The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-04
Is Old Glory Still tDe Banner 81 Freedom?

a true American, man Of good sense
and no tory, which is more honor TO
him, ard a prouder memento far his
children than the holding Of any once
under TIE sun.
Secretary Hay seems 70 have adopted
the ine tory distinction which acknowl-
edges the South African republic as an
Independent nation, but denies that it
is a sovereign state, because it is
claimed that the queen Of England
is it's suzerain.
If under such circumstances, Presi-
dent Kruger were 10 cancel young Nj
Hays exeqUatur, it would be perfectly
proper, but it would greatly rejoice the
tories, because they would hold that
up TO the American people as an ex-
ample Of Beer swagger and insolence,
which Justify the antipathy of the
tories and their warfare against the
Dutch.
It is gratifying to nete that the pop
ular good senss IN the United States Is
challenging this unfriendly attttude Of
the state department., and that IN sew
eral public meetinEa resolutions have
been adopted demanding IN Chy strong
est terms that the sovereignty OF the
South African republic be recognized
by our government. There is no man
Of sense but knows that the object OF
the war is the destruction Of these re
publics.
The war is not. as some affect to be-
ieve, for the ameliUTatiOn of the con-
ditiOn Of OUtlanders in the TransvaaI
It is being waged by Great Britain on
grounds 50 false and atroeious as that
the great apostle of the human under
standing, for the first time in his life,
has been compelled TO come forth from
the ssclusion of his study and make
public protest to his country against
such criminal aggression
When the malpractice Of tories can
thus disturb the philOsOphiC calm OF
Herbert Spencer, we may be sure that
humanity Is being deeply .wrOnged by
the power Of a. nation from which man
kind is wont to lock fer better things
For there 10 an England OF which all
thinking men are Justly proud.
It is 8 people with q noble record.
Their achievements IN s0ience. in art.
In Jurisprudence, In philosophy, as well
IS in material wealth. and power, IS an
iEnperishable heritage Of glory to the
human race. Il is the England Of Mil
ton, Of Chatham, OF Burke and Of
Bright Ii 10 such as these who have
won FOR England her proud record in
the glorious days which ara gone, and
they win win for her still greater fame.
III HeT, CURIOUS Gays Vet 70 come. More
over, the spirit Of toryisrn is asserting
itself in shaping cur policy with Cuba,
Porto Rico and the Philippines.
THIS is evidenced by the recent speech
Of Senator Beveridge IN the senate. mr..
Beverage is yet a youns man, but he
has considerable ability Of q, certain
sort. In his speech he adopted the
tory deaEine without qualification II
1t had come from him, as his own I'm
dependent view, 1t might be dismissed
as the deliyerance OF q young man,
who has so Ia paid more attention to
his rhetoric than to sta1esmanship or
sound philosophy. but Is IS asid that
before il was delivered It ives revised
ard approved by TIE s. esident. az ex-
pressing the principles, aims and pur-
poses Of the administration in the con-
duct Of affairs III the Philippines.
No one supposed that The president
is a man Of tory feelings or purposes.
he ls, however, so much Of an oppOr-
tunist in politics that he is not very
strong in any direction, and therefore.
he Is likely to he led about by the
strong men who now surround him.