The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-10-12
FOUR ENEMIES OF MAN.
Aristocracy, Militarism, Slavery
and Imperialism.

Aristocracy, Militarism, Slavery
and Imperialism.
NOW owooNFRoNTTHEUN1TED STATES
Heresy of lmperialism the Most DAM
Eerous Since Heresy OF SeccnaIon.
History of Nations Proves the Truth.
of This Assertion-Theirs Attractive
Sides.
CBy David Starr Jordan, president Of Stanford uni
versty.l IS
There are four enemies that have
stood in the path of man. These are
aristocracy, militarism, slavery and
Imperialism. There are various other
enemies. but those are the four arch
enemies in the political sense. They
NIL spring out7of the idea that man be-
longs not to himself, but that he be-
longs, body and soul, to somebody or
something else which owns him. These
four enemies, In a dangerous garb, con-
front the United States today.
Schiller says that the tyrants reach
hands to each other-that they reach
to each other the hands. They stand
together now. These efourstand together
now. Wherever there is one. the 9TH
erS Is. Aristocracy, slavery, miltarisln
and imperialism. They reach each
others hands, S
They all have their fair. attractive
SIDE They are defended sometimes at;
the fireside. Slavery was discussed
and defended from many a pulpit In
New England.
Aristocracy has Its fair side.
The foundation of q quality Is nris.
tocracy, the foundation of our liberty.
is rebellion against 1.-THE very thing
we came here for.
There Is q fair side of slavery and a.
fair side of militarism. How clean the
streets can be kept under military dis
ctpline and how free from noise! How
easily people can be sent to bed NJ
dark II 1t be desired.
There Is a fair side Of imperialism.
You will find In many places that nine
tentlls of the people believe it Is a
good thing for the world. Maybe 1t is,j
but when we come to read history
from the one side to the other we will
find that the British people have been
debnuched by their course In India
and that the Htndoos have been ours
ed. You will find that the English
people have been turned from being
a strong, freedom loving people. You
will find also that the hearts blood
has gone out Of Great Britain as 1t has
gone out Of all countries which have
engaged In constant wars.
We know how Napoleon depopulated
France by his wars. We know OF the
murders of the nobility, the murders
of the peasantry. and the result In
France today. In 1890, when tile Phil
ippine question was burning one tn
Spain, La Puente, an Augustinian
friar, expressed his opinion OF the.
whole thing when he said:
"AEainst the gain OF redeemed
souls place the cost in loss of ar
mndns and of soldiers and frinrs
sent TO the Philippines. and these /
count the chief loss-thnt while
mines give silver and forests give
lumber only Spain gives spaniards,
and she shall give so many OF them
TINT some day she shall be left
childless and forced to bring nm
stranEers' childreu Instead Of her
own.''
The heresy of imperialism Is the
most dangerous TINT has arisen since
the heresy of secession and 1t must be
fought as vigorously as the heresy of
secession. II we admit us citizens any,
number Of millions of people that are
not ready for liberty, If we admit them
with all the degradation which they
must bring into our politics, we must
take the consequences.
1t is better that we should be lust
and faithful to our own principles and
to the principles OF God and that we
should in orr laws he no respecrers OF
persons, because Ii ir our laws we arc
respecters of persons we must 60 the.
way of empire. as all empire has gone
The best way In which the growti,
OF any man or nation has ever been
promoted has been through self gov
ernnent. democratically looking after.
its own affairs. We do not expect that
self government will always be good
government. Men learn not by their,
successes, but by mistakes. 1t is alb.
solutely impossible for any republic to-
conduct any affairs well except its
own.
Death Of Wen Known Railroad MAN
San Francisco. Oct. S.-W. r. Bissell,s
a railroad man, well known through