Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-10-18
Democratic Cringing to Eng
land,

For year past the Democrats have
been trying to prejudice Irish and
German Americans against the Repub-
llcan party by claiming that the Mel
Klnley administration had entered in
to a secret entangltng alliance with
Great Britain in which we have agreed
to assist Great Britain in case she be-
came engaged in war with any Euro
pean power. In the platform adopted
al GAINESVILLE they say:
I'VE denounce the secret and vicious
alliance now in evidence between Eng
land and the Republican administra-
tion, whereby this nation may become
involved in war with foreign nations" "
If such an alliance is Gin evidence"
between England and this Republican
administration, it can be proved, and
we hereby call upon the Democratic
party to prove it, or stand convicted at
the bar of public opinion of deliberate
and malicious falsehood. 1t was com
pletely refuted in the letter of Secre-
tary Hay to Colonel Dick.
No Republican administration ever
entered into an entangling alliance
with any foreign power The United
States is able to protect its citizens
from any foe, foreign or domestic. 1t
is the Democratic party that makes
foolish and vicious treaties with Eng
land. The subserviency of the Demo-
cratic party in England is historic and
we'll understood by English statesmen
In fact, when England wishes to gain
any advantage over the United States
she waits until the Democrats elect a
president. Every English statesman,
both Whig and Troy, wants the Demo-
Gratis to succeed in every presidential
election.
Everyone remembers the letter of
the British minister, Sackville West,
in which he advised Charles F. MUIR
Gibson and all English-Americans to
vote for the Democratic candidate for
president because the Democrats were
more friendly to England than the
We also remember how
Thomas F. Bayard was censured by
the United States senate for fawning
to England when he was minister to
England.
We bought Alaska and the eastern
half of Behrlng sea from Russia in
1867, and for is years, while the Re-
publican party was in power, we held
possession of Behring sea
and the exclusive right to the seals
taken in that sea. When Cleveland be-
came President in 1885, English states
men, relying on the well-known in
apacity and servility of Democratic
set up claim that
sea did not belong to the
United States, and that Canada had as
good a right to catch seals in Behring
sea as we had. They pressed their
claim vigorously, and our weak and
Democratic secretary made
one concession after another till he fl
nally agreed to submit our right to the
east half of Behring sea to arbitration.
The English contention was that
England, France, Germany, Italy, etc,
had the same rights 10 Behring sea as
we had and ,Ae arbitrators chosen
were Canadians, English, French, Ger
mans and Italians. OF course they de-
cided their rights were as good as ours
and we lost Behring sea and her val
liable seal fisheries. The discussion
and arbitration extended far into Ben
eral Harrison's administration, but the
foolish concessions made by Thomas
?. Bayard, Democratic secretary of
state under Mr.. Cleveland, lost a val
liable part of our purchase from Rus
,la.
The arbitrators also decided that we
should pay damages to Canadian and
English sealing ship owners from 1885
or not permitting them to catch seals,
1ut no damages for the IS years of
Republican rule, though we rigldly ex-
.luded them from the seal fisheries all
hat time. If that great statesman and
'atriot, James G. Blaine, had been
elected president in 1884, Behring sea
nd her seal fisheries would still be-
ong to the United States.
This is part of the record of the
'arty that pretends to be afraid to
rust Republicans with the govern
nent Of the United States for fear we
will be too friendly with England.