The Irish standard., 1898-08-20
ANGLO-AMERICAN ALLIANCE
Sound Doctrine Enunciated by a Very
Clever Correspondent.
Especial to The Irish Standarl.)

Especial TO The Irish Standar1.)
PRESCOTT, Wis, Aug. 15.-When an
orator calling himself an American de-
nounces and holds up to idicule the
farewell address of Washington, and
when there can be found an audience to
cheer such denunciation, it behooves
every American citizen who deems his
heritage worth preserving and transmit
ting unimpared to posterity, to arouse
himself from his civic lethargy and. take
part in maintaining inviolate the pris-
tine glory of our republic. The ship of
state has been loosed from its accus
toned mooring, and is scudding past
dangerous shoals and through perilous
breakers.
Dr. R. R. Meredith, in addressing an
audience in the New Old South Church,
Boston, upon the anniversary celebration
Of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery
company, Of that city, said that the fare
we'll address of Washington was anti
quated; that 1t should be framed and
hung up as ridiculous memento of an
age no longer admirable" Base ingrati-
tude that prompted the utterance of such
language! This parvenu, who pandcrs
! to the Goldfish aristocracy' of our I'M
American seaboard cities, should be rcle-
gated to the obscurity whence he
sprang.
But what Of the audience that cheered
the speaker? This, too, an audience in
the Athens of America! l presume that
the cheering faction Of that audience
was composed Of mongrel aggregation
of A. p. AS, STOCKHOLDERS and Anglo
SaXons.
The A. P. A. element constitutes the
factor zero in the product of American
manhood and nobility. 1t is un-Ameri-
| can In Its tendency, and hence has met
with rightful condemnation at the hands
| of all law-abiding citizens The stock
jobber,' to use the words of Carlyle,
has no country but his own black pool
of Agis." 1t is dear patriotism that can
be purchased with premium only. The
Anglo-Saxon is a direct descendant of
pirates. He PIRATES ever of a country
that draws it's vampire life from the
blood of enthralled millions. Such must
have been the composition of the crowd
| that cheered that blabster from Brook
lyn when he referred to Washington's
farewell address and Anglo-Saxon alli-
| ance.
How un-American to speak in such
| terms of one who has been the cynosure
OF the oppressed in all lands for a CEN
fury! Think Of that peerless patriot on
Bonded knee, in solitary retreat, with
the forest for a. fame, praying to the
Hlller of the Universe that his torn and
bleeding country might pass from Eng
lands thrall; think of him again, when
| mis- prayer has been answered, as he
stands at the close of his long, useful
| pubic life, delivering his paternal bene-
! diction and warning to this our grand
! republic; then ask yourself If there can
be anything ridiculous anent the actions
or utterances of such patriot.
The farewell address of Washington
! was the result of his wisdom and of tho
| genius or Hamilton. The reading and
consideration of its contents by the youth
OF America has been approved by the
| leading educators. The part referring to
| foreign relations shaped the policy OF
Jeffersons administration, and prompted
Monroe to take an independent stand
against the holy allies In 1923 WASH
ingtons foreign policy has shaped and
controlled the foreign policy of our gov
eminent to the present day; hence that
part of his farewell address cannot be
| anachronistic.
Have We forgotten the "illustrous
dead Washington, Warren. Pomcroy
and Putnam, and those nameless heroes
who have poured out their life-tide ON
many sanguine field?
But rest on, embalmed and saintod
dead only when the last atom of the
Rockies shall have become a part of the
delta OF the Mississippi, will the Anglo
Saxon or British commercialism triumph
OF the brave either by force of arms or
subtle diplomacy.
Let us not be too preteristic. This An
glo-SaXon alliance demands the calm
, consideration due Il question weighted
with much potency for good or evil
Whence arises the cry for n union with
England? Let lis examine some of the
subtle forces at work, insidiously endcay-
| oring to pervert the inherent policy Of
| this government, thus deterring it from
| fulfilling the grand mission which orr
fathers destined.
A spirit of commercialism that would
sacrifice justice and national honor for
gain is powerful menace to our gov
eminent, and is seemingly waxing
stronger Now, In it's imperial march.
1t Is disseizlng a wretched country of her
colonial possessions, and all this in the
name of mankind-a euphemsm for
mammon. hidden but potent factor
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