The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-08-15
SHOULD We HONOR or IMPEAcH
SUCCESS?


and determined that in the fierce bat
tie with the world to become the
architects of their own fortunes,
and, because deserving it, winning
fame with all of it's Entertainments
and belongings.
How we democrats lauded Andrew
Jackson almost to the very skies.
How we rehearsed with thrilling in
terest the incidents of his early ca
Ireer when surrounded and handicap
ped with direst poverty he won sue
cess fighting bravely against those en-
vironments.
|. How the wings praised Henry Clay,
the mill boy of the slashes." Bat
Ting against poverty, he was Unit
ed States senator before he had
reached the constitutional age, and
retained his popularity until his
death.
At later date how we told with
pride of the achievements and accom-
plishments of Andrew Johnson. His
early life was SO humble that he was
not even taught his alphabet, and he
actually learned to read and write
after he was married. But once be-
ing touched with the spark of ambi-
ton it soon became as a consuming
fire, and we saw him rise step by
step as alderman, member of the leg
islature, governor of his state, and
eventually becoming president of the
United States.
Likewise we dwelt with admiration
upon the achievements of the elder
Joe Brown. He began his career driv-
ing a team of oxen at Soc per week.
He, too, became a member of his
state legislature, a circuit judge, SUI
preme judge, six times governor of
Georgia, and United States senator.
He died several times a millionaire.
So, too, we recounted the struggles
against poverty of Henry Wilson,
who, in the beginning of his career,
worked at the shoemaker's bench for
mere pittance. Step by step he
achieved success and followed in the
footsteps of those whom we have al
ready named until he reached the
second highest office within the gift
of the American people.
So we recounted with enthusiasm
the successful efforts of Alexander H.
Stephens, James A. Garfield and Ulys-
ses S. Grant All having climbed from
the ranks to eminence and honors.
The whole world, of course, knows
how we glorified the achievements of
Abraham Lincoln. How he fought his
way up from poverty and obscurity-
rail splitter; a deck-hand on the
Mississippi river; clerk in country
grocery store, a member of the legis-
lature, and finally president of the
republic at its most crucial period.
But success, especially along indus
trial lines, is no longer meritorious.
It is rather a subject of detraction
and impeachment.
Andrew Carnegie came to our
shores a penniless boy. He started
out in the great, big world with moth
ing but a big supply of Scottish pluck
energy, courage and ambition. He
did not earn enough money to buy
books to quench his thirst for knowl
edge. He created an almost entirely
new industry. He made a vast for
tune, but his fortune never turned his
head, and he never lost his love fol
democratic simplicity and admiration
for our form of government.
/ In 1886 he dedicated book to the
4 American republic, entitled, 'Tri
umphant Democracy" which deserve!
to become a text book in our public
schools. 1t shows his wonderful love
for the form of government which
proclaims the equality of the citizen
All his life Andrew Carnegie ha
been democrat in his mode of Twin:
and in his manner of thought.
In the great fortune that he ha
achieved he feels. that he is only it
custodian, and it is his duty to dis
pense it in such a manner that it viii
best bless the world. and living witt
this end in view he has become tn
greatest philanthropist the world ha
ever known; yet, under our new gen
der and school of politics, this goo,
old man is held up as an enemy of tn,
republic, and in some instances ever
his benefactions are spurned.
We cannot fathom it.
The late Henry NJ. Flagler started
out in the great big world with all hi
earthly belongings wrapped up in ;
pocket handkerchief, with less thar
FIVE dollars in his pockets. He, too
created an entirely new industry, anc
while it grew to immense DrODOrtion!