The Republican journal., 1899-08-31

is bound to expand until benificent effects
are felt throughout the land. 1t is the
visible footprints of the Almighty telling
us of the time coming when these little
ones, together with the other children of
this day, must become the rulers of this
country, the trainers of its moral code of
laws, the representatives of its civiliza-
ton and the living emblems of its Chris
tianity.
THE CUBAN QUESTION.
We will leave right here these local
questions and look afield for footprints of
world wide interest. When this nation,
prompted by the spirit of humanity,
attempted to help the Cubans throw Off
the yoke of their Spanish oppressors
they had no wish or expectation or design
of conquest or annexation, but simply
desire to help a neighboring people, who
needed help to enable them to assert their
rights and maintain them; but they found
people lacking in many ways the essen
tial qualities TO establish and maintain
statehood successfully, SO we must still
help them.
OUR NEW POSSESSIONS.
God had purpose to perform in this
Spanish American war, as He had in the
Civil War. Then it was emancipation,
now it is moral reform. The isles of the
sea that have come into our possession by
the decree of the wise Ruler of nations
are placed at our door for a purpose; and
shall we withhold our aid to help them to
a state of civilization and enlightened
morality because it may cost treasure and
Il l,J,
on our part to formulate and establish a
just and wise government for those differ
ent tribes who have so long dwelt in the
darkness of barbarism?
Some statesmen and partisans look at
the political side Of the question and form
themselves into expansion or anti expan-
sion parties; but God cares for none of
these things. His footprints point to an
expansion of education, an expansion of
morality. coupled with Christian civiliza-
ton.
| believe this is the purpose of the
Almighty in this strife, and all the OPPOSE
ton of the anti-expansionists cannot
hinder it. Their attacks in the rear, or
the aid and sympathy they give to the
barbarians by such expressions as these
"Our rulers have no right to establish a
government without the consent of the
governed; the constitution says so, as
well as denies the right of expansion
These ideas ought not to have a place in
the vocabularies of this enlightened age
They are obsolete dogmas of past age.
THE CRY OF IMPERIALISM.
The old enemy is always ready to block
the wheels of progress whenever he sees
any effort made to ameliorate the condi-
ton of the human race. In this case he
is to make onr own people defeat them
selves by inharmonious action and again he
is trying to weaken our home efforts by
the cry of imperialism. The lover OF
ma joTitN rule, so long in vogue among us,
naturally shrinks at hint even of mon
archial power; but there is a power above
the human conducting this movement.
All these blocks to the wheels of progress
may prolong the strife and cause the
blood of our soldier sons and brothers to
fall needlessly; still their partisan opposi-
ton will come to Daught; for God has
taken up this cause. Hear what he says
by the mouth Of his prophets.
Declare the Lord S praise in the islands
says Isaiah. Let the inhabitants of the
islands be glad, Psalms. All the islands
of the heaIhens shall worship Him, Zeph-
anlah He shall turn his face to the is
lands, Daniel. The inhabitants of the
isles shall be astonished at thee, Ezekiel.
Hear it and declare it to islands afar off.
The eternal God takes care of the is
lands and He has apparently started for
the conquest of the nations; if we may
judge by His footprints on the shores of
the present time. The movements of the
greatest and most powerful nations of the
earth trend toward the consumation of
universal peace. The alliance in senti-
ment and feeling, if not on the statute
books of great nations, working in har,
mOny for the elevation of the human race
point the same way, and the peace confer
ence now in session at The Hague are
indelible footprints pointing plainly to
the millennial time coming.
| may not live to see that day, but
when | change this for my other home
which is secured to me by warrantee deed
recorded in the book of life by God, who
made this pledge: "a go to prepare place
for you:' from that place | expect to
look down on a redeemed and enlightened
Cuba, on an endowed and civilized Porto
Rico, and sing psalms of praise at behold
ing the different tribes of the Philippines
chanting the song of the Shepht rd' ''glory
to God in the highest; peace on earth
good will to men,
THE PASSING OF SLAVERY.
Anxious hearts, don't get discouraged.
A few years ago the slave power was at
its height and mems hearts failed at the
woes they were powerless to remedy;
when the slave race were subject to all
the cruelty british owner could invent,
even to stripes at which mercy with
bleeding heart weeps when she sees in
t1icted on beast. All the horror and
cruelty and wretched suffering is over
and all the evils it led to are gone, wiped
out by an invisible hand.
The benefit in this dispensation of prov
idence has not been all on the black mans
side, although the slave race has been
reed from bondage. Their shackles are
'loosed never more to fetter their weary
limbs and their babes never to be snatch
ed from their clingng arms and sold again
into slavery and perhaps depreciation
worse than death, but the whole nation
has its share in the benefit.
The stigma attached to US as upholders
of this abomination is wiped ont, and the
ethical instinct of our natures has been
raised from torpid state to a condition
of energetic action for the elevation, not
only of our own people, but for humanity
at large.
The blowing up Of the Maine was the
last adhesive plaster to cement the hearts
of this nation in united action. Since