The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-08


The iIngojsts Of the nation are all i'm full
cry. and II they are able to involve this
country In war with Great Britain they
will certainly 10 so. Hear the Washing
ton Post for instance. one of the leaders
in matchmaking. Discussing our rela-
tons with Great Britain as they exist in
Venezeula. It says:
The real question - whether. with or
withcat arbitration. England Is TO De
permitted to bully and despoil Venezuela
while the United States looks on in SER
vile acqulos nee. whether our lamcnia-
bic attitude m the Corinto affair IS TO be
a precedent fer all time TO come. Eng
land has been bullying Venezuela for
many ycars-is England TO 20 on bully
ing her indcnnit ,ly without a single word
of remonstTance or act of resOlute inter
position from us2 That Is the only ques-
ton There snould be no arbitration.
Arbitration OF Englands arrangement
means nothing but confirmation of Eng
lands claims. The United States should
'arbitratc" alone. We should ourselves
fix the boundary 10 England's encroach-
ment. and that should be the end of con-
troversy. The American people are weary
and ashamed of the immunity that these
foreign maraHders have SO long enjoyed
upon the western hemisphere. They want
II Withdrawn. once for all. and they want
the United States 10 come forward AS
the champion and the protector of free
government I'm the world. There IS no
desire here 20 have Mr.. Olney insist upon
arbitration with England. What We de-
sire is that MIR olney shall draw dead
line and then put man there with
gun.
Did anybody ever read sucn unutterable
nonsense as this? The first demand OF
this jingoist is that the United states
shall constitute itself wet-nurse for
Venezuela. and. ipferenuary. OF al the
ether South and Central American re-
plbli.s. 1t Is no more TO be that venera-
bic peice OF humbugsery. the Monroe doc
trlne. but We arr TO resent any case of
a foreign power bullying" Venezuela
or any of the other disorderly commune
ties to the south of rs.
The Monroe doctrine was notice to the
world that we should look on the cstab-
lishment OF monarchical institutions
upon this continent as an unfriondiy act
Eut this jngoist insists that the Monroe
doctrine does not 90 half far enough.
We are TO resent any bullying OF one
OF the countries TO the south OF us and
We are TO involve ourselves in a bloody
and obstructive war whenever n Euro
pean power makes demands upon our
turbulent southern neighbors that any
street loafer may think amounts TO a
case Of "blllying."
Bat the aims and purposes Of this
frield OF the rights of man 90 way be-
yond even this very startling claim The
Post insists that We shah publish to the
world that we have come forward now
as the champion and protector of free
government in tho world There is .he
contract which this specimen OF the jim
goisi would have us undertake We are
TO be the champion and protector OF free
government all over The face OF the
earth. II We think that Great Britain
allows a suspicion OF tyranny to creep
into her domestic regulations. we must
stra.ghtway send fleet and an army
there TO make her Parliament correct the
provisions Of her laws that fail 10 suit
Us. We must do the same with the
French.
The jingos; Post Nigh, cordesccnd 10
look upon the present institutions OF
England and France as sufficiently lib
cral TO exempt those countries from our
correcting rod. but s., must look upon
the state Of Affairs in Italy. austria. and
Germany with suspicious eye. and, as
FOR Russia. Il is perfectly apparent that
there is no free government" there. and
the Post Is. OF course. ready to send our
fleets and armies 20 Russia before an
other snow molts to turn everything
there ;opsy-turvy. and TO force the ~1ar
10 rule his people hereafter In the way
we think they should be governed
The whole theory and idea OF this class
Of statesmen is 10 us the quintessence of
folly and nonsense. The countries TO the
south OF us are each a separate and in
dependent power in the family Of nations.
and they must all assert their own rights
and protect themselves against insult and
aggression ~ they best may. The quar-