The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-02-03
CLEVELAND -OLNEY TREATY.


land was not yet satisfied The arstoc-
racy felt that Their great market had es-
caDed from them and as soon as they
had conquered the great Corsican and
driven him into exile they sent their tri-
unlohant forces over to our shores to
finally subdue us. They invaded the Cheese
peake bay, captured our capitol at Wash
ington, burned 1t: burned our libraries.
destroyed the homes Of hundreds OF our
people. Another great army was sent
under Gen. Peckenham to ascend the Mis-
sissDDi and encompass us In and destroy
us. They were met by the people of the
West and South clothed in deer skins and
under the leadership Of the son of an Irish
patriot of the north of Ireland, Andrew
Jackson. The English advanced upon a
charge on our fortified tons. They were
hurled back by terrible slaughter by the
fire Of our men, every bullet almost mark
ing its man.
second attack was led by General
Peckenham in person and when the smoke
was cleared away they were strewcd on
the ground. dead wounded, with their
illustrious commander with them. An at
tempt was made for the third charge but
protest was made that they had no
show against such marksmen confront
ed them. After this conflict England was
ready to make peace and let us alone
If she had triumphed, we would be TODAY a
tributary province run In the interest of
the English aristocracy, our people peas
ants like the poor Irish or starving like
the Hindoos. We would have been, indeed,
ruined nation.
MOUTH FULL OF PLATITUD IS.
Again, still later. at the time OF our civil
war, England with her mouth full of platt-
tudes of brotherhood and charity and US
tice covered the with confederate
cruisers and destroyed our commerce. We
owe it to the common people of England.
the cotton spinners, the manufacturers of
Birmingham and Lancashire, that We were
Of England and France. which took possess
sion of Mexico and placed the Emperor
Macmillan on the throne and declared
that they were going to put end to the
growth Of the American republic. While
they were plotting with Napolean the Third
Henry Ward Beecher went over to Eng
land and made a striking appeal. English
wOrkmen-and in many cases the poor
wretches were almost starving for lack Of
cotton to run their mills, remained true
to the idea of liberty and the tri;tocracy,
however willing they were to destroy us,
did not dare to strike the blow. ThereIlpon
England withdrew her forces from Mexico
and subsequently Macmillan was taken
prisoner himself and shot by the outrs ged
MeXicanS.
We must expect that when our interest
stands in the way of the interest Of Great
Britain. they will have to hold off and not
offer the power of a king to control us
| Let it never be forgotten that when Eng
| land found herself without a market for
| the opium fields of England by the half
| clothed and half fed peasants Of that
country they forced the drug with all its
consequences upon the people of China
| The Chinese protested, and when a ship
| load Of the commodity advanced up their
rivers, the people initiated the example of
| the BostonianS, when they threw the tea
into the harbor of that city. seized upon
| the opium and pitched it overheard. They
begged England not to bring that deadly
drug into their country. They pointed out
the evil that would result to millions. But
England insisted, went to war upon it,
compelled the Chinese to permit the intro
ducton of opium. In the treaty OF peace
that finally was adopted they provided
that Christian missionaries and opium
should enter side by side.
AMERICANS NOT AN ENGLISH RACE.
1t is claimed by those who are clam
orng for this treaty that the American
people are of the English race. Nothing
can be furth II from the truth. We are.
perhaps, the most composite race In the
world 1 doubt If the English blood In
this country is more than ore-thiM OF.
the whole amount, and of these a still
smaller proportion will be found to have
nothing but English blood in their veins.
The American of English descent. who
has been in this country two or three
generations will almost in every instance
be found TO have crossed his breed with
Germans, Irish. Scandinavians or some
other race.
Here, take the roll call of the legislature.
| Mr.. Speaker, beginning with the name of
| the speaker, Jones. 1t is an English name.
| The chief clerk. DonOhue. is an excellent
representative of the Irish race. Neither
| have cause % be ashamed Of their par
entage. The WEIGH are the rcpresent ativcs
Of the ancient British stock who fought
| most gallant'y against the Roman power
two thousand years ago. and when defeat
ed retired to the mountains of Wales, or.
as it is supposed, crossed the line into
what is now known as Scotland. Their
descendants are known as Picts. The tenn
porary chairman, now in the chair Uacobs),
we all know is Of English extraction.
You may take the roll of the officers Of
the legislature. Mr.. Slime, the chief as
sistant clerk, is either German or Scan
dinavian. The same remark applies to Mr..
Dahle, the second assistant clerk. Mr..
Kreyenbuhl. the enrolling clerk 1 know
not what country Is responsible for such
a name as that. Great laughter) Mr.. In
gersoll's name is English, probably Nor
man English Mr. Byers' name, sergeant
alarms. is Irish Mr. Nash's name, the
postmaster. is also Irish. Our chaplain.
the Rev. C. w. Heard, has an English
name. and 1T is very proper that he should
fill the place of chaplain, for the English
ought to be his next convert Great
laughter) Take the roll Of members The
first on the list is Mr. S. ]. Abbott This
is an Engishman. 1t indicates that the
original founder Of the family
abbott, who did not adhere too strictly
to his vows of celibacy, or if he had we
should not have been honored with the
presence of the member from the Fifth
district. Great laughter) Then YOU take
the names of the following: Anderson.
Barta Bashford Belden, Bugley. All of
these are none Of English origin. Bigelow
IS an English name. Boutwell, is Eng
fish.
Here the speaker analysed the name
of a whole list Of the members, stating
he did not believe there We're 10 men, pos
siby five who unmixed English blood
The speaker continued: But the old
prejudice in few people of English ex-
traction Of this country against the race
is they have crushed and plundered for
several hundred years still continues. Here
is an extract from the Pioneer Press, the
leading Republican morning paper Of this
city, and of the date of jan 90, 1897 which
the clerk will be good enough to read
(The speaker here introduced and caused
to be read an editorial bearing on the SUBJ
ject from the Pioneer Press of Jan. %,
1879
l am sorry to the un-Amercan feel
ing that pervades this extract Here We
have Bunker Hill and Lundy's Lane and
Yorktown brought in a sneering manner
Donnybrook Fair. The article could
scarcely have been different if it had been
written by one of Ve aristocracy of Great