The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-01
cInrnlnnd,s Friends and Foes.

land, has had mosI pecu'laE 00NV
upon the press of Now York CITY
Indeed, SO far as metropolitan journ'
alism is concerned it may be said TO
have caused complete revolution.
Tho hitherto earnest supporter OF
tho President, through thick and
thin, the Evening Post, now can
find no words sufficiently ugly or
Ybitter to denounce Mr.. Cleveland
against whom ii RACES with unreas'
oning, savage and frantic denuncia-
ton. The World is but trihe
moro moderate. But on the other
hand, the Sun, the ancient enemy
Cleveland, has from the hour ofthe
PRONUNCIATION of his famous message
stood up for him with all the force
and virility of its sharp and trench
ant pen, while the Tribune, and
Mail and Express, Republican, and
tho Herald and other metropolitan
journals all stand up in line on the
side of tho President. Here is q
sample from the Sun, Mr.. Dana's
paper:
"Any American citizen, whether
inside or outside of Congress, who
besitates at this conjuncture to up
hold tho President of the United
States should be branded as an
alien or q traitor. The gamo OF
politics is out of place today. There
ia no room for any but patriots
from Maine to Texas and from Orc
pon to Florida. There can be no
hating and no shutting at this
time There arc crises when luke
warmness is betrayal, BY an out
burst of approval, which for unan
imity is without parallel in our his
tory. the people of tho U S
have signitied their determination
to back their President In tho Nene
zuelan business 1t was tho voice
of tho nation which was echoed
when, by unique and memorable
exception in legislative experience,
tho course advised by our chief
magistrate in matter of tremen
dons moment received tho instant
and unanimous assent of the House
of Representatives, followed yester-
day by that of tho Senate, which
has shown itself no loss sensitive to
tho wavo of enthusiasm which has
swept over tho republic; no less
keenly appreciative OF tho wise anu ~
magnanimous position assumed by
tho executive; nor less prompt ana
single hearted in its testimony OF
support and confidence"
And, says the Mail and Express,
which has hitherto shown little ro'
spect for Mr.. Cleveland, and has
been as free as tho Sun in denuncia-
ton:
Both Houses of Congress have,
by an unanimous vote, adopted tho
Presidents recommendation as to
the appointment of n Venezuelan
commission. The government and
tho nation are as ono in their de-
termination to stand by tho Monroe
doctrine, oven if it BIO against the
world. They have discounted in
advance tho almost appalling sacri
fees which their action may entail.
Yot they arc calm, dispassionato, do.
termined. With the exception OF n
few disloyal newspapers which have
always maintained hostile attitude
towards tho interests of tho homo
. government, tho voice of tho prcss
is almost unanimous in firm adher
ence to our declared policy, and
tho voice of the press is the voice OF
tho people.
A few spectators who have lost
money through tho folly of English
investors in selling out their Amori.
can securities at a heavy loss are
mad at tho President who furnished
tho bears at homo and abroad the
opportunity to scare weak and tim
ed holders into apanic. These poo.
pie arc sore in the pocket. Their
loss, however, is not the loss of the
legitimate investor. Outside of
their ranks tho whole country is as
ono man in support of tho President.
Hero is partial list of what
England has gathered to hersolf
during the passing of tho years:
Gibraltar, stolen from her Dutch
allies; Mauritius, taken by force;
Aden, seized from weak state on a
false pretensc; Malta, by forco;iTrini-
dad, stolen; tho best parts OF Africa,
by deliberate aggression, subsidiz
{ ing companies and compulsory an
nexation; Jamaica, simply captured;
Ceylon, arbitrarily taken from tho
Dutch because they could not help
it; Ascension Islands, seized; Brit
ish Burmah, Borbico, Bornoo, Hong
kong, Holigeand, Coco and st.
Helena, by conquest; the vast In
dian empire, by cruel invasion, and
countless coaling stations simply
swooped down upon.
Tho Monroe doctrine is an in.
tegral part on our national faith in
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