The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-15
HIS FAITH UNSHAKEN
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hearts of men and we are entering upon a
manifest mission.
GROUNDS OF DEFENSE.
And then they get up and defend it on what
ground? Why, Mr.. Gage said he thought
that philanthropy and per cent would go
hand in hand. Philanthropy and per cent!
My friends, have no doubt that those who
advocate combination of philanthropy and 8
per cent would be willing to amend by strik-
Ing off philanthropy if 1t was necessary In
order to get the per cent. Q4aughter)
The doctrine of conquest in all ages has
been defended on the ground of philanthropy
ana per cent. The philanthropic idea chic
reforms the conscience Of the conqueror, and
the per cent idea picks the pocket Of the
conquered. and they go hand in hand. My
will depart from all they have believed and
enter upon this career-I don't believe it.
They have not SO decided. ! do not believe
that they will SO decide They will inves-
is in 1t; and, my friends, when they come
to study it, believe they will find that there
is not am, political duty, there is not any
religious duty, there is not any pecuniary
embarked. Religious duty-think Of it!
RELIGION AND BLOOD.
My friends, the Christian religion is based
upon the doctrine of vicarious suffering-suf-
fering for another. The colonial policy Is
based upon the doctrine of vicarious enjoy
ment-you enjoy for somebody else. And
while there are great many people not
able to endure vicarious suffering, you will
ind great many willing to take upon them
selves The White Mans Burden, Of enjoy
Ing for all the rest Of the people. Christian
duty! Think Of 1T, my friends. Carrying
over there a gospel of One whose coming
Into the world was heralded as the coming
r6 ms fnl If OOip
with, cannons and muskets to teach those
people over there to love God, who said
through His Son, Thou shalt love thy
ideas much? l think 1 love that flag as
much m as anybody. I love that fisg too much
that flag too much to attempt to hold it over
an alien race by force when they cannot
see in it thing that they can hope for. My
friends they tell us that this nation must
expand. We have expanded. We hape ex-
banded as no nation has expanded Our ideas
have spread as the ideas of no natioh ever
spread This policy, Of forcible annexation,
contracts the nations spirit and the nation s
purpose. You tell me people are not fit
for sef-government; tell you that in this
they were thought not to be capable of self
government. Applause.) Why, l think, my
friends, that over in Sweden-if 1 ap not
mistaken-they do not consider the people
to have kings over there, don't they?
Gov. Lind-Yes. Very limited.
Mr.. Bryan-Yes. 1 know they are limited,
but the idea is there. and if you think it is
q very small thing, suggest that you do away
with it. and see how big thing it is to
those who believe in 1t. 1t is very
LIMITED IN ENGLAND,
but, my friends where there is a hereditary
king 1t is recognition of the doctrine that
government comes down from above, and
not up from the people. And yet the people
who come from Sweden to this country ara
good enough to take part in government,
and you never did wiser thing than when
you made one of them the executive of great
state like this. Great applause) There are
some people who think that the people of
Ireland are not capable Of self-government.
And yet, my friends, we find that the Irish
people do pretty well over here. They are
ern this nation You go over to Germany and
you find that the German people are not
competent for self-government because
they have an emperor too: but when they
come over here they are competent to gov
ern themselves and they make good cit-
zens. tell you, my friends, that you cannot
expect people to be good at governing them
selves unless they have chance. You de-
veiop the capacity of self-goveTnment Why
my friends, we for hundreds Of years have
been developing this capacity for self-goverI-
ment and We have not reached perfection
yet. But We can govern ourselves better
than anybody would be able to govern US.
And, my friends, all the nations have to
go through the same process
They said the South American republics
were not capable of ef-government and
yet they are working out their destiny. The
of self-government, and yet Mexico is work
ing out her destiny. They had a president
down there-Juarez-an Indian, almost full
blooded, who SO great leader and so
great patriot that Victor Hugo compared
him with Abraham Lincoln He said that
America had produced two great men: Lin
ooln, who gave freedom to abe slaves and
Juarez, who prevented his people from be-
coming slaves You find their president there
today is man partially of Indian blood. ana
there is not in the executive office of ma
ton in the world wiser, stronger, more hon
orable man than the president of Mexico
SELF-GOVERNMENT MAKES PATRIOTS.
Self government develops men. 1t makes
patriots. My friends. 1 want to see the
nations of the world have chance to start
on the road toward elf-government. They
used to say-you have heard it: Never go
near the water till you learn how to swim.
My friends, they want to send carpet-bag
governors over to govern people because
they not competent to govern them
selves, and the longer the carpet-baggers
govern them the less competent they will be
and 1t has failed. Nations have got to work
out their own destiny. And l believe when
the American people have chance to speak
on this subject they will not deny to any
nation on earth the right to self-government,
the right to begin to work out its own SAL
walton; and, instead of going into war as
good Samaritan, and then make slave
out of the man you rescue from the thieves
among whom he fell that this nation will
close the upon the same plane on which
it began it and stand by its principles and,
instead of holding its flag over an unwilling
people, it will plant it's nag upon the hearts
Of the people, and America will be loved
! everywhere and her example emulated among
| all the people of the world. (Applause)
| My friends, our mission is not to force our
| sovereignty people. 1t is to cultivate in
| them the ideas that we have, and these ideas
| will revoutionize them. And yeu give man
| the idea that men created equal! Let
| him understand that they are to stand side
| by side-not one on top of another-and that
| very idea working out through any people
| will develop statesmen and patriots, and
| those patriots will lead that nation step by
step onto higher ground.
In concluding Mr.. Bryan paid a high
| compliment to Gov. Lind, and humor-
ously pointed out that the Democracy
| should not be discouraged or dissatis-
fed if there were not enough offices at
| the governors disposal to pass around.