The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-19

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us. But to the Pacific states and 20 the
GuR states & l. the che Ezsat light q
the future. 1t Is the one rsscus OF the
Pacific states from ne railway monop-
oily which has stunted their growth and
Is strangling their life. the ems hope Of
the Gulf states for an tndependens outlet
for their resources and a market unsuo-
jected 20 oppressive geographic Hmlsa-
tons. nor dominated by ozpstal whichs
II not hostile, Is indifferent.
Considering these things. how Is It pos
sible mat any thoughtfh citizen of the
GuH states should Asten with paeeaee
to the vapor1ngs Of q political acventurer
who. blind to their claims upon thinking
people. would set up against them 4 hud-'
de OF hair-spl4tting theories about the
Monroe Doctrine and the constitution OF
t4fs United Sta4esI What should We
think Of Jefferson Il. ignoring the prac-
tIcai advantages he had. ON grounds OF
constitution or other scruple. lost the
chance to buy Louisiana OF NapoieonI
What win be Thought OF u century
hence Il. through fear Of trouble. or any
other fear, we Yield the vantage ground
which, al unbadden, has come to US. vain
" seeking the retention Of the bucObc Re
public Of Washington and Franklin. which
has already gone from US beyond recanf
''The globe is shutting up Nike teie-
scope; and. through the smaller end. one
can see further than Jefferson saw
through the larger. Manila Is not as tar
from Washington under modern condit-
ions as New Orleans was IN Jefferson's
day; California was hard to reach ~
the OF the Gadsden purchase. Every year
the world grows smaller. Yet the Gulf
states OF the south, negro-Tsdden and I'M
poverished, have stood apart, helpless,
seeding the narrowing stream quite pass
them by, and Just As 4 great ocean outlet
Is offered them, come q troop Of penny
trumpeters TO toot the old can't about
'the consent Of the governed '-whoss
own author did not consider Il when the
enlargement Of his country was involved
and to drone about constitutional forms,
which have at no time stood against the
expanding desires or the practical Reeds
Of a people essentially enterprising and
progressive.
Already the people approaches in num-
hers a hundred millions. Presently there
will be two hundred millions. Does any
thoughtful man imagine that they can
be held within a Chinese wall when the
world at large Is moving resolutely for
ward, each overcrowding nation seeking
to take possession OF the waste places OF
the earth Has modern invention. con-
vulsing the rest OF the universe. fixed US
where the fathers Of the republic left US?
Does electricity, with its centrahzing
agencies, count for nothing? But. waving
matters OF commerce and war. and OF
business competitions. both rational and
national what Of our boosted religion
and CIVILIZATION Il we are 10 draw back
aghast before the thought 0 carrying
the Bible and the flag beyond existing
boundaries and insist upon q policy Of
isolation the end of which. even Il
were possible, could be only another China
with exceeding doubtful Yankee varia-
tions7 lt
THE idiosyncrasy Of the century which
we are leaving behind US was liberty.
Beginning with the successful revolution
OF the British colonies IN North America.
the provinces Of Spain in South America,
and the peoples Of the European coun-
tries from Great Britain TO the Russian
and the Ottoman frontiers. have been
reaching out after constitutional govern
ment. Measurably they have obtained
either 1t. or something IKE It. The lido
syncrasy IF the century before ts VIII
be Markets. IAbor-saving machinery
has brought about over-production. Tar
IN laws are merely provisional. The
twentieth century win be given over TO
a great commercial battle between the
nations, and the law Of the universe will
read the survival Of the Attest.
I'm this battle all the original advan-
tages VIII lie with the United States.
Whatever protection may or may not
have done-and II Is our opinion that free
trade would have brought the same re-
sults-4t Is quite certain that the Ameri-
can manufacturer no longer stands in
need of 1t. From a collar button 90 a
locomotive he is beating his foreign rivals.
He needs no taft. All he wants is TO get
at the makets OF the world with the least
obstruction. Il will be curious piece
OF political Tony II we should ultimately
reach a tariff for revenue oply-for with
the existing needs of the treasury. free
dom Of custom house taxation Is not pos
sible-thrcugh William Mckinley. the
beIl-weti1er Of protection. having inenect-
ually sought q under Grover Cleveland.
the putatiye friend Of revenue reform.
Blu: such may be the cynical experience
of the coming decade: and such WA The
actual experience OF England. which got
free trade uEder the lead OF SIR RobeEt
Peel. an original prOtectsonist.
But. in all shese possible INCIDENTS and
transactions the Cuff states have bat
a subordinate interest indirect and sec
ond-hand. Their beacon night II the
Nicaragua canal. Thereafter their hops
Is the development Of the universe on the
other side OF the Nicaragua canal and the
transfer Of the activities OF the Atlantic
20 The Pacific.
This transfer Is inevitable. An that
the poiitScai adveztursr ~ American POI
itlcs can do with his sopfAttrsc sbuili-
tons Of mistaken patriotism and his bIdi-
znentzry notions about tnternatf mai poll
cies viii Be 20 Obstrurt ard delay a.. II
the Gulf states are true 20 themselves
they VIII stop him n his mi0-csrses.
They win rise en- masss ard show him
that they. also. know a thing OF tao
They will impress upon his Understzad-
ing rhe fax nat he IS no; upon q yOss-
ca;ckfng track They viii fling aside am
party Whica dares step across the path
way Of Their prosperity and uhich pro
poses % manure tha4r wasted dds ana 90
Ill their hungry nou;hs With common
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