The morning times., 1896-01-05
BIG MEN TALK OF FIGHT
Gen. Porter Says It Would Be
Fun to Take Canada.
MR.. DEPEW is NOT ANXIOUS
Two Sons-Views OF Prominent
Men on Possible Outbreak OF
Ho~tiiities-Most of Them Regard
II Lightly.

FOR my part feel that every man should
set about getting ready 1or tue worst. l
viii try il regiment or brigade cannot be
! immediately organized in this State. lndi-
ana il;Ustnoy b. Il lag ga ri III THIS emergency"
Gen. Lew Wallaces speechatLoyal Legion
OF Indiana banquet.
Mr.. Cleveland has thrown down the Mon
/ roe doctrine as glove of challenge to all the
powers of Europe. While it lies upon The
| ground waiting 20 he picked up the seconds
of the fight are doing much debating about
/ the propriety OF tossing 1t down aud its
chances of being turned into a beiligcrcncy.
1uerc are those wno would fIgn and VINO
want TO tight. And there are others who
do not want to fight and whosay they never
| would do SO.
ALGER'S FIGHTING SHOES.
One OF the principal men who would fight
! is Algcr, OF MichIsan When interviewed
| upon the subject OF gong To war General
: Alger happened To be standing III the lobby
| OF large hotel IN New York. Al the word
of war ne heganstepping around ana march
| ing back and forth as though he already
! heard the call to arms.
Il am flrty-nne," said Alger, "but that's
| young for n warrior. Iwoud step right out
| INTO the ranks and there would be three
! Algers IN line. l would take my two boys
! with me.
Some people talk of sending their boys
! TO war. l wouldn't send mine. i would
take them. Therc'd be three of us stand
ing like one man. And three hearts that
! would outswell their bodies. We are loyal
| to the core.
The result of the battle would be
| ours. ] do not say on account of those
three Algcrs that would be marching on
as one man. But on account OF the whole
American nation. The British couldn't
beat us.
"In fighting us the English would he
at great disadvantage. They wonid
have too many open ports to attack. We
have an immense sea front, ana each sea
hole would he guarded by as jealous gods
of land and sea as ever stepped,
As nation We are very intelligent.
We have no section OF our country that
is filled with savages. no seaport manned
by people OF lower intellect. We are all
the same Drawn and brain. The same
blood flows in the North as in the South,
in the East as West.
II do not say that we are better fight
ers than the English. We are Of diff
rercnt temperament They are grand
fellows. ] like them and l am not going
TO draw odious comparisons. They are
brave, honest -hearted men. But ] Will
say that we could lick them.
No nation under the sun could send
enough troops over here to attack our
ports and take them.
..po you know anything about the city
of New York? Well, do. The city of
New York is the loyalest, the keeDest,
the strongest seaport nation ever pos
seSscd The city of New York alone could
take care of all the men England could
send over if all were directed towards the
port. Look at our harbor! Look at
Liberty, with that torch telling strangers
we live here! Look at our lovely islands,
each holding city of people, all before
you reach the great city!
'On the sea England is better than we.
Her navy is greater. But we could spoil
her commerce speedily. We could destroy
England's pride. Her tars know the ropes
OF war better than Cursor, / should say,
there are more sailors there than here.
But we could hold our own all along the
lire-ycs. indeed!
.'Thc diplomatic point at issue is the
Monroe doctrine. ! am not stud wing the
statute hooks at this minute. hut | Will
say that as long as such a law remains
upon the books it should be enforced. If
we don't want to enforce it, lei the Monroe
doctrine he declared Obsolete. 1t must
not be written there and treated as
myth
GEN. PORTER'S PICNIC.
Gen. Horace Porter was in the private
offices OF Jile NilcI
preached upon the subject of another war.
His face wore beaming smile, and rs he
openedhisletters he sang the Star spangled
Banner
..Oh, say! Can you see 10y the dawn's
carly
beg pardon. Can you see caller
about the Venezuelan trouhle?"
s.Can | see a caller? | can, and ! will,
See a caller? | should say SO! I'm happy
Do you remember that march down the
Shenandoah when We all ate mule hash?
No you don't; but your uncle does.
I'm happy this morning because ! see
fight again. Do you know" leaning for
ward confidentially. THAT there's one point
that has escaped everybody yet. and that is
that we have a million men alive today who
kno W all about war. You can'tteach warto
n class of young men. They have got to go
throu-h il to know aboutit. There are thou
sands and thousands of men alive today who
have been to war and who know all about
getting up q regiment. marching the boys
on and fighting the other side.
OH and fighting the other side.
There isn't another nation in the world
except the japanese that has this knowl-
edge. Their wars are too long past. Ours
is recent.
I'm the battlefield we Americans are great
men. Yes, great men. Ifa Yankee sees the
enemy approaching and finds himself under
fire. what does he do? He gets down and
begins to scratch up the dirt. and he makes
himself an ambush. In Il little while he is
picking off his men as he wants to. and the
POOR unhappy enemy are looking around FOR
him.
II was gradual ted n soldier in go from
West Point. and I am n soldier still. War
is the true diversion of man. But man
can't fight when there's no fighting going on.
~ think we've got to fight England. She
has been imposing upon us. There was that
fisheries trouble. the Alaska debate, the
Nicaragua controversy and the Ha waiian
talk. We have been too good-naturcd.
'If we can only stir up war we
will start out the first thing and take
Canada That will be picnic. Nothing
but a picnic. We will take Canada and
never know we've taken anything-like
a cocktail before dinner. Then wen go
on and conquer the world.
Look how ingenious we arc In every
thing. Take our football games and
see how the boys tumble and scrim-
mage and the great result they bring
about. We have hundreds of Yankee
inventors that are getting up new ideas
for us. and in war we'd spring some
thing new on the enemy all the time. We
are brainier in either peace or war tiiaH any
other nation"
WASHBURN ALL READY.
Senator Washburn of Minnesota isn't as
red.hot for war as scme OF the warriors
quoted. He Is more Of a diplomat and more
for peace. Said he:
I'm q Cleveland man for tie first time
in my life Not in politics, but in American
ism. l am for making England back down.
We can do it by arbitration. think. l
don't war. but if we have il will go 10
the front quickly: yes, quickly"
IT KILLS DEPEW.