The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-22

That's governmental America. Marl
 you, only official America From il sordid and inhuman verdict we appea
 to the unofficial masses who make anC
 unmake statesmen, whom Abraham
 Lincoln affectionately denominated tht
 plain people, The senate of the Unit
 ed States may laugh to ecorn Ssnl.ol
 Masons resolution of sympathy witt
 the Boers, but the toiling millions o1
 America will send their sympathy and
 their hearty godspeed across the sea tc the brave Boers, who, are the best
 marksmen seen on earth since Andrew Jackson's immortal day at New Or
 leans. Why should We not sympathize
 with these sturdy defenders of their lib
 erty and their homes? They are in the
 right. Not only that-they have five
 times as much cause for fighting as our
 fathers had in 1776. All precedents fa-
 vor such action. We passed resolutions of sympathy with the Greeks struggling against the Turks, and in advocacy of those resolutions Daniel Webster estab- lished his fame as an orator by his lofty, | impassoned appeal to the moral senti- ment of the world.
 Under the lead of Henry Clay we hastened to express our sympathy with the South American republics. We did these things when we were feeble folk. Now that we are so strong that we cannot estimate our strength we have fallen to the low estate of being John Bulls silent partner in butchering and despoi1ing white men fighting val- iantly and gloriously for their altars .at. %I,n J diamonds that the English are fighting for, and not the rights of the Uitland- ers."
 Other speakers on the same general lines as their predecessors were Repre- sentatives De Armond of Missouri, Cochran of Missouri and Rhea of Ken lucky.
 A number of letters and telegrams were received including one from Sem ator Hale, expressing regret at inability to be present and entire sympathy with tn movement.
 The following resolutions were adopt ed:
 Whereas, The American people still cherish the lessons and memories of 1776 and 1872, and therefore fully under stand and realize the rapacious war which Great Britain is waging against a small but patriotic people whose mis- fortune Is the possession of natural wealth coveted by British greed
 Whereas In the prosecution of this robber warfare, Great Britain has been baked as yet of her tyrannous designs and has therefore resorted to unlawful and barbarous war tactics, as is her wont,
 Whereas, The president of the United States has not taken proper notices of these outrages, making it necessary for the people at large to express their will through public assemblages and serious warnings,
 Resolved, That the people of the Or ange Free States and the South African republic are and of right ought to be free and Independent, and their civili- | zation Is recognized to be equal In mo- rality to that of any other people, the false witness of the British press to the contrary notwithstanding
 Therefore the precipitation upon them of savage foes in alliance with trained soldiery threatens the repetition of the horrors of >Wyoming, Fort Dearborn | bIlu CtHeI pidSCS, DitbcIly tTcIuSInDSIcu by the American people as ruthless in stances of British perfidy and dishonor. The attention of the president of the | United States Is respectfully directed | to this feature, which is notorious matter of common repute throughout the world.
 Resolved, That this meeting. in con- cert with the American people through out the land sends Its sympathy and good will and heartfelt encouragement | to the Boers and reminds them that as we triumphed against the same foe so may they. VI
 Resolved, That we beseech and stren- uously urge the president of the Unit ed States to exercise the prerogative vested in him by the peace convention lately arranged by the powers of the world. We beg him to offer his good offices as mediator between the Boers and the British for the deliverance of those unfortunate Englishmen and heir families now being punished vii for the crime of brigand ,abal of old grabbers and land hungry not one of whom is at the orefront of the battle.
 Resolved, That we solemnly protest against the shipment of munitions of var from this country for the use of Great Britain.