The Atlanta constitution., 1900-07-30
TAMMANY PREPARES FOR
WARM, ACTIVE CAMPAIGN

New York. July 23.-At n meeting to-
night of the Tammany hall general COM
mittee. a series of resolutions. upon mo-
ton of Richard Croker. were adopted.
They say:
'Tammany hall believes In the suprema-
cy of the American flag wherever il floats,
but that II should float nowhere as the
symbol of liberty and civil servitude COM
bined for that is combination which
can work only dishonor to the flag and
danger To American institutions.
1T believes in that character of terri
torial expansion which was favored by
the fathers of democracy; not expansion
bv the spending of American blood on
soil where the constitution can never fol-
low the flag. but In that which has added
to the glory and prosperity or our union;
not in that which is 10 the union source
of disgrace ana disaster.
"The republican party, while processing
a desire to carry freedom 10 distant
strangers OF strange habits ana OF un-
certain civilization. Is satisfied to leave
American citizens on American soil in
bondage 10 the trusts and monopolieS be-
gotten of republican legislation, for that
is nothing less than a condition of slavery
which fetters Individual energy, ard gives
To the favored few the fruits resulting
from the labor of many.
''It is conceded that the nation has its
mission To carry but its mission at home
remains incomplete while It is possible
under national legislation for 10 per cent
II
per cent Of the people in absolute sub
lection through the Operation of trusts
and mOnOpolieS.
expectation that this evil VIII cure itself.
The time has come for the nation to act.
Tammany hall. repeating the promise con-
tained in the national platform or lts
party pledges itself 10 an unceasing war.
fare In nation. state and city against
private monopolies In every form.
''Tammany hall condemns the waging
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in principle and false to the pledge of
the nation as given by the president of
the United States. 1t condemns as un-
consttational the act Of tie president In
carrying on war for conquest without the
authorization Of congress.
inspired by its forbidden alliance with
the British empire, the republican adj
ministration has reached out for colonial
dependencies. the control of which
means the last step I'm the direction OF
imperialism and military government by
the United States. That accomplished,
there Will he nothing but name and To-
cation to distinguish the American gov
ernment from the monarchies of Europe.
The country Of Washington. the repub-
lie of Jefferson, the union Of Lincoln,
Will have given way TO the glory of the
American empires, and the standing
army, the curse of European civilization,
the scourge of European homes, will
come to blight the homes of America
and to dominate her civilization. From
every country I'm Europe. to escape the
tyranny of a standing army. millions
OF their countrymen have sought homes
and citizenship I'm America. American
fathers and mothers have a right to
the companionship of their sons in the
peacefulneSs of home. Their sons, though
ready to yield up their lives If need be.
for home, have n right to the pursuit of
their own happiness unmoleSted by war
fare which Is neither for the honor of
the flag nor the security of home
But the future OF Americas young
manhood is limited by the republican
principle of either military service on
distant fields of doubtful glory or to a
lifetime of useless struggle against the
killing competition OF trust and monop-
oily; ,,o H.,
dom and the uplifting of humanity in
other lands is revealed by the contradic-
tory attitudes of the present admins
tration toward the Filpinos on the one
hand and the Beers of south Africa on
the other-a war Of criminal aggression
dom; silent and covering in the shadow
of England's throne while the freedom
of n sister republic Gibbs away In its
own blood.
'"The issues of the present campaign
are beyond the consideration of dollars
and cents. They go to the honor Of the
nation-its proud place i'm the estimation
of the whole world-lts fidelity to that
conservative Americanism which, rooted
deep in the past, alone can guide the ma
tons future.
''The democracy of the nation stands
tism, national justice. Tammany Hall.
faithful to the principles of democracy
and subordinating all things to demo-
cratic success, closes its ranks and calls
for patriotic unity in the name of demo-
cratic triumph"