The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-10

Mr.. President, | believe that u the
pending treaty is Ratified ami We
obtain "A ce--inn nf the sovereignty al
rnnse islands, this Is only the brgIh-
ming If a war that will cat us nun
dteds. yes. thousands of lives of our
splrndi /, bright young men ami MT
lions aud millions of mnney. ami that
whpn We have urlvrn them at The
unint Of the la, Duet Ia submit TO the
authority of the American nation,
with all the de>truc ~ uf ives anu
pr"uerty mat must follow. the whn'e
| Archipelago will then bp a pest To Inc
American Union; thai ii will open th-
door Tor l,w from the Chinese en-
rlre aud from the islands themselves
of "A hot of men untold in numbers,
Who " i'll not assimIl ,te tut Will tend
10 desIad- tn American people.
EXCLUSION OF CHINESE.
"Do YOU renpnIher, Mr.. President
| do-Ihat II uas but a few wears ago,
with TINS great Amer en- nation. in all
! ITS power. with iva great political par
ties lining in the pr-sl ie itlal battle OF
ISIS. when tn working people, the
men vii ar. engaged III trades, the
/ UltIl " ti'l are tllgdSC'l Nv ibNC w
ami were 30 St,ong that they compelled
both poll teal parties to abr"gate Il
treaty with Cniua which admitted The
| Chinese Ia come in few hundred
rhous ,nd on the Pa life 81 'p'. aud
| that wa. done right ia the face of
! pr Il -ntia election?
Il III k The most disgracernl chap
Ter IA the history of thH country since
have neen ftniIrar with it then took
place. am gIai 10 say that [ de-
nouured 1t then. While We Were ne-
gOtla'I in! with CnIua ~ Il friendly ma
ton. with whom we wprr at Ieirp, for
il mniitic ton of thp irraty nr9orInt~d
hy Mr.. Sward IN 1868, 10th ptrlie,
We're absolutely driven. so powerful
" - the feeling Of the lab ring people
OF III country Ia pass an at al Con-
grtsS ahrr@ating the treaty without
giving tne tr,endly uatlnn an opp jrlu-
nrty for c"n>i ieration.
EFFECT OF THE TREATY.
1--WE male that RESTRICT IN AMI de-
stroye,l our trad. with China. They
submitted to II aS no other cation on
earth would have SUBMITTED To- it.
Our trate melted away until it has run
down To ulinO-t nothing compared
vi II Chat of Great Britain, France
aud Germany. An Nv, eight years
alter The act. we propose to take Is
lands in front of the China Sea. No
nall"n could quad them. No nation
i strong en0ngh To prevent the Chi
ntse from coming over and getting in,
andit Is "a stepping stone hy which
tLey VIII come into the United States,
because they cannot drive them out.
you cannot keep them out Of the
country t'.iay with all the police
lower of this government. You can
MT prevent them from conf y through
Canada AMI up through Mexico. 1t
viii not, in my judgment. b. four
years before, 1t this g"e| on, IA | think
it will, our renple Will r-sent it. am
not an aiarnsr, nor have desire to
throw out suggestion of disorder, hut
judging from the past, our people will
resent 1t.
INCREASE OF THE ARMY.
ut l. Known To the authors of this
measure that our l'eoplr will resent it,
and you propose To provide for il by IN
crossing The army u Ire kept AT h me.
l0W,H men, at II cast of 500, 900, 600 a
year, not alone To take care of our af.
Iails in these distant i-lands, but as u
menace, as II l,oice force tn help con.
troll the American t,eoule.
"Mr. President, this IL the last time
possibly hat | may address openly the
Sehate vi lille | am here, and | enter
my Solemn protest against It. | want
to see this great government march on
for al time aS it has been in the past,
rely ing uDpn the good. will and good |
sense of the American people to sup
port and protect their government
without the aid Of armies.
"Mr. President. | fear armies at
home. l witnessed the great result of
the war hetween the States which
closed in 1865. have seen a great
army used in part to control
the sovereign States Of the Un-
ion. l also witnessed the patriotic
ard manly tffot- of the great Captain
OF our armies, Gen raj Giant. and that
fearless soldier who came from the phi
vate ranks, General John A. Logan,
of Illinois, AS Il mpmter of the House,
aud Benjamin +. Butler, of Ma-sachu-
selts, when we were still in an unset
tied condition in the South, raising
their voices, AS all statesmen had done
theret Ofore, and reducing the uruIy to
30, 900, when their own country one
third of il, was in u state of unrest.
want To follow i'll their lead, a lead
which makes it imp 'ssihle to govern
The American people by bayonets.
PRESIDENTS WORDS TO THE SOUTH.
"What a spectacle 1t has been for the
Pres dent OF the United States. kindly,
manly, partisan as he has always been,
IN his swing through the Snuther coun-
try preaching god will aud kindness
to all who ilhabt that section of our
common land, giving them full credit
for their patriotism in this war, as he
ought To have done, with the kindly
suggestion that the time had passed
when there should I've any distinction
between the care of the graves Of the
Confederate dead and that of the UUion
sold er. 1t was noblr, splendii aud
nagnl ficent sentim-nt and speech.
but when you couple it with the
other insistence Of his, both public
and private, that you must have an
army of one hundred thousand sol
diers, aud navy as large as France or
Germany, how can 1t he interpreted
other than his appeal, honestly made,
| admit, TO the Southern people to take
care Of the graves of their ancestors:
"YOu must give me Que hundred thou
sand men to keep in order their de-
scendants who are living?
MORE DISASTROUS THAN CIVIL WAR.
"Mr. President, from the whole
transaction shrink; from the whole
transaction, in the interests of the
people OF the American Union, / pro.
fast for l ransai haliaua Ii xunnld