Show GRATITUDE TO GROVER VEXEZUELASTS WHO APPRECIATE THIS PRESIDENTS ACTION THe Voic of Justice Has Spoken With Potent Sound it is the Voice oi the Great American People Peo-ple NEW YORK Jan 4A meeting was held at Hardman hall tonight of Venezuelans Vene-zuelans resident In New York to express ex-press their gratitude to the government govern-ment and to the people of the United States for their action regarding the Venezuelan boundary dispute The proceedings were brief the sentiment senti-ment of the meeting being expressed In the adoption of the following address ad-dress to PresIdent Cleveland Sir We address ourselves to you who so worthily fills the first magi tracy of this republic in order to present pre-sent through your high Intermediary to the government and people of the United States the most sincere assurance assur-ance of our gratitude and respect for the attitude both noble and justice seeking which has been taken in the boundary question now long pending between Venezuela and Great Britain We have long been accustomed to see in this great American democracy the foremost sentinel of liberty the legitimate representative before the whole world of those high principles of civilization and justice which constitute consti-tute the republican Ideal of the nations na-tions of this continent For more than half a century Venezuela Vene-zuela has been making unexampled efforts ef-forts to settle the question of boundaries bound-aries actually pending without ever having been able to get its powerful adversary to agree to the only method acceptable to modern civilization for the equitable settlement of contro versles of the kind There only remained re-mained therefore for our country a choice between these terrible alternatives alterna-tives either to renounce the dignity dig-nity of a free and sovereign nation through submission to a most humiliating spoliation inflicted by the authority of might alone or else In an unequal and desperate struggle strug-gle to defend at all costs and to 13ie last the integrity of the national territory whioh a generation of heroes had acquired ac-quired by tJhe acriflce of their blood But now the volco of justice the unanswerable un-answerable voice of right protecting vreabivess against might has spoken with potent sound it is the voice of It the great American people who faithful I faith-ful to their glorious traditions proclaim pro-claim and support once more the principle 1 prin-ciple of the perpetual and Immovable sovereignty of the republics established on the free soil of America To you cir as repreaenoativo of the will of the American people and first guardian and < lefeiwior of their Institutions to you Bias been awarded the lofty mission of completing the work of your glorious predooessors In the high position you are so worthily filling For this are I you now baking a firm and decided Htand before the world in maintaining tn this last portion of the nineteen century cen-tury the chartered rights of reason tire most philosophical and advanced conquest oC the Inviolable law of nations na-tions For your nobl efforts to obtain an impartial arbrtrartton Tvfhlca will finally pronounce judgment in this old and unfortunate un-fortunate debate your name sir will be tare honor and pride of the American epirrt ad will always remain em graved In the affection of all Just men on earth Please accept our patriotic assurances assuranc-es or the discreet conduct of VeTiezuela nod tins expression of our deep gratitude grati-tude and utmost reapeot |