Evening star., 1898-04-27
LONDON PUNCH AT US AGAIN.
and Caricaturing n,
II Did During the Owl War.

While we quoting various utterances
by English newspapers as indicative thai
England is with US in our present confess
with Spain, it is worthy of nCte that Lon.
don Punch. which is I, pretty good eX
ponent of English opinion, is blackguardini
and caricaturing us in the same style witt
which 1t blackguarded and carica; ured the
United States and Abraham Lincoln il
the war of the rebellion. The following Il
Punch April IL is a specimen:
The Boss.
With that efete nceres called Europe
Our starry Eagle proceeds 10 cope;
And when this urgent Fowl puts Gown his claw,
HIS nap Is nnal a,,i his -whOJp is law
The late respected Monroe tnow saint,
When here below he wore his warrior paint,
Letting his patriot eye roll large and clear
Around the occidental h. misphere.
Decided once for all 10 tuck the thing
Beneath the Eagles propnyIaclIc wing.
Whoever OF thai Ductiine cast n doubt
Not that he wished 10 widen oir domain
no; he merely reckoned TO restrain
Deciduous D' i9 desPots who proposed to sit
That is the Doctrine. palpably inspired,
Which makes the Ancient World 50 deadly tired:
Which when our President pro tenn intones
Crowned monarchs squrm upon their cfuste,
thrones!
True there are regions en- our local map
Which Just at present We have tailed to tap;
To truckle to a palsied tyranny;
but yet the blessed prihciple is there
And any one may feel II in the air.
Some time ago y painful case arose
In which quoted Monroe through our nose
Quite loud. II did not have the same effect
A. A. we had been encouraged TO expect
The other Anglo-Saxons thought the blum
Was good but not precisely good enough.
And they would .iaise' us. At this juncture. we
Guessing how difficult II is at sea
To fight successfully without n fleet
hepeu that water cannot well compete
With blood for thickness This. they said was SO
Ard, II convenient they would like to know
Who Monroe was. And thus with mutual Jest,
And many threat Of amity we pressed
Each other to the heart.
That nha ] when we We next should have occasion to
Our enemy with cautou-in effect
negifgeable ration either
Without ship any Of gun;
Or, II II had an armament ALL
That armament Should be extremely small:
We building hard meanwhile.
Has come. and with 1t comes the very Power
We wanted-old corrupted, worn with war.
And proud as Satan. We going for
That Power. If possible. upon The foam
Close by, we never fight away from home;
The sea is SO intolerably wide
It bores the Eagle: we play this side
Unless. of coui se-and here opinion varies
45 Sa esn, or 9h nahs their
See how his hiibuster'ng bosom bleeds
For Maj. Disnterestedly humane
(As Eagles gol he wishes to explain
The nature Of the leading Christian graces
As suited to the rule Of subject races
Himself. in simple Kindness used to smack
The Afric niger. who is colored black
And Injun tred,; he therefore ought to know.
And it is just that he should boss the show
Without the help whoever he may be-
Or any blamed European referee.
May Heaven. our only need, defend the right
What time the gentle Eagle strips to fight!
Before this trining gem appears in type,
The fatal moment may be fairly ripe;
Or else it mayn't. One thing alone is sure
Which is. that our designs good and pure:
We never wanted ION our solemn word
little bit Of Cuba for the Bird!