Evening journal., 1896-01-06

Amerlean could have p,nnsd such ur-
American odltorials As no tangible
svldsnco cf the prssence Of an Eng ish
mar IN ths Every Evening eaiee is
obtalnabls. we are lsd 10 bslisvs that he
uan OF congressional Applications invoked
the aid Of the shade Of Benedict Arnold
No other conclusion is rational
The editorial uttsrRncss Of the Every
Evening during the past few weeks
would 10 sentiment have dons creiitto the
London Times, the Westminster Gazette
and other Tory papsrs Of England, but
they we're q disgrace to American journal
Ism and treason 60 the American nation
which was, and Is still, holding up
TO the consideration Of thu world one Of
the grsatest political principles over
snunclatsd for the protection OF this
continent against Eiropsan aggressiol,
or ths institution OF political systems
common TO Europe bu, repugnaat to ths
histsry and traditions Of the western
hemisphere.
When the cousin OF John Bright irst
made known 10 the people OF Delaware
bis desire 10 represent them In Congress
We advised that be was not a suitable
man. We warned Nsary. Dlckey sauls
bury aud the others who we're urging bis
nomination that 70 would DO runious
undertaking They refused to lls'ea,
aud foistsd him upon the party, but their
Efforts to folss him upon the people 10
suited In their ignomlnIous disoomdlure
at the polls. when the Delaware electorate
passsd Judgment between him and
Jonathan Willis.
Our electors preferred Rapnblicsn,
with all that the name implied, TO q man
who had drlftsd from party to party ani
from principle to principle until neither
he nor bis friends knew what hs was OF
uhsrs be stood upon any question
Affecting, sithsr partially or wholly, the
standing OF the nation at home or abroad
Ho hss unmarked himself aud shown
the eloven foot Even the school
children who sit and study bsuoath tas
lmm,dlats protsotlon aud influence Of ths
stars aud stripes kaow who hS q aad
what no is. Hls character may ba
summed up In ons word--Tory tbs
most dangerous foe that the Uitod
States has ever had from revolutionary
times to the present.
This Eagllsh blood which clursos
through his veins thr1bs for Eaglsnd
When appealed to BY the chief executive
Of the ,tioa whish has given bin birth,
protection, wealth aud position in life,
ho forgets all and plays trdtorous
part
What a spectacle he would have
presented in Cougrsss in such an
emergency, with the shades o; John
Bright and Benedict Arnold leanin ng
over his chair ard whispering to him
honeyed nothlngl about his Eagllsa
ancestry How humIllatlng to tho
people OF Delaware, evoe foremost In
responte to oll IN defense Of national
honor, 70 have him exprsls upan'ths q ,or
Of the Hall OF Rsprassntatlyss those
un- american and tieAaonaeie uttoraaeta
whlsh hs has Expressed through the
shsde Of his late lsmeu.sd friend In the
columns Of this Every EFsninE
Joha lfht'a oou,ln il a credit 20 his
English ancestry, but alien to his
American surroundints His motts is,
Peace st any oas,l' National honor
stands ca nought to him Were he 10 60
to England snd bs elected to the House
OF Commons his hrat speech would bs In
dsnunoiatIon Of America and bis second
against Hons Rulo for Ireland.
Hsls a political phonomelon. At whose
feet Neary, Dleksy aud Salisbury lie aud
lick the hsud that s.rack them. How
much longer they can afford TO do It la
question