Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-07-11

ire in til. only va, b, which il ca ever be aftainti
fisse were not empty wards. Ti'ose were the sober
~ tea Of distinguishes Statesmen, who pointed
o ti,e syDwtd ioey of thu Governor Of the Unite
states best evidence Of thu sincerity of what
ne, said. " hat has happeped already? Alread
We have sciion by tie financial exponent of th
.dnl Il aliUn mean Mr.. Mills. The ink
dry upon this ATTY before be- as the repre-
NATIVE of the Government and Chairman Of tte
Comm IL &c OF Way and u. an, rings forward d
4. TO 10 what Why, to make FREE article
TAT Canada sends into the Cnit'd states and upon
Inch last year si3n0 90 vi duty was paid =
.inadan Commons Deb0tes, April 10, lece, page
1zs ~.
Ar resident. this is not my charge. This
ne Briii envoy reporting TO his principal
hes w"-d- were not spoken In . e"rner Th-s
vrrs sIa leo j.. the Canadian parliament. They
ave "ng II. &C. met the eye vi Mr. BAyard e
4 .Pi,rid, ut Ch v.iand. sir Charles Iupp.
,'.ubil.>s sent them I" he President aud the sec
-etary oi >iste, IS be did "a the members Of tn
eBste They have game uhc. ntr..iicted ~ thu
IA. insBt. The secretary has declined to MAX
81. VIZ, even to whD share the treaty -makiD,
with The Pre-ident, the preliminary di,
,.ur-i, .nr witch led To the treaty, the grouB
the e.b6denc- due l.. the Brtti.h neg.tiator.
.ne-, dung a which the British nrgutiAt"r rx
,re-s-s his ,urpn.u Here have him. zccnra-
ng To sit Charles Tupper, not as the SENATOR tro
briswars raid. .'leayihg party diyision at III
bore. line" telling EngiAnd. NOT what is III
,s.icy If the American pc pie without di-tiDeti"'
patty, not what is the policy oi the Presiden
I'd ~tnsie, who are The trraty -uIaking paw
.ndrr ur Constitution, but what i. the p-.lcy
I've President abd House "f Representatives. am
What Is the J. Icy Il the great democratic ra'',
NJ Mr.. President. this treaty is not the rosJ
10 honor to safety, or 10 peace IL Is not th
,uad &" the re-pect II Great Britain. or even 81
Canada. v here IT removes one Cause Of di,cnrd
1t will produce ten Quiet. hrmBess, adhereGc
To- tfesties, -ubmIss.n To the judgments Of dul,
c,n-tifut.d international tribunlis. the same rul
tor b'th slider. will give US -curiiy We CAT
,.ver have c"nn.reiai reciprocity till reciprocir,
I justice and c"urssy are hrst estibIi.hed.
The Americans are MT qusrfeir"ine penpl~
when We rrmember vince children we are.
ave always .h,wn surpris ng readiness to yeid
ur just X hi tor the cake of peace. We nav.
MI. l,it l." u even ii that rs.h humor which
ur uiuihrr gave But We never live it,
peace with Canada II We allow her to think that
The methods he has taken tor the last thre,
,esrs the wsys to gain CONCESSIONS from u.
Ne eau never live Ia peace with England If W.
,,erulii her, without prompt and instant protest
try more The "al eTinents TN our io' bear
nee whirh prec.d ,d the key"lutipo which pre-
-1rd The Uf lsiZ which accom- anicd th.
Il the rebellion The ri rcti"n oi thi. treat,
in the interest of true. thorough, and lasting
,ssce We have every motive of kindred, oil
friendship. and Of COMMERCIAL interest To live H.
unity with the n"ther country. AID with tn.
,ouug p"wrr which ia rising Tn our northern
u, unIary. whose frontier for than 10 de-
,tres Of longitude marches eide by side with
own.
We look with no contempt or dislike upon Can
ida. We are glad To SET the spirit Of her young
nationality stirring in her veins
Eut when n, asks us to sband"n fishermen
70 her tender meIci.r. I" bu Id up naval school
L L
asks what it l.. neither fitting for US 10 yield NOR
tar bsr IT, rer.iv.
The American who reads with pride the civic
md military history 4 his country. can feel the
same -ati-iaeti"n when he comes tn the cha ter
which tells If her diplomacy. Ia the day If ~
infancy Fr,nklin and dtms and Jay rnc' unter'
the trained di pipmIiis's Of England and the con-
iinrut. not NJ rely as equals but ~ masters. 1h'
direct. pp-n, sincere, STRAIGHTFORWARD, untirng
en- rgy If brave aud h"uest old John Ad,ms
who,e armor was his honest thought and sim pie
truth h,s utmost rkil,' atone made posi- bic the
treaty with iI"ll,md The con-ummste ssgacuy
and r. RS nal infu nee Of Franklin gave us III,
+ enrh ailiane he Courage of Adams, The
the wisdom 1t Franklin the ausrrre virtue aud
,tendt,st frmness If Jay united in 1873 to raw,
t,r Is alike fem the p"w.r If eur greet an
rgoni-t aud he wile4 If jeaou. and suspicious
allies everything that was essential to great
ness and glory by land and by Later. the
rr>ight and irarl-sn.ss oi JEFF rson gained tor
US the great Louisiana empire, Monroe aud HE
minister If state w''D r Is the Flmid.s
Al The cl"-e f the war of 1872 john Quincy
Adams anu G.lIatln. and Clay. and the elder
Bayard met the rep esrntnrives Of a p"wer that
had "nr-hsli of b world for her allirs aud the
oh half At her ct England had jut ov r
thown Napol,L On land, aud swept the navies
al tur"Ie from the face 4 b. sea Yet came
FROM thu contest Of war, aud Il dir H. macy, witt
~, ~ right and lin rtv uniinp fired; ,ur honor
without STAN with added gI1ry IL lag and
tie rre'.rsi"u i"r winch England hid gone t"
war with never I" be- hard Of again
We had an'thet war within own recent
~, mry. "ur "a were of our own h"ureh"d
'u' rhci,pt cuemy aud our ancient ally sat al
their ct g,z'ng -cr, IS rbc Atisrtic, to il
they could discover any pretext i"r throwing
ther ight int" the scale Of RIB, Hon Eng
baud gave us pr v4caiiuu en"ngh Hut you
member the subnme patience with which >brah ,m
l. nculn waited untii the hour of our .treng h
came. Ii was the f"rtu . of an"ther Adams t.
r'ir, a. To Earl russell "ne quiet sentence, pei
hap- the mo-, ell ucut that ever came from an
Ame' lean pen
1t l. sup riuous to observe to your iordship that
thi l. war.
Foreign "ffc- and law ohicer reversed their d.
ci-i"n- ia less than an hour and the rams W
stopped You KIN W how the french Emperor
victor Of :, ba.t pl and Solfe,ino. in the hpigh
oi hi- military 'trength hurried out Of Mexico At
"a word uttered by Mr. o,ward You r-Iu-nbt,
the tim. whcn u, neral 1pnt gave NJ tice that an,
Anne, lean cuir"n who b ID cl,iu against Gr-si
Britain -h"uid bring the evidence To him. b /
h,ughty p"w seut over her commissioners t.
apd"gih' tor her wrong and WAS held a. de-
prndent l." make compensation You remember
how the dip oDacy al tn same great admipist,a
iun induced nearly ,ve'y fr-t-cls.s power il
Europe To ren"uncr the old doct'in Of perpetual
ali. giance aud l. I ou- adopted citizens alone.
Th"sr wtre days when the American citi-
gen nati"nsl aud ad"i ted. held up his head it,
the pridr of HE ctiz nship. Those thc
days when ,ur ten tn usahd millions al wealth
b. coming fifty thousand; better still. WHEN
slaves were changing into freemeD aud frvemen
intn cliizens, Th"sn were days when the flag
beautiful NJ the liver TO lose who lived II
trrrihlr as - m.teur 10 those who hated it,
float d everywhere in peaceful sras. and was
h"no'rd every where in frirndiy pnrts No pity
British utiicrr hauled il down from an American
mtsthead No Canadian minister of justic,
iaus bed in the face # AN American citizen
when Grant was Mt the White House. cup-
ie.s that. much m-ditating these things /
take litIle .siisfaciin when [ think If Gr"ver
Cleveland do hot like the policy winch every
where rvhs American citizenship of its glury. /
d" not like the thods of fraud and crime
which haze destroyed popular elections in ct
many d. muciatIc states
would have the box where the American free
man casts his ballet slcred rs sacramento
vessel d" not like this conspiracy between ih,
cid slave-hujer and tue English manufacturer
To- strike down the wages OF the American work
ma aud the conforts of the American workman's
home. d" not like Your ritual {" maintain tn.
American navy and To- fnrtity and defend the
American coast And like 10 better the present
treaty. II leaves the American sailor To BE-
baiIi,d and iusui'ed without redress. and sban-
d"ns the Americas right I" the f,heries, Older
than the ns,i"n itself which the vaor of our
fathers Tor US and the WELDON Of our fathers
tor us.