New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-09-28
FROM THE SHOULDER
Blue Earth County Democrats Pass Resolutions
of an Unmistakeable Character. -" T.

their regular county convention last
week and demonstrated in a convincing
manner, both by attendance and enthusl-
asm, that they are not Respondent or
hopeless minority. 49,
Jud ge Severance was chairman of the
committee on resolutions, and it is no
familiar acquaintance of the judge who
cannot distinguish in the adopted resolu-
lions the product CT his brain. The res
olutlons contend among other things
that the acquisition of Cuba, Porto Rico
and the Philippines. or any other island
of the sea, by the United States is un-
wise, not American and wholly in the in
terests of imperialism and plutocracy,
dangerous to our civilization, and de-
structive of the agricultural interests of
this country.
The resolutions then offer in support
of this position the fo1lowing:
The acquisition of such territory by
the United States will bring into direct
competition with the fairly paid labor of
this country the cheap labor of millions
of people who will be enforced subjects
of this government, but not enfranchised
citizens.
The acquisition of such territory and
the government Of it by the United
States will necessitate the creation of a
standing army Of more than hundred
thousand men, even in time of peace,
and many more, if we mingle, as we
shall be likely to do, in all the broils of
Europe.
A large standing army draws the life
blood out of the labor that alone creates
wealth, menaces liberty, is the engine of
tyranny, and the hope of plutocracy, that
thrives on force and not on law.
1t has ever been the proudest boast of
the United States that 1t had no useless
and pampered standing army, removed
from the field of productive industry,
crushing labor under the avalanche of
taxation and corrupt1ng every vein of
national legislation.
A republican government must depend
for its strength and durability upon the
intelligence of a people cultivating arts
of peace, which give activity 10 human
intellect, and scorn the pomp and parade
of military power, which moves only to
blight and destroy.
we deneunce The policy that annexed
the Sandwich Islands to this country,
for whatever we needed IN that sister re-
public, either in peace or war, we could
have had by friendly treaty, without
volunteering to shield and protect the
American thieves who have despoiled the
natives Of that country of all possession.
The people of the United States, be-
fore and at the time of the declaration
of war against Spain, were informed in
the most solemn and official manner by
the president and congress, that war was
to be waged in the name OF humanity
and for the liberation of Cuba from the
tyranny of Spain. Under this false pre-
tence and national lie, the government
has taken possession of Cuba, Porto
Rico, one of the Ladrones and the Phil
ippines, and must hold them, if at all,
by the strong arm of military power.
Thus has our government broken its
faith with the people and all the world,
so that it stands today justly charged as
the clandestine despoiler of weaker ma
ton.
Our flag should never float in an un-
holy alliance with the flag of any nation
that does not worship at the altar of hu-
man liberty, and should never be be-
guiled into mpanionship with any flag
bearing the accursed and damning Euro
pean inscription, ''might is right" an in
scription that insults the liberty of earth
and blasphemes against the justice of
heaven
The Twelfth and Fourteenth regiments
may now become part of the National
Guard. =. ~. ....... --,.. ..
"You may say" said Gov. Clough Sat
urday, "that if the boys of the Twelfth |
and Fourteenth regiments wish to do so,
they may now become the national
guard of the state I make this announce
ment now, because I believe this to be
the proper time. In few days they
will be furloughed, and will go to their
homes. While they are absent they can
think over the matter and make up their
minds as to what they wish to do. It is
something which | will leave to their
CHOICE
If all the companies and men of the
two rorim onfo chonl1 oooorf tho Il