The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-04-23

,icsc for November maintains that the
company is in reality backed by the
French Government, and gives substan'
tial proof in support of the idea. The
only real question to be settled Is, will
the enterprise affect American industry
and material prosperity. This has been
demonstrated with mathematical pre-
cision. 1t cannot be combated. We
must now deal with the question OF self
preservation. There is not a man in
this country but who would hasten to
repel an armed invasion; not a
mother but who would willingly
sacrifice her son that the life
of the nation might be perpet-
uated. The bugle-call for volunteers
would be responded to by millions OF
brave men, and the tramp of marching
feet would keep time with the fiery
throbbing of the national heart. The
people cannot remain passive and allow
any foreign nation to secure the DEATH
grip ON our commercial interests. France
has less interest in the construction of
the canal than any other power, If she
does not aim ut securing this power over
us. 1t is nothing less than invasion, and
an attempt to do with diplomacy and
money power what it failed to accom-
plish by the military No nation in Eu-
rope will ever engage in war with the
United States. This country is the pro-
ducing country of the world, and from
her the European nations draw their
supplies, and they will be more depend
ent as time advances. 1t is to secure
her carrying trade and strike blow at
her expanding commerce that an at
tempt is being made to obtain the key
to her prosperity. 1t is established Ill
history that an influence foreign to peo-
pie is always dangerous to the free insti-
tutions of that people. The United States
has already suffered from foreign intlu-
ence. The Monroe doctrine is constant
ly violated by the admission of hordes OF
miserable Chinese slaves to the country.
Is it not time that the nation should
adopt some measure of self-protection,
or are the masses too much absorbed III
the paltry politics of the day to under
stand foreign encroachment? The peo-
pie of the United States are not opposed
to the construction of the canal, and will
grant it material aid, but it must be con-
and controlled by American
laws. Since the arrival of De Lesseps
the authorities Mt Washington have ex-
pressed themselves so plainly that he
now announces desire and willingness
to proceed with the work under Ameri-
can law and protection. If he does this,
we say, God speed him. If he is not
sincere he will find he must contend with
n tornado. We must resist this peaceful
invasion; we must protect our commerce
from destruction, and, if need be, sacri-
fee our lives. Let the President and
Congress be sustained in the position
they have taken in the M. De Lesseps
project. There must be no compromise
or halfway policy. If our interests are
worth protecting at all, they should be
protected thoroughly. The spread of
our liberal thought and the growth OF
our material prosperity have alarmed
France, and it seeks to destroy us with
peaceful invasion. But we must resist
that invasion, if need be, with leaden
hail. We must maintain our position as
the leader of civilization on earth. The
of constitutional liberty
IN the New World caused shout of Joy |
10 echo around the world from the OPP
pressed of every land. Let the song of !
liberty pass from nation to nation, and
ct the oppressed in every land catch up
she strain in sympathetic and responsive
ltterances. If we must repel those who !
seek our destruction, let us write upon |
every emblem the war-cry of Z. ID. Baker, |
rs it echoed from cold Shasta, in Cali |
ornia, TO majestic Hood, in Oregon: 'In |
nv bOyhoOd i took nv stand for free |
ION, and where the feet of my youth
we're planted there my manhood and my
age shall forever march,
Flag of the seas on ocean wave
Thy stars shall glitter DER the brave.
RosEBURG, Ore.
L. II. Wells, in Chicago Ledger.