The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-01-20
SHAMEFUL.
WHITTIER ARE WE DRIFTING!
The American Tcadies and Snobs Call Them
selves Subjects" of Queen Victoria.

ratifies Cleveland's treaty with Great
Britain, there is to be great elbow
out" in Chicago, and all the flunkies
will assemble to regret that they are
Americans andi to apologize to John
Bull that they are not sons of Albion.
Tremendous preparations are being
made. Cyrpst IT Mccormick who sold
$37.5 bindeEs ts9the farmers for $500
and made "a yastfortune; and Lyman
Lyman J. Gage (Coin Harvey's friend);
and William e. Dodge, who immortal.
lied himself by lodging the tariff On
lead, by having it cast in England. in
to statutes of liberty" and melting
Liberty" as soon as they got her
through the custom house: and Philip
D. Armour, head of the Big -Four
Meat mbine. who has "abstracted'
million from the pockets OF our
Northwestern farmers; and Marshall
Field, the Chicago Dry Goods million
aire; and Potter Palmer, the hotel
millionaire; and G. NJ. Pullman, the
sleeping car snob and oppressor of the
wretched; and a whole herd of similar
cattle. are all going to get down on
their kaees and sing God save the
Queen" and make faces at Tom JET
ferson's maste r-piece, -the Declare
ton of independence.
And here is report Of their doings.
Note them we'll and observe how the
Plutocracy are trying to turn the
wheels of time backward and cover
with shame the proudest part of our
national record.
The presen tation OF the medals. SO
far as possible, will take place on the
stage OF the Auditorium and will be
made by representatives OF the differ
cnt nationalitieS that make up the
American people, and will be pinned
to the breasts of the recipients by the
''Daughters Of the Revolution" 1.-The
Daughters OF the King, lathe Daugh.
tiers of England, Scotland, and Cana
da."
With a view of making the ratifica-
ton meeting a power for good in fur
thering the formation Of Supre me
Court OF the Nations that shall SETTLE
all national disputes the President
and his Cabinet, the GOvernorGener
al Of Canada and his Cabinet, and the
representatives of all the powers now
in Washington will be invited to at
tend. They will be presented with a
memorial in favor Of an international
court that will have jurisdiction in all
matters Of dispute between nations,
the hope being to disband the mill
tary esta blishments of the world.
The following is the memorial as
printed for the first time recently in
the "Canadian-Ame
ITO Her Majesty, the Queen Of
Great Britain and Empress Of India:
We, who are citizens of the Unite
States, approach your Majesty with
that homage which is heartfelt in all
who speak the English tongue. We
recognize your empire as larger than
the limits of your civil dominion.
While the crown of England, to which
your MajeSty's reign has added glory,
is regarded by JUS all with profound
respect, the wearer Of that crown has
in our hearts the loyalty OF sincerest
admiration and love. In this rie,c ,ce
are all subjects Of your majesty. 1t is,
therefore. our conviction that an arm
ed conflict, between your Majesty S
subject and the citizens Of our own
country would be q cirI War, and that
the blood he'd in it would be fratri.
cidal blood. -
1t is our earnest desire that the two
mutual obligations as shall re der wal
between them forever impossible.
I'VE can lma glpe nothing more de-
sireable forrthe honor of Great Brit
ain and the United States than that
your MajeSty's long and benignant
reign should shine in the matches
glory of this added achievement. We
can conceive of nothing that would
lift the Victoran era so high above
all that has preceded it in the history
Of the nations.
''To this end, and in this cause,
which we know is dear to your gra.
cious heart, ue pledge you our loyalty.
object of your royal solicitude and OF
our most ardent desire is fully attain.
ed.
praying that your Majesty's prec-
ious life may be spared by kind provi-
dence for many years Of retrospect OF
this. the greatest of all victories OF
peace, soon we trust to be achieved,
we beg permission to lay before your
Majesty herewith the expressions Of
the sentiments and desires of our peo-
pie, which they Appropriately made a
part of their celebration Of the l65th
birthday Of Was hington.
Think of that! They are going to
do this bclly-crawling on the birth
day of George Washington n, for whose
head, as a rebel and traitor, Queen
Victoria's ancestor, George III, offer
ed large rewards, and hired the Cana
dian Indians to hunt him and his PEG.
pie down.
Iii is enough to make the grand old
man get up out Of his grave, at Mount
Vernon,and come to Chicago and beat
the brains out of these toadies with
his massive shin-bone.
And they propose to make King Os.
car the arbiter of all disputes between
this country and Great Britain, fol
five years to come; and we will not be
permitted to fight under any circum
stances! And two European king
doms are to have the ''bridge" on the
transatlantic republic. whose mere
existence is reproach and a threat
to every crowned head in the world.
We are glad to note that the United
States Senate proposes: to 90 slow on
ratifying Cleveland's treaty. But i,
may pass. The whole course Of legis.
lation is the direction of tying the
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