The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-08-02
England Will Vet Give us Trouble.

| Sooner or later the American people
as matter of self defense, if not as q
matter of self respect, will bc
compelled to wipe the last vestige Of
English power from off this continent
Three times in our history we have
clipped her pinions and baflled her DIES.
perate purposes. American victorie.
were made secure by solemn treaties
British claims to possession of our coun-
try were formally relinquished; but the
desperate resolve to feed and fatten on
America has never been completely
abandoned. In our times of peril they
have treated us with treachery, con.
tumely and scorn; in days of our pros.
eerity they have changed their tune, anC
apparently manifested feelings of kind
ness and affection for us. But through
the years of our history the purposes o
England have been unchanged.
Fairly conquered in the war of the
revolution they returned again in 1912
and with vandal torch they fired oul
nations capital without even the pool
justification of military necessity. They
came again in 1865 with aid and com
fort to the national enemy; and while
they gave us honeyed words to calm oul
fears, their ships were ready and theil
guns were shotted to menace and DIES
troy us. In recent years, secure in the
friendship of Cleveland and Bayard
Canadian constables have hauled down
our nations flag upon the high seas
without word of protest from the
State Department.
Today, while they are making love tC
the Democratic powers on the banks Of
| tho pntnnNnn fhnu a UinnrNrCls. - -
| tending thsir -"il"ay cOnnectlhns and
strengthening their Notifications on the
northern border from the mouth of the
st. Lawrence to the Pacific Ocean. They
know our weakness in the matter Of
coast defenses, and though we should
eventually succeed in driving them out
still it is clearly within their power
when they please to give us lots OF
trouble and to inflict incalculable in
jury.
Yet notin armored vessels nor in rifled
cannon, nor in British bayonets lies the
greatest menace to the peace and safety
of the United States. There is now in
existence decidedly pro-British party
| in America. No reference is made To
British-American citizens nor to the
English American citizen, organized OF
| llulNluudl. lC lJCluOCl dllC party ls
the English garrison in America. 1t is
intimately connected with the Golden
Club in alliance, offensive and defen.
sive, for the purpose of intlicting on
America the English free trade system
There is hearty bond of sympathy be.
tween American State Department and
the Scotland Yard detective agency Of
the English Government. The pending
extradition treaty is intended as pledge
of their mutual affection. Under this
proposed treaty England would be en-.
abled to make the United States hel
policeman, and to hand over to the ten.
der mercies of Dublin Castle Irish.
Americans suspected of the crime Of
loving Ireland.
There is the old bond of SYMPATHY anG
spirit of mutual desire to help between
the British and the old slave power
| There is everywhere between America
and the Democratic party the highest
incentive to assist one another. Indeed
this mutual affection has materializeC
in the shape of active sympathy and as
sistance to the Democratic party from
England in their united effort to destroy
the American policy of protection. The
Golden Club is to-day with the agencie,
of the press, its pamphlets, its college
professors and the money contributions
taking an active hand in the election o
our President and House Representa-.
tivss.
No great nation in Europe would toll
crate this interference for an hour. I'm
agine France or Russia or Italy spend
ing money and spreading literature il
Germany with the purpose of ovel
throwing the industrial system of the
German Empire. They would not darC
do it. Yet the American nation will
the connivance of great political party
tamely submits to it. We may yet fee
to our cost the consequences of the al
lance between England and the Demo
cratic party. We may battle then
again by peacefully overwhelming then
at the ballot box in November, or We
may some day be compelled, by the
instinct of self preservation, TO resort tC
force New York Press.