Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-01-09
4 arant onnottnnity lost.

There is food for reflection in the fol-
lowing summary Of d letter recently re-
coiyed by gentleman in this city
from friend in England. The writer
said;
December 81, 1900 Ny dear -----;
Your sweet and welcome present Ia bar
rel Of applesl Y y is not marred
by the shower of "apples of tliscordo
which your President and his Congress
and Senate hayo scattered broadcast
over tho peaceful world | prefer to
think of you and other American friends
in the midst of the clash of arms which
Cleveland has evoked to confuse the
issues Of the next general election. But
| nevertheless feel profound sorrow,
esteeming America as | do, that her
chief spokesman should have shown at
the end of the nineteenth century that
wa to whom the nations look for light
and leading for higher civilization are
still barhariana. A deep stain will be
carried forward in history, and the
very devils will hold high jubilee when
theysee how these advanced { y nations
love each other
The insulting manner Of Cleveland'a
docd might have wrought rcd ruin if
the English people had not preserved
strong common sense. We prefer to
Jet the fire die out before getting the
chestnuts. Time is the main factor in
such affairs, and happily our press and
people sec that the least said soonest
mended. y
All this has made me very sad. how
ever, for ] sec no hope in the future II
the fiimsiest pretcxt for quarrel,
even unto doath' as the chaplain of
/ your Senate foresaw, is sufficient for
| President, Congress and Senate to act
4 upon in the name of the Great Republic.
Not man stood up in Congress- or
| Senate 10 utter one noble word in the
| interest OF commons sense or peace and
/ good will; and yCt not one of the mul-
titude knew that the Venezuelan queR-
4 tion afforded the remotest plea for the
| application of the Monroe doctrine
until Cleveland invited the connoe-
tion
What would + \ have been
done in in English Parliament If such
offensive language had been used to
| America, even in an intelligible cause
Of complaint? However, let us hope
4 that the terrible financial panic has
! brought 10 the yeriest lingo in the
| States some reason. 1t fakes two 20
make quarrel and England is too
/ proud Of America's success to allow
her to become an enemy.
Very sincerely yours,
The present temper Of this country,
now that iingoism has been sharply re-
buked and the calm judgment Of the
people has asserted itself, is in accord
with tho practical sentiment that per
vades tho letter above quoted. The
blatant cry for war is no longer heard
in the land. Tho voice Of the people
is for peace.
How much better ii would have been
had this sentiment found expression in
Congress at the time the message Of
President Cleveland vas presented or
when the bill providing for the Nenez-
uela Commission was being rushed
through. The Senator who at that time
had raised his voice in opposition to
the spirit Of iingo madness to which
both housesof Congress bowed in meek
subserpiency would have gained renown
as tho champion OF the real interests OF
the American people lie would have
been the leader, not the follower, in the
demand for "eommon sense or peace
and good will, 2 which the country oil
its own accord made manifest with nC
uncertain sound.
A great opportunity was thus lost fol
q bold, courageous representative II
Congress to stamp himself as a true
loader Of the people