The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-27
FEDERAL IMPERIALISM,
WHY 1T is NECESSARY TO ADMIN.
ISTER A REBUKE TO M'KINLEY

Punish Him For His Surrender Co-a Caste
Influence Which Demands Strong
Centralized Government and a Policy
of Empire in Place of a Democracy.
1t is unhaypily true that President
McKinley's surrender to a caste infu-
ence which demands strong central
lied Government and a policy of en-
pire in place of a Democratic Govern
ment animated by Republican policies
has made it necessary for the people
of this country to administer to him
and to his party a rebuke so severe
that the world cannot fail to under
stand and appreciate its significance.
Once before in American history, at
the very beginning of this Govern
ment, the alignment now necessitatei l,
that of the friends of the people alC
believers in popular government
against men who doubted the peoples
capacity to wisely govern themselves,
was drawn. Thomas Jefferson then
stood where Mr.. Bryan now stands,
the firm and fearless advocate of pop
ular government, urging that the full
est measure of control and RESPONSE
bility be placed in the peoples hands.
Alexander Hamilton, the friend of
England, stood where now stands Mr..
Mckinley, denying the peoples capac-
ity for self-rule, fearful of liberty,
hostile to a government of the people
by the people for the people, claim
ing that the British Government was
the worlds model Government. The
American issue of 1877 is now the
American issue of 1900.
The issue of 1877 between Thomas
Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton
was decided in 1889 by the Patriot
Fathers in favor of Jefferson and pop
ular government. The anglomaniac
Hamilton's plea for the establishment
of q Government on the British model
did not prevail. An American free
Government was established instead.
In little more than century this Gov
eminent has risen to first place in
power and honor in the world The
American people have governed them
selves wisely and we'll In doing this
they have by example held out to all
the peoples of the earth the promise
of an ultimate freedom akin to their
own. They have supplied the one ar
gument for popular government that
is unanswerable. They have proved
that it is the safest and most beneti-
cent of all Governments. Liberty
lovers and liberty seekers the world
over have been enabled to point to the
United States in proof that they were
not mere Utopian theorists in contend
ing for popular government against
caste rule
1t is pitiful that in the flower of the
nations development as a free and
self-governing nation, at the moment
when we had crushed the pride of i'm
perial Spain in order that little Cuba
might have freedom, an American
President has seen fit to repudiate the
very principles upon which our great
ness and our glory are based, and him
self to urge the system urged by Alex
ander Hamilton in the earlier days.
The American people cannot forgive
Mr.. McKinley'S apostasy from Ameri-
can faith. They will in November re-
buke and punish him for his grievous
sin. They must do this in order to
proclaim to the world that they are
still true to the principle of popular
goyernment-that government of the
people by the people for the people Is
not perishing from the earth.-St.
Louis Republic.