Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-04-11

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force 70 establish ! stable government
IN Cuba, he would oppose great per-
mament increase IN the standing army
at home. in accordance with the action
Of the Democratic minority in Congress
which courageOusly opposed and de-
feated the original imperial army bill o.
the administration. On this point, Mr..
Bryan says, forcibly and truly:
I'm times Of peril the volunteer solder
has been the nations security. We nave
never called for him in vain, nor Will We
liked the volunteer soldier because
knew him personally, but my BRIEF asso-
citation with him last year made my lcve
for him more intense; but protest against
large standing army for the citizens OF
the United States. Instead of an army
to represent force, as above reason
want the volunteer to make the laws,
and because he makes them and must
enforce them, try to make them we'll 1
want the volunteer who fights when the
country needs fighters and works when
the country needs workers.
These are splendid and patrlotic
words and present the subject strongly
and in nutshell.
In discussing the imperial policy OF
the administration, Mr.. Bryan said:
"Who would have thought two years
ago that to-day we would find people
denying the validity of the Declaration
of Independence? Who would nave
thought two years ago that we have now
outgrown the Constitution? Who would
have thought two years ago that the dol
lar could be placed higher than the IN
al.enable rights of the people? The Re
publican party won its success by APP
plying the Declaration of Independence
to the blackman. and feel quite sure that
it will go out of existence when IT at
tempts to deny that Declaration of hide
pendence to brown man.
eve have two theories of government
a government by and with the consent OF
the governed. and government by force,
and it is forced government which we
are trying now. The principle of con-
quest is a principle foreign to American
history and, while we glory in the brav-
cry of our soldiers and rejoice that the
loss of life in the Philippines has been as
small as it has been, We can deplore the
policy that makes sacrifice of one single
American citizen in a conquest.
mo matter what we do now, it is i'm
possible for us to undo what has been
done. IF THE ADMINISTRATIONS HAD
GIVEN TO THE PEOPLE OF THE
PHILIPPINES THE ASSURANCE OF
INDEPENDENCE THAT THEY DID
GIVE TO CUBA. NOT A SINGLE DROP
OF BLOOD WOULD HAVE BEEN SHE'D
IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS"
AS to the false, mawkish, and mis-
guided quasi-religious sentimentality
that cloaks a certain phase of the i'm
perial policy of the administration poll
ticians, Mr.. Bryan says:
Some say that we owe religious duty
to those people and must compel them
to accept our ideas, or to kill them if they
do not / do not know the administra-
tons idea of the Christian religion. For
myself I know no religion that comes
from Calling gun. Our opponents have
confused the terms. Mr.. Gage says that
philanthropy and per cent. will go hand
in hand. We have heard this before. 1t
is heard everywhere, and always where
there is a war of conquest"
In conclusion, the brilliant Western
Democrat quickly punctures the beauti-
full but empty bubble by which the adj
ministration sets such store and which
it has labelled duty and destiny" OF
this claptrap, Mr.. Bryan says with
great force:
Destiny is not a matter of chance: it
is a matter of choice 1t is not a thing
to be waited for; it is to be achieved, and
this nation can determine its own place
among the nations of the world. 1t can
make its destiny what it pleases, but it
has got to choose what 1t VIII do.
1.-The people of France not many years
ago joined with the people of the United
States and erected in New York harbor
a statute representing liberty AS the
ships come in the passengers look upon
that statue, with its torch upheld. 1t
stands for the fundamental doctrine of
our people. Shall we depart from it?
Shall we turn back? Shall we give up all
we have struggled and hoped for? If we
do, then we should send that statue back
to France and go over to England and
borrow a secondhand statue of William
the Conqueror and put it in New York
harbor in Liberty's place.