The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-05

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..xr. Precedent. Fellow citizens md
Brother Britons: We are met today 70 esi-
ebrzse IA q fitting manner the natal Cay
Of this great republic, We come to&e1aer
after the lapse OF more tIan one H1ssa
eutsfa6d united. 10 render prase scF mo
great work which our forseathegs fsegafs .
. work whore bene1cence mas rot been
limited to the confines OF ctr own laflG
but hSs been felt over all the world ard
nowhere has Demonstrated greater good
than il Cd England herself. We have
done this work so well that We have COM
mapded the rsrfsect the admiration and
the allegiance Of Our k1nsrSen acToss the
sea. and they are here today 10 oS Us
honor and toln with Us In the ceieofatson
Of our triumph"
Continuing. the speaker dwsis b.ieffy
though fee.ingly upon our own civil war.
and then sad;
"And now. after the lapse ~ thirty
years. we find osrSelyes again AZ 1ar.
Again we have taksn us the eword 10 Tree
. down-troddsn and suffering peops. ana
the blue and the gray stand shoulder 20
shoulder In the conflict. Forced by the
pessiienttai .niquities Of Spain, IN sef-Te-
sDect and ou, OF a decent regard for oar
TO interfere, az 4 father would tassfe4sy
TO save his innocent child. O. wharD IT,
fortune for Cuba when the eJes. ctN ssss4
ssh navigator oehel6 her oea1hw knosesse
Aftsr swing a graphie kv;sw Of
history 81 the island 50 the horTs51
atrocities OF the present war. ID which -
stigmAtfzed weyler,s policy e forci
subn.seon through ssaryationssSs
most diabo,ical crime OF the ulneteer
century" he passed On 70 ~ tN<cdy
the Maine: sxsss$.
when wo sent an American vessel to
enter q Spanish port On the friendly mis-
sion q friendly nation. then, In the
bands-were miserabiy assasEnated and
pefiahed. Il Was then the American people
AOu0sd themselves 10 the nonstroiss In
EQUITY Of the proceedings and resolved that
I'm consequence we went TO war.
"Acfnated by none but the purest OF mo-
tives--to free the oppressed from the bloody
dominion OF the tyranf--we have found II
necessary 70 send our Asiatic fleet TO the
Philippines. where Eleven million inhati-
tan,s are suffering from the gall OF the
aud We have become Possessed OF that
magnificent territory. loud appiause)
We win also oapsafErto RIGA Zap
And when we have these people. bough.
hy tho blood We have sped 10 sseuss them
liberty. win We turn t1ee over axasa TO
sPa;n' Never, The hesrr and eoassisnse
sent to H. tCries Of .sEsysk eseverr1 II
would he q crime sgA3hsE 90 psfrcipies.
our traditions, our religion. our manifest
Oc1liJ.
There Is another hs2eaesni result that
for Cuban liberty. II has assuaged the
bitterness and healed the wounds and SWEPT
away the differences Of our own people,
made by the civil war: and the men VINO
then fought as tina blue and the gray be-
meath . rupturcd fag. are standing today
under the starry emblem OF America. Of
fering themselves 10 the bullets Of the
enemy that Cuba may be free. The day
we Declared war against Spain the war
Of the rebellion ceased to be a reality OF
our present life and became the history
Of the nation.
The world II now OUT thea.er We have
the right-it Ii expected OF us--it ID our
duty 10 accept this condition and Use II
always for justice. liberty and peace. -Aad
our brothers across the sea-our brothers
acroes the line, are ready TO meet us. Our
destiny b not the destiny OF the American
people: 1t Il the destiny OF the Ang.o-
6axOu Face. 1t Is written In the book OF
fate that the Anglia saxon race shan DOM
mate the world tWiid applause ard
cheers) And the English language will
come nearer than any other 20 being tho
universal language OF the EARTH PRO
longed applausel
The audience then dispersed.