The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-10-24

such faith In the intelligence, in the
courage of the Republican party that
l know they would have asked for
more soldiers in 1896 If we needed any
more, but we did not need any more.
And yet within two years after Nc
Kinley took his seat he sent message
to congress asking for a standing
army of 100000 men, four times as
many as when he was a candidate.
Now do not say that he asked for them
to put down war in the Philippine ISL
ands. Hostilities broke out in the
Philippine Islands on the 4th day of
February. He asked for the army the
first week in December. There was no
war anywhere. The terms of the
treaty of peace with Spain had been
practically agreed upon and the treaty
was signed the 10th day of December
and the message was only few days
before. The treaty had practically
been agreed upon. There was no war
anywhere. And yet the president
asked to have the army made four
times as large as 1t was when he was
candidate. Now, Republican farm
ers, can you see any reason for large
standing army except we are going to
enter upon an entirely new national
policy?
Imperialism.
ence between a republic and an en-
pire? I can tell you the difference by
pointing you to the size of the army
required under the two systems:
Twenty-Five thousand soldiers enough
for a republic with 7O,000,0OO people,
and it takes four times as many SOL
diers for an empire with 100000
more. Do you know the difference be-
tween a republic and an empire?
twenty-five thousand soldiers enough
for a government resting upon the
consent of the governed, but it takes
four times as many to carry on a gov
ernment resting upon force.
l want to call the attention Of the
Republicans to the change that is con-
templated in our national policy.
want to call the attention of the Re
publicans to the change that has taken
place in the ideals of the Republican
party. Abraham Lincoln helped to
call that party into existence. Abra-
ham Lincoln spent his days and de-
voted his ability to applying the Dec
laration Of Independence to men en-
tirely black, but now the Republican
party denies the principle Of that dec
laration to brown man who is only
half black. Laughter.)
Do you see the change that is taking
place? The Republican party boasts
that it was willing to spend hundreds
Of thousands of lives and hundreds of
millions of money to establish the doc
| trine that no man could own another
man under the American flag. Yet
Judge Day wrote letter a few days
ago in which he said that our title to
| the Philippine Islands depended not
| upon conquest, but upon purchase;
that we had title recognized by the
nations Of the earth; that it was a
| title based upon purchase; that we
| had paid $20,000,000 for the islands.
Republicans, I dare you to defend the
| title by purchase. / dare you to de-
fend putting 100000 of Malays on
the auction block and knocking them
off at So apiece to the United States
| (applause.) And yet that is what you
have done. Title by purchase! That
we might have a right to purchase
people and then having bought them
at less price than we pay for hogs,
we say If they do not like it we will
Republicanism. That is imperialism.
Republicans, you have got to choose
between two definitions of government
the American definition and the Euro
pean definition. The American defini-
| tion is founded in the Declaration of
| Independence. 1t reads that the gov
| ernments derive their just powers
from the consent of the governed Is
| it true or is it false? If II Is true you
can not buy the right to govern peo-
sovereign who has rebellious subjects
you yourself armed that you might
fight against that monarchy. 1t was
the Americans who encouraged Agui-
naldo. 1t was they who sent Dewey to
Manila. 1t was an American vessel
that was sent to Hongkong. 1t was an
American general who gave American
arms to the Philippine army and gave
instructions to the Philippine army
and that Philippine army fought with
American muskets and hemmed the
| Spaniards in by land while we cap
tured them by sea. Then having made
allies of those people, having armed
them to fight against monarchy, we
go to that monarchy and buy the title
to our allies. And then tell our allies
that they are ours. My friends, that
is the situation as you find it. And
the Republican party has got to defend
that situation. My friends, you have
got to choose between the doctrine of
the declaration that the government
dariVes itS inst noWer from the con-