The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-04
CITIZENS UNION.
Carl Schurz Speaks on the
National Issues.

New York, Nov. 3..-A mass meeting
was held tonight at Chickering Hall in
the interests Of the Independent state
ticket of the Citizens Onion. The meet
ing was opened with speech by John
Jay Chapman one of the leaders of the
union.
Was there ever such a campaign Of
bluster?" he sai&. "One has appealed
for votes in military uniform, trying
TO make capital Of it, L don't mind
his boylsh campaign. l don't blame him
for wrapping himself in the American
nag. he really thinks ne Is the flag
When Roosevelt lends his aid TO cover
up Alger scandals, ne is trying to
WhlteWash the most scandalous thing
OF the nation. l charge him with this
in his silence"
Those on the platform were Carl
Sehur2, r. Fulton Cutting, Paul Full
Ter, Charles Frederick Adams and
Frederick W. Hinrichs. Mr. Chapman
introduced as chairman of the meet
ing Mr.. Fulton Cutting. Mr.. Cutting,
VINO made short speech before he
introduced Carl Schurz, urged that
this was most propitious time to es-
tablish a third party. "Algerism and
civil service reform" said he "are
enough alone to demand third party.
With the gold and silver issues out. we
have a clear platform. A vote cast for
the Independent candidates is by no
means thrown away"
Mr.. Cutting paid a high tribute to
the memory of Col. George f. Warning.
Every mention Of Col. Warnings name
was heartily applauded. Carl Schurz
was the next speaker. He spoke heart
ny OF the public services of Col War
ing.
The burden of Mr.. Schurz's address
was ON the annexation policy, which.
ne SAD had been made a state issue
oy the republican candidate for cover
nor In that part Of the speech which
was specially pertinent to Imperialism.
Mr.. Schurz said:
start on your policy of imperialism.
ana who will deny that the peace of the
country viii be in constant peril? Do
you remember how years ago we We're.
IN consequence of our foolish venture in
samoa, on the point of q Warlike COLI
SION with Germany, which a slight in
qlscfetlon on the part of some navy off
Ger on one side OF the other. might
have set ahame? And for what?
For nothing absolutely nothing. DO
you not today see two great nations,
England and France, on the brink of a
war aboHt FashOda, a conflict which
also may be brought on by some hot
word, and then may cost untold thou
sands OF human lives and the sacrifice
OF untold hundreds OF millions Of treas
ure-saeritices of infinitely greater
value than that which is in contro-
VersyY And yet those powers have
the advantage Of an experienced and
soberly directed diplomacy, which, in
England, at least, is far less liable than
ours to be rushed over by popular ex-
citement and passion. Imagine this re-
public to be exposed to such chances
of conflict in far-away regions, which
it surely will be if launched on this
policy of conquest and foreign domin-
ion; imagine the American people agl-
tated by the wild blasts of yellow jour
nalism and at the mercy of congress-
men who bend to everything that re-
senbles q popular breeze. Do we not
hear it said every day now, with horri-
bic cynicism, that after having thrash
ed the Spaniards at Manila, we shall
have to thrash the insurgent Filipinos,
too if they refuse to do our will? Have
you considered what that means? At
ter having pretended to make a war for
the sake of humanity In aid of those
who fought against Spanish despotism,
we are told that we may have to shoot
down the very men who fought for their
liberty, because they may want to be
! Independent, and we want to rule them.
Can you imagine a fouler blot of shame
upon the escutcbeon of this republic
republic originally founded upon the
principle that government derives its
Just powers from the consent of the
governed?
And for such business we are to send
the youth of the American people to
fight in the tropics whence they re-
turn wasted wrecks in health and
spirits, if they return at all! For this
we are to throw away the greatest
glory of this republic, which consist
ed in the fact that 1t lived and pros
pered and grew rich and powerful and
secure, not by war, not by building up
great armies and navies but not need
| ing any! For this we are to raise big
armies and construct big navies at i'm
mense cost, and to put a full-armed
soldier or sailor ON the back of every
workingman when he goes to his toll.
But l am told that we must have new
markets for our products. Very well.
shall not discuss how good a bargain
we should make, II we acquired new
markets at such a price. But can we
not get the markets of those countries
unless we annex them? Do we not sell
nearly a thousand millions worth of
goods year to countries we have not
annexed? And it is not one European
customer worth much more than TWEEN
ty Asiatics? And can we not get the
Philippine markets without annexing
the countries behind them? Are not
our diplomatists clever enough, Spain
being entirely at our mercy, TO slip
ulate for ports absolutely open to our
trade, and to the enterprise of our bus
mess men, in the countries concerned,
so that we may have all the CONNER
cial privileges we wish. all the open
markets, all the business advantages.
without annexipg anything? Could not
any government that might be set up,
easily be held to its treaty obligations
in that respect? And why should we
pay for our commercial facilities the
terrible price of the evils the annexa-
ton policy would bring on, whom we
can have those facilities without pay
ing that price? Win the annexationists
answer?