New-York tribune., 1900-07-20

GiCnant protest rom tn@ company present
although an Ex-Governor Of Massachusetts oc-
cupied the chair
Senator Hoar-s noble and defiant letter in r.
ply to Mr.. Quisg inspired my tribute, which
was sincere. and of which I am not ashamed
Nor did Nj Hoar misunderstood the ground Of
my approval. In sending him a copy OF the
sonnet in question I accompanied it with an
other. which is self-explanat0ry. and which. In
Justice I ask you 70 print;
TO GEORGE FRIsBIE HOAR
Jsuuary Is. 1s0lD
IN bypone days if my reluctant pen
Hath harshIy dealt with your most honored name
When party fealty into conflict came
With laws more sacred than the laws Of men.
1t was because I deemed your action then
minated to your noble heart and fame
What JOY 10 drown in praise sincere all blame.
And re-establish trust and faith again.
Great nature cast you in too large a mould
To dwarf yourself subservienJ TO the plan
OF scheming men by party ends controlled.
Emancipated from their despot ban,
Again you stir our pulses a. Of old
For the inalienable rights Of man
WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON
Boston. July IS 1900
[A1r Garrtson's open letter OF July 10 to Mr
Hoar contained the following description Of Mr..
Hoar's character:
The historian of the future. treating OF these
Inomentous times Will rightly wonder al your fall
ure as leader compared with the success OF your
colleague. Senator Lodge he Will search IN vain
your long years Of Congressional seyvies. In Jus
tice he will chronicle your clear perception and
nemoTa bic characterization OF the corrlp--g forces
in the Republican party, first openly IN the mani
tested scandals OF Trant Adrn-n-stIatl2h IN us
tlce, also, ne Viii oe IoIced 20 NIlSe fle- - ne
evils broadened until they gained absolute donin-
ion, they never lacked your vote when the party
Examining your record, the historians viii read
He saw the injustice and inhumanity OF shutting
out the Old World refugees from the United States,
and protested vigorously against the Anti-Immsra-
1i6a% tba act 49, f0rcs5 5ssra7ed 70 nro1Ol1cs n
one Of humanity and TO consent 10 an appropris-
ton Of $50 00O.000 10 be placed IN the Presidents
hands without conditions-a precedent fun Of dan
the seizure and annexation OF Hawaii, then
nsde me eTort Of his fe to bsIE the Naoaai
piracy of the Philippines and. having pillorisd the
fancy advocated before his words were cold, the
reelection OF the responsible President and Ad-
ninistra ton
II this future historians verdict on Senator
Hoar's career was not what Mr.. Garrison re-
garded as the true one in accord with the view
he himself held. and if he did not intend the
reader so to interpret it, just what was the
purpose of his words? To accuse man from
whom he had come TO differ OF Iong life Of
cowardice. while keeping for himself chance
to crawl out OF responsibility on the plea that
he merely pictured what Others thoughtG
When Mr. Garrison wrote his sonnet last Janu-
ary he was perfectly familiar with Senator
Hoar,s conduct in the Grant Administration, his
action concerning immigration, the war with
Spain and Hawaii Are we TO suppose thai
the enormity Of the Senator's quarter century
of repeated 'apostacy'' flashed upon him as
revelation only when he saw Mr.. Hoar support
ing President Mckinley? If so, what were MS
opinions of Mr.. Hoar's character as revealed IN
these votes at the time when the sonnet was
writteno If these past words and acts aoou'
which he knew perfectly were not cause for
reproach then. they are not now. and II IS Hie's
mudslinging for Mr. Garrison 10 have raAed
them up after having accepted them as al rlsH~
and in the light of them celebrated their au-
thor's unfinching courage and noble aims IN
lofty rhyme.
We do not question Mr. Garrison's statement
that in January, 1900 he did think Mr.. Hoar
meant 10 break with his party NOBODY ou'
Mr. Garrison knows what Mr.. Garrison thought
But how little right he had TO think so IS clearly
shown by Mr.. Hoar himself in his recent letter
to Mr.. Winslow:
In 1898 in May, when left home FOR Europe ne
last words spoke as went on oodrC ll5 sSS4
Mckinley and my confidence in him in spite oI -
differences from MIN on this subject o. I'm SO
When l came back from Europe IN CctooSsl' - -
my words in an interview, widely puo-isne1' "e''
the same effect. --..-
I attended the ratification meeting IN w WogSssSss5
a week or two after, and in speech an @IIi-iS1
emphatiCaly that I had not chLnsed my pos-'.S ~
of strenuous 0POsiuon TO the sUoJUsa ton - U-ss5 s
people of the Philippine Islands. I again eNpIsssss
my confidence In President Mckinley, nv aL.s aIL.s,-o
for him, and stated that stood upon the p-a- py ~
just adopted by the Massachusetts state COZ ~
ton which platform declared the purpose O ~.
Republicans OF Massachusetts 10 support MI ~
Kinley in the future.
If with all those warnings Nj Garrison q.
sisted in making bis hopes the father OF a.
thoughts. it would seem TO have been MS 0~N
fault,-Ed.