New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-12
THE PRESIDENTS REPLY.
Parallel Drawn Between Cases of Perdicaris
and Meyer, Haywood and Pettibone.
To the Editor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: You say the Presidents letter 10 the labor
committee rings true and will have the approval or
the vast majority OF Americans TO whom plain
speaking is welcome and by whom fearlessness in
maintaining the right to crticise evil deeds ana
tendencies is still regarded a cardinal PUBIC
virtue. The American people have vast respect
for a man who is not deferred from passing cen
sure If he thinks is deserved by the threat
ened condemnation of powerful interests" etc.
Very good! But there are others than President
Roosevelt who not easily deferred from passing
censure where they know 1t is deserved NOW, IL
is well known what steps the President took for the
release of Ion Perdicaris from captivity among
foreign brigands. II is well known what commend
able interest he took in the late OF little Hor
ace Marvin. also his forcible and righteous de-
nunciations Of kidnapping and lawlessness gen
orally. The question unavoidably arises, why
has there never been in all the intervening time
since one word lisp from the crime hating Presi-
dent with regard to the and imprisonment of
Meyer. Haywood and Pettibone excepting to taunt
and mock the sufferers therefrom with reproachful
names and insinuations? Does not the President
and everybody else know that the manner Of those
arrests and commitments proof positive OF
guilt and felony the part of the arresting par
ties? If any one has any doubts the point, let
him review Section Q of the Constitution of the
United States and Articles ". V, VI and XIV of
amendment to the same; also the opinion of JUS
lice McKenna, dissenting from the majority de-
cision Of the Supreme Court in the Meyer Haywood
the majority OF the court together with the Presi-
dent of the United States whatever it was have
approved and sustained the same. Is this In &C
cordance with the Presidents oath OF office? Is
this taking care that the laws he faithfully exc
cuted or faithfully trodden under foot 70 crafty
personal spite and corporate interests? IL the
Presidents business TO protect the lives and happi-
ness Of all the people encourage conspiracies
against the lives and happiness of such of them
ne considers undesirable citizens Is il any less a
crime for Americans o kidnap their own country
rI, anu hoid them, year at time without the
lef than for foreigners to kidnap Americans and
nod them; with the privilege of being ransomed at
any time by their friends?
The Chief Magistrate Of a nation claiming to he
lhe WORDS patron. protector and champion OF the
proclaiming itself as such, and on such a mission
10 10 such people in the far East lately waged on
robbing them Of their country and liberty and ac-
CohpIshed ITS hellish purpose by wallowing I'm the
nieoIood OF more than half million of fellow be
LEs- men women and chtldren-whose only offence
was the same as that which gave existence TO the
.Sauded ana celebrated from every pulpit and plat
form therein for than a hundred years as the
ciimaX OF all earthly glory and heavenly virtue
and authority this one Of the most damnable
operations Of baseness perfdy ana brute tyranny
eHeI Ittcorded. was completed end contaminated
ana VINO boosted OF the same triumph of our
the9ubHcan) laws and principles turns
UPON certain or his loyal and upright fellow Citi
zens, suffering and In peril Of their lives from
conspiracy OF lawbreakers and border rufians OF
government ought TO be ashamed. and taInts them
WITH being undesirable citizens. represen tives
OF those who ncite to violence, bloodshed etc Did
the President ever hear the old adage of Satan
rebuking sin? Is this creditable to the greatest
man since George Washington and the only one
who cannot tell a lie? Is this consistency hon
esty, square dealing? Yes. OF the American i'm
perialst kind ard admirably sustains what The
Boston Journal calls their moral position before
the great civilized world.
po-.o. If. ,o,- GRANVILLE P. WILSON.
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