The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-02-20

politician who has job oslls hiInSel
statesman and has his claim Above
/ by the rifI.raG who rattle around n
voters. Some Of en- ycnal and som
on EN- vulgar. but all Of EN- hayseed
and crackerS'."
That seems hard on our Sou.her
people" the reporter ventuFed.
The southern people, cxslaime
the oBs-time Confederate. "they are
race Of dcgencratcs. know them no,
] passed the better part Of my liz
fighting southern battles. The soutl
came oui Of an unequal war into whicl
the widest folly had precipitated II. .
picked bird Reconstruction menace,
il with political extinction. The south
ern extremist Of secession, vanq1ished
impoverished, ruined, was met by tn,
nothern extremist Of radicalism, i'm
le1ous. savage Of temper and naligf
Of countenance, proposing to yield his
beaten adversary two rights, and ,wo
rights only, the right TO be hanged and
f, he right ~ b. damned.
Recalls Issues Of Past
Enlightened conservatism and pa
triotlc devotion to republican ideals
rescued him from the boa constructor
Of sectionalism. Once more he became
q free men. Then what happened 7
As soon as he got on his feet, or
thought he was on his feet he plunged
successfully into greenbacksim, free
silverism, and was licked to fragile in
both, as he deserved to be. He is now
plunging into prohibition. Such an
animal deserves not his freedom, be-
cause he neither values it, nor is fit
for it."
But" asked the reporter, lis not
the President coming to the rescue Of
the better classes of the people, and
will he not save the country from what
you, Mr.. Watterson, have called the
BolsheviN Of fanaticism and ignor-
ance?"
"Do you happen to recall" said
Mr.. Watterson, what happened to the
frogs who took Jupiter for their king ?
Mr.. Wilson is a very astute person.
He hasn't taught school for nothing.
He hasn't read history for nothing.
He has mighty comfortable seat in
the White House, he likes it, he is Of
no mind to move and, like the wise old
rat upon his hunk Of cheese, he de-
livers beautiful lectures upon the glory
of life and living, and virtue Of sweet
ness of light.
Il do not relish the idea Of breaking
in upon his beatitude, or calling time
upon his intentions, or in any wise of
criticising his exaltation. though,
whilst copybook maxims seem to be !
going and have weight with him,
cannot resist reminding him that ex-
ploitation may be carried too fur, that
pride sometimes rides for fall, and
that his passion for breaking prece-
dents is dangerous indulgence"
Criticized Presidents Trip
Can you mean his foreign journey
which has aroused such enthusiasm in
England, France and Italy, and
brought Kings and Queens, as well as
people and Governments, 10 his feet?"
was asked.
Il am an old fashioned democrat and
take precious little stock in royalties
IF any Sort" he replied. when
George III. reminded John Adams
hat being an Englishman born he
ought to love England, the sturdy old
patriot sententiously replied:-'Sirc,
owe no country except my own
IL do not like to have the President
IF the United States quite SO persona
yrata to the great ones Of Europe.
10 not like his hobnobbing with
,rowns and sceptrcs, stars and CART
.rs, or, as the saying used to be rip '
ping with old Euripides and canting I
With old Cantharides.' Two pictures
rave just reached me from the other
tide which will make excellent cam {;
,aign material for the republicans. .
)ne Of these represents Mr.. and Mrs. I
Wilson standing, will not say smirk- s
ng, with King George and Queen I
Nary before the camera. The other t
epicts Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson driving @
'roudly down the Corso in Rome with \
ling Victor Emanuel and Queen n
Helena. For one l don't like it. 1t S
frends not only my plain American
ense of republican simplicity, but v
that ! may call sense Of national h
(
There can be no such thing as S
quality between citizen and sover- v
ign, and when the President begins to i
hink, feel and act like a sovereign, he o
5 out Of character and out Of place I
n these vain glorious explorations. i
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