Show venezuelan AN GRATITUDE I 1 AN ADDRESS TO TIM AND PEOPLE lr A As the representative ot of liberty on the american continent tho the val united states receives Bec elves their aba thanks new york jan 4 A wai wa i held at hardman hall tonight ot at venezuelan resident in new york to express their gratitude crall tudo to the government and to the tha people of 0 the united states for or action regarding the venezuelan boundary dispute tho the proceedings were brief the sentiment ot of the meeting being expressed in the adoption of 0 the following address to president Cl cleveland oveland sir wo address ourselves to y you 0 who lira are so worthily filling the elret fl rat magistracy ot of this republic in order to present through your high intermediary med me diary lary to the government and people of 0 the united strides the most sincere assurance of 0 our gratitude and respect tor for the altitude both friable and justley seeking which has been taken in tho the boundary question now long pending between venezuela and great britain we have long lone been accustomed to see bee in tills this treat great american democracy tho the foremost sentinel of liberty the legitimate representative before the whole world of those high principles ot of civilization and justice which constitute the republican ideal of 0 the nations ot of this continent for more than halt half a century venezuela azuela it has been making unexampled effort to rattle the question of boundaries actually pending without ever having been able to get its powerful adversary d to agree to the only method acceptable cep table to modern civilization for or the equitable settlement of controversies of the kind there only remained romal ned therefore tor for pur our country a choice between between these terrible alternatives either to renounce the dignity ot of a free roc a and d sov sav crylen nation through submission lon to a most humiliating atlon inflicted by the authority of might alone or else enrage in an unequal and desperate struggle to defend at all costs and to the lat last the integrity of 0 the national territory which a generation of heroes had bad acquired by the sacrifice of their blood but now the voice of justice tho the unanswerable voice of right protecting weakness weak nta against might has spoken with potent sound bound it Is 13 the voice of the great enat american people who fal faithful ht to their glorious elor loua traditions proclaim and support once more tile tho prin rii ln caple of the perpetual anil and immovable sovereignty of tf ike republics C established shed on the free soil of america to you sir as representative of the will of the american people and first cru ru ardlan and defender at 0 their institutions to you has been awarded the lofty of the work of your glorious predecessors in the high position you are so worthily cuine for this ore are you now taking ef firm and decided 0 stand ta n d before the world in maintaining I 1 in n this last portion of the century tho the chartered rights of reason the most philosophical and advanced conquests of the inviolable law of nations for your noble effort to obtain an impartial arbitration which will finally pronounce in this old and unfortunate debate your name sir will bo be the honor and pride of tho the american spirit and will always remain engraved ene raved in the affection of all ail just men on earth |