New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-19

are Of the gravest import No thoughtful person
can be blind 70 what is in the United States
There is a manifest purpose the part Of the
powers by which controlled to transfer
American society from the democratic TO the I'M
perialistc basis. This purpose is denied but the
denial Is an evasion. AS honest men we are
obliged 10 dip under the surface and discover the
true course Of the current To It appears la
mentable that should be drifting back into the
very same gulf out OF which we drew our ship with
so much toll and sacrifice In the Revolution.
The American Revolution right. Il was
the most salutary reform that was effected in
human society It brought government TO a new
foundation. The Of 1t was embodied in the
Declaration of Independence That Declaration
was the principal thing. and the Constitution was
the smaller thing which camf afterward Govern
ment is either function OF the people, or 1t is an
entity existing OF its own right. I say that gov
eminent does not exist OF its own rtSht but that
1t is Of the people. for the people and by them
THE present political order declares by It's ac-
tons and its utterances that government exists III
its own right. and that II may properly perpe'uate
itself by any and every means whether the people
concede its Righteousness or not. The present po
litical order IS based the dollar The true po-
uticaI order ia based on the The man and
the dollar are at war and the one or the other
must go TO the wall. II the man prevails over the
dollar then democracy will continue TO exist ms a
fact and a principle among men. II the dollar pre-
vail
over democracy. The empire chooses the ooiar
and democracy chooses the man.
There is in this question middle ground. Be-
,u,Aen democracy and empire there is no place or
stable equilibrium 1t will be the one thing or the
other thing Our fathers created democratic re-
public Greed inhumanity. despotic instincts stu
remaining in the race the lust Of power and con-
ouest have revived among US, and the whole rehd
OF these forces is toward the destruction Of deoc-
racy. You may say the destruction OF republican
ism II you will. for we are all in one boat II our
ship shall 60 the falls what good VIII II 20
any man stand on the Prov and TO shout 10 ''e
he'll Of waters I am a Republican? Can man
save his soul by being Republican? Can ne save
his soul by being Democrat? He can save ms
soul and save his country too. by being patriot'
Jefferson was a patriot He was Repuoncdi-
Democrat. That was the name OF the party "',0"
he founded Lincoln patriot ana ne a'So
was a Republican Democrat. Whoever believes III
equal rlghts dor nus bts creed into practice. is
patriot and he TOO is Republican Demoe,ra.:
There are enough Of such to rescue our INSTITUTIONS
in this day Of alarm and desperation . %, ~
1T will be the business Of all patriots 70 &c. ~, "
Preeidencv II will be their business 20 announce
platform OF principles Of when patrlotlsnl St,sr1
which undertakes war to save Oppressed pTUpe
from despotsm and despair ana LII, men n. pfIeoa
cealed purpose OF reducing millions or pa, par a., n1
TO the slave gang ana tne eo0 onnir and freedom
PAU rio,sm which win dominate next years
nns pprs,ic niatform will demand freedom for III
nm white. brown and black. II Will ds demand
feedon, from political oppression from eeonoic
- sion from social oppression and especially
rom plutocratc oppression In az Its iosns ,ocsin
ssThe platform OF next year VIII sound 'oI is,
7, ,,1 nor be a platform OF antiquities ana plau-
,udcs n will not combine impossibilities u .ne
49, clause and IL will not conceal under hypo-
ri,icsl nhraseology the purpose OF the American
,nassss 10 whom II will he addressed go, -
MAJ, csrrsiniv the Chicago platform OF 1885 con.
formed more nearly to the required type tham or
an,. other which has been written by ponucA
aytv since the caucus invented and the dollar
beesn 70 reign II will not. therefore be que.
,,an with the delegates TO the convention OF tno
neonle In 1900 how much Of the Chicago piatIoi'"