The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-21

to other nations. What duty have We tc
other nations that compels us to emulate
| them in tyranny? What duty have we to
other nations that calls upon US to abandon
tho teachings and the principles of our own
Constitution. to spit upon our own records.
| to stultify ourselves at home and abroad?
None.
| And yet the gentleman comes In here
| with his bin without a suggestion in mis-
| report that this Is new legislation, without
| the caution mark that is ordinary in an ap-
I preparation bill when it carries new legisla-
| ton. He comes in with this Manila bar
| racks item. which has been usurped from
| the common military affairs.
| "If there are armaments TO be made. II
| there is business of that kind, there IL a
| committee of this House, whose duty it IS
| to consider 1t. The committee has usurped
! the consideration of it. not the committee
that has magnified Itself into that great
office. but the committee charged with the
| duty. under the rules Of the House, to con-
slider and report upon such matters.
why does the gentleman rush into it?
Why is this brief little report of a few lines
brought here to the House covering up and
hiding rather than disclosing and revealing
what this bill contains? Why? Because
SoNHc OtNeT Hidy 90 II because our
Committee ON Appropriations has the same
power and right as any other committee ap-
pointed to a similar Office in any other ma
tion?
Even If that be conceded, will the gen.
tleman follow it up with the other part of
the declaration that this Committee on APP
propriations here differs from other COM
mttees on appropriations in other lands, In
that fhey do hot
mittee do,s what is right. and only what Is
right?
ARRAIGNS GREAT BRITAIN
FOR THE BOER WAR.
The gentleman from Illinois Is further
ready. as he tells US. to provide literally
for a committee or commission to go abroad
to the coronation of the King of England.
He tells us how he loves the Anglo-Saxon
language: how sweet to his senses and how
soothing to his ears are Anglo-Saxon
words: how he loves those words; and how
England is the mother country: and how
its civilization is the same ours.
What is the civilization which Britain
is furnishing the world. in example, to-day?
What is It?
Upon the fields of South Africa behold
as gallant q people as ever had an ex-
istcnce in the history of the world. strug-
Cling and dying man after man. and not
only men. but women and children. in the
defense of home. in the defense of coun-
try. in the defense of liberty. in the de-
fenss of Republc-against what? Against
that civilization that is striving with
might and main. in overwhelming force. by
all the arms and agencies that mighty
nation can bring against a weak nation.
by all the forces that aggressive wrong can
hurl upon defenseless right. not only to
crush out the light Of the South African
Republic. but to destroy utterly. root and
branch. everything. great or small. old or
young. armed or unarmed. that breathes In
that South African country the breath OF
freedom. that scorns tyranny. that loves
liberty and home we'll enough to fight ana
die for them
BELIEVES AMERICAN PEOPLE
WILL CORRECT MISTAKE.
That is the civilization which is said
to be part and parcel of ours; the same
kind as ours. True. We are furnishing
something Of an excmplification of civiliza-
ton Of that kind: but believe that when
the American people realize its enormity.
realize what 1t is. when their pride Is
stirred when their memories are quickene1, |
and when they review and study our glor- |
ious history and glorious achievements and |
the grand institutions OF our own favored |
land-then. in their sober second thought. |
with the scales dropped from their eyes. |
with patriotism bounding and bubbling in
their hearts, with sympathy actuating
them, in thought and in purpose cannot
believe that when that time comes-God
speed its coming-the American people will
suffer themselves to be made the ,supes |
Of those who would have them furnish ex- ,
amples of the civilization whose purpose
is spoliation. whose course is the track Of
the storm. whose peace is the calm OF the
desert, the quiet of death.
II do not believe in that brand of civili-
zation and citizenship Of the American
Republic"