People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-27
Bonds-N0t War.

slblv be heard before 2no 'her year Is
out, but our opinion is that Cleve-
land has aroused the war fever for
the purpose Of loading us down with
bonds, costly navy aud standing
army. The war-scare is fake-a
blind to cover NOR, sinister designs.
Coming in FROM a duck hunt Of
more than a week, the President
finds that the English reply to his
request for arbitration of the Vene'
zuelan boundary has been received
in his absence. That reply is a re-
lection Of his offer.
He Immediately sends to Congress
message which, if it means any
thing, is declara ion Of war.
Is it probable that Mr.. Cleveland
would have committed his country
to this tremendous issue without Son
sultltion, without reconciliation,
without the gravest investigation Of
our military resources
Has he ever issued bonds without
previous confabs with Benedict d
Co? Has he not Invariably seat
Carlisle over to New York to feel
the pulse Of his Wall street bosses
before he moved peg in his fnan-
oial policy?
Did he not move with extreme
caution and deliberation in the Ha-
waian muddle, in the Nicaraugan
episode, and in the Waller case?
Can anyone explain his impetu-
oslty in virtually declaring war
against the greatest patton on earth,
in dispute where the United States
has absolutely nothing at stalker
Is the attitude Of Great Britain in
refusing to surrender to Venazula q
strip of land which she, Great Brit
ain, claims to have surveyed, marked
of and taken possession OF more
than q generation ago so threatening
to the "Monroe Doctrine" as vas
the action of Great Britain last year
in sending an ironolad into the port
of Corinto, Selling the custom house,
and holding possession Of the town
until her demands had been com.
piled with?
England owns Jamaica, Guiana,
and Canada; and (although it is an
unpopular thing to say at this time)
we cannot for the lie Of us see no ?
England violated the Monroe Doe
trine" when she insista On holding
land which she, bona f3e, claims to
be already hers. So far as we can
see, England has. as much right to
hold her Guiana boundry line against
Venezuela, as she has to hold her
Canadian boundary line against the
United States.
She certainly ought TO be willing
to arbitra.e the question. She aso1l9
arbitrate it were abe dealing VITA
Russia or Germany or the United
States. But Venezuela is weak and
England won't arbitrato.
Strong nations do not arbitra.e
with the weak,
It's the way of the world. Fran q
did not arbitrate with Madagascar,
Russia with Poland, nor England
with Burmah. Neither did combined
Christianity, represented 10y France
and Great Britain, arbitrafe with
heather China, when Christianity
wanted opium sold in China aud
heathendom did no. wan. il, Chris
tian guns battered an entrance for
the deadly drug; the heathens being
too weak to be successfully virtuous
8or, by the way, did the United
States arbitrate with Mexico
Wanted her land, went for it-got
it.
No arbitration. And il We have
ever arbitrated our Indian laAd grab.
bages the instance does not occur to
us at this particular moment.
As we have said England ough to
arbitra.e. Affiliations are very de-
cent things to have; bu. we are not
aware Of any rule Of international
law which authorizes ono nation 20
compel anosaa. to arb.tra'e differ
ence which said other nation has
with some third nation,
Our humble Judgment Is that the