The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-11

say mat our hearts snouid go out IN SYN
pathy to the suffering ones OF the nation
against whom war has had to be waged by
America. And add that America would not
be worthy of the great ideals which Goa 600,
has put before her as her mission II this
sympathy were refused to the defeated ma.
ton. 1 add that it were most unworthy OF
the greatness Of the American people to per-
nit that their own glory should In any way
be furnished by wrong treatment OF the ma
ton We call our enemy. Because OF my
loyalty to America because Of my love for
her. l take this occasion to protest against
those Americans who fancy they can giorlIy
all the more their own country by vilii1ylns
and calumniating defeated Spain.i is not
right, it Is not American to scatter through
the country statements OF the Spanish peo-
pie that are untrue. 1t is not right TO say
that they are superstitlous; They are faith !.
untrue to say that they are ferocious ana
bloodthirsty. They are a chivalrous nation.
worthy to be met on the battlefield by tne
flower of American chivairy. 1t is not true,
as some papers say, that the womanhood OF
| Spain is of a low, degraded type. Tnere is
no purer womanhood on the face OF the
| faithful wives and honored daughters than
the women of Spain. 1t is not lair 10 30
Heck two, three or four hundred years ago
T seeking out stains to be affixed to the pres,
ont scutcheon of Spain. what country WIN
/ lee IT this microscopic examination, anu VIVA.
country can stand up before the eyes Oh une
| world tody and say: Oh in the past we neVe-
| in peace or war did a cruel or a parDarous
| act.
JUSTICE FOR THE ENEMY.
In fair comparison /. will! put Spain side by
side with any nation of Europe. We gain
nothing by such unfair, unjust misstate-
ments We lower ourselves in lowering cur
antagonists. The law of olden time always
demanded that valiant knight should meas
| ure lance with the valiant knight, and Amer
leans should be glad to say they had to com
| bat with no decadent race and with no un-
| worthy foe. 1t is not true that the spanish
! race is worn out and has-done nothing 1or
! civilization. They have civilized the whcle
| South American continent preserving ana
bringing into the fold of Christianity miinons
of the aboriginal races The Spanish race ace
| is not merely the Spain in Europe. 1t Is al
| South America, it is Mexico; nations Whlch,
from the accounts of American writer's them
selves are going forth i'm material develop
| ment to such degree as 10 chaliehge the
| admiration and defy competition OF the proud
| err races l am glad to render justice 70
| our enemy. l would be ash AIMED TO lie ABOUT
| her MY country would be ashamed That l
should lie about her. l know the American
people as a people do not wish TO calunm-
| Mate their enemy, but some scribbiers OF
papers are willing to say awning Una. .ney
| that calumnies react more against Inc calun-
niator than against the calumniated And
| protest in the name OF Amerlcanism IN the
name of American chivalry and American
| liberty. an aspersion against the religion OF
| Spain. The war is not one of religion-it Is
| one of national purposes. and Catholic theoi-
| own country, and facts show that we do, and
| because we stand so manifestly and so hon
orably with our own country we have right
to say to any who would insult the religion
Of Spain: towards. you insult the re,
| ligion of American citizens, and you shall
| not be permitted to do 1t.
This word in favor OF Spain today. In favor
| of the church of the religion of Spain, COM
| ing from the heart of whose Americanism no
| one can doubt, is given In the very name
Of America. of American honor and Ameri-
fhnrfr md &c i--an mr. n m n
| ing when we sing the TIE Deum with our
whole soul that God has made America vic
| torious, and that God is ope:hng to America
| a career Of grandeur which He seems to have
| kept from all other nations in the world OF
modern times.
PRAYERS FOR PEACE.
| Having hidden us to thank God far our vic
! tories, the president of the United States
| bids US pray that peace may come. The
| chieftain of America prays for peace, and bids
the people pray for peace Magnanimaus Nc
Kinley! Worthy chieftain of great people
This is Mckinley honor he C ur-ed
peace before war; he did all he could TO ave:t
l suits which war could bring. War coming,
as the loyal servant of the republic, he waged
| it with courage and skill. When its purposes
are saved, his heart speaks out the first love
peace This is noble, generous, magnanimous.
| May God then my pray so dispose, mines
and hearts in Spain and America that no
|
or Americans-be slain; that no more hearts
of mothers or wives be wrung in anguish.
| o Father of men, grant us peace!
| Beautiful the tidings that the electric cur
rent will this evening speed across the At
lantic! That victorious American people and
| president prays for peace This is nobest
chivalry. This Is Americas great glory. Such
| people Americans today prove themselves
will be magnanimous in coed will towards OPP
ponents and while honor and justice must be
| severely guarded no mean motive, no low am
nnrcrat nfJ nrryt1 on
ter into the terms Of peace, which America
will demand of Spain. We have been noble
and heroic in battle; no drawer and more I'M
| selfish men than our soldiers and sailnrs.
Let US be brave and heroic in our chivalrv
when the war is closing and peace is ready
| to soread.
Gods designs upon our country be worked
out by Him in power and love-.
What is today before America? 1t is diff
fcult to say. believe that none see today
! as far as God sees the destinies of America
| There are discussions among Americans as
| to what should be the policy of the coun-
try, whether it should restrain itself, within
present geographical limitations. or allow 1t:
flag to be carried eastward and westward
over and oceans into new and unaccus'
toned climates. shall not discuss those
| questions; I will say that whatever will
come will come through Gods providence
will come by the natural workings of thing:
despite our counsels or our will; If Goo
wills that she, the giantess of today adop
a policy i'll suited to the child of 100 year;
ago, am satisfied to say Thy will be done
And let pray for our own selves, the peo
pie of America. We do not read history
Alright If we do not confess that the In
gratitude and the sinfulness Of people a
times retard and even nullify Gods will. HI
wishes that we be worthy of His graces
Let America before God today recognize tina
her future greatness will not be in an In
creased army, that it will not be in null
| tiplication of her ships of commerce, thai
it will not be in new legislation, 1t will b
in virtues of her children, 1t will be In theil
submission to the supreme laws OF God
which are the laws Of Righteousness, ant
| without obedience to which no nation car
ever prosper.
If time was allowed me might ask the
question what is to be the future of the
| Catholic church. whose d'sciples We are, il
this new era this new order of things? Goi
has His hand upon His church. She never
suffered In olden revolutions, when the col
onies Of Spain throughout South America
separated from the mother country. Religion
put on in those South America republic:
greater vigor with the new liberties gran ed
and the Catholic church reigDs even more
triumphant today in those republics thar
when the Spanish flag was lifted over them
flag Is not the cross, men may separate
from a flag and cling closer to the cross
THE CHURCH REMAINS.
The church of Christ is not confined to an,
island or peninsula, all the nations of tn,
earth belong to 1t. If spain's flag is lowered
in Cuba and in the Philippine islands ana
elsewhere the church remains.
Her priests will not falter in thell
courage, and they will have greater liberty
In Catholic countries church and state hav,
become united that while good comes from
1t in some sense, evil also comes from 1t
The friendly hand Of the state frequentl!
goes too far and ming.es in things which
are not Of the privince of the state ant
nowhere is the Catholic church so mucl
things that are Caesars. but to God tn
things Of God without call or Intervention O