The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-04

be convinced.
| contemplate war such as the world
| has not Seen-for who can say 10 what
| quarter of the globe il will extend, and
| for what? To carry out a rule that does
not touch the matter at adj? If Eng
! land obtains what she claims, and what
she claimed before the Monroe doctrine
was heard of, what American would be
injured? What American right or lib
erty would be in peril? Not one. I
\ think THE American people are not well
| informed on some points. The impress
| sion Is that Great Britain will not fight;
! is so situated as to her enormous COM
! merce at sea and ITO Canada that she
dare not accept the challenge. 1t is
| quite true the loSs at sea would be very
great indeed, and, in my opinion, Can
ada would be overrun, not conquered.
Most certainly England will make
every effort, strain every nerve to avoid
a. conflict, but beyond a certain point
she will not go, and it must be remem-
bered that this will not be a war de-
pending on king, court or ariStocTacy,
but a real peoples war. England is
monarchica1 in name only. She is a.
more perfect republic than the United
States. Think you that THE Queen or
Prince of Wales would have dared to
insult q Friendly power as the president
has? Had such a ching happened there
would have been such an expression Of
public opinion from one end of the en-
pire to the other that it would have been
their last appearance: TO private life
they would have retired. AS to what
England can do against the world in
arms l refer you to that splendid work
of your own countryran, Captain Ma
han, of the United States navy. He will
tell you commerce deStroyerS do not end
a war. You have a class of vessels de-
signed for that purpose, and much mis-
chief they will do. but commerce des-
trOyers may be destroyed themselves.
Then as to Canada, supposing you take
Canada, what next? That will not stop
the war. But are you so certain you
can do so? In the last war you sent
troops ten to one, and how did it end?
Not one foot of Canadian soil was in
your possession, but the whole state of
Michigan was ours. These are not
theories, but facts. We have in Canada
counted the cost. We know if We pro-
claimed our independence and neutral
ity we might escape, but such thought
finds no ground to rest on. The old
flag we shall stick to. | am well aware
We should be overwhelmed by numbers
alone, hut We could hold various points
while the war was going on along your
seaboards. and this should be noted.
Buffalo and those cities. finer than We
have, will burn as well as Toronto or
Hamilton. Is it generally known that
Washington was burnt in retaliation
for the burning of the town of Niagara,
where the inhabitants were turned out
to the woods in the middle of a Cana
dian winter. Probably the most irri-
tating thing to us is a small portion of
the press representing the Confederate
cause. They appear particularly anX-
iollS ITO he on Canadian soil to burn and
destroy the country that, at great risk,
sheltered thousands of their own people.
Shall we look in vain for a great eX-
preston among You in favor of peace
toward people who have done you no
harm? 1t is probable that England
might have'to give up Canada, but what
would you gain? Five millions, who
would hate you most cordially. And
how much richer would your people
be? For all the prizes taken two-thirds
would be burned at sea. Would these
two things compensate you for the
damage to your seaboard? What the
gulf fleet has done before may be done
again. Heaven forbid any of these
things should happen. / think You cam
not be aware how much harm has been
done in one week by the presidents let
ter. Our elections come off in a few
belong, advocate as much trade inter
course with your people as possible. and
they had a fair chance of getting into
power and remove as many restrictions
on mutual trade as was possible. Their |
chance - gone. The tory party. armed |
with Cleveland's letter will carry all be- |
fore il. The deepening of our great
waterways TO be done by both parties |
and so necessary 10 both countries will |
come to an untimely end. For what |
fools We should be TO spend millions |
on a protest Of mutual benefit when a |
presidents letter can rouse such |
feeling of bitter hate and luminosity to- |
ward us. II has taken years to over |
come the prejudice IN this country to- |
ward your people and institutions. and |
al our work in that way * gone.
Il is for you 70 decide, you and You
alone. peace or war; peace with all Its !
blessings, war with all its horrors: al /
most a civil war. 'waEed not for liberty, /
not for wrongs inflicted on American
people or country or property, but war
for an idea only. Heaven grant you
means ruin for a time. BY no POSSIBLE
ity can i benefit You. Enormous for
tunes VIII be made by some, but the
mass Of the people pay the bills. In
what way viii Canada Conquered. as
you suppoSe) be Of service % you?
Towns anu cfSdsS piuflNeTNet ana burned.
canals and railroads destroyed whas |
trade can be done with these people?
They for years viii De occupied simply |
IN finding food and riment, and VIII
hate You with an intensity ended only
by death IT may be Cleveland's letter
was a blessing in disguise. Forwarned
* forearmed. Il has removed the mist |
that clo0ded our sight. and when The
mist cleared sway no words can deS-
tribe the scene which lies before US
We saw the fools paradise n which
we rad been living. What were Mr.
CAeveland's motives L = nor for me 81
say 10 his people. The only one have
heard Of who has 20 be thankful *
tie Sultan, who has gained breathing
time for more massacre.
Yours. respectfully.
T. c. MEWBURN. VI. ..
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