The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-26

society," In the Feace temple here TODAY.
Al the morning session President Love
delivered brief address on the Phi1in-
pine situation. Other addresses were hv
J. H. Earl, of Boston; Mrs. Co1neevs of
Philadelphia, and Mrs. Hannah White, of
Lebanon. At this afternoons session the
principal address was by William LLOYD
Garrison, of Philadelphia, who took for
his theme mo Compromise With Wal" /"
Among other things he said:
rs it strange that the international
conference failed? 1t is not the armed
saVagery OF the Fflipinos that threatens
america, but the saVagery that Theodore
ROOSEVELT represents. Had William Nc
klnley, understanding the needlessnass
ana ana lnlqulty Of the war forced upon
spd Spdin' oetoed the declaration of congress
T d!IG aVoWed MS purpose of resigning his
hlgh Office rather than to prostitute it nv
supSeTVlence to wrong, he would have
mage sef4 a meme IN the worlds pantheon
dao John u. Long, a man of finer
q9alty than the president, and in touch
with the nobler sentiments which make
ms commonwealth exceptional para
RRhh[aSIlng RhasILg the indignant response of
CharIes sumner in fugitive slave DAYS. I
was man before | was a (slave) co1nnIis-
s1oner,' declared Massachusetts manhood
more precious than the secretaryship of
Lhe navy, and surrendered his portfolio.
ne would have occupied a place IN her
IoVe and respect now forever lost.
Had Admiral Dewey, the one man in
himself in his destructive professinn rs
framed from self-laudaton-had Admiral |
Dewey, In protest of the Phflinnina he
tILayai, tIy retired from the quarterback to
the private citizenship, rather than ehet
the outrage, the victory of Manila won 4
nave paled in comparison.
Political independence however ha
n11o, not oeen wanting, as is. demonstrated by
veteran
Boutwell, and Edmunds-all honor to
them. u
But we look in vain for single in
stance where an office has been sacrificed ed
to principle. Even the secretary of Sta
cIngs to his position, forgetfuI of his
VOW; when an untrammelled bard he
For always in thine eyes o Liberty.
Shlnes that high light whereby the world
is saved.
And though thou slay US, we will trust in
Has Liberty lost its high light. or has
John Hay lost his vision %
WAR A CALAMITY.
Gamaliel Bradford followed IN an Cd
dress that was frequently applauded. lie
said: ~ AAS
IL presume from its name that this as
SfpcIallon Is opposed to all war as nel,hanc
mankind; as wholly brutal and ba,te.a, oel d II
IN lts nature, and as futile in tbs SETTLE
nent OF differences between nations &c
the ola custom of duelling was botwaen on
individuals. If there have been va re g
Justlnable and even meritorious m one
side, 1t was on account of unsual fri1ISo
tlce, violence and oppression on the othar
With this view I heartily concur. Rut
we nave now to do with a concrete cues
uon, a particular case of war, and wha+
under the circumstances Is the 1utW os
d patrlotlc citizen. The United States
STANDS today at the parting of two Wavs
ana the plain people of the nation viii
have to decide in November, 1900, Wheth.
er 1t shall take the right hand or fhe
left Nearly three centuries ago the
first settt-s of this country fed from
royal, alAitocratic and church opnres-
sion and injustice in Europe in search
OF civil 1nd religious liberty The prfn.
| cples then established they have main.
| tanned, at least, in theory, and as the oh.
Ject of their devotion up to the present
time. After the seven years war of
, independence with Great britain and
seven years more of terrible distress from
the want of an effective government, tbe
then Inhabitants of this country estab-
lished that constitution, that federation
Of Independent states, which haS been the
wonder and admiration of tie world
The foundation upon which it stood wa
the political equality of mankind: the
right of all men, gradually worked out
through universal suffrage, to a voice in
| the government under which they live;