Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-05-04

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Perhaps the statute prohibiting Grim
inal libel would catch them, as that
statute is very broad in its provisions,
and surely II must be a wicked libel
for anybody to insinuate that Massa-
chusetts is not the salt of the earth, a
light set upon a hill, the chief among ten
thousand and altogether lovely, the ex-
emplar Of every virtue, the repository OF
all that Is good, the schoolmistress to
instruct rs all in patriotism, art. sci
ence, diet and manners, the model which
we should all ardently admire and slav-
ishly initiate. But IL the assaulters
upon the old bay State should be prose-
cuted under any statute several distin-
guished culprits would appear at the
bar, notable among them the editors Of
the Brooklyn Eagle and the New York
Pres, but, most notable of all, my friend
and esteemed contemporary, Hon. Be-
rish Wilkins. proprietor and editor in
chief of the Washington Post.
In a recent editorial, after comment
ing on ''the bad odor" in which "an-
other regiment of Massachusetts, sol
oilers returned home" The Post says:
But who can wonder at such occurrences II
/ dus account be made Of the spirit that has 50
frequently and 90 painfully been maintained
In that once grand old commonwealth''-and
sti1l grand in many chapters Of hsr history
etnce the short and splendidiy successful war
Of 1888 bsgaDf According to the Boston Globe,
/ President McKinley's Philippine policy was
kissed. and Aguinsldo's name as well as his
nAnifestoes, was enthusiastically applauded
at the fremont Temple meeting Of the anti
expansionists one evening last week. Astream
/ does not rise higher than its source. When
| reputable, influential citizens Of Boston NEE.
/ in fremont Temple 70 hiss the president-for
strange that Massachusetts, soldiers Disgrace
their uniformf
In isal. when President Lincoln issued the
arst call for troops, the militia regiments Of
Massachusetts were ready for duty and were
hurried to Washington with marvellous dis
patch. In isoe. when the president called for
troops, Governor Wolcott objected 10 sending
the organised militia ont Of the state. But on
sober second thought the governor decided not
to make q record Of palpsble disioyalty, and
the militia regiments after a slow and tedious
wedding cut Of ~incapables were sent 10 the
governments camps. The contest between John
A Andrew and Roger Eolcott in these tests Of
patriotism was wider than the gap between
1851 and isas.
But that bad break. msndsd a. well a. IL
could be, atd not end; 10 merely began the
consistent, persistent course which has grisv-
Cd fhsm millions Of Americans who love the Bay
6tate for The glorious deeds she wrought In e.
tablishing our Independence, IN laying the
foundations and erecting the structure Of the
republic and in defending the tndissolubility
Of the union Of states All through the war or
until after the Spanish squadron under Ger
vera had been destroyed Massachusetts, was IN
= panic that Threatened = complete collapse.
II cost more 70 patrol her coast and man the
guns that guarded her hArbors than IL would
have cost the government IL she had been per-
mittsd 10 keep her quota Of troops at home on
condition that she wculd look cut for herself.
And hnally, when the nghting wa over. the
trouble broke cut with intensified viruience.
u has not been ta feast Of reason and . how
Of soul" but . succession Of tornadoes. Wild,
shrisking blasts. in which decent and manly
criticism has besn almost entirely lacking.
This kissing Of the president and giorfhcation
Of AguinAldo, mingled with mutinous conduct
Of soldiers, supplement In the NOS. consistent
wsy . record that did not need such rs-on-
foresment 70 insure ita eternal exscration.
The Brooklyn Eagle must have been think
ing Of that nesting in fremont Temple when.
speaking Of sour friends the snfisxpansion-
ists. ftsAid: "They have compared Afuinaldo
70 Washington, snd rather unfavorably to
Waskingtoni They have spoken of che Philip
pine insurgents. who kfn prisoner, mnitreat
women and nutiiats priests, rs worthy sue
eessors Of The nsa Of Lexington. Concord and
Valley forEsi'
- tu, BrsteI
Now, The Post being an independent
paper and Br'er wilkins being an in
dependent editor, they may b~epermittsd
70 iambAste Republican Massachusetts,
fof the general good and may eonsign
Der 10 eternal e~xecration'' and no
man Be authorized 10 say them nay. hut
when Rspubliesn Massachusetts, reads
The following excerpt from the New
YoFk Pies. = thick and thin Republican
papsr, following the example q Julius
Cesar as he wal making his exit from
tbs mundane sphers, she win wrap her
mantle about her and exclaim. 'sEt tn.
BFasef" which, being freely translated.
means. Thou art ; bruisf' The Pres
says
II vi1 pF5bsbty net resiy hart praatdsnt
hEkiHAJ 70 have been Aissd IN tAs t'autitm.
psFiaiiat" nesting in TFsnont Tampia Ba.
teas tie otksf Eight, aeF iii u frasuT hep
AsuanaAdo "a hars basn ehsereA We nag b
psssty ssfs tkst osnsrai ota vir not - con.