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Editorial
August 8, 1886
Workmen's Advocate
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut
What is this article about?
An editorial criticizes a Baltimore Labor Free Press note advocating armed intervention in Mexico to free imprisoned American editor Cutting and annex the country, deeming such warlike and covetous views un-socialist.
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WARLIKE.
The following editorial note was
published in last week's Baltimore
Labor Free Press. We invite the
editor of that great labor paper to
read it over again and reflect:
TO ARMS!
Editor Cutting, now imprisoned in
Mexico, may have been altogether too
cutting in his editorials reflecting upon
one of Montezuma's subjects, and may
have shown an utter disregard for the
majesty of Mexican law as construed by
some expounder of jurisprudence on the
other side of the Rio Grande; and yet
Cutting is an American citizen and entitled to certain rights, vouchsafed to every
mother's son of the soil. If these be not
accorded, our government must seriously
take up his case and vindicate the flag
that waves o'er us. It is but a question
of time when the fertile fields of Mexico
will be absorbed by the U.S. anyhow. If
Mexico is to be ours, according to the
book of fate, the present is a good time
to make the conquest. What an army
we could raise just at present! The battle would be sharp, short and decisive;
and then—Mexico would be ours. To
arms!
If after reflection our friend finds
no fault with the warlike and covetous sentiments contained in the
above, we will venture to say that he
is not a socialist.
The following editorial note was
published in last week's Baltimore
Labor Free Press. We invite the
editor of that great labor paper to
read it over again and reflect:
TO ARMS!
Editor Cutting, now imprisoned in
Mexico, may have been altogether too
cutting in his editorials reflecting upon
one of Montezuma's subjects, and may
have shown an utter disregard for the
majesty of Mexican law as construed by
some expounder of jurisprudence on the
other side of the Rio Grande; and yet
Cutting is an American citizen and entitled to certain rights, vouchsafed to every
mother's son of the soil. If these be not
accorded, our government must seriously
take up his case and vindicate the flag
that waves o'er us. It is but a question
of time when the fertile fields of Mexico
will be absorbed by the U.S. anyhow. If
Mexico is to be ours, according to the
book of fate, the present is a good time
to make the conquest. What an army
we could raise just at present! The battle would be sharp, short and decisive;
and then—Mexico would be ours. To
arms!
If after reflection our friend finds
no fault with the warlike and covetous sentiments contained in the
above, we will venture to say that he
is not a socialist.
What sub-type of article is it?
War Or Peace
Imperialism
Foreign Affairs
What keywords are associated?
Mexico Annexation
Editor Cutting
War Advocacy
American Citizen Rights
Socialism Critique
What entities or persons were involved?
Editor Cutting
Baltimore Labor Free Press
Mexico
U.S. Government
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Criticism Of Advocacy For War And Annexation Of Mexico
Stance / Tone
Critical Of Warlike Imperialism
Key Figures
Editor Cutting
Baltimore Labor Free Press
Mexico
U.S. Government
Key Arguments
Cutting Is An American Citizen Entitled To Rights
Government Must Vindicate The Flag If Rights Denied
Mexico's Fields Will Be Absorbed By U.S. Eventually
Present Time Good For Conquest
Such Sentiments Are Warlike And Covetous, Not Socialist