The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-03-22
CLOvERPORT, KENTUCKY, WEDNESDAY, MARCH o. 1899

l remember when our surplus labor
went to new countries, like Indiai a.
Illinois aud Missouri, and the young
men OF my neighborhood came back
will their pockets fu'l Il money, al d
thoee " no r NAMED took up homsteads
end became wealthy
mem Der Vhep, as yOung mar, [
could bus tract OF good lend in q. ntral
Kentucky with the conhd mt 'xpscia.
ton of paving for il with the crops it
produced-in three years time Bot that
time has passed
There is no place for our Young men
to go. They are standing idle in the
cities villages and country, hoping and
praying for something to do Our home
steads have all been taken up and when
the government opens an Indian rtsprv-
alton to settlement you will hnd settle r.
csmped Tor months upon the border and
committing murder in the mad rush for
homestead pre- tmptiuns. The consoli-
dation of industrial establishments is
throwing hundreds of our young men
out of employment and reducing the
wages OF those who remain For those
reasons believe that we need new mar
kets and expansion OF our trade.
We have more interests in an open
port In China than all the nations of
Europe combined. Before the war with
Spain ! was opposed, for fear of jobbery,
to the building Of the Nicaruguan canal.
but now / am Tor building it with Amer
lean money, fortifViDg it with American
cannon, and sending through it our mer-
chant marine to compete with Europe
for the trade OF China, Japan, and all the
islands of the Pacific.
L believe that we ought to take our
stand at the head of the nations of the
world and lead them all in trade. The
doctrine of good end bad nations with
the right of the better to discipline the
degenerate nation in the interests of
humanity and the peace Of the world has
come to be accepted, and accordingly
only few months ago we saw the navies
OF Europe riding in the harbors OF Greece
saying to Turkey, you shall not do
this" and to Greece, "You shall do
that" And, but for the friendly inter-
ference of England, we would today see
the navies of the world anchored in New
York harbor, and saying to us, Hands
off of Cuba, and upholdiDg the claims
OF Spain. | would build navy COM
mensurate with our greatness as nation
able to protect our flag and the rights of
American citizens III every seaport, and
whenever and wherever people like the
Cubans, Porto Ricans, or the Fllipinos
were struggling for liberty, as France did
in our case, would lend them friendly
hand. In New York harbor we have
BarthOldi's great statue lifting a flaming
torch on high representing Liberty En-
tightening the World. l believe it is
the high destiny of America not only to
l,g.l,k 80, l.,,N To-, a l.. - 4 L
lleYe that the declaration that all men
are born free and equal is az profound
truth as any found in the Bible. l be-
lieve that the time will swiftly come
when men will look back and wonder
that they ever bowed down to kings or
queens. Our fathers and our brothers
are our kings, and our mothers, wives
and sisters are our queens.
The principles contained in our declar- |
alton OF independence and the American
are rapidly undermining the |
thrones of monarchy, and with |
in a few decades, at least, the doctrine |
Of the divine right of kings will be |
looked upon as relic or barbarism and |
1.-THE universal brotherhood OF man is |
ever to be recognized by church and |
earth and good will to men; if men |
everywhere are eyer to be actually free |
aud equal, it will be due to the example |
1f the American people.
The glorious war Just closed with |
Spain was a Democratic war, and was
orced by a united Democratic press and
in Congress which touched and
lroused the great liberty loving heart of
America Its legitimate fruits, it's glories
lpon the battlefield and upon the high
eas, can be justly claimed by the Demo-
ratio party.
But for the stand of our Democratic
eaders we all know that the Cuban
question would have ended in a dis
raceful bond deal, engineered by Mark
Hanna, and the world would be robbed
# the sublime exhibition of courage dis
'layed by American soldiers and sailors
t Santiago and Manila.
Let us give the world an example of
American generosity and magnanimity,
o which it has heretofore been a strang-
n, OF giving back to a people its liberties
which we have conquered, deed to it's
which we have bought with
ur blood and paid for with our money.
1T US foster, encourage and protect the
United States of Cuba, the Republic of |
he PHILIPPINE Archipelago, and restore
D the Hawaiian Islands the liberty
1hiCh a Republican administration has
tnlen
Fellow Democrats, do not be deceived
y the cry that the silver Issue is dead.
iefore the drum beats TO muster the
democratic hosts in 1900 the question of
expansion will have been settled. But
neither it has been, or not, for the love
( country, Of family and posterty, do
OF divide upon the question. In this
natter, as in your church, school or city
Ounoil, let the majority rule as it has
ne right to rule.
American institutions are founded up
n the right OF the majority 70 rule.
'eny this principle, and anarchy and
EVOLUTION will follow as the day follows
ight
II the silver question was ever right il
still right, and il IL is not an is'ue then
hat issue can we present TO the people
the country They say that silver is
cad, aud that Bryan Is dead, aud that a
ew issue and new leader must be pre-
,Dted, but remember that no silver man
as said 80. II Bryan is not our leader
lenwe have no leader. l ask the sound !
lODey Democrat who oppOfes Repub-
can principles and desires the success
the Democratic party to name lead
who is pureT, who is greater, who is
lore firmly intrenched in the affections
the American people. He has the
cart OF Lincoln, whose every pulsa-
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