Iron County register., 1895-05-16
Rather SIGNIFICANT.

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Don NJ Dickinson Makes Speech with
Bristles On = Can Veterans Hear the
Bugle Callf-The United States Must b
Prepared Both Land and ON Sea, TO
Resist tho Encroachments of Great Brit
ain.
DETROIT, Mich, May 1.-THE feature
of the Loyal Legion banquet at the
Russell house Thursday night was the
speech against Great Britain, delivered
by Don. NJ. Dickinson. Mr.. Dickinson
responded to the toast ''Our Veterans.
Can They Hear a Bugle CaIl?" and
with impassioned voice and impetuous
eloquence he pointed to what he con-
sidered the menacing attitude OF En-
gland towards this country. Mingled
with scathing denunciations OF the
mother country were strong ap
peals for increased military forces
for this country. The speech was more
remarkable on account of the fact that
Mr.. Dickinson Is Mr.. Cleveland's most
intimate and important political
friend. being frequently summoned to
Washington as an adviser in matters
great and small, and taken in connec-
tion with the administrations course
in reference to England and her deal
ings with Nicaragua and Venezuela
Mr.. Dickinson had just returned from
Washington and from consultation
with the president He said in part:
"Optimists and some doctrinaires tell us that
the age Of war is forever past. The evidence
does not sustain the proposition. The peoples
Of the whole world, excepting America only,
are either under arms or on war footing. In
trigue and war, and conquest and massacre,
md \uyc otonc orA
means to this end in use by the great compet-
ing countries of the old world In the strife It
is the part OF wisdom to consider these things,
and In our vigilant guard Of our countrys vel.
fare 1t is our patriotic duty to weigh rs moth
ing all international after-dtnner sentiment
and friendly professions In the stilted
and stock phrases Of diplomacy. In the pres
ent conditions We may indulge in o reciproc-
ity OF polite phrasing and post-prandial ex-
uberance, our alert watchmen will mean
time keep an eye on our good friends across
the Atlantic, especially when, having appro-
priated Africa, the islands and even the rocks
Of the sea. and wherever else force or intrigue
may gain footing. they begin to take an in
terest not altogether born of curiosity or OF q
purely christianfzing spirit in this hemisphere,
lone can be so innocent as to believe that
the sentiment of relationship or friendship OF
England would stand in the way of the settled
policy of Great Britain to make Englishmen
richer and her power greater, even at our cost
Her policy is first and last and always to ad-
vance British interests and retain British Su-
premacy-to retain and add to British wealth
Her purposes are material Whoever gets in
the way of that is the enemy of England. and
will be so treated-whether it be the United
States, as great commercial rival who
may be intrigued against and eucroached
upon. and even crippled in some time of her
distress, or when off guard, or tribe of black
men in Africa, in the way Of her colonization
schemes, who may be safely massacred with
machine guns.
1.-The corruption OF continental cabinets, the
treatment of Napoleon after his surrender
the acquisition and history Of India,
the shameful support of the Turk in
Europe to this day, the treatment of Greece
in her struggle for independence the
cruel massacre of Afghan tribes, the occupa-
tion of Egypt, the ruthless slaughter OF blacks
in Africa, the unspeakable treatment Of Ire
land and the chivalry Of the mighty toward
the weak as exemplfied in Venezuela and
Nicaragua are few of the subjects to be treat
ed of and characterized by the fair historian
OF the next century, when he shall set down
the facts of this one.
o"But they subjects worth considering
now, because we should study well the con-
diti0nS surrounding our future and should
know something Of the character and purposes
and policies OF that power who the telegraph
and the greyhounds of the sea with and with
out guns. armored and unarmored) have made
our near neighbor. neighbor who has re-
Gently completed on the island OF St. Luica. in
the West Indies, one Of the strongest for
tresses in the world, and has been careful not
to mention it. nor to permit it to be described
in print.
Against what power Of the old world is this
fortification to defend? What fleet Is 1t sup
posed will rendezvous under its guns. and
against what nation is that feet to be sent:
1.-THE fortress at Nassau, OF the Atlantic sea-
board. has been recently strengthened and
greatly added to- and yet 1t served very well
during our war to protect the violators Of the
blockade and the ships OF war that preyed up
on our commerce found refuge under its guns
There Is fortiacatton Of great strength at
Halifax, on our northeast border, recently
added to and greatly strengthened.
.Since the beginning Of the year congress has
passee an act. which was signed by the presi-
dent, expressing the deep interest OF the Amer
lean people in an American canal across the
American isthmus, which will be the highway
of mighty commerce between the two
oceans. simultaneously we have had the
most extraordinary claims and movements
OF England in Nicaragua We have, too.
the covert suggestion from her foreign ONCE
that the Clayton-Bulwer treaty-long since
treated abrogated by England, and there
fore abrogated at our elections still In force
II think you will agree with me that patriot
ism and good craftsmanship alike applaud the
increase of our navy and demand It's further
increase, demand a large standing army, and
adequate coast defenses, so that we may have
peace with dignity In these later days and ex-
tend and hold the worldwide commerce which
we need"