The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-30

ST. LOUIS. Mo, April 29.- The West
Itch Post will tomorrow print an article
in the English language defining the pol
icy of all German-American papers in
this country regarding Americanism
against Imperialism. The article in part
follows:
Time and again the attempt has been
made TO supplant American republican
ism with imperialism. Time and again
American patriotism, and that high and
far-seeing love of mankind which unites
men of all countries in common brother
hood of humanity, have rallied and won
against it. When half century ago We
had the same cries of manifest destiny,
The conquering Saxon expansion and
all the rest we are hearing over again
now, Americans as radically opposed to
each other In most things as were Cal
houn and Corwin, Joined with Clay, Web
ster Lowell, Clayton and Clemens against
1t.
What American can read this without
an indignant refusal to consent that the
blood of those once our allies should sat-
urate the soil on which they were born
that we may be praised by the London
in furthering the British plans for dis
membering and Iobbing China.
John NJ. Clayton himself, the author
of the Clayton Bulwer treaty and openly
in favor Of cooperating with England In
business, was openly opposed to having
anything to do with the present methods
OF British imperialism.
What is there in stalwart American
Ism Gn its native Americanism. If you
Wild except what German-Americans are
saying now in declaring that they gave
up home and friends and came thousands
OF miles into an unknown country for
the deep love-not Of British colonialism,
but of American Iepublicanism. To that
they are loyal now and always. To Amer
icanism, not to British Commercialism or
the bayonet-to Americanism, to liberty,
to progress; to freedom from militarism,
TO the expectation of time to come when
the world Will be no longer shackled by
imperialism, with its bayonets and fet-
terS-to that, German-Americans who re-
nounced imperialism in Europe are as
devoted now as they were fifty years ago,
when they listened to Seward as he said
of these same 'expansionists.' Sir, they
have sent the American eagle abroad
bearing, not the olive branch, but a.
shackle in his talons.' The flag of this
great republic stands now-not for what
the London Times approves--out for what
1t meant when Seward stood under it
TO utter this immortal sentence
Such repuDlicansm as this was not
his nor is 1t that of any loyal German
American or any other American who Is
loyal to his flag and to his country. Nav
heaven forbid that it ever should he. Nav
the tune never come when the American
people will applaud those who drag A
Tag dedicated to freedom and human
progress in the blood of men who die o,,
their own soil resisting the same princi-
pie of British imperialism against which
America triumphed at Yorktown and
New Orleans
Such ideas Will never prevail In Amer
lca. ANY party who commits itself to
them Will De wiped out of existence Any
leader who attempts to check civiliza
tioh ana progress under American institu-
tons ana through American prIncinles
will be repudiated and disgraced. any
foreign nation which, for it's own hrrto1
and selfish purposes. attempts to use the
American people as a cats paw in
schemes of fraud and violence, will find
Itself the victim of It's own malevoIent
schemlng. Justice, liberty-progress
through justice and liberty until tha
whole world is elevated by cur national
ne as 1t has been by the individual life
OF Wasnlngton-that is the manifest dos
t1hy OF America; for that the flaa stands
ana ior that German Americans are will,
ing TO stake everything, knowing. that
"hen the issue is made against Iihertv
and In favor Of Imperialism everythine is
at stake-for them, the American flag and
Tor all that is worthy of survival in tra
world" " 'i-9