The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-29

ism as a menace to this republic.
There is no chance for Imperialism in
this country" exclaims the genial son
Of 'Esculapius. He considers silver is
hardly an issue and as for trusts he
says public opinion will soon settle
them. The only issue in his opinion
is patriotism. sy
According to Webster, patriotism
means Glove of country; devotion to
the welfare of ones country; the pas.
sion which inspires one to serve ones
country" At the breaking out of the
Spanis1-American war did not Ameri-
cans Of every political creed tender
their services? 1t was a war of lib
erty for. the Cubans from the CALLING
yoke of Spain; it was a war in the
cause of humanity. 80"
Mckinley himself admits that the
representatives of all political parties
IN congress favored the war for Cuban
independence 1t was not a war Of
patriotism on the part of the Ameri-
can people, though it may to some ex-
tent have been a war of revenge for
the destruction of the Maine. Every
man who fought in that war, regard
less of his party affiliations, loved tile
American flag and cast lustre upon it
by his heroic conduct. The Demo-
crat fought as CALAMITY as the Repub-
lican and cast no stain on his country's
banner William ]. Bryan went to the
war to free the Cubans and remained
in the service till the war was over.
We have listened to DIR. Ames MAX
ing an address on the war in the Phil
fppines and heard him say he was
ready to shoot the Filipino who would
fire on the American flag. What is
the American flag in the Philippines.
for? Is it for liberty or slavery? John
A. Dix said in the days of the Civil
War: ''If any man hauls down the
American flag, shoot him on the spot"
but he said something else< that the
doctor may not know, and we will
give it for his benefit He knew what
imperialism meant and was opposed
to 1t as a patriotic American. He
bdasted that lin the extension of our
commercial intercourse, we have not,
like our Anglo-Saxon mother, been
hewing down with the sword"; that
'our conquests have been the peaceful
achievements of enterprise and indus
try-the one leading the way into the
wilderness, the other following and
completing the acquisition by the for
NAL symbols Of occupancy and pos
session, and they have looked to
no objects beyond the conversion of
uninhabited wilds into abodes of civ.
ilizatiOn and freedom" -r'
The war which started for the liber-
alton Of the Cubans has been contin-
ued for tile enslavement of the Fill
pinos. Does the doctor see any differ
ence between the war in South Africa
and the war in the Philippines? They
are waged for the same purpose by the
British empire and the American re-
public, and the subjugated Beers and
Filipinos will be governed in the same
manner as colonists J.:
This republic; under the Mckinley
administration, is actuated by the
spirit of empire and is following in the
bloody footsteps of it's "Anglo-Saxon
mother" That is Imperialism in real
ity, and though it is not here yet it is
a menace to republican institutions to
have it abroad under the flag of the
free. A Republican statesman has de-
clared that the destructionfEof the
American republic will date from the
administration Of Wiilliama MeKin-
ley. .Gs AZ. 80.
Freedom and patriotism go together
in the lexicon of the Democracy They
believe in the Declaration of indie
pendence which says that "all men are
born equar' and that governments
are instituted among men, deriving
their just powers from the consent of
the governed" They believeilthat the
establishments of colonies is foreign to
our form of government and that the
constitution of the republic should fol-
low the flag to the uttermost parts of
the earth. They believe that men who
are not fitted for citizenship should
not be ruled as subjects, and that we
should not force the Filipinos to- be
our subjects, mot for their good. but
for our own profit" as Colonel DENLY
of the Schurman COMMISSION said
They believe that the Filipihos and
Porto Ricans should be given their in
dependence like the Cubans, and they
will work and vote to that end. They
are not the less patriotic for desiring
freedom to all men, and especially to
those over whom the republic holds
sway. They stand for human free