The San Francisco call., 1897-03-21

those who were ben1nQ. IL was the knoWleuSe
resting in the heart of every one CT those
patriotic men when he offered up his lie as a
willing sacrifice upon his country's altar, that
he was fighting not only his own battle, but
the battle of the loved ones behind. And he
knew when he walked on succeeding days into
the hell of strife that if he won victory, that
victory was victory for universal mankind
And so with US. If we cannot shoulder a
musket, and If our Government respecting its
position, respecting its relations with the
other Governments of the world, cannot
assist, we as individuals can pray to the same
God that our mothers, sisters and wives
prayed to in the years that are past and gone
and we may ask of him who rules the nations
of the earth to grant strength and power to
the arms of those who are fighting the holy
battle Of freedom. Loud applause.1 Let me
prophesy a ittle-just little.
This struggle that is going on in Cuba is
going to turn out just as other struggles have
turned out waged against the tyrannous
power OF Spain. [Appiause.l We have the re-
public of Brazil, the republic of Guatemala, of
Peru aud of Chile. We all know that once
they were dependencies OF Spain. They
fought these battles one after another until as
was so eloquently said, there is not now in
the Western Hemisphere nation as nation
that has not President at its head. Zap
plause.1
81 Wal IL Ut III NSI sbOIb tlAiiO b4oe Oh oOt
southeastern coast there Will be republic of
Cuba. loud applause.1
When that time shall come, the sons and
daugh tiers Of men drinking deep life-giving
draughts from freedoms crystal fountain and
feasting upon the precious fruit that grows on
liberty's tree shall sing hosannas of praise to
God and gloriiy that day of birth.
Here the speaker digressed briefly to
criticize the policy OF the late President
toward Hawaii, and proceeded:
Zone thing, however | think we can
felicitate ourselves upon: II we can only
take for truth the ringing words that were
uttered by our new President when he
talked of American citizens, we may rest
assured that from this time on man who
is an American and owes his allegiance to
the stars and stripes will be protected by
this great Government. Applause.
I'VE have passed these resolutions una an
imously. l only hope that as we pass from
this presence the sentiments contained
therein will find an abiding place in our
hearts and minds, and after we have gone
from here let every man and woman who
believes in those principles, who believes
in liberty, in justice aud in patriotism
constitute herself and himself commit
Tee VI OHG 10 SllI up the 1c S1lIlSS OI ING
people OF San Francisco, and let US see if
there will not go forth from this City a
moral force which will have some Infu-
ence upon the administration, looking to
the recognition of Cuba. [Applause.
"It was grandly said tonight that it
seems as if this generation has grown so
sordid with the lust of gold that patriot
ism has become crowded out. / have
often thought that the moral vision of
mankind has become perverted, unless,
indeed, it is blinded by the CLINT and gilt
ter OF gold. To-day we find the great
powers combined together to crush out
one little nation that has the bravery and
the patriotism to seek 10 protect Christians
from murder at the hands of the Turk.
prolonged applause
"Let me ask you why? Is it not fact
Germany, Russia, England, Austria, these
great nations are controlled in what is
called the Eastern question. and in con-
nection with the politics of the Old World
to-day simply because of gold? 1t is the
bondholders of Berlin, it is the bondhold-
ers of England, OF Vienna, OF ST. Peters
burg that are stopping those nations and
paralyzing their arms. Did you read the
other day the grand sentiments from the
pen of the grandest statesman of the day
and age, William Ewart Gladstone, when
he gave utterance to those words and won
dered, he said. if the arm OF justice had be-
come paralyzed2
And so even may we wonder. Is the
arm of justice in our grand country be-
come paralyzed? Was it the fact that
even the moral support of this Govern
ment could not be extended to the Gu
bans because New York merchants had
interests at stake in Cuba? Was that it !?
/ think it was But I thank God that, as
the greatest President this country ever
had-Abraham Lincoln-once said, there
is in the heart OF the common people all
that is necessary for the preservation and
the perpetuitv OF the grand institutions
under which we live, and 1 say to you
there is sprinsing from that heart of
the common people = and l thank
God I belong to the common peo-
pie - all over the broad land
a sentiment which shall go up as an in
cense upon high; there is a sympathy
yelling from the hearts OF the people
which will be moral force in behalf of
the Cubans such as no President and no
Government can resist" Prolonged ap-
piause.
Mayor Phelan advancing to the edge
of the platform then announced that the
proceedings were ended, and the large
audience slowly dispersed while the band
played patriotic air.