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Show I I PRESIDENTS AROUSE HATRED. Being president oi the United states may have its pleasing side but no man who has hold the high office has escaped defamation. One Avho lias been president must die before his rval merits generally gen-erally arc conceded. Today we have nothing but good of (reorgo Washington and Abraham Lincoln. While those apostles of liberty and justice were alive, thej were accorded more vile names than have been bestowed on the eight bribe-takers of the Chicago White Sox. Latel) a eopj of the "Aurora.' published in Washington's time, has been brought to public attention b this quotation from 1 hat paper. H ever a nation was debauched b a man the American nation na-tion has been debauched b Washington If ever a nation was de-i de-i sived by a man, the American nation has been deceived bj Wash-ington. Wash-ington. Lot his conduct, then, be an example to future ages; let it serve to be a warning that no man ma be an idol, let the history his-tory of the federal goernment instruct mankind that the mak oi patriotism may be worn to conceal the foulest designs against the J liberties of the people At the end of Washington's administration, March (i 1797 the I Boston Globe, said : "If ever there was o period of rejoicing, this is the moment. Every heart in unison with the freedom and happiness of the people ought to beat high with exultation that the name of Washington ceases from this daj to give currency to political iniquity and t- legalize corruption." While Theodore Roosevell was alive lus detainers were so numerous nu-merous as to embrace a big section of on.' part and extend over iuto a second party. In 1012 Roosevelt running as a progressive, was cartooned a baboon and labeled a rogue Now, on his grave, a"rc being placed tin1 flowers denied him in life We. m the treatment of our presidents, are a pei iiliar people. |