The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-05-15

similitude, in the Republicans deli.
cately-adjusted moral sensibiities, be-
tween the patriotic utterances of emf
nent American statesmen and political |
leaders, and the rawlings of the butcher |
Marat. "Jingo" had until recently been |
the Republicans great shibboleth, but
when its feelings reached their floodtide
of malevoence toward any exhibition of
the American spirit, something with the
decorating capacity of barbed wire was
demanded to express them. Hence the
evolution of " Marat-like ravings." The
latest recruit to the ranks of the Ma
rats " is Don M. Dickinson, postmaster
general in Mr.. Cleveland's first cabinet.
The Corinto incident was the spark that
fred his ravings," as the Alliance
affair had brought W. G. Whitney,
Cleveland's former naval secretary,
into eruption. Nothing in the whole
range of exhibitions of "jingoism is
finer than Don Dickinson's address be
fore the Loyal Legion at Detroit on
Thursday of last week. 1t is magnif-
cent address. 1t is not democratic, it
is not republican. 1t is intensely Amer
lean in every word and line. In this
respect it is republican to the core, and
its emphatic utterances in respect of
this countrys true foreign policy ought
to be democratic. But, unhappily, they
are not. Except here and there man,
no democrat has had the manhood or
the patriotism to stand up and say the
things Mr.. Dickinson has said, and say
them with such terseness and compre-
hensiveness, such emphasis and elo.
quence. =
A SEA FARINe life appears to be con-
ducive to the growth of the sterner
virtues, and particularly to patriotism.
Naval officers have always been among
the country's most gallant defenders.
Their sense of honor, their appreciation
of right line of action, that should be
prompt, efficient and chivalric, is born
of the sea- Admiral Walker recently
gave a conspicuous illustration of what
the promptings of sailors heart are,
and what are the wise suggestions of
his head, in his spirited correspondence
with the government on the subject of
Hawaii. His opinions and sentiments,
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distasteful to the administration, but
they were enthusiastically applauded by
the great body of the American people.
What the gallant admiral lost in official
favor was restored to him, tenfold, in
the approval of the American people.
And now another admiral finds his
sense of the right and proper thing for
the great American republic to do in
the matter of its relations to other
American communities, 80 outraged by
the recent course of the administration,
that he throws up his commission on
the threshold of the entrance upon
higher naval honors. In recent inter-
view with New York Tribune corre-
spondent the admiral was more frank
and probably truthful-than discreet in
his structures upon his official superiors
at Washington. "My IDEAS" he is re-
ported as saying, care not in accord
ance with those of this administration.
l am just as much disguised with it as
the people at large, in this country, are,
and l preferred to quit rather than con-
tinue my connection with it," l am
republican" he said further, " and a
man who lives on the ocean is likely to
imbibe patriotism and loyalty. 1 find
these articles at a discount with the
present regime" Therefore the ad-
miral wanted to "doff the gold lace,
don the habiliments of citizen, who, at
least, has the prerogative of standing
up for his country's honor" The presi-
dent and secretary of the navy, the lat
ter an ex-confederate, are stung to the
quick by the blunt sailors undiplomatic
utterances, and he is likely to be called
to account. The admiral's friends re-
greet his indiscretion, but, in common
with the general public, have lively
sympathy with his sentiments.
Convince the Small Towns.