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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1900
Page
5
Mr Henry Adams recalls Federalist tirades against Thomas Jefferson in 1800 calling him a dissolute intriguer and forger. He labels Jefferson a follower of anti establishment theories and accuses supporters of being demagogues and atheists.
A fragment quotes a critic condemning the Kansas City platform as infamy and disaster. It argues the policy would bring widespread misery, lawlessness, dishonor, and cowardly retreat from duty abroad, lasting generations.
Historians including Morse and Schetter applaud Jefferson's era as peaceful, progressive, and popular. They note prosperity with stable finances and wide public enthusiasm despite England troubles. The discussion compares later Jeffersonian terms to Bryan’s harsh critiques and questions history's verdict.
A labor leader warns that McKinley’s imperialist expansion threatens American workers by bringing in cheap Mongolian Malay and Chinese labor to the Philippines and Hawaii. The argument cites imported Japanese labor in Hawaii and opposition from the Omaha Bee editorial stance against annexation.
Jonathan B. Taylor characterizes President McKinley as autocratic and unrepresentative, accusing him of forced annexations, wartime actions in Cuba and the Philippines, tariffs benefitting trusts, and corruption. The letter cites Alaska surrender, standard oil clashes, and commissions budgeted to whitewash governance, framing McKinley as a moves against self governance and civil liberties.
The speech at Bloomington contrasts Lincoln’s party formation with Republicans who declare the Declaration obsolete. It argues governments derive power from the governed and warns against abandoning fundamental rights.
The article argues for a constitutional monarchy as a modern reform to fit expansion and protect capital. It claims republics decay when nations grow rich and powerful, and that history shows a king guides a nation in crises while anti monarchy ideas stem from French revolutionary thinking.
The piece argues the government can draft citizens but not wallets and urges restoring taxation justice. It predicts Democrats Populists and Silver Republicans will push a constitutional amendment for an income tax as a permanent federal revenue measure. W. J. Bryan voices the stance.
The piece traces 1868 to 1892 efforts for direct senatorial elections led by President Johnson and Rep Weaver, noting House passage but Senate delay. It highlights a national party convention endorsement and predicts reform before the next presidential election, with Bryan’s closing reflection on progress through struggle.
A quotation attributed to Abraham Lincoln from an address to an Indiana regiment dated March 17 1865. The line claims that freedom should be universal though it critiques those who desire freedom for themselves but deny it to others.
In the field after a clash, Gregorio del Pilar lies dead amid looted items. A diarist, a captured diary, and a prized locket mark the cost of war as the insurgent general is left unburied in fog and glory.
A letter questions if citizens must use up others political rights and if duty requires killing those who defend liberty like their forefathers. The writer signs WwW. J. BRYAS urging reflection on civil duty and conflict.
Dr. O J Perkins cites a Nebraska Bureau of Labor study showing real estate and chattel mortgages surged during the McKinley years. He contrasts mortgage growth with Republican prosperity talk, noting Nebraska and Indiana debts rose sharply, raising questions about nationwide prosperity narratives.
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