Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-30
PUBLIC OPINION
Editor EVENING NEWS.

Editor EVENING NEWS.
Sir: In an editorial article publish
ed in your issue of the 26th instant,
entitled England Honors Washing
ton," you say, amongst other things:
There maybe some Americans who
are still bigotted enough to object
to this show of courtesy on the port
of England, claiming that Washing
ton is far above any of the crowned
heads that have occupied the throne
of Great Britain" and they would be
right.
Just imagine the able, Just and
virtuous Washington associated,
even In marble or bronze, with the
four Georges, of whom an English
historian says that one was al OBJ
stinate lunatic and three were ruff
fians!" 1t Is not necessary to men
ton a large PERCENTAGE OF other occu-
pants of the famous abbey in this
connection as their carriers are we'll
known to students of history, and are
by no means iattering to the civiliza-
ton Of the period.
Again you say: "a great majority
of the Americans, however, will take
1t In the spirit in which it Is intend
Gu do d I6CO6HlIlOu u LILO lIIcuuly
feeling that now exists between the
two leading English speaking ma
lions of the world"
Deep in his heart John Bull has
no friendly feeling for the United
States, but hat OF vindictiveness
and jealousy of u great and grow
ing prosperity, and contempt for n
nag, as has been demonstrated u
aa,,o ny4ort uaryy rooar+1p ~ oon
nection with our public school sys-
TEN. The same friendly feeling
(which now exists" Is the same
which existed when the man, whom
they now pretend to honor, drove
our shores and established the
United government. 1t is the same
friendly feeling" which prevailed
when again in 1924 they declared
war against us with a view OF Grip
ping our infant Republic. 1t was the
same friendly feeling" which OBJ
tanned when during the Civil war,
when our very existance as a Nation
was at stake England allowed her
ports to be used by the Confederacy
out, and manning by English sea-
lutu, pIlfdlCclD III IAC pun POSC VI
driving our commerce from the seas,
and which was all but accomplished,
and for which she had, later on, to
pay a nominal indemnity of IL mill
lion dollars, which was entirely In
adequate to the damage done, and
from which we have hardly yet re-
covered after q lapse Of nearly q half
q century.
n.y. frwNk Ah~nA vo{n%r M 1r no |
Which time has shaded with his
wings,
Yet, from out their shadow springs
Our brightest, highest glory!
There has been q lot of fab dub
going on recently regarding hands
across the sea-" "Our English Cou-
SINS" and "the mother . |
ncttsWs!tshhsseearding the fact that the
'Anglo-Saxons and their defendants
are only an Insignificant part numer-
tally of our present population, and
OF these Is tho element who today
would make this Republic a Tall to
the British kite. This is the element
corresponding to the foxy element
OF Revolutionary times) who. at the
instance Of English statesmen, In
GLIDING Mr.. James Bryce. induced
President Taft. (good easy man that
he Isl, to sign a treaty OF Alliance
with England about a year ago and
which was so amended by the Senate
as to render 1t practically valueless
for the purpose intended by Its ORR
ginations. The real purpose on the
part of England In negotiating this
treaty was that she anticipated a
war with Germany and having no
ally in Europe she could induce the
Republican giant of the west to pull
her chestnuts out of the flre. Eng
land is q d%ecaying nation which fact
Is we'll known to European states
men and even to English statesmen
themselves, hence all this fol da vol
OF friendly feeling" erecting a bust
OF Geo. Washington, sending a maj
of war with the body OF Whitelaw
Reid, etc.
The latest manifestation OF this
Anglo-Saxon todyism Is to have a
bill introduced in the present con-
gress, which is yet pending, appro-
priating $7,000.000. to celebrate In
1914 one hundred years OF peace
with Great Britain. How do the tax
payer of the United States like thatr
But have we been at peace with
Great Britain during that period!
Nominally we have, but virtually we
have not, as Is evidenced by the FORE
going facts. which are current his-
tory.
We have been at peace with Rus
STA, who has always been friendly to
US, for 100 years, or rather since we
became a Nation. We have always
been at peace with Germany. France,
Austria and in fact all civilized ma
lions except Spain. and we were in
a massive driven into Q war with
that country. II celebrations OF a