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Show THE NEW COPPERHEAD1SM. Bryan's Recent Utterances Just Like Those of Vallandigham in '63. Mr. Bryan must have been giving his days and nights to study of Clement L. Vallandigham's works. That notori- ous copperneaa s tnoug.its are ecnoea in all Mr. Bryan's recent speeches. This similarity of thought is natural, for Mr. Bryan now, like Vallandigham in 1803, advocates surrender to rebels. Vallandigham's most violent and treasonable speech was delivered May 1, 1803, at Mount Vernon, Ohio. He began by proclaiming his "right to criticise the acts of our military servants." serv-ants." He cited as a precedent for such criticism the fact that "Tom Cor-win, Cor-win, in the face of Congress, hoped our volunteers in Mexico might be "welcomed "wel-comed with bloody hands to hospitable graves.' " Mr. Bryan, in his speech of acceptance on August 8, 1000, at Indianapolis, In-dianapolis, began by proclaiming the same right of criticism and alsa alleged Mexican war precedents. Vallandigham spoke of the suppression suppres-sion of the secession revolt as "a wicked wick-ed and unnecessary war a war for the crushing out of liberty." He declared the Republican administration did not wish to end the war. If it bad it "could have saved the 20,000 lives lost at Fredericksburg." In the same vein Mr. Bryan spoke of the suppression of the Tagal revolt as "a war of conquest, as unwise as it is unrighteous," for which "there was never any occasion. He likewise intimated that the administration administra-tion did not wish to end the war. 'The Republican party," he said, "is responsible respon-sible to-day for every drop of blood drawn in the Philippines." Vallandigham feared the war for the Union would result in the overthrow of the Republic. "The men in power," he said, "are attempting to establish a despotism." He frequeutly recurred to this idea. "If those in authority are allowed to accomplish their purposes," he said in the same speech, "the people peo-ple will be deprived of their liberties and a monarchy will be established." Mr. Bryan likewise feared that enforcing en-forcing American laws on American soil would result in the Republic's overthrow. He said the President had already established a despotism. "The will of the President" he said, "has been the only law in the Philippines." He Implored his hearers to "consider the effect of imperialism upon our own nation." He declared that "even now we are beginning to see the paralyzing influence of imperialism." He frequently fre-quently expressed bis dread of a monarchy. mon-archy. He asserted that the "Republican "Repub-lican party has accepted the European idea and planted itself upon the ground taken by George III." Of course, Mr. Bryan's statements now are as false, his fears now are as j baseless, his predictions now are as unwarranted, as were Vallandigham's statements, fears and predictions in 1803. The Republican party established estab-lished no monarchy then and does not oven dream of establishing one now. William McKinley is doing now just what Abraham Lincoln was doing then ---compelling rebels to obey the laws of the United States. On the other hand, Mr. Bryan and his party are now encouraging rebels, just as Vallandigham and his party did then. That Mr. Bryan should now use Vallandigham's arguments against enforcing en-forcing the laws of the United States is altogether natural. The excuses and arguments for secession and rebellion are always the same. Chicago Inter Ocean. |