The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-11-10

were adding a couple Of millions of
dollars every day 10 our national deb..
| did not care about encouraging the
increase i'm the volume of our precious
metals
we had the country TO save first
But now that the rebellion is over
thrown and we know pretty nearly
the amount OF our national debt, the
more gold and silver we mine, We
make The payment of that debt 80
much easier. Now" said he, spee ding
with more emphasis, II am going 10
encourage that in every possible way.
We shall have hundreds Of thousands
OF disbanded soldiers and many have
feared that their return home in such
great numbers might paralyze indus
try by furnishing suddenly a greater
supply OF labor than there would lie
demand for. | am going to try to at
tract them 10 the hidden wealth OF our
mountain ranges, where there is room
enough for all. Immigration, which
even the war has not stopped, will
land upon our shores hundreds oi
thousands more people from over
crowded Europe. / intend to point
them to the gold and silver that wait
| for them in the west. Tell the miners
for me that | shall promote their in
tereSts 10 the utmost of my ability;
because their prosperity is the pros
perity Of the nation; and" said he. his
eve kidding with enthusiasm, 1--WE
shall prove in very few years that we
are indeed the treasury of the world"
The republicans are now endeavor-
ing to lessen the volume of money
available for the payment of debt 10y
limiting the pay ment To gold alone.
ON the Philippine question the position
Of the republican party is diametri.
calIy opposed TO the position taken by
il in its earlier DAYS.
Changes In Policy.
The republican platform of 1850
copied from the Declaration of indie
pendence its four great principles,
namely: That all men are created
equal; that they are endowed with in
allie nabIe rights; that governments {
instituted among men to secure these
rights and that governments derive
their just power from the consent OF
the governed. Republicans are now
amending the Declaration of indie
peI.dence to make il read that govern
ments derive their just powers from
the consent of some of the gov
erned. Lincoln's eulogy of the
Declaration of independence. deliyeceJ
in ISIS. when he declared that it was
erected by the forefa theirs, las a bea
con 10 guide their children and thcil
chiIiren's children and the counties:
mvriads who should inhabit the eartt
in other ages" contrasts strange l,
with the language OF the present-daN
r, pubIicans who declare that our ma
tica is too big TO bound by the limita
tfons imposed by the doctrine of sell
government.
One Of the main arguments advanced
in behalf OF the forcible annexation o
the Philippines islands is that we ow'
il 10 Filipinos to take them under on
protecting wings, tax them withou
representation and and govern then
without their consent. on the theor.
J that they are not capable of self-goy
eminent.
Ia one of his speeches just prior Il
the war. Lincoln said.
These arguments that are mad
. that the inferior races are to be treat
! ied with as much allowance as they ar
/ capable Of enjoying; that as much
. 20 done for them as their condition
will allow hat are these arguments
, They are arguments that kings hav
made for enslaving people in all age
; os the world. You Will find that Al
. the arguments in favor of kingcr1f
| were of this class; they always bt
. strobe the necks Of the people-no
, that they wanted TO do it, but becaus
. TIC people were better off for bein
: ridden.
I The republicans who contend no'
: that any criticiSmof the administratio
/ policy is unpatriotic and calculated
n. In the Filipinos have either fol
gotten or never read the speech mad
i. bv Lincoln in denunciation Of Pres
. dent Polk in the midst of the Mcxica
, war
! Those republicans who would crus
!, the aspirations of the Filipinos f.
:. seli-government should read Lincoln
: speech of 1853. in which he said
y What constitutes the bulwark :
j our liberty and independence? 1t
h not our frowing battlements. OF
/. brIstiing seacoasts, our army and OF
> navy. These are not our relianC
Il against tyranny. All of these may
4 turned against us without making I
weaker for the struggle. Our relian'
o is in The spirit Of liberty which &c
Il has plai ted in US. Our defense is
) the spirit which prizes liberty as =
heritage of all men in all lands, ever
II where. Destroy this spirit and 70
e have have planted the seeds of despo
e ism at your own DOORS
l. Thirty five years ago the republican
declared that no white man could ov
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