BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-02-23

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but d ,h.twe have bfou.hs voulc
no, avail as II w. pat .h,n iu,o epeis-
iion IN an IndifitI, nj m~nueT
We have no, raised the sentiment
here in manner 80 inAt Porto
Ricans should love lhe Uniisd
States. -
After having lis,eu.d 10 inese phrss
ses OF the Se roisry OF Porto klco. II
oehooves MS TO recognize him Is some
hing more than AL inventor OF appaT-
atus>es for the protection Of the ksels
of ships
He i an evangelist.
If his intention is to find out and 10
feel about - as 10 learn what the IA
tive Councimen ,hInk aud say. then
his purpose should bc pardoDed In
grace to the frankness of hls dcclara-
tlonS.
The discussion Of the coat of arm
bill was bound 10 BRING forlh some
thisg out of the ordinary. Il w~s not
our wish to take any art IN this
matter. because W note that more
Importance is beng given 10 It than
il really deserves ~nd l. prejudlcc 10
thepubllc Interests watch cOauose In
abandonement
Although eur participating In this
affair Is accidental, h~vlng already rsz
ferred to the sxEressionsof MI Post
in the deb> te"on hl> bill fr replacing
the oil deoat Of arms, let US At least
live up to our accustomed frankue.S,
IF the replacing Of the coat Of arms
signifies what the W4rdS OF Nj. Post
imply, that Is. = greater respect and a
greater consider tor the island,
thsn let the co,t OF arms representing
the history Of the island, be Drough h,
back. T..
But the coat Of arms alone 10 not
the whole personality Of the island.
Though We had tnat heraldlc embe a.
laws were re oked which were more
changea Bile then the present ones; with
the coat-of- arms w-s dcCreed the ex
expulsion Of me thing that signifies
the spirit of the Porto Rlc4n people,
Though it rescm blcs much the most
glorious spirit Of the clvihziu& nation.
still it is different, distinct and con-
stitutes a symbol OF the superior per
sonallty of the Porto klcans.
1t was the not the emblem alone
that the submissive ones allowed to
go. but the esseLoe OF il; that part OF
it. which always flats N the air and
finds a refuge III the hearts of the
people.
Mr.. Post is in the right.
There has not been roiscd scnti
mcnt in a manner so that the people
of the island should love the United
States"
On the contA-y everything has been
done TO felment discomfort which 10
converting itsef into hostility, and
perhaps, into haired.
But the Porlo kloan is SO noble that
he knows not what II Is TO hate lie
has faith so elevated that II places
him above the perjudices Of man and
1ncsrEates him In the principles OF all
gust liberty ana divine democracy and
thus it is that be never hL ds himself |
in a p4rox, SIN Of desperation nor in a |
condition borderl & on Suclclde.
Pe1hap, Mr.. Post is not ignorant otl
these details. it is well kpown Ia
there does not exist hat love whlchI
DR.. Barbosa tried 10 .xagg rate de
forming and causing IL to degenera
into repugnant vice.
Here people do not hate, they pro
test.
What is desired here is change in |
the proceedings; variation leading
toward mutual respect; guaranty |
which frees the people from fears and
places them sbove darger. But the |
love of which DR. Barbosa spoke with |
unpre me ediat, d light ess, is unknown
here, because love Is principle of life |
and the people have an extraordinary !
;r4u;tion SO as not deliver themselves |