The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-17
TEXT OF THE SPEECH.
Trust and Other Questions Discussed
mt Length by MIR. FOulke.

delivered in Carthage yesterday:
History repeats itself. Thirty-six years
ago the advocates of independence for
South Carolina. Virginia and the other
Southern States organized association
throughout the North, TO which they gave
the title of the 'Sons of Liberty" A few
weeks since the advocates of independence
for the Philippines organized an associa-
ton and held a meeting at Indianapolis,
to which they gave the title of Liberty
Congress The same name was invoked
in each case for the same purpose. Then,
the Sons of Liberty was an adjunct, not
in full communion with the Democratic
party To-day, the Liberty Congress" is
an adjunct. not in full communion with
the party of Mr.. Bryan. Then. the Sons
of Liberty met at out-of-the-way places
throughout the Hoosier commonwealth
We read. for instance, "a little company
meets at the Pinnacle, a vacant house in
the woods" To-day, the handful of men
composing the Liberty Congress" meets
amid the solitude of the empty benches
of Tominson Hall. In those days the
"Sons of Liberty wrote letters to the
front to discourage our soldiers who were
fighting for the preservation of the Union
To-day Mr.. Edward Atkinson, founder of
the organization represented by the Lib
erty Congress-, writes letters to our SOL
diers in the Philippines telling them that
they are engaged In wicked and unholy
war which ought TO be at once abandoned.
Then. the Sons of Liberty were in direct
communication with Jacob Thompson and
the other Confederate commissioners in
how to stir up an instruction in the heart
of the North. To-day, DIR. Montague Lev
erson, member and orator OF the league
which called together the Liberty Con-
gress,' writes to the representative of
Aguinaldo, in the Philippines. urging
| him to seize American officers
and try them for piracy. Then
the Sons of Liberty denounced the tyr
amy of President Lincoln, who trampled
upon free speech and sent Vallandigham,
their grand commander, within the Con-
foHa lines nd nSfs fCha ed shc
tiles through the North. To-day, the
Liberty Congress denounces the tyranny
of President Mckinley for esta blishing his
censorship and preventing the mails from
| being used as a vehicle of seditious corre-
| spondence. In the eyes of the Sons of
Liberty Lincoln was a tyrant and
| ton in every part. To-day. in the eyes of
| the Liberty Congress- the tyrant
| is Mckinley. who Ought to be impeached"
| for the exercise of the same war
power Then, the Democratic party at
| the instigation of Vallandigham. COM
mander of the Sons of Liberty. declared
| that the a failure; and now, the
| same party, echoing the lamentations of
| the men who organized the Liberty Con-
gress," tell that far ever
| from suppressing the insurrection in the
Philippines. Then, the Sons of Liberty
rejoiced at every defeat of the Union arms
| as a justification of their demand for the
| cessation of hostilities. Now, the Liberty
| Congress turns to every renewed out
break i'm the Philippines as a justification
| OF its claim that we can never suppress
| the insurrection.
| The political principles OF the Sons of
| Liberty" were thus set forth in its ritual:
1.-The government designated the United
States of America has sovereignty be-
/ cause that is an attribute belonging to the
| people in their respective State organiza-
1 tions and with which they have not en-
| dowed that government, as their common
agent"
In the same way. Mr. Bryan. as we'll as
/ the organizers of the Liberty Congress
| tell us that the Federal government ac-
| quired no sovereignty in the Philippines.
| since Spain had none TO transfer at the
/ time the treaty was made. The ritual of
| the SONS of Liberty" continues:
| whenever the officials TO whom the peo-
pie have intrusted the powers of the gov
| strict accordance with the Constitution and
| shall assume and exercise power or author
/ ity not delegated IL is the inherent right and
| imperative duty Of the people TO resist such
| officials and. il need be, to expel them by
| force of arms. Such resistance is not
| revolution but it solely the assertion of a
| right
| To-day. the men who composed the Lib
| erty Congress-, and their echoes in the
| Democratic party tell us that the Consti-
| tuition hessbeen violated and encourage the
| Filipinos to resist the Federal authorities
| by assuring them that such resistance is
not revolution. but is solely the assertion of
| q right.
! The SONS of Liberty" declared that the
| Federal authority cOulu not cOerce Dy arms
| a sovereign State, and the Liberty Con-
| gress" tells us that ii can't coerce by force
of arms the sovereign tribes of Fill pino
| Tagalogs. The eye of history will regard
| with the same favor the conspirators of
| the past and the conspirators of the pres
/ ent and will look with establishment at
/ the conduct of men whose Vaccinations
/ have been condemned by the universal YER
| diet of mankind. and yet who repeat with
| blind fatality, the same errors and the
| same unpatriotic calumnies which large
| ly contributed to their overthrow thirty-six
| years ago
BRYAN AND THE TRUSTS.
| OF the three great issues which have
/ from time TO time received nourishment
from Mr.. Bryan's oratory-the silver ques-
ton. the trust question and Imperialism
| the two former were for some time suf-
| fered 10 go hungry and thirsty. His atten-
| ton was occupied almost exclusively with
| Imperialism Now. however. he Is talking
| a little on the subject of trusts. and in his
| speeches at Topeka and elsewhere he tells
| us that the Republican party cannot be
| trusted TO deal with this great evil. How
| Is IL. then. with the party OF Mr.. .3ryan ?
III the destruction OF trusts depended upon
| mere vociferation. would be better
qualified for the task than Mr.. Bryan. II
these giant corporations could be blown
down by wind the Democratic candidate