, ideas of Psrick Henry and Daniel wsbste
Nv and Henry Clay. with George Washington
the the and Abraham Lincoln and James 4. CARTEL,
an government by worthy and capable part.
a,n rule. and That the Republican party was tn
inc man had TO do II elected congressman or gov
,5 ernor or judge>was to trust God and keel
OF Of man or governor 10 fact In due time. by tn
e an favor of my constituents. became Governor
"a | after holding other offices.
the Trust Press Besmirched Him
est "You know what happened then. The non
tn ro,iticsl trust nress az C,bicsoo besmircts.
the me and 40 prevented INV decentralization
Else ..yon remember the csmnaion N nerr.n. NJ.
In .huse and faJsehood heaned unon we So,
leir years ago We told you then 1t was false
ces hood and now you know it. We fought then
lew eIpned NO r,ora-ana wa can AZ II eeain
and NOW On what basis wss all this earle
INTO nm ana for What nurnosep WIN was 7 ,ts
100 about a half miliion times eyery mornin
and deliberately assassinated. 50 far as m
reputation was concerned?
q
this from the start to elevate this present rns
We chine.
on well thew had their will and their vav
ity; and even l. blndly. helped you to put thel
ing in power.
"But there is an old law Of compensate
lost I'm this old world of ours. The niils of tn
GUS gods grind slowly, but they grind exceedin
- A,e.' ,'-~s< - 80 -, 49, ~ :
who And today this THING In its mower III
ter Chicago newspaper trust. swollen and drum
! to with power hnds itself indicted At the bs
age of public opinion to answer for the misdeedl
. NOT of Yates but Of ifa own nunfhfIae