Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-09-15

had been doing about all that had been
done up to that tine in the ''cause OF
humanity, 1t is reasonable to assume
that the general was throwing most OF
those bouquets to them. But that is not
all. Amid thunderpus applause, which
must have warmed the cookies OF his
heart, the old soldier fairly yelled, at
will be worth more than $50, 600, 600 to
the American people to know that the
great heart Of this people is a unit in
favor Of the government"
Now, there you are. There's Gros-
yenor's certificate Of patriotism for
Democrats and PoIulists blown, II not
In the bottle, at least into The Congress
SIGNAL Record. Still he wasn't through
fraternizing and j~nbilating. He kept
up the same lick as follows:
ri have long thought it was possible
that war might be abeneft to q coun.
try in this respect, but tho demonstra-
ton of the last 80 days and its culmina-
ton, which is to take place in this CAPT.
toll today and tomorrow, take the
place, in the Judgment Of mankind. Of
war as an evidence of the unity Of a
mighty nation. How magnifcently has
this duty been approached and perform
edi A doubt about the American peo-
pler"
No pen can describe the scorn depict
ed on his face as he glowered at the i'm
aginary doubters of the enthusiastic
loyalty Of all our people. Then, contin-
uing, he exclaimed in q fine burst of elo-
quence:
Chow magnificent it is! I said some
days ago here that ! longed to live until
I knew that this people was q united
people. Thank God I have lived to see
the hour come, the day dawn, the sun
Of unity arise and shine, and universal
loyalty the watchword Of every man,
woman and child"
mot only applauded these patriotic
sentiments, but pinched myself to see
If I were awake or il it were only a
splendid dream. Here was a man grown
gray 10 doubling the patriotism Of every
body but himself proclaiming over and
over that all our Us, 900, 600 p~eople-not
q man, woman or child missing--were
burning up with patriotic zeal. I felt
like singing "Nune Dimittis." !
thought that as the gall Of General
Grosvenor's heart had been converted
into the milk Of human kindness surely
the millennium wal about to dawn.
It is hard to believe that the same
| man who delivered that speech could
| have sven written the pack Of dirty
falsehoods contained in his undelivered
| speech of June 8. I repeat that it is a
| pity for him that he did not die on the
day of his glory and his country's glory
March 8, 1S93-while he was for
once speaking the truth.
National Conscience Keeper.
The sth Of March speech was deliver
| ed when the necessity for vote getting
was not 30 urgent with him as it was
on the 9th of June ~. He did not ap-
| pear to realize that necessity until quite
| recently, for on the 10th Of April he
again declared his implicit faith in
Democratic and Populistic loyalty,
which was a great wellspring Of joy to
them, as no Democrat or Populist can
ever be dead sure that he is a patriot
until General Grosvenor has said so,
| for among other things he has usurped
| the function Of conscience keeper for
the entire American people.
On April 2 he fell from grace and de-
clared that the wa would be a Repub-
lican war-an utterance which oan be
| established by hundreds of ear witnesses
though the declaration was ''toned
down. in The Record. The New York
Sun, a radical Republican newspaper,
| jumped him for SO declaring and said:
"The most useful service which the
Hon. Charles Henry Grosvenor Of Ohio
can render the country at this critical
| time is to get up in the house and ask
Mr.. Reed to recognize him for a per.
| sonal explanation. If he is recognized,
he should then proceed personally to
| explain that when he remarked in the
| house of representatives on Thursday,
April 2, that this war will be fought
under the banner of the Republican ad'
ministration of this government or il
will not be fought at all he did not
mean to be understood, as he certainly
has been understood by certain patriotic
Democrats in congress, that this war Ii
to be a Republican war. Let Genera
Grosyenor stand up like the man he i,
and state the exact truth. IF this wa
is to be fought at all, it will be Tough
under the flag Of the United States
General Grosvenor can do his countr,
and his administration this great serv
ice. Will he volunteer"
Exphrnation Forced.
Grosvenor didn't care much wha
Democratic papers said, but when sucl
a rabid Republican sheet as the New
York Sun got after him with such
sharp stick, he became alarmed, and
following the invitation of The Sun
did volunteer. In his voluntary" ex
planation-forced out Of him by Tn
Sun-he said On the floor Of the hous
April 10, 1898:
my purpose, MI. Speaker, was no
to intimate that the Democratic part.
of this country was not as loyal to tn
country as was the Republican party
and I had taken occasion to state ear
nestly at the time Of the passage Of tn
$50, 600, 600 emergency bill, my IN
qualified Endorsement and indeed m,
profound delight at the record Of tn
Democratic party with reference to it.
Think Of that, o ye poor Democrats
when you read the generals undelivere
speech Of June 9, wherein he labors 70
campaign purposes to prove that O
March 8 we voted grudgingly and IN
willingly for the $50, 000, 900 emergenc.
bill, remember that as late as April 1
he not only Endorsed unqualifedly You
conduct On March 8, but was filled wit