The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-08-09

mode and manner of ruling, God help
the rest of the world I have not time
to enter into this part of the question.
L shall simply call attention to one
fact for illustration. England has up
to the present time spent S45OOOOOOO
in her war in South Africa, and the
end is not yet. During that time
millions have starved to death in
India, because England could not spare
the funds and did not try to prevent it.
Millions for legalized murder in South
Africa, but not dollar for the poor of
India.
While their diplomatic kindness to-
ward us during our war with Spain
tied the hands of this government to
such an extent that we have quietly
allowed two of our sister republics to
be wiped from the face of the earth, or
show ingratitude to our friend Eng
land. And 1 am sorry to say we are in
measure doing the same thing in the
Philippines. That is why, say, if the
Anglo-Saxons are going TO rule the
world in this manner, God pity the
world.
Mr. President, 1 assert that the policy
of England has been, and is, to con-
quer and subvert to her use, by di-
plomacy, any nation or people she
could not conquer by force of arms. 1t
has been so in our case, as the history
of our dealings with that government
will bear witness; and from the day
they discovered they could not conquer
us by the force OF arms, they at once
took the other course, and have stead
lily pursued it until tie Hay-Paunce-
fote Treaty is the finished product of
their diplomatic skill. Had the time
to catalogue their wrongs against us
you would find we have enough cause
to draft a new Declaration of Inde-
pendence. But should this treaty be
ratified and our alliance completed, we
will not need to do it, nor will the old
one have any virtue in it, But l want
to tell you that 1 will not be the only
one to mourn when the glorious
Fourth of July becomes obsolete as our
national holiday.
Their diplomacy began to be used to
further their ends in our legislative
acts. Their diplomats, fnanciers and
capitalists, began system of strate-
gies and subtle acts in the lobby of
this body, through cunning agents, to
imprint their financial policy upon our
statute books. They became the back
ers of our financial institutions. Their
capital built our railroads. They in
vested in our bonds, stocks and secur-
tiles, and became in a manner the
main spring of our commercial enter
prise; and by their secret and diplo-
matte course, shaped our legislation, or
stitied the efforts of Congress in max
ing laws to interfere with their unholy
profits reaped from their holdings of
our securities.
This is not fanaticism, nor dream.
and while it is impossible in the time
allowed me on this subject to enter
into details of this legislation, the
senate here will bear me out in the
assertion that but one legislative act
in seventy-five years has been passed
by Congress that was detrimental to
the interests of England, and that was
the Protective Tariff, and that they
have succeeded in breaking down
several times and will no doubt sue
ceed in incorporating this policy of
free trade into our financial system.
Mr.. President, we have been as COM
pletely whipped and bound in serfdom
to this power as if they had marched
their victorious armies across this con-
tinent from ocean to ocean, They
have used better weapon than the
sword to lick us. Their diplomacy has
been far better weapon for our sub
lection than the Mauser or Gatling gun
could ever be-. They have not only
conquered our financial independence,
but have destroyed our patriotism and
Americanism, made fools OF our peo-
pie by causing us to ape and initiate
their customs and manners in every