The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-01-01

met with just the same opposition.
| He said he came there that night be-
cause he loved the Republic, and not
merely because it was the land of
his parents He remembered the
time when an American citizen did
not know what the word tramp"
meant. Since then, however. he
had seen all the curses of the Old
World growing up He saw liveried
servants in the streets and equipages
that cast into the shade the vanities
of Paris and London. But the thing
he had been most afraid Of was the
war cry. (Applause When the
people asserted their rights it was
the policy of the ruling classes to
get up foreign war The audience
cheered him here. But it was not
the fear of foreign aggression that
caused ships and fortiication to be
built-but what the government call
ed domestic insurrection. Ap.
plause again, and once more when he
said he was believer of in the Mon
roe doctrine.
.slt was really needed in this coun.
try" he said, "when France invaded
Mexico to put foreign Archduke on
the throne. But this is not the Mon
roe doctrine-it is travesty on it"
He was stopped by Kisses and
counter applause, and two pairs of
disputants began mauling each other
at the back of the hall. Mr. George
said it was only quarrel about a
boundary line
"And for point of honor" said a
gentleman right in front of him
"No." said the orator, cit is not
for point of honor. Before this
message how many of us knew about
British Guiana and it's boundaries.
l am pretty we'll up in geography,
and / didn't know. A point of hon
or, eh? What is republicanism-
that the will of the people shall be
consulted on important questions.
Did Mr.. Cleveland consult the peo-
Pile?
"Yes''-"No" =" Yes -" No w
in alternate shouts from the audience
"For he's jolly good fellow and so
say ALL and two policemen threat
ened to yank the read headed man
out
DON'T CONSULT THE CABINET.
81 do not believe he consulted even
his Cabinet officers - said Mr..
George Secretary Carlisle could
have told him what the Monroe doc.
trine was Yet out of the blue came
a bolt. This message says: Here
is quarrel We don't know about
what. 1t is the duty of the United
States to step in and settle it, and if
you don't like that, if you don't think
we ought to settle it, we have our
army and navy to support US. y
The Clevelandites cheered this
to the echo, and again they applauded
when the commission was referred to.
He quoted the newspaper dispatches,
which said that the merits of the
question could be ascertaned from
the archives in Mardid.
THAT is where England went, I"
cried. the baldheaded one
THAT is where England went, -
continued Mr. George. ''Let Eng
land go ahead -
"No! no! no." And misses and ap.
plause went up from the body of the
hall.
"Lct England go ahead" I" he re-
peated.
'No! no! nor wclled up from the
audience again:
you're wrong. George old man;
you're wrong" cried man in the
front row.
Chairman Crosby came forward and
said, "Please let Mr.. George 60
ahead"
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George, laughingly. "ls it our busi-
ness to follow England all around the
world and undo her wrongdoing?'
"Yes," boldly answered an auditor.
"On this continent, yes!' shouted
another.
"a1ind your own business yelled
somebody else.
YES" rejoined the orator, "mind
vour own business. If we must in
terfere let it be in such way that
the masses of our people shall not be
degraded to the level of others. They
are playing politics !" .,
doesn't England play politics.
from the audience.
Three cheers for the United
States!!" They were given.
CHEERS FOR oLNEY.
s.TLroo choers for OlneVl"