The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-15

Omaha, Neb., June 1.-THE Nebraska
building, at the exposition, was dedi-
Gated today with appropriate cere-
mony, amid the plaudits of thousands
of the states citizens Governor HOl-
comb and staff took part in the exer-
cises, along with many of the states
most distinguished residents. The
speakers of the day were Hon. ]. 5.
Smith, Hon. w. F. Gurley and Hon.
William j. Bryan. Mr.. Bryan's Grafton
vas notable for his first public declara-
ton on the war issue. He took high
ground on the question, urging that the
war is for humanity, and not for the
extension of United States territory
In conclusion, he said the manifest des-
tiny of this nation is not to acquire
new realms to govern, but to carry out
the fundamental principles of democ-
racy, to the end that equality among
the citizens may be secured.
AID BRYAN ON WAR. =. cou, 1cvzfln
After discussing the resources of Ne
braska Mr.. Bryan made the following
reference to the war and its results:
''War is harsh; it is attended by
hardship and suffering; it means a
vast expenditure of men and money.
We may we'll pray for the coming of
the time, promised in holy writ, when
the spears shall be beaten into pruning
hooks and the swords into plowshares,
justice is enthroned throughout the
world. Jehovah deals with nations as
he deals with men, and for both de-
crees that the wages of sin is death
Until the right has triumphed in
every land and love reignS in every
heart, government must, as a. last re-
sort, appeal to force. As long as the
oppresSor is deaf to the voice of rea-
son, so long must the citizen accuStOm
his shoulder to the muSket and his hand
to the Saber.
'Our nation exhausted diplomacy in
it's efforts to secure a peaceable So1u-
ton of the Cuban question, and only
took up arms when it was compelled to
choose between war and servile acqui-
escence in cruelties which would have
been a disgrace TO barbariSm-
History will vindicate the position
taken by the United States in the war
with Spain. In saying this 1 assume
that the principles which were invoked
in the Inauguration of the war will be
observed in its prosecution and conclu-
sion. If a contest undertaken for the
sake of humanity degenerates into a
war of conquest we shall find it diff
cult to deny the charge of having ad-
ded hypocrisy to greed.
rs our national character so weak
that we cannot stand the temptation
to appropriate the first piece of land
that comes within our reach?
ITO inhict upon the enemy all posi-
bic harm is legitimate, but shall we
a scheme for the COLOMBIA
ton of the orient merely because our
fleet won a remarkable victory at Man
liza?
Our guns destroyed the Spanish
fleet, but can they destroy that self
evident truth that governments derive
their just pOwers-nOt from superior
force-but from the consent of the gov
erned?
"Shan we abandon a just resistance
to European encroachment upon the
western hemisphere in order to mingle
Nebraska, standing midway between
the oceans, will contribute her full
share toward the protection of our
coast; her sons will support the flag
at home and abroad, wherever the hon
or and the interests of the nation may
require. Nebraska will hold up the
hands of the government while the bat
tie RACES. and when the war clouds roll
away her voice will be heard pleading
for the maintenance of those ideas
which inspired the founders of our gov
and gave the nation its proud
eminence among the nations of the
earth.
grandizement and yield allegiance to
those who clothe the land-covetousness
in the attractive garb Of national des-
tiny the people of Nebraska will. if I
mistake not their sentiments, plant
upon the disclaimer entered
by congress and expect that good faith
shall characterize the making of peace.
as it did the beginning of war. Gold
smith calls upon statesmen:
&c To judge how wide the limits stand
Betwixt a splendid and happy land
'If some dream of the splendors of a
empire encircIing the
globe, we shall be content to aid in
enduring happiness to a homo
genOuS people, cOnsecrated to the pur-
pose of maintaining "a government of
the people, by the people and for the
people,"