Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-09-20

time has come or not. while others say
that We cannot deal with them until they
could have done it when we made ,he
treaty with Spain. Some argue that we
could not make Spain grant Independence
to the Filipino, but it looks to me az
though II we could take q quit claim deed,
we, could have given one. If our treaty
had recognized the independence Of
tn, the Filip,inos not one drop OF
II we had given them assurance. as we
did the Cubans, that they were to be
independent, there would have been no
blood shedding. But in answer to this IL
is argued that the president has not the
power to do these things and that con-
gress is not In session. But congress was
in session for three months before the
treaty of peace was ratified and congress-
can be called together by the president.
But when we talk of calling congress to-
gether they say that it would cost too
much as 1t Is costing US to carry on this
war. The president called congress to-
gether to repeal the Sherman law and he
lation and he can call 1t together to dis
pose of the Filipino question. Let him
call congress together now to enact
legislation to the effect that the declara-
ton of independence is still a law of tine
land and that 1t is still in force.
Kinds OF Government.
"There are two kinds of government in
this world. one government by consent
and the other government by force. The
republic Is government by consent and
two will not mix; we must have the one or
the other. Which do we prefer? We can
not estab lish an institution by force in the
Philippines and maintain that which We
would not countenance on our own soil
Our declaration of Independence says that
government gets Its right to go~eru
from the, consent Of the people. Is that
true, or Il it lie? If it is true, then
let the Philippines go. II 1t is not true.
then let us repeal the declaration of in.
dependence and no longer lie to the world.
the owners name printed on the out
side. do nor have to open 1t up and
count the money before i make up my
mind whether t. would be right to return
question. We do not have to stop TO
reckon what there is to be obtained in
holding f.hd. the Philippines before We decide
know now what 1t would he right to do
with them. We ought to say to them that
We can go to war. to break this shaclsles
81 the oppressed, but not to forge them.
We ought to say to them Stand up AMI
go free: We not only should say to
them Go free. but we should promise
Cuba and to the Central and South
American republics. We should tell them
that we have come In pe2ce to establish
a government in the place of the one we
have destroyed: a government that when
1t is established is to be theirs and after
we have turned it over we should say 10
all the world, Handy or
Advance Without Bloods.ied.
I'm 100 years without resorting to the
more to advance the cause of civilization
than all the nationu of the world. We
have done more for the common cause of
man and for history and We would not
exchange that history for tina. OF any
other country in the world. In this way
we have grown from a little nation to
great one. And now shall we turn back
say that our Libeity Bell -ang in vain.
You remember how when the Declaration
was expected the ye9ple sath-red in the
and how when finally The last signature
was affixed and the bell rang out, they
caught up the sigma. and cheered and
cheered. SINCE taat time that bell has
heen taken from state to state and people
have revered II and tears have come to
their eyes at sight Of 1t when they rea-
liked what 1t meant to them. Now are
we to say that the Declaration of lnde-
pendence for which it rang WAS a lie and
that the real declaration Is thing thir-
teen inches long and round in snare, that
Is fired OUT OF a gun. The imperialists
may say so, but he common ne oFle will
not. and we Will .lot give to the crowned
heads of the monarchs an opportunity to
kill the fatted calf in celebration Of the
return to the ranks OF the empires OF tho
world of the gre,.t republic.
The Conclusion.
What are we 10 do? Because of tho
friendship of FIR .nce In our war of revo-
luton. the people joined end placed in
New York harbor statue of Liberty en-
with it? Shall we take it down, and
send 1t back to France and say we are
not In the bust, SIS any more? Shall we
go to ENGLAND and get statue of WIN
more NJ 9s Gye the Ph pno afh heir
statue Of Liberty enlshtenins tho E,tli-
pines That is the American plan But
am told vi must have an Anslo-SaNon
CIVILIZATION. ] am as much an AI,slo-
Scotch aud lrist and English hood in my
vcins-bGt am ali American! haze not
:, Mofd 70 Jay ',sain.t the races that are
.a't M, III hstoty Ihcy nave been gtea,
TIC celi. he T.dton End the Anslo-SaN-
On. nut greater and HIGHER than Them all
- we Ainericar H. winch is blended the
virtues OF al the races.
me American civ.ization ought TO he
above and hey nd any civilization the
world has ever Hnown. In 1885, some
one SAID 1t wa- made in he'll and an
other said it was written by tho eevil.
me me latter statement J found rather per
platform myself But on this question.
want platforri to be written higher;
than any other toe country has known.
"aht u 10 proclaim tnat we should not
teach man how to take care of himself,
but how to make him love his neighbor as
himself The Anslo-SaXon civilization has
attempted the former; the American civ
iiization will inspire in another race tho
desire for se!f-soycrnment. The Ameri.
can civilization will plant its flag In the.
hearts of the people, not over their heads.
i beg you to study this question.
BY resisting temptation we can do
more than by wasing many wars Study
the question and you will find that the
republican party has been putting the dol
lar above the man-taXatton, trusts ev-
eryth.as. ana is doing 1t now. Yet when
we say word against annexation and
fnrcib e conquest we are tod that we are
pleading the cause of the filipinos. say
that We are pleading the oaiise of 70,c00,000
American people. Abraham Lincoln said
that If we destroyed the spirit of liberty
in man we planted the seeds of dstrust
and of war. BY DENYING self-governmentj
TO the Fupinos we are endangering self
government in the United States We cana
not pant in the orient a principle of spvj
ernment we are not wiling TO plant on,
American soil No nation will ever be,
great enough to trample with IMMUNITY,
tn rights of the humh.est people in all the
world"
Almost 5000 years were necessary
to produce TIE American Society for
the Prevention OF Cruelty to Animals.
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