The Portland daily press., 1899-05-29

prevent the increase OF the personsl des
potic power OF their monarchs and the
fourth cause was the fact that Philip
having exterminatedysa government for
the people of the people,and By the people
~rs led to bslieye that the Almighty had
delegated him 70 ,extirpate heresy.
: DR.. Blanchard took MP the several
causes one after the other ard enlarged
upon them. Among other things referring
to the first cause that the Spanish people
were not fitted to govern other people, he
spoke OF the fact that In their history few
great Spanish statesmen are To be met
with. 1t was impossible for them not
having good government at-home.to give
other peoples good government. They al
so depopulated countries and ground
them beneath the iron hopl OF tyranny be-
cause they believed that gold was wealth.
In doing this they destroyed home in
dustries and gave the Spanish people q
false idea of what wealth He also told
of the constant increase of power accorded
the Spanish monarchs and the dspriva-
ton of the PEOPLE Of their rights. He did
not view Philip rs hyprocrite, but, as
an honest ma n with false and erroneous
idess, but to him he attributed much OF
the evil resulting in Spain's downfall.
From these things DR.. blanchard drew
many lessons for our own guidance and
that Of Spain. We see from studying
Spain's story that q nation must we'll
govern itself before attempting to govern
other peopleA In this connection he re-
ferred to the Philippine question. He saidl
he did not know which faction was right
in thie matter. He did not think the
American people know what Is right.
But one thing is certain the American
flag having entered the philippines would
never depart therefrom, and having as
sumed the sovereignty Of the Philippines
1t must be maintained. He attributed all
Of the bloodshed In these islands to
Aguinaldo. DR.. Blanchard said that the
people intended to do and wished to do,
but for the sake Of anarchy brought about
the war which is now going on. He then
prayed that God would give the President
wisdom in dealing with this great ques
tion and he also prayed that this country
would not make the mistake which Spain
made in extending its sovereignty for It's
own aggrandizement. that this would not
be done alone for our glory but fer the
good Of those over whom we were to rule.
DE then referred to the erroneous ideas
regarding wealth. 1t is not gold or silver
which makes Q country wealthy but its
Industries, Its homes and it's educated
people. He enlarged upon the necessity
Of democratic form of government and
said that If the Senate of the United
States was "A ristocratio In It's tendencies
1t should give place to body which
would represent the people and not the
states. He did not believe that Nevada
and New York with two Senators each
was carrying out the idea of a democratic
power of democracy aud this caused
Spain's downfall. The United States
should never make this mistake. lie also
referred to Philips mistake regarding
heresy and the freedom Of conscience and
said: 4. Let us not forget that every men
has the right to worship as his conscience
may dictate. Later he applied some OF
these lessons to Spain and said that one
of the gr eatest of these was that which
had taught Spain that her wealth lies not
in the colonies but in her mines at home,
in her titled fields, her educational insti-
buttons and her homes. In closing he
eloquently pray ed that our own country
might continue in the path of righteous
ness, liberty and prosperity.
The exercises closed by the entire con-
grsgation singing with much feeling the
national anthem, America