Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-12-13

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This degrading condition is made
possible in part through the efforts
of the present head of our State de-
partment, who, with the true parvenu
instinct, is ready to practice the abject
funkeyism acquired during his long
residence In England, and who, in
manners as bucolic as his suggestive
name, flaunts It before our people,
But the main obstacle in the way of
performing the duty which humanity
and our professions demand at our
hands, lies in the fact that our gov
ernment too has coveted Its neighbours
vineyard, and Is also engaged in wrest-
ing It from its lawful owners And
so neither Congress, nor the President,
dares to say the word requisite to save
n brave race from annihilation under
circumstances of unparalleled brutal
ity
1t was not always SO. Fifty years
ago today we were welcoming to our
shores Kossuth, the Magyar patroit.
His cause was then infinitely more
hopeless than ever Kruger's was, and
he was hunted fugitive and vaga-
bond, pursued by the vengeance of The
two greatest military powers of con
tinenta Europe. He was brought
hither on one Of our warships. He
was given the freedom of all our
cities Congress thought 1t not be-
meath its dignity to receive him public
ly In her halls, and sympathy for him,
fallen though he was--was every
where open and defiant Haynau, his
conqueror, was denounced as an Aus
trian butcher, and his government
was dared to tuke offense at our in
suits.
But Haynau was mild and bene-
ficent general, compared with Kitch-
ener, and his treatment of the Hun
garian insurgents was humanity itself,
in comparison with Kitchener's camps
at Kimberly ana elsewhere in the
T@nsvaal. And this was fifty years
ago.
Ten years later there was heard,
resounding through the streets Of
Southern cities, and echoing from
Southern mountain sides, the grandest
anthem which American genius ever
consecrated to freedom:
I'm the beauty of the lilies, Christ
was born across the sea;
AS He died to make men holy, let
us die to make men freev'
Then our people were ready to make
this noble sentiment living letter
instead Of a sealed book. Then our
people WE'RE ready to "dle to make
men Free
How are the mighty fallen. The
minstrel of freedom among us Is
dumb. Humanity Ia in sackcloth, and
yet moves not our pity. Congress Is
silent In tho heroic cause OF failing
liberty. No word Of tho Executive
notes the passing of race which
has shown courage to act and forti.
tude TO bear, beyond forgetting. Kos,
suth, were he now to rise from his
ashes and appear In our midst, would
find himself stranger In n strange
land. Not Protestant prayer ascends
, to Heaven in behalf of men who are
i. peculiarly Gods people.
{ Instead, the forces OF Mammon
D which are the bulwarlSs of our church
es, the patrons OF our colleges and tn,
/. owners OF the opinions of their facul
0 ties, the exponents of our society, and
,. the dominant power in our govern
|. ment, are quarreling for positions a
t the coming coronation of Kitcheners su
q perior officer and as To who shall
|, make the most shoddyistic display OF
s. jewelry on that occasion. When, a
i the recent Peace Conference at Tn
s. Hague, OF which we hear such boast.
from pulpit and press, an article wa,
u proposed prohibiting the use OF incen
j. diary missiles In war the representa-
J. tiyes OF Great Britain and the Unite,
states alone voted against 1t and re
n' fused to be bound by 1t. Austria
n Haynau's country, voted for II. an,
Il so did Russia. Even the "unspeaka
III BILE Turk' voted for 1t. And we wer
O. against 1t simply that Kitchcne
ne might the more effectually do his wor
lie OF murder. And when the Boer CON
missioners lately asked for arbitatlo
H. under the provisions of The IIapu
IN convention, they were shown tn
II door And money is being raised
"a send missionaries to the Congo an
er the Boxers1