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HENRY WATTERSON
ON TRAOE EXPANSION
An Interfiling Eiprenlon of the Louisville
CourlerJoumel'e Opinion.
ON MIITEIS PlftllNEll TO
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A It# *4*4 CMPNNNMNMHi..
k'nftlkaJ Prildylrt
ftp? th«» egter into It. Bus, being a
Vfny complicated mwlneaa. H open* ttp
due. K the knave and the fool
have especial opportunities to ply ihelr
aseretrirlrw* vocatloa. Since the very
it mac b* marie for a time not only
to cover a mulUtude of shortcoming*
The th to i Question.
Thla much by the way of preface.
This Attcb aa a basis for some particu
lar obaei rations which wc have lo of
fer not In n rootmver*lnl spirit, btil
rather Ul a spirit of auggestiun and in
quiry. The Chronicle refern to the ed
itor of The Courier-Journal tn connec
tion with the issue which has ao din
mantled and divided the party of
which we both claim to be members.
Now the free and unlimited coinage of
silver at the ratio of 18 to 1 ia n the
oretical preposition in the roftamerclal
Intricacies, we may say in the uncer
tain science, of finance. It Involves no
"principle" of any sort. It might be
a good gysicm of finance at one time
and a bad system of finance at another
time.
Hut In either event It can amount to,
nothing unless It be expedient and at
tainable. If it bo inexpedient and un-1
attainable, if it cannot be reached and
applied, but If, on the contrary, it pro
cures its own defeat, and atonic with
its own defeat the defeat of other
treasures needful and just, which ex
cept for it would be possible will any
fair or wise man pretend that tt should
be net"'up as a.i altar tor men vocifer
ously to pray apon, as a shibboleth for
men uselessly to die by? Waiving all
argument as to the merit or demerit of
the question, has it been a help or a
hindrance to the democratic party, and
are vie now nearer or farther from itr,
realisation after nil our bicke-. fhgs and
losses? The "desertion’' on the part
of the editor of The Courler-.lournal,
which The Chronicle rele s to. cons'~-
ted largely, though not wholly, in his
belief that free silver would first split
the party and then Wreck it. Have
events verified or have they contrad.c
ted this apprehension?
The Confederate Record.
All this, however, merely in passing.
Mr. Watterson's crowning offense now
is that he "has turned his back on his
confederate record of local self-govern
ment..” Alas, he and the rest cf his
companions who are giowing older
every day. and fewer, have had to turn
their backs upon a good many inci
dents that made up that same record;
our rights in the territories, for exam
ple, and the inalienable doctrine of se
cession and the divinity of ihe institu
tion of African slavery. it would be
hardly pr udent for any of us to be too
nice about “records," confederate or
Otherwise, these last four decades of
political history. ‘The most that the
worthiest man can claim for bim-seif is
that he was conscientious in his purpo-
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I far tfee pur pm* of |rviu«iiNl * Mel
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1 ilit dive fflgn tioce they eigo-'
I hard!* here fom***fi Rleg Do
‘ rtmtußMmtirM irrtr filer nan Mint
orety other business adapt Itself to
changed copdlt.on* except the bonne**
of g'vim mew ? Once a mage roach,
always a aiagmS'cach, once a baby, al
ways • that th# Idea? May
I here not he some things that have not
entered wholly into we shall not my
itbe philosophy, but rather the bocn
i .(cpe of owr dear friend of Augusta?
Instead of accusing Mr Wetieraoa of
!an Indifferent e u> "political prim i
tnrpnmr? to gird up bis loin# and
miiiriw iha miirtf of riincfll btAlory *1
•veil ns the trend of mcxkrn
Problems We Must Ficr.
It la easy lo ace. and still easier to
«sy. that the problems of national ex
' panslon which face us are replete with
obligations hitherto unprovided for In
our political autonomy and undraamed
of hy our statesmen. We do not need
Mr. John Hhermnn. Mr. William Jen
ulnga Bryan. Mr. Grover Cleveland or
Mr. Carl Schurx to warn u. again*)
ddngcts which are only too obvious.
But. in considering the rcKponaihlHties.
we should also consider ibe opportuni
ties
Thai which la within our grasp
v'ouid be rejected by no other nation
lln the world. If we reject It. It may
; never come again, except as the result
j ul the outlay of oceans of blood and
| treasure. Nay, by refusing It we do
.not recall the bucolic republic of the
! fathers, whom our Georgia eontempor
| ary so venerates. Thai is gone for
! ever. Nor do we make local govern-1
j ment less secure, or stay the march of |
imperialism.
Electricity and steam have done
their pei feet work. They have pro
duced an actual centralization never
I meditated or proposed by Hamilton.
They havo annihilated time and space.
They have revolutionized all the con
ditions of human life. Mile* can send
troops in five hours where Napoleon
and Frederick could not have sent
them in five weeks. McKinley can
touch a button in Washington and be*
fore the conspirators in Han Francisco
have dispersed to their several homes
from their place of meeting, they are
in Jail. Does this mean that we are
in danger of a military dictator ia
Miles or another Caest*> in McKinley?
Not a bit of it. It means that it is
easier to govern one hundred millions
of people today than it was to govern
ten millions one hundred years ago.
It means that repnblicanisna cannot
isolate itself, that It has become a part
of the world's organism, and cannot
escape the world’s movement, and that
it must and will meet the duties and
prepare for the conflicts before it. But,
having weathered all our dangers, its
votaries, and among the most un
doubtlng of these is the editor of The
Courier-Journal, believe that it will
show Itself equal to every trial, and
that it will in the end emerge from the
ordeal, still free, and glorious and
great.
Opportunities to Orasp.
It is an alternative no less than an
opportunity that we have to deal with,
and in. determining the course to be
pursued we must look forward rather
than backward, but most of all we
must look about Us, end mark what it
is the world is really striving for, and
our relation to the struggle. In no
other way can we arrive at the truth.
THMfi AUGUSTA EHJHAXD
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| iieied tad aov* wet! Rif tialf gre*
i killed of erggetfling, or fever night
* one eii hoftled. Crrvrra end g], ft*
. rmi lo return Imp r one etngle *ine of ft> «»•
| grnplv tv ten J went to erftoo! gad
| itnre I graduated I an denser (tan
ever.
(•lady* fafeo a high ertoot graduate)
-Oh. I an not quite stsrr. hut »ivm»
lin me an though It la eomewhi i# in
| flrotll. I <an‘t pier the I’hillpidne
Idaod* either. •ram* a. th.wgb they
ilfnl to be up la srouana anw.im.,
| hut the geographies rb»n|f *u and
■ y»»r* t» M»h • hum «lm<- th.it
■ hey may have inn.l rrH th« Hblllp
-1 pint, down n*ir tt|uto wiwwh.rw.
Gilt. i«i|n'l|>) —Perhaps they urr
ft* .at in it l*Dnd*, and our iwn ran tour
! ib.m owar to tbia c *untry. (Proudly):
• America ran do anything. I'm real
~ >rry about myself and Charlie.
I(J lady a. for If It had not been for Ibla
II rurl air wr would luyi|u(li been
[true to eath ot|i.r.
Oladya ibyatrrlralljr)— And b<' wrote
you aurb long letter* from camp. but'
they ware aurb dreadful gruaal# nffaira.
]uat full of |oing to niraa. nod havius
jto go ao aolled all the time; well, 1
I can't believe aurb a faatldloua boy
i could really hare grown into a un
rhlne that tclk* of nothlg but food,
mnd land and file*. ad different from
I your Reginald, who, you aay. rail*
most every day, In juat the loveliest,
cooipgt-lokiuß make-ups one ever aaw.
and, oh! yea. don't you pity our poor,
fever-atrlcken boya ao much?
KlUe—So much sorrow! I tried my
beat to aave up some of my pocket
money to send to one of those relief
societies, hut papa la so fussy about
my appearance, apd insists upon my
igettng everythin! I want, at least 1 In
slst, and he furnishes the money. Hut
I om going to send a few bottles of
perfum* and acme boxes of fruit gel
atine Jußt as soon as I find time. They
can find some way, I suppose to pre
pare the gelatine, those men who are
being garrisoned.
Gladys— Yes, you were always so
generous! Here take this dime as my
contribution, and I do hope you can
get something nourishing and substan
tia! with it for those poor, dear sol
diers. Are you going to return all of
Charlie’s letters and keepsakes to him,
before he comes back? I expect tp Irar
that he has gone and got eounmnrllnt
ed and shot, or drummed out, nr some
thing, but you are not to blame, It's
Reginald. Good-bye, dear, Yam so
charmed to have met you this morn
ing. I would stop longer and chat with
you, hut all the tall silks at White's
here been marked do«vn, and I want to
get one or two dress patterns—such
delicious shades.
Elisa —Good-bye, dearest, but what
ever you do, or wherever you go, ‘Re
member the Maine.’ (Aside) There!
did you ever- I never once dreamed of
getting ray car fare out of that stingy
old maid.
The Herald's new Standard War At
las is a very timely publication, which
seems to be well planned to answer the
questions which people are asking
about countries In different parts of
the world. The maps ore In sufficient
detail to be entirely intelligible, and the
low price at which the atlas Is pub
lished, 30 cents, will make Ignorance
unpardonable. Realizing the value of
such an atlas The Augusta Hepgld ar
ranged with the publishers for'a special
edition. As this new atlas is not for
sale at any of the stores, our, readers
should hasten to send for a copy be
fore the edition Is exhausted.-
LIKE A SPAISITSH GUNNER.
"Not a single book that I have writ
ten has made a hit.”
"H'm! You must have some Span
ish blood in your veins.—Freic Presse.
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808 WHITE - -Second Patent.
GOLD MEDAL—Fancy Patent.
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ABSOLUTELY PURE WINTER WHEAT FLOUR.
I fully realize the supreme disgust of consumers
for Flour, adulterated with Corn Flouf, Corn Starch,
and other Foreign matter. On and after this Date,
August I Oth, 1898. I offer the Wholesale trade the
above Brands Flour Guaranteed Absolutely Pure
Winter Wheat, Goods of the Highest type.
Ask for prices Flour, Meal, Grits, Bran and sh Ip
stuff delivered your station.
J. M. BFRRY* THE MERCHANT MILLER
sci?"’ Georgia and Carolina Papers Report Estimate on Above Space per month.
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I. C. Levy’s Son & Co..
TAILOR-FIT CLOTHIERS,
AUGUSTA, - - - GEORGIA
liritons having found out what the
'Abound of Sivijl is, are now engaged
in investigating the Aimamisaluku of
flunban, who„ ; fyas put himself at the
head of the Sierra Leone insurgents.
Walter Cras}4 has been Pint at the
head of the,art department of the
'South Kensington Museum.
CISTOIU
far UftMtU >»4 CMUfwtt
The Kind You Have
Always Bought
Boan * tUe
aguaturc /M*
* w
ft JP’ The
Kind
\y You Have
Always Bought.
ICfISTORIA
TO SECURE A
SUIT OF CHOTHING
at a price that will surprise
you when you see the
quality, style and finish
of the clothing that we
are selling this week in
our big reduction sale. We
have cut our prices down
to the bottom on both
Boys’ and Men’s Clothing,
irrespective of cost, that
leaves no doubt as to quick
selling.
PHRHAPS A SOPHOMOKK DEGREE.
Guffer —I suppose Feete is one of
them college fellows?
Givis- What makes you suppose such
a thing as that?
Guffer—l notice that everything that
comes to his house is marked "C. 0. i
I).”— one of them collcgt- degrees, I |
suppose.—Athens Banner.
[HE HERALDS JTANOARO
yyARftILAS
WITH MARGINAL INDEX
CONTAINING MAl** OF
Cub*. Phllllpim lilandt,
Witt Indies, North Amirlcm.
Hawaii. South Amorica.
Europe. World.
Alia. Oceania.
Africa. China,
Spain. _ Portugal,
AND HARBOR CHARTS 0F—.....
Havana. Cianfuegoi,
Santiago de Cuba, Mainila. #
San Juan. Cardanai and
Matanzai, _ s l nta C ,ara Bayi
Th« .e> turparb Mnps ara baautlfully prlntad
In fiva cotoro on haavy papar. an<J bound In
an attractiva covar. RAND. McNALLY &
CO., those peerlesa Mapmakers. preparad
thla Atlas aspaclally for THE HERALD and
our raadars may aecura It at a trifling cost.
WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW
WHEN YOU WANT TO KNOW IT.
I «
Explanation Harginal Index
The lngeouliy nf the d*y»c* dewr*** giwvlgl for H ta •
patent system of lo.tan«*n*-« relmwncw Th# Mk« «*
ne.r Upon each map's border. The Information *• *
These wondet(ul plates, cmipl.wl by experts, and abeoiuleiy up «•»
are a minis ure cunterpart of tbs world s physical appaarawo, aai It
t.u at tbli m wneni. The maps are not merely ptcuuiai charu. the. ar,
also g„awapblm and gaacteera combined. The ruled border on the fotff
* d. a of every map I* divided Into equi-diatant apaca*. designated upon le,
aiilc hy Seller* at th# top and bottom by numera.t. If Hues w * r **™~
wted frt-m these marginal points -nail *<l>»re. would be tonwed b»
their mteracctkm. On the margin of each i>a«e appear, » claaaifled »et
of all the principal d!vla.ona, cities, and lowan Ingcrlbwl upon that ape
ca! m:in when' they arc classified alphabetlcailr »“d according to Uair
commercial lmimrt.nce and prominence ai centres of population.
You ought to Have this Atlas
You Can Have it
You will Have it
If you wish to see the Atia3 before buy
ing. call at The Herald. But you Must
Hurry. The edition is a short one and will
not last many days. Mail orders filled
promptly*
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