The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-09-08
From LINCOLN 10 HANNA.


W TIC PtoooA'eS
republican institutions, and that the
consultation, the rights OF the
and the union Of the states
shall be preserved" When the last
republican national convention met,
In June, 1900, In the same historic
1t adopted a platform wherein
there occurs not o syllable OF refer
to the Declaration Of lndepend-
ence. How can this b. accounted lori
No American citizen can 90 to Phil
adelphiA without feeling the holy In
huence OF the place. The immortal
Declaration lives in every nook and
corner Of the old colonial capital. The
convention Of 1856 was 10 harmony
with this sacred association. That OF
1900 was insenslble TO 1t. The reason
was that the party between 1856 and
1900 had changed character CON-
pleiely.
From being the champion Of free
dom it has become the defender Of
oppression. Its high ideals had given
place 10 sordid ones.
g FROM LINCOLN TO HANNA.
|. had measured the awful distance
from Abraham Lincold to Marcus A.
Hanna.
Forty-four years ago it reafirmed
the Declaration Of Independence. This
year 1t not only falls to reafarm that
great instrument; It actually repeats
It. Note the following language Of
It's platform on the subject Of the gov
eminent OF the islands taken from
SPAN; "Ths largest measure OF self
government consistent with their vel
fare and our duties shall be assured 10
them by law"
This makes the republican party
the source and origin Of whatever
"measure Of self government" these
people may secure. The Declaration
Of independence says that liberty h
an i~nalisnabls attribute Of manhood.
The republican party declares that
Mckinley may give liberty to som'
men. The Declaration Of Independ'
ence maintains that God gives il &c
all men,.
THE TYRAsT's EXCUSE.
This compliment announcement Of
benevolent guardianship over inferior
races is 10 the very spirit Of desPot'
ism. No tyrant In the world eyel
confessed that his own glory and I'D.
vantage we're the objects OF his sway
Always and everywhere the plea o
absolutism has been that 1t aimed al
the welfare Of Its victims, which the!
themselves were powerless TO schlev'
or 10 achieve in equal measure. Thi
was the claim Of George Ill. with ref
erence to The revolted colonies wheI
he said: 81 am dssnous OF restoring
to them the blessing Of law, whicl
they have fatally and desperately ex
changed for the ealamities Of war AM
the arbitrary tyranny Of their Chiefs
1t was Of such Prescriptions as ties
Of George III. and William Mckinley
that Abraham Lincoln said:
WHAT LINCOLN SAID.
'Those arguments that are mad
that the inferior ace are 10 be treat
. ed with as much allowance as they ar
capable Of enjoyingi that IS much !
TO be done for them as their condl
, ton will sllow-what are these argu
ments9 They r the arguments tina
kings have made for enslaying th
people IN all ages Of the world. YoI
will note that all the arguments Q
klDgscraft we're always Of this class
They always bsstrode the necks Of th
people, not that they wanted 10 d
IL, but because the people were bette
of for being ridden. Turn 1t ever
way you will, whether it comes fror
the mouth Of 9 king rs ~ excuse iC
b enslaving tho people Of his countr
q or from the mouth Of one q Q as
o reason for enslAying the men Of al
other race, It is all the same old sci
pent."
Some Of the present day critiss
the Declaration OF Independence thin
they have discredited its authorii
when they trace its inspiration
g Rousseau and the French philosoph
OF the eighteenth century. But thu
wholly misconceIVe the nature aE
u purpose Of the Instruments. 1t do
not aim TO state historic fact, that civ
:, justice; not 90 much what has bee
as what ought TO be and will be.
Lincoln has somewhere said that Il
trainers Of the Declaration aimed
set up for mankind an ideal standal
and maxim Of government. towart
which by ~ceaseless effort aud strul
q gle we should constantly more ar
o more approximate. When the 90
70 shall have been reached indeed, thu
shall we behold that halcyon era
the world Of which poets have dream,
snd philosophers have theorized, al
for which all history na ~preparatIo
" To the glory Of advancing that col
summation under Lincoln q 1t
possible that the republican party
to add the infsmy Of retardIng or d
"a feating II under HANNAH
,a All the tradition Of oar history, (
n, the aspirations Of our people cry o
against this madness.
The patriotism Of America 10 tod
D. the hope Of the world.
A The Evils VI Banks.
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