The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-09-29

The "a per cent. OF announcement TO this
vice should be withdrawn so that all men
would stand more nearly on an equal. so
industry and commerce could be governed
by the natural laws OF the world
when Two or more already strong cor
porations combine and by virtue OF this
combination acquire an Increase OF power,
and then so use this power as TO infict
permanent wrong and enduring injustice
upon society, then, under the law of COM
mon sense, under the provisions OF the
common law. under the law OF High Heaven
Itself, the active promoters OF this COM
bnation stand convisted as conspirators
against the public good crime only one
degree less than armed treason against
the state. For the safety CT society, In
the sacred name OF the commonwealth,
these conspirators should be deprived of
all further opportunities to continue their
criminal career by receiving life sentences
IN some penal institution. Thus, while We
cannot tear out OF mans nature his greedy
disposition, society has an undouhted right
70 defend itself against this evil passion
hy Withdrawing the opportunities for its
Wholesale qualification.
AL at once. with scarcely time to think.
his issue Of Imperialism, which from the
very nature OF the case, In view OF the mo-
mrntous consequences which must immedi-
atrly and necessarily begin TO follow. has
become so tranScend-nt!y important that
W
aside all other questions II We cannot now
settle q. We are sure 10 ind a solution for
he money question IN the near future. II
We cannot at once suppress the trusts, We
are certain to reach the point when the
people will be anxious to unite IN the pa
,ri1uc duty OF unhorsirg their oppreSsCTs
II We cannot now have justice done W. by
railway managers. our patience and forth
tuie will qualify US 10 await the not dts
Ru' lay az our deliycrance All Other
questions can wait. but the issue OF i'm
ptiialiSm must be settled al once. The
nature OF the question Is sueh a. cannot be-
postponed.
Danger In Ipdors~ment.
should pur people sanction the MeKih-
ley purpose OF the merC.lssr conquest q an
innocent people. the mistake. however
fatal, cannot be reciidtd. FOR policy vii
then 3, launched so radically ain ,rert
from all that has characterized our ante
csdgnt national life. policy that viii 20
irr,yoCabiy commit vs. TO new and far
reaching international obligations, that
escape from these new conditions vii, be
git than the penetrating disCcrumeut %
common sense 20 enable anyone 20 know
lhJt 10 We are 10 assume and wear the
ec,ptg~ OF imperialism. N, SubluCau0r OF
d" Iu' 800 or a. co, GOO OF FiapluOs Wi. not b.
The end. but only the beginning OF our usw
career
"Pra5d,nt Mckinley goes about the
country talking TO uUdtvtIl D. ! school chill
irgu. .. wei as 20 r,turn,ns volunteers,
about 'hv HuqurEtlOuAhlr sarrHty OF tho
Gag, Ts,lyi-r GA Cd someWhat different form
the exploded doctrine that the king can
10 no wrong In about 80 many words
We ATE told that whatever the clrCEH-
stances under which the fag 10 raised,
when once noatcd q must be kept there
az any sacrifice.
Childish Doctrine.
II care not from whom this sickcning
gush OF the iufail!billty % 'hs nrg may
come whether from the temporary occu-
pant OF the presidential chair or from some
obscure lsyman, This doctrine that the
flag H. always invested with "a peculiar
sanctity and that " must be defended with
the last life whether AZ noatH from Indt-
pendsnce hall. from tho top of Bunker liili
monument or from the newly acquired
har,ms OF voluptuOuS Suiu chiefs this
doc rine that the hag u as holy an emblem
in th. one place as IN the other IL az once
q Wright childish and intensely vicious.
incapable Of being invoked g. none o,hyr
than a desperate. unholy cause. To defend
the flag In New York harbor floating from
the statue OF Liberty En'ightsuIUg The
World" whore its giittcring stars are sa-
Iutsd with the voices OF many nations. 10
defend the flag where Il guarantee liberty
OF oppression l. an act Of the subiimost
pa riotism. TO defend the same bag 10 ,qu8-
to-ill attitudes where IL sauCtif,s po'yEtmy
ana tolerates slavery Is a task that can ur
c0nscientlousiN performed only hy fhos,
who do not know right from wrong
when the emblem Of Spanish tyranny
WIS replaced IN long-sureging cuba with
the stars and stripes there came from all
ourpeop!e one long shout OF approval Dem
oCr rats aud republicans were a.ik. anxious
10 strengthen the arm Of the government ir
dealing the d cath blow 10 the lingering
cruelty OF inhuman Spain. By unanimous
vote President Mckinley was given the key
TO the national treasury and empowered 10
eNpend Of the peoples money whatever
might be necessary to drive Spain from
cuba. Congress. sSihout a hostile vote, sa-
luted the Cuban people with the brnsiiC-
ton: "You are, and OF right ought TO be.
free and Independent"
Calls u DsssnrdIy.
who among us all would have prophe-
sled that the same army and navy and the
same appropriation that liberated our al.
lies in cuba would at once be employed
against our allies In the Philippines. who
were fighting for their freedom against the
same tyrant with far more commendabia
yalor than ever Cuba did? In the long list
of bloody deeds that disgrace humankind
none. II seems to me. II so entirely black
anu as Tue AWFUL uFsNlh W. arr
now enactlng-the carrying OF war by hrr
and sword into the devoted homes OF limo
cent people who never did -us the slightest
wrong and who battled for their freedom
centuries before the American colonies
raised the banner OF revolt against George
Ill To slaughter such a people and apply
the torch to their homes are acts that de-
fine the tyrant.' Tell me not that I should
be conservative In the use OF my language,
q diplomatic In my utterances and tolerant In
my criticisms. As ] study this question
from day to day and learn fact after fact
my ind gina ton intensihes and | find II inn
possible TO dilute my language with modi-
Tying sentences.
"Since Mr. Nc Kinlsy's election In 1896 some
situation Of which the demagogues love 10
take advantage. That times have improved
since 1896 is true that the Mckinley admin
istration " the cause Of this Improvement
IL false. Two consecutive crop failures
abroad created an unparalleled demand for
food supplies. and a series OF heavy harvesp
enabled us TO fully supply this demand. and
thus did We rake In the shekels. This for
tunats condition being an entirely natural
one would have happened even IL the whole
RI republican party. including Mr.. Mckinley
had died OF remorSe OF conscience, as they
should have done when they stole the presi-
idency. The unexpected and constantly In
creasing output OF the worlds gold mines
amounting now to several lines more than
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