The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-07
MD NOT BUY THE PEOPLE.
.a,o&rI. BRYAN ENTERS ANOTHER
EMPHATIC PROTEST.


pa.ic Principle of Our Govern
..e,t-suain Might Give Us Quit
r,,ir, Deed to the Land, But NOf
- the People.
-.,ofrra.i Jan. 6.-The Duckworth Club
-, ~irrnnad gave its annual jackson
,.rog.t tonight The date is early so as
have col W. j. Bryan present, as he
..soor5s TO a toast at the Jackson ban
-rst in Chicago tomorrow night.
This club has given many notable ban
o,sts but the one tonight was the most
5i.tfoguished in its history, because of the
n-sssree Of Col. Bryan. Democratic lead
.-s from all over the state held conferences
with him during the day, joining
5 The large reception given
y, BRYAN at the Chamber of Commerce
.t noon. over 400 plates We're turned at
r5s Gibson House tonight, and the deco
,rs6ors were elaborate.
Col. Bryan was received with a storm
of snplause when he arose to respond.
Afler discussing the Chicago platform
and empnasizing the 16 10 l p.ank, Col
p-v8n took up the new questions that
have grown out of the war. He called
attention TO the Presidents recommenda-
ton of a larger army, and insisted that
me army should be divided into two
h4nches. the army for domestic use in
The United States, which he said did not
need to be increased and the army of oc-
cgpation, which is temporarily necessary
for use outside of the United States.
He said that the army of occupation
should be recruited at once in order to re-
leve the volunteers, but that the term
Of service should be short because the ma
hons policy is not yet settled. He sug-
gested that the demand for an increase in
the army might be considered as the first
fruit Of thar victory to which the Repub-
hcans pointed with so much pride last
November
Turning to the question of annexation,
he insisted that the nation has not yet
decided what to do with the Philippine ISL
anls. He spoke, in part, as follows:
influence of Excitement.
THE sentiment of the people upon any
great question must be measured during
The days of deliberation and not during the
hours of excitement. A good man will
sometimes be engaged in a fight but it is
not reasonable to expect a judicial opin-
ion from him until he has had time to
wash the blood off his face. l have seen
herd of mild-eYed gentle kline trans
formed into infuriated beasts by the sight
and scent Of blood and / have seen the
same animals quiet and peaceful again in
few hours
We have much of the animal in us
sun IN spite Of our civilizing processes.
1t is not unnatural that our people should
be more sanguinary Immediately after a
battle than they We're before, but it is
only question of time when reflection
VIII restore the conditions which existed
before this nation became engaged in the
war with Spain. When men are excit-
81 tney talk about what they can do: when
lney are calm they talk about what they
ought to do. If the President rightly in
ieTpreed The feelings of the people when
they were intoxicated by a military tri-
umph, We shall appeal from Philip drunk
to Philip sober
Against American Principle.
The forcible annexation of the Philip
pines would violate a principle of Ameri-
can public law so deeply imbedded IN the
American mind, that until year ago no
30olc man would have suggested it. 1t
dHheult to oVer-esti innate the influence
winch such change in our national pol
Ey would produce on the character of our
people our opponents ask rs our ma
uoh not great enough to do what Eng
Eud' Germany and Holland are doing?
lNey inquire, Can we not govern colonies
as well as they?' Whether we can govern
VUolles as well as other countries is not
material; the real question Is
whether we can, in one hemisphere, de-
Neop the theory that governments derive
uef Just power from the consent of the
governed. and at the same time inaugurate,
support and defend in the other hemis-
/ Ileie a government which derives It's au-
Wofly entirely from superior force.
ana, if these two ideas of government
l1nnot live together, which one shall we
mousse TO defend forcibre annexation on
r IN SIould that we are carrying out a re-
pu nsous duty is worse than absurd. The
5.'7 teaches us that it is more blessed TO
@ @Sas than to receive, while the colonial
rolgy IS based upon the doctrine that il is
"lI7 ~ Dessed to take than to leave.
c,re. al" AFRAID that the imperialists have
s4-uSea their beatitINies. | once heard
roo, "iah VINO mixed up the parable of the
s5,r NdHafitan with the parable of the
@eI' ra ana IN attempting 10 repeat the for
- sdIai The man went from Jerusalem
,.eHeho, and as he went he fell among
ej tls ti.s ana The thorns sprang up and chok-
Went in as Peacemakers.
M entered the Spanish war as peace
- lmperialists have an indistinct
iesI I.51'loh that blessing has been prom
M lht peacemakers, and also 10 tbe
b,. ool their desire for more territory
r. perverted their memories so that as
sr street. the former it reads. 'RIessed
The I pea1emakers, for they shall inherit
tho A"uon cannot be defended upon
4 br5e' 9'oUAq una ihat We shall find a pecuniarv
na, m 'N l'e policy. The advantage which
Il ~ eciNe 70 a few individuals who bo1d
c5 oNees' or who secure valuable fran-
n h. cannot properly be weighed against
& NNohey expended in governing tbe
n h gp'Ies' but the money expended will
q ar ' py those who pay the taxes. We
n yts,s yet IN position 20 determine
"A at 'Ae people Of the United states
Pima while will bring back from the
T5grl 5p"fa as much as they send there
hsb. an Old saying that IT Is not nrof-
ls-9 'uy lawsuit. Our nation NAV
pr.l Wy experience that il is MOI. wise 70
'ne right to conquer a people.
'p''n Didn't Sell the People.
cg, LI-l ol- under compulson. gives us a
a Ha56.'In 70 the Philippines in return for
Ian, but she does not agree 10 war
Fl-i'Ip defend our title as agaIns. tba
p5rl' 10 buy land is one thing: 10 hn,,
nal '7 smother. Land is inaninnate 60
t5e "Y resistance To q trarefo,. - -,