Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-24

OF mine, whether the bulls or the
bears have the best of these stock deals
They do not represent American senti-
rent; they do not represent American ma
triousm. Let them take their chances as
they can. Their veal or woe is of but
little importance to the liberty-loving peo-
Pie of the United States. Let the men
whose loyalty is to the dollar stand aside
While the men whose loyalty is to the flag
come to the front.
There are some who lift their voices in
the land ard In the open light of day in.
sist that the republican party will NOT
act, Tor they say it sold out to the capital
ISIS and the money chargers at the last
national election. 1t is not go God for
bid! The I,vo0,ooo freemen who voted for
the republican party and for William Nc.
kinley did not mortgage the honor of this
nation for campaign fund, and If the
time ever comes when the republican party
hesitates in its course of duty because Of
any undue anxiety for the welfare of the
accumulated wealth of the nation, then
let the republican party be swept from
the face of the earth and be succeeded
by some other party. by whatever name 1t
may be called, which will represent the
patriotism, the honesty. the loyalty and
the devotion that the republican party ex-
hibited Under Abraham Lincoln in 1861"
MT 1hurston noted that many held the
opinion that the affairs of Cuba were not
the affairs OF the United States and that
this country ought not, therefore, to inter-
fere. Such would be the argument of a
man VINO would REFUSE assistance to a help
less woman assaulted by brutal ruffian.
Such a man would be a coward and cur
unfit to live. and. God knows, unfit to de-
Force IL Necessary.
He said there could be no intervention to
save Cuba without force, and force means
war and war means blood. He believed in
the doctrine of peace taught by the lowly
Nazarene, but men must have liberty be-
fore abiding peace can come.
Force compelled the signature of unwill-
ing royalty to the great magma charta;
force put life into the Declaration of Inde-
pendence and made effective the enmanci-
patton proclamation: force beat with naked
hands upon the iron gateway Of the Bias.
Tile and made reprisal in one awful hour
for centuries of kingly crime; force waved
The nag OF revolution over Bunker Hill and
marked the SHOWS of Valley Forge with
blocd-stained feet; force held the broken
line at Shiloh, climbed the flame swept hill
at Chattanooga, and storTned the clouds on
Lookout heights; force marched with Sher-
man to the sea, rode with Sheridan in the
valley of the Shenandoah, and gave Grant
victory at Appomattox; force saved the
Union. kept the stars in the flag, made
''niggers'' men. The time for Gods force
has come again. Let the impassioned lips
of American patriots once more take up the
song:
" In the beauty of the lilies Christ was
born across the sea.
With glory in His bosom that transfiey-
ured you and me:
AS He died to make men holy let US die to
make men free,
For God is marching on
Mr.. President-In the cable that moorci
me TO life and hope the strongest strands
are broken. 1 have but little left 10 cffer at
the altar of freedoms sacrifice, but all I
Lave l am glad to give: am ready TO serve
my CO lntry as best can in the Senate or
in the field. My dearest hope, my r,ost
earnest prayer. to God lis this. that when
death comes to end all, / may meet IL
calmly and fearlessly as did my beloved I'm
The cause of humanity, under the American
flag"