The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-10
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ENVOY VESSELS.

Enthusiastic Meeting at which the
Leading Address Was Made by
William j. Brynr-He Believes tho
Beers Have the Sympathy of the
American PeOple-People Rushed
TO the Stage When the Meeting
Was Concluded.
Omaha, Neb.. June envoy G. Fl.
Vessels of the Orange Free State, was
given a big official reception by Omaha
to-day. Gov. Poynter, Populist, presided
over the mass meeting; and William J.
Bryan was present, and In response to
cali from the audience, made an impas-
stoned speech OF sympathy for the struS-
CLING republics.
Il came as citizen, an American citi-
zen, 20 be present with other American
citizens, to meet the representatives Of
the Boer republics; to join with you In
expressing to them the sympathy OF a
great majority of the American people. L
trust that the day will never come when
nation fighting for liberty. will look in
vain to the American people for sympathy
nnG aid. These ENJOYS have honored us
by coming to seek our sympathy. giving
=
S.st them TO gain that liberty which i~
SO dear to us - -
once each year, on Decora ton DAY.
we carry flowers to place on the graves
OF our soldier dead. Do these flowers
do the dead any good? No. 1t 1, Ia
honor the living that this loving custom
is maintained, that they may expre..
their gratitude for what The heroic dead
have done for them 1t is to our honor
that the Beers have come to us 10 re-
ceive our sympathy 1t is hard 10 under.
stand che feeling OF the man who has
sympathy for the Beer cause, but who
is concealing Il for political reasons.
When young man, L heard A
very able sermon, which has al
ways chung by me. on the text. AS he
thinketh. so he is Why should nny AM r
lean citizen who feels for tho Boo IA |
10 express himself as such l Go not 9 e
how one can do other than TO cho>se the
cause CT the two republics Ia pre'ererce
TO that of monarchy; particularly an
American citizen who has lived under and
learned to love and venerate our forms
of government. go. 4...i a..
win TnIlS Mt the BnIiotbox.
There comes time when the millions
of American people have that privilege OF
rising and casting their ballots agairs st
that administration OF government which
fails 10 carry out their wishes, and when
lHOSt pdlONS dTt next counted DeieXA
that they will be an expression u Il e
American people fer these people now
fighting for their independence.
we know by history tha1as mcn7rcS Y
increases 50 government by consent OF
the people decreases and that. as gov
ernment by consent OF the people incrs s d.
es. so mona chy dccrea.es. We know that
II a monarchy overc ONES these two rerub.
les, < verl ment by consent CT the p oplc
ceatcs t.,
1T Is said that the bl Cd o. the martyr
Is the seed of the church. n II is found
that those re.ull cs shall be overcome
they will not have fought In vain. Some
tines the men who di do m ore fer 10 rty
han they who live. and ere tho strug =
is over | believe THAT the Beers Will arise
fIom a hundred fields and lib.rty will be
victorious.
There are men among US who say that
betnuse England sympathized with us
, during the Spanish-Ameriean war. we
ought to say nothing against such q
friendly nation. l deny that such SYM
patty binds us TO act for England We
did not need the sympathy OF England
during the Spanish-Amerlcan war. We
need the sympathy OF no nation on earth
| We have received nothing that obligafe,
l us to remain passive and helpless hils
liberty is being crushed. We should moi