Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-05-13
TRAITORS"
Continued from first page.

And then. with Sundry awful mods
and rod-shakingS, indicative of the
nromised wrath to come, the traitors
are warned that if their otfense is re-
neated they will be hauled up and
made To answer before the bar OF I
! justice. H..
/ of ..traitors" and blatant dema- |
Gocues.' Mr.. Edward Atkinson, who
! did such valiant service for its can
. didate for the presidency i'll 1896. by
Juggling statistics and manipulating
figures in Mr.. McKinley's interests.
Now all this-coming from the
mouth piece of the federal autho-
ity." is sufficiently horrible: but
on Monday the Leader. as shifty
as the policy of the admin
istration it represents. took the
back track and announced that
Mr.. Bryan and the other traitors
would not be prosecuted for treason,
bur would be held up to contempt.
There is very wide difference be
tween the penalty for treason, VIZ,
hanging and being held up to "con,
tempt" by the Cleveland Leader, ana
the whole publication would be only
ludicrous if it did not point sevefal
political morals of our time.
This clustering Intolerance ot oplh-
ion and its expression goes to prove
our contention that the Republican
party of today is sleeping i'll the
abandoned camps of its ancient
Democratic enemy. The spirit
: shown by these "Ku kluX' lucubra-
. lions of the Leader are of piece
with the demands of Jackson S
|, ..kitchen cabinet -couched in almost
. identical words-that free-soil papers
' and documents should be shut out
!. from the mails. on. the ground that
they were .'infiammatory, incendlary
( and insurrectionary to the last de-
j gree" the language is scarce more
|, extravapant in the one case than IN
y the other.
), But what is this capital crime
!. this treason. with which this news.
A paper so !iippantly convicts anc
. brands American citizens, including
t him whose spotless life and brilliant
t record so lately obtained for him SD
and a half millions of votes for the
Presidency? Treason. as defined oy
the constitution. consists only II
IIeyyinr war against the UmteC
States. or in adhering to their enc
mics. giving them aid and comfort
Ry enemies here are meant pubic
ID enemies and not enemies of the Al
a: immigration, or of the junta OF eX
nIoiters who surround it and dictat
- It's present foreign policy. We have
in strictness of terms, now no publ
enemy. Congress has not declare'
war against the people of the Philip
nine Islands, and no power but Con
ne aress is competent to do so. Hostlll
ties now fragrant there are not an IN
surrection or rebellion. No matte
as how glibiy we call those islander
sinsrrpents." and ''rebels, the fac
e. remains that they never acknowlede
e. ed or owed any allegiance to us. IN
most case-hardened imperiallst WI
e. hardly claim that we bought thel
T. from Spain. to be handed over to u
like so many cattle, or rather, ike
ch many human chattels. such as
*. fought to make free in our own ian
a few years ago. Or, II so astOuhe
n. ING IA proposition should be made,
by is none the less fact that the fin'
m notifications of our treaty OF peae
-, with Spain were not exchanged uni
he two weeks ago, and long before tn'
or time our troops were Killing the Is
of anders. driving them from the
,se homes anu las lhS cor" CT anticinate
an Try. iheS In - honopp,irr II is sal
.bt our attack Wy tt,l fi,.st instanc
inv the aggfeSsoIs ~ .i't 49, air nro~ress,
Ia but our llos.iil'aes %. ,." roppnIsion
as beyond any neces1 ''a .nd wa ha,
we their assauat s upoa p"n.r+ed nn y camnai,
ok from tne lilsI ?lose9u'o ta c"n'nIete occ
WV w aVoweoif lJoN,iS t%air fSerpitorv rp and to il
p"siiU nnon them a form of Cover
Id ment oi our 'ho''"e
.+ theirs. ,i +h.+ tbe ,vst
" But II seems d PAN nran,,Iar u.,,t warnin
ut. flouS threats i.rot;on "ii.. otav " nryans a
ND .! .ilT az. ~ .nT aid or comic
aimed not at aii! ,,;d.d iiu 1 nanr
,ha when some vi ', uoi i,nrsa Of ,,eSSa q
may convey III liie '.lt' .I'd'. ora IevaI
us TO tle fhli,lpPlliee, 'ns It. box,ing
les rather 1T tiiost b iitn fn.red are hone
rap lhliueice " NC +hair oninion
ron enough 10 Sd! ~ Mu''e IL. IT, When
OF the ilhperlairisI pTitiSf Ii.a,radit .mo
Sh- ing III danger ol touai ofso, r.';.t;r,n GoV =
are the people, Wno al az 80 "i fnotinS +
on 1000 lor puiie'e Ia;tor, ",i.' . ro mini
;no pllls Whici, 'lie "a W.. raiIin~ ha
is up heeos pols'eiih .h,,. iirin;tW viii
'ric upon we ie'i u r-;r,, Tho narfor1
no ''d"th neuse NJ dp,. sounds etrangf
,to- ance oi me Leaucl So''1 os IaEriss
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are jury 10 sehu I1 .oius Ia he .cu,
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- tho tho al dut,- of mankind to obseI
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