The Irish standard., 1900-01-13

in very wantonness has plunged into
the career of empire, revolution and
sure speedy ruin; has cast from him the
high morals and basic principles of a
few months previous and entered upon
criminal aggrcssion-he strives to belle
our history, to reverse Lincoln and
with colonies OF slaves to make the Re
public again half slave and half free; and
will so strive until an aroused people
shall hurl him from the seat OF honor
and power SO fearfully misused. Lin
coin, the good man with fiber, the man
of high ability and high soul, the states
man, kept his ear close to the great
heart OF the people that he might catch
its best impulses and loitiest hope, and
SO guiding the helm OF administration
lifted his party to the heights. McKin-
ley, the time-server, the merely adroit
politician, veering this way and that
to serve his end, iacilc tool in the
grasp OF the greedy money-interests at
his back, bent and bending others to the
very power against which he ought to
fight with might and main, is seeking
to debauch the people and dragging his
party to the depths.
You advert to Lawton. Lawton was
type OF the best tradition OF the army,
as Dewey is of the navy; the silent, ret
icent soldier, always prompt and thor
oughly efficient, the genuine hero, not
OF the tissue paper Or reporter pad or
der as so many of Our late, since un-
masked valiants. One OF the evils to
which we seem fastening is the demor-
alization OF army and navy by the
eagerness for seli-exploitatiolf in the
newspapers and the use OF political in,
t1uence, the latter especially shameless
under this administration Lawton used
neither political nor social influence and
full appreciation from his country came
only after his death. But the pity was
where he died. He had denounced the
war as "dannable war;" and almost
his last sigh was to be able to atone for
the Philippines by fighting at the side
OF the Boer.
Unbiased travellers have given charm
ing pictures OF life in the Philippines,
and the reports of Our consuls in the
archives at Washington show the ad-
vanced state OF the Filipinos and the ex-
cellent- conditions prevalent there in tlae
recent past. The Episcopalian agent
Peyton. and Rev. Peter Mcqueen, o.
the Day Street Congregational church
West Somerville, Mass, give graphic
accounts OF the dreadful state OF things
since the beginning of the war. The
vigorous denunciations OF the hundreds
OF saloons that had sprung up in Man
lila, where a drunken Filipino was never
seen, and OF the other places and scenes
OF debauch will be especially interesting
to temperance man and reformer. Mr.
Peyton saw no hope whatever for mis-
sionary enterprise while the army re-
NAMED He is very enthusiastic about
the Filipinos and gives their morals the
highest praise.
The purpose in these attacks OF yours
has been to lead up to the insinuation
veiled in the first instance, pronounced
in the second, that, because l was not
born here, therefore the usual Apa in
ferences. This is not passed by with
contempt now as before, simply to EN-
treat you that with the old year yor
purge out the old leaven. 1t is very
bad leaven, that nativistic knownothine
virus, and whether in the open or in
secret, has done incalculable injury tc
the country from of old, principally by
poisoning the wells Of good will. Cast
it from you completely and you will be
the better man in every sense. Your
faculties will enlarge and expand; your
lungs will inhale the air of heaven more
freely; your mind and heart catch the
breath and spirit Of immortality-the
1Apd dHu olllildl SOllSldVCo vi lIlC ny
way stunt theft own souls and sting
themselves with the poison of their owl
malice. To such the horrors of the
Philippines, as has been said, were
mainly due. Continue, Mr.. Editor, tc
sing Sweet Land OF Liberty" but have
care and labor your utmost to hold il
so, to keep the flag, the flag OF '76 and
the Declaration, the flag OF the free
and to carry a soul worthy of it beneath
its folds.
Here tile discussion between us, as
far as l am concerned, closes.
But there is one good cause, at least
in which we are agreed. For the honor
of Alton and the benefit OF the widow
OF Lawton, the tried, true and brave sol
dier of forty years, let us start a sub
scription here. A check OF $50 will be
placed by me in the hands OF Mr.. Wade
of the National City Bank, Immediately
The Telegraph, am sure, will push the
matter.
At the beginning Of the Anglo-Boel
war the British employed "natiye run.