Washington sentinel., 1900-01-13
the ironcrad friendship of England and

the ironciad friendship Of England and
America,
II Andrew Jackson were alive today
what would he say and what would
he do' Would the hero Of New Orls ans,
who repelled the E iglish invader and
humbled in the dust of Louisiana the
flower Of the English army be IN secret
sympathy with England's invasion Of
two sister republics IN South Airica3 l
think not. / believe il Andrew Jackson
we're with us today ali his sympathy
would be with the struggling patriots OF
South Africa Ia their heroic battle for
home and liberty
NY friends, whittier are we driftinsr
Shall we connive and secretly conspiTe
with Great Britain Tor the destruction
OF our two sister republics in South
Africa? Can W. forget our glorious pasts
Shall we forget our own struggles and
our own prayers for help anu succOr in
the irving DAYS when we were hgntlng
England for our own liberty and our
80 'reedom9 here is the spirit Of
liberty that animated the patriotic
fathers at Lexington and Bunker Hit,
at saratoga and VALLEY forge, at Mon.
mouth and YORK ownp Do the eloquent
words Of Patrick Henry aud James Otis,
oi George Washington anu Thomas
Jefferson, Of Benjamin Franklin and
GouVeTneur Morris no longer iusp re
T, sistance TO tyranny aud hatred Of
oppressiOnf
Is American patriotism deadf Has
the spirit that animated the people in
1916 and 1917 heen iorEottenl Is The
Declaration Of Independence no longer
potent TOR the upholding OF republics
and the perpetuItV OF free inStitutionsP
Is our lOrm OF government farcse Do
the great names and heroic deeds ofihe
revolutionary fathers no longer appeal
to us5 Are we dead to American feeling
and TO national sentiment
Shall We tear down our monuments, =,
trample in the dust the Constitution.
send back to France our statue OF
Liberty. and turn to the wall the picture
OF the Great EmancIpator2
If Ifd-mocracY and tree institutions find
no answer here. then indeed IS govern
m-nt OF the people, and bv the people
and for the people doomed-republics
a thing Of the past-and the mes3as es
Of the future-an imperialistic cry OF
destruction, ofoppression and oftyrannv
ThiE is the Jreat Republication a
century IL has been The beacon light OF
the W rid Shall tne light now go out'
In the present Anglo frican crisis, why
should it secretly aid Great Bntatn5
Should Il not rather be true to tradi
tions ami openly sympathIEs with the
Boer Look about you, nv friends, and
answer which is IL doingP II seems the
verY altars of our liberties are beng
betrayed by men IN high places who are
sworn to guard them. In Ihis fght for
home rue against English tyranny T. be
true to ourselves our s. moathy should
be with the Beers. God less the
embaitled farmers Of South Africa, is
my fervent prayer, and from the ashe:
of the conflict may there arse a greater
and grander republic the glorious
United States OF South Africa.
But the friends OF free institution.
should not lose hnpe. 1t is not too latI
tor this Republic to assert itself in behal
oi republican institutions II IS not too
late for us TO demand an honorable
peace in the interest Of humanity. Chris
tianity. and civilization.
Il the President wall not act Congress!
can-and Congress should. l have
offered in the II use OF Representative
joint resolution protesting against the
war, granting the Beers belligeren
rights and iustructing the President 4
bring abour a cessation Of hostilities
and an honorable peace. This ought 4
be done and done at once. l promis
you will do all ia nv power to pas
that resolution, aud pass It will. in m,
opinion, If the President continues 4
exhibit sympathy Of over anxiety 70
British success.
England must not be permitted &
crush the Beers and steal their homes
Her criminal march Of devastation mus
and will be checked. But l kear som
faint hearted patriot say we cannot d
anything. and the Beers cannot win
the end, I heard that same sma
plainly sound when began talking an
working Tor Cuban independence An
vet Cuba TODAY 70 free aud Independent
God moves In mysterious way II
WoEdsrs to perform.