The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-08-01
SENATOR MASON
ON IMPERIALISM
His Address Before Well Known Society in
Which He Declares Against the Present
Policy of the Administration.

"Mr. Cnalrman, lauleS ano gentle-
men, fellow-citizens"--
At this point man in the audience
cried out: "Mr. Mason. do you believe
in taking the American flag down from
where it has once been raised ?"
In an instant, as II anticipating this
very question from having answered it
before, Senator Mason replied:
'If the gentleman will listen and be
kind enough to hear what l believe in,
or II he would be Industrious enough
TO read the history Of the country, he
would find that l never advocated TAX
ing the American flag down from where
1T belonged. Tremendous applause.
want the American flag to be with
those who love it and who honor 1t,
and / never want to see the flag | love
above a race Of slaves" Tremendous
applause.
The senator then proceeded with his
speech as follows:
"Now, Mr.. President, and ladies and
gentlemen, l am very much obliged to
you for your kind reception, l have
travelled good many miles TO accept
your invitation to be here tonight ap-
plause and cries of thank you'l because
l believe you, as American citizens,
America, have hope in America and
the deep underlying principles of this
government laid down in the Declara-
tion OF Independence, sealed and made
perfect at Bunker Hill and Concord.
[Applause.l
81 am glad to speak to class OF men
L'That's what we are l am glad to
l. tn al nf tyh
ed to the British alliance or any other.
been working from the day and hour
that we achieved our independence to
get by diplomacy what she failed to get
over on yonder hill loud applause l.
and there is no nation in the world so
much interested as England in having
us get embrolled in Asiatic war, that
we may appeal to her great navy and
become a tail to the English kite.
[Applause and cries OF good boy.1
"And if there is anything above an
other that an American ought to de-
epise, it is that constant fadism of de-
string to initiate England. Applause
You see them along the streets with
their trousers rolled up when it rains
in London laughter and you see them
among the statesmen of the country
saying let US do this, let US have colon
les because England has them or has
had colonies.
"They want us to trade histories
with England. She has had one policy
for 100 years and we have had another,
and we have whipped her at every
point. Loud applause. For the last
twelve months we sold more American
goods from the shop and the farm than
England ever sold on year in her life
away from her own home. Applause. ]
81 say, who wants to initiate her? l
don't, because the Declaration OF In
dependence, which talks about the
consent of the governed, is absolutely
not in keeping with the colonial policy
Of Great Britain.
BIRTHDAY OF THE NATION.
"This is the Fourth of July. Laugh
ter and applause. This is the birth
day of the nation. For hundred years
we have been saying hurrah for self
government, hurrah for liberty OF con-
science, hurrah for liberty in religion
and politics. For hundred years we
have written it all over our history and
today we are killing men, women and
children because they want what our
fathers fought for. [Applause.l
"They would like to make political
question OF it, some OF our friends,
There are those in all parties who car
ry the conscience OF their party, or at
least admit they do. There are gen.
tlemen in all parties who claim that
they are going to write the platforms
Of their respective parties in 1900.
"Let me tell you something, gentle
men. 1t is twelve months before the
platforms will be written. No mar
knows what they will write, but if you
will allow me to guess, and l have goI
just as good right to guess as yor
have. say they will all tumble over
selves, Democrats, free silver men
Populists and what nots, to write {
declaration in their platform for liberty
as we have given it in Cuba and intenC
to give it in the Philippines. Ap
plause.
"Twelve months will teach them tt
feel the pulse OF liberty loving peo
Pile. In twelve months from today al
platforms will contain declaration fo
liberty. God help the party that doe
not put it in its platform.
81 am opposed to Imperialism large
ly because 1t means an English ALI
ance. Applause and cries OF GOOD
good. What can we expect? A 10
OF our fellows got the big head afte
the last war with Spain. We grew he
roic upon the field and in the senate.
'We have got about S3 battleships
as remember it. England can stacl
up one against one and have 500 to pla
with on the side What does she wan
as in this fight for? Why is it that he
states have urged it? Why is it tina
the English home Office has insiste
that we should do this work for En-
gland-take their chestnuts out OF tn
fire.
"To get as deep in the mud as the
are and then fall on their neck, an
they ask for assistance TO control tn
trade and commerce that they hav
been unable to control in the past.
sit Is not the first time England ha
interfered with our national affairs
Do you remember the speech tina
Lincoln made to workmen, when b
said it was the workmen, after all, tina
got on the right side of question first
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