The morning call., 1893-11-26
AMERICAN SENTIMENT.

The rst.nne months of Grover CIeve-
lands second administration has demon
strated that the great body Of the Ameri-
can people are Americans in sentiment,
thought and purpose. The Eastern clique
that go to Europe each year and devote
their American mouths to lamentatiOn
over the local deficiencies of American life
nave no influence out of their own narrow
circle. They are practically aliens in the
land in which a cruel fate compels them to
reside. They are doubtless pleased, but
still silent, when one of their mum ber re-
celves political promotion in recognition
of campaign con rbutions. They are
mildly surprised at the force of national
feeling they see manifested, but as yet
have never ventured TO oppose it.
The last administration was distinctively
American. The American spirit was mani
tested at Samoa, in Chile and at Hawaii
The American policy was unfoded in the
Mckinley tariff bill and 10 reciprocal
treaties with American countries. Both
Harrison and Blaine were regarded by the
antl-AmeIican clique with affected dis
dain. 1t was charitably assumed that
both were playing to the gallery. They
were regarded as the embodiment of lingo
ism, the spirit of which was supposed to
have died with slavery. The newspaper
organs OF this clique satirizpd the late
administration in a patrOniZing sort of
way, assuming that they knew better than
to do as they were doing, but were depen-
dent upon that kind of play for political
existence.
The Cleveland administration came in
on an avowed anti-American policy. The
atty of the American policy of protection
was the most uueQuivocal expression of
English sen timent that had ever been
made by an American political body.
The single gold standard policy was
an official acceptance of a distinctively
English doctrine. The disregard of law
manifested in reference to the Chinese
restriction act was monarchal rather
tnan English. The withdrawal of the
proposed Hawaiian Island treaty from
the Senate was in thorough accord with the
dictates of English councils. In short, il
the United States had been an English
colony it could not have defined policy
more congenial to the mother country than
the Cleveland administration has defined
up to the present time. The natural re-
suit is vehement expression of American
;.
In the roar The mild protestations of the
anti-American clique are hardly heard. A
few gilded American youths and title
hunting American maidens want to know
what it is all about. The masses of the
Democratic party are as much in earnest
as the masses OF their political opponents.
To every section of the country Democrats
are denouncing Cieveland's anti-American
foreign policy. his autocratic methods. his
affectaii0n of royalty, his mantle of mys-
terry and his defiance of public opinion.
The secret of this defiance lies in certain
relations which preceded his first election
More than any other American President
he has behind him the combined force of
the money power of England aud the
United States He saw that power lift
him from beneath the wheels of the Hill
State machine in 1892. and he doubtless
has serene confidence that it will see him
through. Ii might. If he had been less
arrogant in his defiance of the people-less
open in his manifestations of iealty. But
there is spirit now abroad that will give
him and his hackers a deal of trouble.