Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-22
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1--WE have right to express our SYM
nathy for the patriotic Beers we nave
pa r;cht to aid the Red Cross Society in
.,air behalf We sympathized with Po-
, nnna with Hungary. with Greece. with
Ia the South American republics, with
s.rrmenia and with Cuba. Many we
i ne,P Is lust and honorable. should We
ina Una, refnse to lend our moral support and
INV .ormrathetic aid to the patriots Of South
st,r;ra. The defeat of the Beers will be
I'm. .iir that has been struck i'll a century,
VA ua every lover of liberty should fer
anu AMY pray that they may be successful
e..There is no doubt that the admins
u tIsaat Britain and rendering her all tlsc
u "a II can Every patriotic citizen Of the
diu urhIic should condemn this pro-English
IepSsncy | want to see the Beers win,
s unS believe they are going to win"
senator VIM T. Mason of Illinois,
los first introduced by Chair
IAN Sulzer. He said that he had no
nnologv 10 make for coming to this
letting on Sunday night. Il hold he
on,;nued that there is no hour too
socred or place too dear to speak for
.ho cause of liberty. | congratulate
washington. the capital of the nation,
= mis- sympathetic demonstration in
hohalf of a sister republic. The con
Act in the Transvaal is a struggle be
NOON liberty and slavery. When YOU
hoar these mOnarchiStS open their ser
VICES with long prayers and tell of
,bat they will do for doWn-troddcn
neonle in far-off lands. you usually find
.bem closing with a description of the
rosources and wealth of these Coun-
.r;os The Beers are right but unless
we can aid them in some way the
cause may not triumph. The bird OF
liberty has hitherto always found a
resting place in this country. Lately
mo American eagle, it appears, has
taken 70 eating carrion. We do not
want for the Beers the kind of ,liber-
" that England would give them We
want the Beers to have the kind Of
liberty they want. If you have any
influence lend your voice to the cause
If the Beers. If you have no influence
hit have convictions speak your senti-
ments
REPRESENTATIVE Bailey Of Texas said
that he came merely 70 give his moral
support to the cause. His address was
vigorous one ana he was loudly APP
pauded.
senator VIM. Y. Allen Of Nebraska. in
vigorous address. said: IF there is any
cauntrv on the face of the earth that
owes the British empire nothing. that
country il the United States Of America.
England seeks 10 rule all people Tor mer-
cenarv ends There is not 4 lofty motive
about her policy. Wherever she can ad-
yanageously extend her commerce into
that locality She carries her arms.
Whsther it be fertile fields of diamonds
ar gold the same greed for gain has act
m,ed her conquests | am not a believer
IN non-interventiOn when liberty Is at
sake I would not only intervene with
Sympathy loudly and f0rcibly expressed,
but I would intervene with every lawful
that the God of justice will in time see
that the British empire is overthroWn
and a republic established in its place |
close with the hope that the next cable
gram from across the water VIII DrlhS
news Of Buffers defeat.
Representative Champ Clark Of Mis-
souri,, said in part: Wherever people are
struggling for liberty they should nave
the friendship Of all America. 1t is as
founding that there should be any argu-
ment as to that proposition within the
broad confines of this pu.Ss2nt repuphc-
Two years ago there would not nave
been. In the older day we would have
made the welkin ring; now, government
ally speaking, We are dumb as oysters
Wherefore? Because England is a robber
nation, We are ambitious 70 become
robber nation. and all rObher nations
must stand together-for self-protecton-
and because il is so English, don't you
know. That's governmental America
Mark you, only official America. From
its sordid and inhuman verdict we appeal
to the official masses who make and UNI
make statesmen, whom Abra ham Lincoln
afectionately denominated the PLAIN
people
laugh TO scorn Senate Mason's resolu-
ton Of sympathy with the Beers: but the
toiling millions Of Americans will send
their sympathy and their hearty Godspesd
across the sea to the brave Beers, who
are the best markSmen seen on earth
since Andrew Jackson immortal day at
New Orleans. Why should We not sym
pathize with these sturdy defenders OF
Their liberty and their, homes? They are
in the right. Not only that-they nave
I'VE times as much cause for lighting as
our fathers had in 1116. All precedents
lavor such action We passed resolutions
OF sympathy with the Greeks. struggling
against the Turks, and in advocacy OF
those resolutions Daniel Webster eStah-
ilshed his fame an orator by his lofty.
mpassioned appeal to the moral senu-
ment IF the world
Under the lead of Henry clay we has
Tened 70 express our sympathy with II"
south American republic. We did th"s'
tllSS Whon We were a feeble folk. Now
Inat we are 50 strong that We cannot
estimate our strength. we have fallen -
NE low estate Of being John Bulls silent
partner in butChcriug ana dcSpOilinE
Nhite men lighting valiantY and glOri-
Uusly for their affairs and their fires. i
NE Beers gold ana diamonds that the
English are fighting for ana not the
rights Of the Uitlanders'
othef speakers on the same general
s nngs A. their predecessors. We're Repre-
ran OF Missouri Rlea of kcntuckV \