The Republican journal., 1898-05-26
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Letter from Philadelphia.
| Correspondence Of The Journal.

CORES pO0QeICe Oh L ne journal.
PHILADELPHIA, PA, May 16, 1898.
Flags, flags flags, these starry emblems
are everywhere displayed in Philadelphia.
Floating from windows, suspended across
the thoroughfares, wound around posts,
festooned from place to place, and in every
conceivable position, can be seen our beau
tiful emblem of liberty and freedom. No
such demand for the national banner has
been known for years. The manufacturers
are working day and night, and yet are
unable to supply their orders. Neckties
are made Of flag material, bands around
hats are of the national colors, napkins
are imprinted with the stars and stripes;
programs. envelopes, blotting pads, menu
cards, etc, bear the same design. Minia-
ture flags of various shapes are made into
breast-pins and scarf pins.
All day May 18th thousands of
people in this city expected a repeti-
ton of the Manila victory in the waters
of the Greater Antilles, but the Span
ish fleet did not meet the powerful
ships of Admiral Sampson on that date,
and instead they have played peek a.
boo game in their flight southwark, caus-
ing our feet 70 again change its base and
to get back to Havana as soon as possible
with the hope that Spain will give lis bat
tie there in few days.
1t is high time for our people to under
stand that we have no holiday task in
driving race from our shores and the
Philippines who have filled the world
with indignation over their atrocities.
Let anyone read the history of Spain and
learn Of the crueties its people have com
mitted since the days Of De Soto, whose
name is immortalized in history as the
discoyerer of the Mississippi river, down
TO the present time on this continent over
which floats the banner of freedom, and
then they viii learn that we never can free
Cuba from the yoke Of the Spaniards by
a series of ''peaceful'' blockades; but that
they can only be driven away forever from
the land we love by striking at them in
cessantly and remorseessly, on land and
sea
Glorious banner Of Freedom
Long may you wave on high,
Rally brave men from shore to shore,
For Spain must rule our seas no more.
AL! honor to our noble President and
brave officers and soldiers who are uphold
ing Justice and right in this international
struggle, but they must not forget the OBJ
ject Of this war for humanity as laid down
in the declaration of Congress-
''That it is the duty of the United
States to demand, and the Government of
the United States does hereby demand
that the Government of Spain at once re-
linquish its authority and government in
the island Of Cuba and withdraw it's land
and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban
waters
Let us then, not f1atter ourselves that
Spain is ready to sue for peace. After
that Spanish fleet, Admirals Sampson and
Schley, and wipe it from the sea- for re-
peat again our final victory over such a
cruel nation as Spain can only be won by
hard fighting and the loss of life and
blood.
I visited to-day the resting place of
Benjamin Franklin, who lies buried here
God bless his name and memory for
evermore. When liberty was assailed in
this land by the powerful armies of our
mother country, Franklin declared him
self its champion. Oh! as | stand here
this afternoon of early summer by the
grave of this great patriot feel proud to
have been born in a land that gave birth
to the eminent Statesman who sleeps here,
and who devoted his long life to the adj
vocaey of the rights of the people. Long
will the name of Franklin live in the
hearts and minds of men, and long will we
remember the names of Lincoln, Sumner,
Grant and Dewey, who will be neither
less respected nor less glorious in the his
tory of our country. We are making this
nation the greatest which the world has
ever known. FRANK W. GoWEN.