Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1898 — M’KINLEY IN THE SOUTH. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

M’KINLEY IN THE SOUTH.

President McKinley never made a better speech than that delivered in Atlanta. It touched significantly on the subject of expansion, was broadly patriotic, a tribute to the unity of the people and an eloquent assertion of the national sentiment. The flag of our country, he said, “has been planted in two hemispheres, and there it remains, the symbol of liberty and law, of peace and progress. Who will withdraw it from the people over whom it floats in protecting folds? Who will haul it down?” These are striking words. No one can misunderstand their purpose. The war, the President continued, was

necessary unless we chose to close eyes ana ears against the pitiful appeals of suffering neighbors. If we had not gone to their rescue no issue of territorial expansion would have been raised in the Antilles or East Indies. “Thus far we have done our duty,” the President said. “Shall we now, when the victory won in war is written in the treaty of peace and the civilized world applauds and waits in expectation, turn timidly away from the duties Imposed upon the country by its own great deeds?” The people have an answer ready for tlint question, and it will gratify the President

“WHO WILL HAUL IT DOWN?”