Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-06
Mr.. Bryan's Quotations.
To the Editor Of The Evening Star:

To the Editor Of The Evening Star:
When the Divine Master was on earth.
Satan had the effrontery to contend with
Him in argument and to quote from the
sweet singer Of Israel in support of his
contentious This, perhaps, is the most
striking example record of how the
words Of another, spoken in truth. may be
torn from their connections and tortured
into the support of error.
w. J. Bryan is going about and quoting,
in all sections Of the country except the
SOUTH the sayings of Abraham Lincoln,
knowing while he declaims them that the
whole life and teachings Of Lincoln are
opposed to the hodge-podge of political
vagaries known as the Chicago PLATFORM
amended but not improved by the Kansas
City edition.
Why does not Mr.. Bryan quote the sayings
of the brainiest and most illustriouS demo-
crat of Lincolns day-Stephen A Douglas!
The man who so industriously peddles the
sayings of Lincoln cannot be held ignorant
of the fact that Lincoln and Douglas con-
Quoted in Illinois the most celebrated joint
debate known in the history or American
politics In the debate held at Freeport,
August 81, 1853 Mr.. Douglas delivered HIM
self of the following remarkable utterance:
territory enough. Our fathers supposed
that we had enough when our territory
extended to the Mississippi river; but few
years growth and expansion satisfied them
territory. from the west branch of the Mis-
sissippi to the British possessions. was &C
auired. Then we acquired Oregon. then
California and New Mexico. We have enough
now for the present, but this Is young
and growing nation. 1t swarmS as often as
a have of bees, and as new swarms are
turned out each year there must be hives
In which they can gather and make their
honey. In less than fifteen years. II the
same progress that has distinguished this
country for the last fifteen years continues,
every foot Of vacant land between this and
the Pacific ocean, owned by the United
State, will be occupied VIII you not con-
tinue to increase at the end Of fifteen years
as well as now? l tell you, increase. and
multiply, and expand is the law OF this ma
TONS existence. You cannot limit this
great republic by mere boundary lines,
saying, Thus far shalt thou go. and no
further Any one of you gentlemen might
as well say to a son twelve years old that
he is big enough, and must not grow any
larger; and in order to prevent his growth,
put a hoop around him to keep him to his
present size. What would be the result?
Either the hoop must burst and be rent
asunder, or the child must die. So 1T would
be with this great nation. With our nat
ural increase, growing with rapidity I'M
known in any part of the globe, with the
tide of emigration that is fleeing from des-
potism in the old world to seek refuge in
our own, there Is constant torrent pour
ing into this country that requires more
land more territory upon which to settle;
and just fast our interests and our
destiny require additional territory in the
north in the south, or in the islands of the
ocean, l am for it; and when we acquire 1T.
will leave the people according to the Ne
braska BILL free to do as they please on
the subject Of slavery and every other
question:
Douglas would acquire" the territory
and then let the people govern themselves
under the Constitution. laws and authority
of the general government. But VIM. j.
Bryan is not Stephen A. Douglas!
W. d. NJ