The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-30


control of the executive branches
perity to our business and labor lnter ln+
estS, a sure reaction in favor OF cofieCl
financial principles the aaagent Gl hearl an
ty reunion of our whole people ahu tiio ne
recently enacted law so. far as 1t IS IN
line with Democratic principles promises
the most beneficial effects TO us as ma
ton both home and abroad What IS
lacking. now is courage. We have me
can only suffer defeat by timidity and
Indifference. The Democratic ship has
passed through very heavy gale. some
sick, and some of the officers seemed TO
have been hunting for life, preseryers.
but under these bright and promising
and plenty to eat, and the latter with
nothing to frighten them more seriously
than the false bulletins Of the WeaoneF ehonIg
begin to show little sand and eoufage, age
''Of late our political opponents nave
seemed to claim that the az aoGteine she tsas2l o.
property, and belonged to them. Nc
pnfonnded c0uS Whaf at orp IS propery
as the Monroe doctrine is something
higher than any partisanshlp, aid IS
but the reflection Of great and deep deep
rooted national sentiment. The fact that
its author was a Democratic President,
and that it has been voucnIssaiea Ior p$
a long train of able and brilliant men OF
the same faith, does not even give us
the right to claim as partlsans = an lex e1-
elusive property in this doctrine. IN aues- CUES
tions so broad and far reaching as those
which affect the rights and dignlties OF
our country, and its high and holy re
sponsbities to all the bisea AmerlGahb and Bet
NlToSAnfT tsf th5R naF1TSans IN RSahg A%sfsof
not a partisan one to which VIII me m
opponents have any especial clam, clam,
but eyes ngfar1 nothjng it is strengin erign
So long as it. seemed most adverse 10
it had the earnest endorsement of some
of those nations that now oppose 1t SO
violently The, doctrine Of Amerlcain n
intuitively in the minds OF our peoplc,
but finds really no place on the stature
book, and in our written reeords appears
only as the patriotic sentiment OF a
Presidential message and iamely passed
Congressional resolution. but it needs
no written parchment to give It 1ofse.
weakened by the most exhaustive ana
statesmanlike debate, for It IS engraved
as deep and virile sentlmeen{ Il IN - IN; tne
can people. % +,os roh,,s+
national sentiments which need but ins
occasion to arouse ar. earnestness when
astonishes the Indifferent and makes
mockery of those who snear at love OF
country. It assumes tnat We a+inn are nn1 oi
only concerned in the developnent OF
our vast resources, vigilant in the preser
walton of our liberties and rights, pro-
gressive in the extension of our com
merce and trade. but that we have deer,
and solemn CONVICTIONS as' to our mo,al
and political obligations TO the peoples
of the smaller republics who stand as a
barrier between America and the greedy
grasp of European spoliators me 1,a pow
ers of Europe have almost DIVIDED ine
have disappeared. They are now whet-
ting their beaks for the spoils when
The imperial shield of this Republic can
only save the Americans rom the same
ia'e THE CITADEL OF LIBERTY.
ssThe Democratic administration has
been deeply concerned that we
should not enact the loie' of iateriltt!otl-
the weak and strong alike, naping that
our example might influence others who
seem to give less heed to these G eons.oer,
we are seeking no foreign al,
liances; we are looking for, no fereien
territory but we M have tiA ana no,itlca tnaTt .ni
these two great continents. THIS nan
Of the ear:h was e; deslgneam "a py M rsfge If
iaS humanity. nal a and by natural laws which
It is Impossible for any man to prevent
or thwart in their operations, we are
geographical gee, situation and marked in
dividuality t9 dominate polltlstally' psst n,i- com
Ephere from ,ln 1a the Polar Sea to the
Straits of Magellan. :.
ITO ma atain our influence and II
wil hostile n9t baSonet Se neseros seross our
der to endeavor to wiring unw1lllngly an
inch of territory from those who now
Cannot be prevented by the accidents OF
time. For our political opponents to
claim a monopoly of patriotism ana 70
pirations to the mere battledore and
shuttle-cock of partisan diTerenees,
would be crime against the iI d9untrdN. IN dean m
ly concerned The Monroe doctrine -
safe in the hands of a wise and patrlos,
e Democratic w Mlirn rasits 9h
rather than by resolutions. The honor
of the country and the glory of the Tag
ought to De to every etze n a tbe sacfra fran
nend all other obligations. and that TINS
feeling is widespread can scarcely De
= - - EULOGY OF MGILL.
sJt will not be necessary for me to
trench upon the many pertinent lsspes
1aiis are SO much better known and will
be SO much more ably stated by those
who have better knowledge than myseif
s..I cannot bring myself to believe that |
there is any possible doubt of the cleo I
ton of your most excellent candidate for |
that age when the character IS most i'm !
and the actions and lives
IF those with whom we are 8 rounded
10 SO rnilrh to influence our owr future, /
can well remember how p 9 law stu- |
dent and young lawyer.I looked up TO and
was strengthened II, al. those civic and |
zenship. by. the then model LAWYER and
public servant. Mr.. McGill Sineularly
free even from tbs. criticism Of ms or
~ fha hiehest professional decernnl. 2
citizen with the most exalted Ideas of |
his duties to the State, a lawyer marked /