The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-02-03
S1.OO A Year, in Advance.


entitled to speak for the state. 1 am In
clined to think that the views of the sena-
tors do not differ on this question much
from my own
Neither would I have 1t supposed that
because l am antagonizng this treaty
with England that l am opposed to the
system of arbitration betM cen nations. /
think that it should be the first duty of
our government, where any difference Of
opinion arises to make all proper efforts
TO obtain settlement of the questions in
controversy by peaceful and friendly pro-
cesses. What l object to is the turning
over of the great questian that may arise
Whlch may effect the interest of the terri
tory of the United States to any one man.
especially If he be a king or the appointee
OF a king, and not only having no natural
sympathy with our institutions but must
nave inherited from his parents a doctrine
OF malignant and deep seated hostility Of
a government whose form of government
Is continual threat against royal insti-
tutionS
Neither is the question in controversy
one OF technical or abstract nature, which
common man cannot understand. 1t is
a plain and simple proposition
ANCIENT ARISTOCRACY SCORED.
l have nothing but kindly feelings to-
wards people of English birth or an
cestory. ! have been for twenty years Of
my life engaged in literary work in
attempt to elucidate the genius of Francis
deed the greatest intellect that has ever
lived upon our planet. l have no race
prejudices against the people of England.
L cannot forget that George Washing On,
the father Of his country, John Adams,
Benjamin Franklin and many other men
prominently connected with the birth and
development of country were trans
planted Englishmen. 1t is true that they
have been modified by residence of their
families through two or three generations
Arna cni1 li,t hni 10
exclusively English In what | shall ray
in this connection desire to be understood
that / am not rejecting upon individual
Englishmen, or uDon the good people of
England. They are noble raceI allude
rather to that aristoCracy which has for
thousand years dominated the English
people There was first the king of mur-
derers and outlaws. who, accompanied by
William the Bastard from Northern
France for the conquest of the Anglo
Saxon people of England, more brutal,
barbarouS and cruel race never stripped
the people Of any country of their country
and reduced them to absolute serfdom.
Their successors in Ireland and Wales be-
came horrible OppreSsors of those cOun-
tries and wherever they laid their hands
liberty and justice disappeared. In later
times the Plantagnets have died out and
a money arstOcracy more cruel and more
heartless than that of William, the Nor
man, has taken its place and they have
become the great plunderers and robbers
of the nations of the world. To show,
Mr.. Speaker, that am not alone in enter
tanning these views Silt they are heidi
Englishmen themselves in England, l will
quote the following striking lines which
appear in Labourcheres paper the London
Truth. Labourchere, as you know, Mr..
Speaker, is perhaps the liberal and re-
former Of England. The verses as
follows:
WHERE is THE FLAG OF ENGLAND.
And the winds of the world made answer.
North, south and east and west;
'Wherever there's wealth to covet.
or land that can be possessed;
Wherever are savage races
TO cozen, coerce and scare,
Ye Shall find the hunted ensign;
For the English flag is there.
AYE, it waves Ger the blazing howell
Whence African victims fly.
To be shot by explosive bullets,
Or to wretchedly starVe and die.
And where the beach-comber harries
The isles of the Southern sea
AT the peak of his mellish vessel
'Tis the English flag flies free.
"The Maori full oft hath cursed It
With his bitterest dying breath:
And the Arab has Missed his hatred
AS he spits at its folds in death.
The hapless fellah has feared it
On Tel-el-kebr's parched plain,
And the Zulus blood has stained it
1T has hoated Ger scenes of pilage,
II has 1launted DER deeds Of shame,
1t has waved Ger the fell marauder,
AS he ravished with sword and flame.
1t has locked upon ruthless slaughter,
And massacre dire and grim;
1t has heard the shrieks of the victims
Drown even the lingo hymn
"Where is the flag of England?
Seek the lands where the natives rotf
Where decay and assured extinction
Must soon be the peoples lot.
Go. search for the glad islands,
Where diseases and death are rife
And the greed of callous commerce
Now battens on human life,
where is the flag of England?
Go. sail where rich gallcons come
With shoddy and loaded cottons,
And beer, and Bibles. and rum
Co. too, where 20 brute force has triumphs.
And hypocrisy makes it's lair;
And your question will find its answer,
For the flag of England is there"
-Laboucherc in London Truth.
ENGLAND NOT OUR MOTHER.
This is not question to be decided upon
sentimentalities. The talk which we hear
now adays about Eng land being our mother
country is not true. She has been rather
a stepmother to the nations with which she
came in contact In our own case when
we were colonies, her treatment of us were
most unjust and despicable. She passed
laws that we could ship none our product
to any other ports than English ones. II
any man found a bed Of ore upon his land
and attempted to reduce it to metal he was
punished a criminal In that great docu-
ment which is the corner stone Of our ma
tional life, drawn by Thomas Jefferson, one
of the greatest men that ever lived, we find
long list of grievances repeated as a
justification Of the revolution which made .
us separate people. II is not necessary
to quote them.
For Quartering large bodies Of armed
troops among
For protecting them by mock trial OF
punishment for any murders which they
should commit upon the inhabitants in these
cities.
For cutting off our trade from all parts
of the world.
For depriving us in many cases Of the
benefits of trial by jury.
For transporting us beyond seas to be
tried for petty offenses.
He has abdigated government here by
declaring us out of his protection and waged
war agnst us.
He has plundered our seas, ravagcd our
coasts. burned towns and destroyed
the lives of our people.
He has excited domestic insurrecticns
among us and has endeavorcd 10 bring Oh
the inhabitants of our bcarders the mercf-
less Indian savages, whose known rule Of
warfare is a destruction Of all ages, sexes
and conditions
After eight years of terrible war, in
which our people we're reduced TO the
greatest straits Of poverty ard suffering,
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