The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-08-08


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away sc-@cvruw. e~4a' somwwA&x
tgs. sscas~NIl ta<asss es tie sessA-
era Conse1erA<y. whe arssAEiy. awr~
tn rEt,teAI sasastt0a. wAsa Ass z~a
w~rw practically saAKasss1. eexarAe4
40 smpo-tass s~asTy eoss Atmssaf.
f~Arta' 60 trust lit TO aay selssss.
loyal oa@a uassr alz- Ito vus afrat4
to trsss sxAsasssa mss. tseags sAsar
courage an hon@ssy was ssvsr excel
Cd. and 90 mneh aspead~d spen alert.
wtde-awaAe s~strs~s fAa, ntght DO
naparte wua > srnail eunsls o. eoss-
age an' enasranee aa' eo1Ia 50 ter
days without sl~~p. ofssa se~aaia'
whol- ni,~A alAnnln' battle. TO -
! fought next day But be sxpextr4
every man TO ee In hts place asa es@
/ like n tiger. eein' q real dssripllEa-
rian And haliets never eew thiea
enough nor fast enough to cause
1 BonApArte 10 swsrss to the rsxht ncs
/ TO the left. therefore hs wus q real
/ soldier. . leader To kaow that Bc-
napart wuE In front wun ennus. ev-
erythia' followed. no questions were
asked. America h~E produced Of
/ ncers equal to BonApaTte for dash an
brilliAncy. For instance. lDSe. wheel
er. an Roosevelt. though Roosev~lt
wuE not on the carpet lonE ennuE 10
become a general. secoFdln' 10 the
method oy promotion. When the
Maine wuE blown up somc fouFtcen
years ago an hit became certain that
war would result. one ov the arss
men 10 volunteer wuz Geaeral Joe
Wheeler or Alabama lie bad b~cn
a brave Br!gadier-Generai duTtn' the
Civil War on the Confederate side.
President Mckinley accepted General
Wheeler an promptly appointed him
a General. MIR. Roosevelt WA hold
In a Cabinet position. He at once Of
fered TO become n soldier. an Mr..
Mckinley made a Colonel ov him. He
raised a regiment In the West. COM
posed ov cowboys gathered from
Texas, Arizonia, an other States. an
they were caied Roosevelt's Rough
Riders. you will remember. Durin'
. the war in Cuba hit 90 happened
General Wheeler led hix reEiment In
the capture ov q fort occupied by
Spanish soldiers. Roosevelt an hla
Rough Riders were attached 10 Gen
/, erai wheeler's brigade. composed ov
regular soldiers. volunteers. az o cal
D vary division. an a. they neared Hs-
, vsna the Cuban capital. they found
the fort. Hit wux substantial an the
! Spanish had plenty ov Armstrong an
r Calling guns. about the best made.
, an the infantry wuH armed with
Mauser rihes. Al hit wus necessary
, TO put this fort out ov business before
|. procedein' to Havana TO do the Span
ish up. General Wheeler an Colonel
Roosevelt decided 10 spend . day
there. IL the Spanish had known
, General Wheeler an Colonel Rcose-
, velt n we know 'sm. they would hev
marched out TO meet EN- with q white
dag displayed. But they didn't,
, though they soon formed IN acquaint-
ance. The Spanish had surrounded
the fort with Q network ov harbed
wires. maxim hit dificult 10 reach.
But Roosevelt's cowboy regiment wzz
l at home when hfl come 20 cuttin'
wires an shootin two-handed ~ the
. same time. In two hours the fort
/, wuz ours an General Wheeler an
, Colonel Roosevelt were on their way
TO Havana. without the dash ov
: Wheeler an the cowboy outfit ov
Roosevelt the seige mite hev lasted
, for weeks or months. They made ap
double Bonaparte team an nothtn'
could stand before 'em an live. Mr..
: Roosevelt made . President ov Mr..
Taft. but the goods shrunk an faded.
, Just watch Mr. Roosevelt 'unmake"
q President. A calamity. perhaps.
But some things are bound 20 come.
IL hit takes the hide OF. Mr.. Roose-
|. velt In q big man mentally and ply
sically: General Wheeler In n big
man mentally an couragecusly: Mr..
, Taft-heG o big stomaeh-an' may
drop Into . big hole politically this
fall. Remember this: vines usually
. dc best when they run upon an cling
3 TO treilis for support: that 1. na-
, ture. Mr.. Taft should not ixnors
what In natural; what awlways viii
be the natural.
, In 1905. durin' the absence ov Ma
1 poleon Bonaparte In Italy. the Preach
. lawmakers added the State ov Ce-
: nosee TO the French Empire. an on
! the 4th ov June the small Republic
y ov Lucca wur take nan given 70
D Princess Eliza. sister ov Nspoieon.
. This caused Great Britain % grow
D suspicious. for she wuz somethin' ov
{ territory grabber herself This led
d Great Britain TO form . third eoait-
' ton with Russia. regardless ov the
3 tact that Great Britain an Russia
: were hardly on sreakin' terms. Bat