The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 12Brann, William Cowper
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The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 12
Brann, William Cowper
Brann, William Cowper, 1855-1898; Essays; Reformers
How does the Republican party--the party of gold
--look now, from fat Tom Reed at its head down to
"Nancy" Green, son of Hetty Green, at its tail? Is it
the party of patriotism? May it be trusted to uphold
the honor of the nation? Is it honest? Is it even decent?
Nay. I say that nine out of every ten Republican
congressmen who voted for the intervention resolutions did
so because they were driven to it by fear of outraged
citizens, Democrats and Republicans alike, not because they
were patriots. I say that the representatives of the
Republican party are bound hand and foot to the millionaires
of America. I say that the leaders of that party
are without principle. The polls next November will
show what the honest money and honest patriotism people
of the nation think of the Republican party.
. . .
From the time that Fitzhugh Lee reached Washington
the myrmidons of William McKinley sought to detract
from his services to the country and to belittle his rugged
patriotism and love of truth. The popinjay in the White
House could not bear to listen to the roar of welcome that
greeted him as he stepped from the train. It was like
the oleaginous Ohio poltroon to inspire detraction of one
who is his official inferior, and his superior in everything
that goes to make a man. The Virginian is not intellectually
great. He is plain of speech and manner. But he
has carried high the unstained banner of the lees. He
has stood to his post in the face of danger. He has bearded
the traitorous Spaniard in his stronghold. He has
demonstrated once that God never made a more courageous
animal than the Southern gentleman. Beside such a
man, the purchasable McKinleys and gross scoundrelly
Hannas of the nation are dwarfs.
. . .
Dr. Dowie, of the Chicago "Zion," a place where faith
cure fools who have cirrhosis of the liver are allowed to
die for a consideration, has written a circular and sent
out a million or two of copies. He wants every adult
person in the United States to send him 50 cents, so that
he can have money to send out more literature with which
to catch more fools. The people of Chicago can confer
a favor upon themselves and humanity at large by taking
Dowie five miles out into Lake Michigan, tying three
hundred pounds of scrap iron to his heels and dumping him
overboard.
. . .
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