The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-08

/ lures ana depart from our traditional poll
! ey of treating all nations impartially, We
/ may gain her good will, but it will be at
| the expense of mourning the ill-wilI of all
other nations with whom We should live in
peace and friendship While for the rea-
sons | have mentioned, or from timidity,
! the Administration denies that such an al
lance exists with England, the voice of the
| latter Government is holder and her object
Is openly ayewed.
In public speech, startling in its char
acter. her Secretary of State for the Col
onles tChamberlain) not long since said:
The time has arrived when Great Britain
may be confronted by a combination of
powers, and our first duty, therefore, is to
draw all parts Of the empire into close
unity and our next to maintain the bonds
OF permanent unity with out kinsmen
across the Atlantic There is a powerful
and generous nation, speaking cur Ian
guage. bred of our race, and having inter-
osts Identical with ours. I would go so
car as to say that as terrible as war may
be, even war itself would be cheaply pur-
chased IL in a great and noble cause the
Stars and Stripes and the Union Jack
should wave together over an Anglo-Saxon
alliance.
IF the Administration is not openly, it
is eevertly, but none the less certainly.
leading UP to such an alliance as is de-
scrIbed. What have our patriotic citizens
born IN lands other than England to say
III such an exigeHcy? We are opposed to
all discrimination against other father
lands in favor of great Britain. Why
should England or any other nation be sin
gled out to become a special object of ia
Yorttism on our part?
fhe immortal Washington, in his Fare
well Address, says: Nothing is more es-
as.s.slal than that permanent and inveterate
ant1pathy against particular nations and
passionate attachments in others should be
excluded, and that in place of them Just
and .Amieable feelings toward all should be
cult ated'
l cannot without trespassing upon the
propriety of this occasion further discuss.
or even make mention Of the other issues
OF the campaign. The vast multitude be-
fore us is impatient and eager to catch the
hrst utterance of your lips and hang on
,Four eloquent words
i need not tell you that we viii follow
wherever you lead. knowing that there
never was and cannot be a sublimer duty.
than that of defending and encouraging
freedom at home and championiuig 1t
abroad
An American Platform.
Our platform is American. 1t was con-
structed by Americans for Americans, ma
tive and foreign born. 1t is democratic
and all who love liberty and despise tyran-
ny can stand upon it and support our nomi-
nees.
We know that we can with entire conf
dence, make appeal to the people for our
country's rescue in this hour or her peril
We appeal to all who loathe imperialism
and yenerate our Constitution. We ap-
peal to all who despise miIitarism and love
liberty We appeal TO all who oppose high
war taxes in time of peace and other in
crease OF taxes. and who favor just sys-
TEN Of revenue collection, and all who in
every way oppose unequal taxation.
We appeal TO all who favor our hitherto
free institutions and equal opportunity for
all unGer the law. We appeal to all who
are willing to resist the ever increasing op-
preston and robbery of the trusts and mo-
nopoiies- We appeal TO all who are OPP
posed 10 the criminal aggression of farci-
bic annexation, ard who do not favor hay-
ing our nag float with its protecting aegis
over Sulu slaves and Oriental hare1ns
We appeal, in short, to all patriots and low
ers of liberty regardless Of past party af-
hliatons, to enlist in our cause and fIeIp
trlumphantly TO hear our banner
In this unparalleled cont est we pledge
you the earnest. Jealous. uubought, unfaI-
teTlnB enthusiastic support of 1000. GEO vot-
ers OF the Republic as you go forth to bat
tie, and as the Constitution of our beloved
land should follow its flag. so this undis-
mayed and uncomfortable band of patriots
VIII follow you as you bear their flag to
victory in November