Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-25
William Lloyd Garrison Speaks on
No Compromise with War
PRIEST. MKINLEY SCORED.
IL Not the Armed savaEcrI o. Phillip
pines that Threatens America but
savagcry Roosevelt Iterrsscnts.

Mystic, Conn, Aug. 2j-ruily 5000
people attended the annual meeting OF
the Universal Peace union and the Com
nectlcut Peace society in the Peace
temple here today. AZ tac morning
session President Love delivered "a
brief address ON the Philippine u!tua-
ton.
Other addresses were made by J. IL.
Earl OF Boston. Mrs. ComvEya VI Philn-
dclphia and Mrs. Hanna White OF
Lebanon.
Al this afternoons session the prin-
cipul address was by WIFI ~ Lloyd
Garrison OF Philadelphia. VIM took for
his theme no Compromlse wi h War"
Mt Garrison spoke In part "a fol-
lows.
"a year ago. when In the interest Of
peace We met upon this upot the war
with Spain was Ia full blast Then Ia
the national cyc a spaniard was the
type Of trcachery aud oppression. and
the sorrows OF the suffering Cubans
hllgd our hearts.
What space a twelve month covers.
The spaniard ~ no longer monster.
but respected uH "a brave and gallant
Toe. .hg DubauH then patriots and
statesman now in the opinion OF MILL
thiy experts and politicians. arr people
Incapable Of governing themselves,
war with the device OF freedom
ana chiNnlry ON IT'S banners has de-
Nciop'd into a conflict for conquest and
AT The Hague the conclavc OF the
great powers was each eagerly engaged
Ia plundgring schemes OF lta own.
rs 10 strange that the International
congress iuilydf 10 ia not tho armed
ruNasgfy OF the Philippines that threat
en- America, but the Hoyugcfy that
Theodore Roosevelt represented. Had
President William Mckinley. under
standing the nvgdleHHnoaa and lniuulty
OF The war forced upon Spain. vetoed
the declaration OF Congress ana tyuwed
hts purpose Of reHlguing his high office
rather than 10 prostitute Il by nubsrry-
iencc Co wrong be- would have made n
niche lu the worlds pantheon. HAD
John y, Long, a man Of finer quality
than the President ana IN touch with
the noblcr sentiments which mako his
commonwealth nacuptirnsa " 4Iuphraa-
ms the Indignant response uf Charles
sumner In fugitive slave days Il was a
man before I was % tsluyel CummIH-
hood MON precious than the secretary
snip Of the navy and surrendered his
portfolio. he would have occupied a
place IN her love and respect now for
ever lost
Had Admiral Dewey the one man
In military lie who after distinguish
Ing himself iu his destructive profess
sion, roirllnvd from Hcli-luudutlou-
had Admiral Dewey, lu protest OF the
Philippines betrayal, retired from tho
quarter deck 60 private citizenship.
rather than uhyt the outrage. the vice
tory of Manila would have paled Ia
comparison,
Political Independence, however. has
not been wanting, ns o. demonstrated
10y such party aIhvryuts ns Hoar,
boutwell, and Edmunia=ul honor 10
them. Hut we look in vain for "a sim
Hlv Instance whore au office has been
sacrificed 10 principle, Even the Sec
rotary of state CllnEH to his position
furrytful Of his vow when an untrum-
melud bard, he wroto3
For always In thine eyes. o. Liberty.
Shines that high light. whereby the
world n saved,
And though thou alay us. we will trust
IN thee
Has liberty lost It's high light or
has John Hay lost his ylsion2"