El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-03-29
That Indignation Meeting.

Mr.. EDITOR:-AvOwipg myself no
less patriotic than the most Jealous
patriot, I desire to enter my prote st
against the holding of the ''Indiena-
| ton Meeting" called by the "Morning
Times,' to meet at the court house this
respective of creed, party or rOltics
not to cOuntena nc such NEE ting by
attending it. My reasons are the fol-
lowing:
| An Indignation meeting to condemn
the president for not declaring war,
can do no good, and would be vain
and foolish thing.
If Spain has acceded to all of the re-
quests or demands of this COVE nment,
as the president says il has, then Ger
| tainly there is no occasion to declare
war and to do SO would be Grim nal.
That the destruction of the Maine
was the act of the Spanish government,
is improbable, absurd, hence the only
remedy for the loss OF life and property
is to have just punishment met d out
| to the guilty individuals, with a suit
able indemnity from the Spanish gov
eminent. and to settle the charsct of
the indemnity and it's amount arbitra-
tion should be resOrted to ss the only
civilized method.
Ell Paso is dependent upon the good
| will of the present administratiOn for
| It's '1nt ernatlOnal Dafn, 6nQ OtDe L en-
| terprfses which An administr b ton
friendly or unfriepdIy to can do
much to encourage or defeat, and if we
deliberately insult and inconsiderately
abuse and unjustly criticise the pres;-
dent, he is much bigger man than l
think he is, ie much bigger than men
are usually made, if when it come to
hestowing or:withholding favor, such a
course By us, would not with bin, con-
| SciOna1v mr. nncnnsciOualv have its
weight
We should not assume that we are
the sole possessors of all patriotism,
pride of country and government, Of
wisdom, of sympathy for q people beg
ging for bread and fighting for free
dom; we should be charitable enough.
and beral enough and big enough, to
grant until W. have indu Bit able proof
to the contrary, that Mr.. Mckinley and
his cabinet, are endowed with and ara
possessed of, at least, a portion of the
good qualities we claim for ourselves.
Should Mr.. Mckinley p 'rmit a blot
or blemish to mar our flag, either from
unman'y peace. or unholy war, he
knows that just retribu.ion would
await him at the hands of the Amer.
lean people regardless of party ties or
political hias-self interest, national
pride and every conceivable reason he
has prompting him 70 do right; he has
no reason to abasa in the eyes of the
world the nation of which he is the Of
fetal head hence in reason we must as
sumo that be has done aud is doing the
best he knows, ard We should not be
too hastv in utterirg words of d'spre-
spect which time and a more con-
side ats judgment should cause US to
regret.
| None are bold enough TO publica lv
admit that they want an unhOly var,
a war without just cause. war which
would cause o, her civilized nation to
look upon US as big bllly hoggine a
puny and s;ckly cripple-always strong
proof o! cowardice: yet there are thOse
who secretly wish for war, with just
cause if possible, but war without cause
if pesd be.
From purely local aud selfish view,
Ell Psso could pot be benefited, but in
jrr d, by war and war talk. If war is
| declared our business would be stag
ated, our pr. sen rapid growth as a
city stopped or ssunted and we would
again experience the hard times of
which E. PasO has had enough.
There is no sense in such a meeting
as proposed, certainly not at this time,
ard do not believe that any one will
attend or give cOuntenance to such
meeting, unless it he those who have
tad-poles in the brain and wiggle-tails
| in their ideas. LEIGH CLARK.