The Columbus journal., 1898-03-30

49,
ior senator from Maine Mr.. Halel il re.
ported - saying:
events have crowded On too rapidly.
and the president has been carried od
his fect.''
know Of no warrant for such IN a.
sertion. but do know this-that unlesl
congress acts promptly. meeting THU
gEave crisis a. it shocld b met. we will
b swept away. and We ought to bs
swept away. BY tho tidal wave Of Amer.
lean Indignation.
The president has not been carried Cd
his feet.
The administration has been doing itl
whole duty. With rare foresight and
statesmanship it has hastened to make
every possible preparation for any emer.
gsncy.
he Right q MisAt.
Mr.. President, there are those who
~ that the Affairs Of Cuba are not the
affairs Of the United States. who insist
that we can stand idly BY and see that
island devastated and depopulated, ita
business interests destroyed, its CONNER.
cial intercourse with 10 cut of. its peo-
pie starved, degraded and enslaved. It
may be the naked l-sii right Of the
United States to stant: ,-as idly by.
have the right to pass along the
street and see helpless dog stamped
into tho earth under the heels Of . ruff
6an. can pass by and say that Is not
my dog. I can sit In my comfortable
parlor with my loved ones gathered
about me- and through my plate glass
window see . fiend outraginS helpless
woman near By. and I can legally say
this is no affair Of mine-it il not hap.
pening on my pfemisss-and can turn
away and take my little ones in my
arms and, with the memory Of their
sainted mother in my heart. look up q
the motto on the wall and read. ''0o0
bless our homei'' ''
But II ! do ] am . coward and cur,
unfit to live, and, God knows. unfit to
die. And yet I cannot protect the dog
nor save the woman without the exer-
oise of force.
We cannot intervene aud save Cuba
without the exercise Of force, and fcroe
means war; wax means blood. The low.
~ Nazarene On the shores of Galilee
preached the divine doctrine Of love.
"Peaoe on earth. good will toward
men," Not peace on earth at the ex-
peDse of liberty and humanity. Not
good will toward men who despoil, en-
slave, degrade and starve to death their
fellow men. believe in the doctrine Of
Christ. I believe in the doctrine Of
peace, but, Mr.. President men must
have liberty before there can come abid.
ing peace.
A Lesson In Patriotis0.
Mr.. President, against tho interven-
tion Of the United States in this holy
cause there is but one voice of dissent;
that voice 10 the voice Of the money
ohangera They fear war! Not because
Of any Christian or ennobling sentiment
against war and in favor of peace. but
because they fear that q declaration of
war, or the Intervention which might
result in war, would have . depressing
effect upon the stock market.
Mr.. President, I do not read my duty
from the ticker; I do not accept my
lessons in patriotism from Wall street.
I deprecats war. hope and pray for
the speedy coming of the time when the
sword of the soldier will no longer leap
from its scabbard to settle disputes be-
tween civilized nations. But, Mr.. Presi-
dent, it is evident, looking at the coad
facts, that war with Spain would not
depreciate the value Of .
BiDgle American stock or bond.
Let them 60; what one msn loses at
the gambling table his fellow gambler
wins. It is NO concern Of yours, it is no
ct mine, whether the "bulls"
or the "bears' have the best of these
1tock desls. They do not represent
American sentiment; they do not repre-
1ent American patriotism. Let them
AXE their chances as they can. Their
veal or wos is of but little importance
% the liberty loving people Of the Unit.
ID States. Let the men whose loyalty is
% the dollar stand aside while the men
whose loyalty is to the flag come to
he front.
There are some who lift their voices
10 the land and in the open light of
lay insist that the Republican party
will not act, for they say it sold out to
he capitalists and the money changers
It the last national election.
1t is net so. God forbid! The 2, ,OOO,.
700 freemen who voted for the Repub-
icen party and for William Mckinley
lid not mortgage the honor of this ma
ion for campaign fund. and II the
ime ever comes when the Republican,
'arty hesitates in its course of doty be- |
ause Of any undue anxiety for the vel |
are of the accumulated wealth Of tho |
'ation then let the Republican party |
e swept from the face of the earth and |
o succeeded BY some other party, BY |
name it may be called, which
vill represent tho patriotism, tho ho.-
sty, the loyalty and the devotion that
he Republican party exhibited under
Abraham Lincoln in 1861.
Intervention means force. Force means |
Var. War means blood. But it will be
;od's force. When has battle for hu.
aanity and liberty ever been won ex.
ept by force? What barricade Of wrong,
INJUSTICE and oppression has ever been
arried except BY force?
Force Cs0Psls 1feoAoa.
Force compelled the signature Of un.
'illing royalty to the great Magma
|harta; force put life into the Declara-
lon Of Independence and made effective
be emancipation proclamation force
eat with naked hands upon tho iron
ateway Of tho Bastile and made re-
risal In one awful hour for centuries
I kingly crime; force waved the nag
I revolution over Bunker Hill and
larked the shows Of Valley Forge with
locd stained feet; force held the broken
no at Shiloh. climbed the fame swept
III at Chattanooga and stormed he /
ouds On Lookout heights; force march
with Sherman to the sea. rode with |
hsridan in the valley Of tho Shsnan-
oah and gave Grant victory at Apo
attox; force saved the Union. kept the
ars in the flag, made 'niRRers'' men.