The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-06-10
Honorable Z. T. SWeeney's
Eloquent Speech,
HE is A SOUTHENER
Price the South Paid Not Too
Much for Union.


If they would turn the Twentieth Kan
sas loose on this mob Of anarchy. with
the stars and stripes, they would soon set
tie the matter. This old flag emblem Of
the country which produced Washington,
Jefferson, Lincoln. Garfield Dewey and
Funston
When Hon. z. T. Sweeney, ex-consuI to
Turkey, said this yesterday in his speech
at the Auditorium before the State
Christian Endeavor convention, he was
uproariously cheered. Mr.. Sweeney IS a
eoutherner. His subject yesterday was
the Royalty Of Service" Gong on in
his tribute 10 the flag he said:
TRIBUTE TO THE FLAG.
ct IS the sweetest flag that ever kissed
the sunlight Of God in the breezes Of
heaven. 1t enjoys the greatest heritage
and history Of human rights of any ban
ner on earth. Under the guidance Of the
young eaglet, whose talCus were just
sprouting, il drove the British lion from
off our shores. never to set dominant foot
upon them. It sailed under rne rrowning
cliffs OF Algiers, and taught the naughty
Sultan Of Morocco, and with that half
savage potentate all kings of Chr.sten-
dom, that the rights of American free
men must be respected. II led our fathers
over the Sierra Madras OF Mexico, and
waved in triumph over the halls Of the
Montezumas. 1T pioneered the pathway
of the pathfinder over the Rockies. and
gave Us the Eldorado land Of California.
It flaps it's broken shreds in the north
A. a. 90,
land or deep. Under il our fathers and
mothers courted and married; under II
we were born. And when the awful
chasm opened IN our national lfe It was
not closed until 1t had brought sorrow
into every home in the north and made
my own southland bolloWy as the ocean
with the graves Of her sons, Vet thank
God the price was not too great, for the
old flag waves tonight over the homes
and schools of great, freee, and undi-
viGed people"
Europe groans beneath her myriad
monuments Of men made great by their
proves in blood and battle IN national
warfare, until one wishes for a mOnu-
mental cyclone which would clear the land
Of them and give the living a breathing
period at least before stocking up again.
Did they honor these men for their wis
dom. honor, religion or integrity? No,
it was the blood shed, and this in the
darkest hour. If such is to continue with
out regard for the cause involved, we
shall find our children worshipping at the
shrine OF John J. Sullivan and Buffalo
BIZ. Such men are wined and dined
everywhere. But a light is breaking.
Each nation has its own ideas. Rus
STA, with that little boy upon It's throne
in St. Petersburg, rules one-siXth Of the
world and is looking for conquest in the
Orient and peeping from behind the HIM
alayas 10 see If India IS worthy the strug
gle necessary to wrest it from the hand
OF England. Germany IS a great military
camp. gEtteriug with the implements Of
bloodShed and warfare, and just at her
border France. with her army is equip
ping herself to repcl any invasion which
may occur from that or any other direc-
ton. England. am glad to say, is in
better condition. Some men fret about
the danger Of war with england. I de-
sire 10 say that such men know neither
England nor America. Tremendous APP
pIauseD Yet England has her false god.
Caste is the trouble there. Their nris-
t0cracy is matter of birth. Young men
are there e.ovatcl who may be described,
II has been said, as a EtJe bit Of a weed
encased i'm a bit of paper. with q Ht,,e
fire at one end and a little fool at the
other daughter and aop.ause( Birth
issverythinS in IaEand. I'm America
things are s,u better ~ they have a
way Of saying down in orr country lNeD-