The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-14

part of said city. a part Of Minnesota.
and one of the great mass OF humanity
never mslD felt prouder Of my claim to Ameri.
can citizenship than last Saturday. had
| gradually learned to love American fnsti-
tutions, and to admire the American peo-
| pie, when they rise in their might. when
| ever the occasion requires, and express
in unmistakable terms their approval or
| dfsapproval of the acts OF their govern
| ment and their public servants. l admire
| the freedom Of speech and the feeling or
| equality which pervades the American ma
| ton, and which makes 1t possible that
| the man of honest intentions and ability,
who today works in the lower walks of
| life may some day be called by the voice
/ of his fellow citizens to. an exalted po-
| sition. Although I still have a love for
which saw my childhood and boyhood, I
am now an American citizen, with Ameri-
| can feelings first and above all. -
Gentlemen, I hope that you may enjoy
| this evening in each others company
| without restraint. It Is German and
also a Holland custom to lift the glass
Lebe Hoch." I say "Es Lebe Hoch, die
| Freundschaft der Muth und die Freiheits
Liebe,' and long live Paul Kruger, and
that he may be victorious in the end.
! F. w. Bergmeier. editor Of the Volks-
zeltung, responded as follows:
1t Is interesting to listen to the many
comments made about our great mass
meeting and the reasons given for the
| large attendance Several Of my worthy
| contemporaries here act like the dog with
we have no business to mix up in this
war, and think it unwise to show where
our sympathies lie.
But we have no fish blood They will
people long be listened to. The American
| people are not built that way. Our his
| tory teaches us that we were glad and
willing to accept the helping hand OF La
| fayette, Steuben- and others from foreign
| W.
| body believes for a minute that we can
pay off the debt of gratitude we owe
them by only erecting cold stone monu-
| ments in their honor.
The principles which they helped US to
defend We are expected to foster and
| eventually bring. to all lands and man.
these great men hoped for Of their COM
| ing generations.
| Would it not be unnatural If our inter-
est was not aroused when we near that
! a nation, not larger in population that
the Twin Cities, has arisen to call halt
to a giant, who calls himself the might
est empire in the world?'
Here we see that children and men with
snowy hair join the ranks to defend their
homes and native soil against a nation,
which pretends she must help the outland-
ers, even at the risk Of a bloody war.
Who are these outlanders?
Nothing but fortune and gold hunters
gathered from all parts Of the, globe. II
they had any claim, why don't they de-
largely. But no-they scattered to the
winds at the first alarm-at least the
English ones. Their. grievances. cannot
mere fact that full corps of almost every
| nationality are fighting on the Boer side,
shows that the kickers were quite Eng
lish. But who has heard of an outlandsr
| corps on the British side? Nit!
Are those fellows worth one OF the lives
lost in this terrible war, worth the sor-
row and broken hearts they have brought
s.,A0 lr1, 1yne%p
Law forbids us to be anything but
neutral, but here we reach a point where
even the law bows to a mightier. power, 1t
is the Red Cross" In the shadow OF
be treated alike.
If American women are praised for hav-
ing fitted out a hospital ship for England.
1t is not only justified that we extend the
same help to the Beers who have not
the same resources at their disposal. but
it is our duty and hope that the en-
mass meeting will bear fruit in helping to
heal the wounds this terrible war will
bring about.
DR.. Markoe In his remarks stated that
following a recent debate at the Central
high school vote was taken, and Of
the 600 pupils assembled in Assembly
hail. not a dissenting voice was heard
to motion expressing sympathy with
the burghers. H. Lohrbauer, Dr. Justus
Ohage, Erick Norton, w. s. Smith, T..
R. Kane, Herman Nienstedt and Rufus
A. Hoyt also responded to toasts.
G. D. O'Brien suggested that a perma-
nent organization be perfected, which re-
suited in motion being carried to hold
regular meetings Of the committee. Mr..
Koch announced that 5000 copies Of the
printed proceedings Of the mass meet
ing would be ready for distribution next
week.
A letter from Congressman Stevens was
read, asking If 1t was the wish of the
committee that the resolutions adopted
at the meeting be presented to congress.
The secretary was requested to ask Mr.
Stevens again to present the resolutions
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