The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-10-17

pCemc court OF the HtteC sNI3(cS. ucllt
cred before the Liberal clui, OF Buffalo
In my judgment. it would 1e 81 good eS
ercise il patriotism and intellectual de
veiopment for every citizen OF the re
public, Democrat, Republican or Pop
uliSt, to commit to memory these pun
gent, terse. classic. wise and patrioti
words Of the great jurist. They consti
tute a rare piece Of logic and of rhet
oric. AS some Of my Republican read
ers may not know who Judge Brewe
is. I will tell them He is one Of th'
ablest lawyers and most distinguished
Republicans III the land. For years ht
was on the bench Of the supreme cour
OF Kansas he served long time OF
the bench of the United States Circuit
court. he has for about q decade beer
q member Of the highest judicial tri
bunal in the world. and he is universal
ly regarded as one Of the greatest OF
our supreme court judges. Surely his
words ought to carry great weight
with them. Judge Brewer says:
It is said that the Anglosa1on race has mani
tested capacity to govern we'll. that we are o.
that race and that, therefore. we could well GOV
ern the Philippine Islands rs colonies / DO not
question the capacity of the race we'll and wise
ly 20 govern others. object 20 the Philippine
policy because it antagon,es the principles upon
which this government was founded, which have
controlled its life up to the present time and the
perfection OF which has been the hope and aspsra-
tion OF every true American
Very few nations very few individuals. live up
to their high ideals, but surely the Declaration o.
Independence has been the ideal o: our life, and
we have s:.iven to make 1t more and more real.
Now, government By force is the very antipodea Of
this, and to introduce government by force ever
any portion OF the nation is to start the second
quarter OF the second century OF our life upon
principles which are the exact opposite Of those
upon which We have hitherto lived. It Is one
thing to fail OF reaching your ideal It is an en-
tirely different thing to deliberately turn yosz
back upon it
The test OF government is not in the outward
mechanical display OF order, but IN the capacity
to develop the best men, and We have lived in
the faith that government By the consent Of the
governed develops the best men. We have not let
the wise rule the ignorant, the learned the un-
learned, the rich the poor, but We have appealed
always to 1.-The plain people IS the ones in whose
Judgment to rely and upon whose shoulders should
rest the burden OF the government
Ideals are, after al, the eternal force. Human
lie and deetiny are controlled by them They
may seem today Of little significance. but around
them gather material interests, and tomorrow
their power is disclosed
Parting OF the Ways.
Government by consent and government by
force, no matter how we'll the government may be
administered. are tvo essentially antagonistic
principles Doubtless DO immediate conflict will
follow. We may zee large measure OF prosper.
fly, bat are we not sowing the seeds which in the
days to come Will grow up into harvest Of trou-
bic for our children and or chidren's childrene
Evils Of Empire.
necessity OF colonial possessions Is an increase
in our regular army, and the first increase pro-
posed is from 80, 900 to 100000 men. 1t IS
strange commentary that at the close OF the nine
teenth century the head OF the most arbitrary
government in the civilized world the czar Of the
Russias. is inviting the cations OF the world to
decrease in their arms, while this, the freest land.
is proposing increase in its. Yet such seems to
be the imperative need, il We enter upon the sys-
TEN Of colonial expansion.
Great Economic QUESTION: Confront
Cs.
Now the great economic problem in this cour-
try is not chow can few men make more money
and pile up larger fortunes?" bur 'how can the
great body G: the people make fair and COM
Portable Eying?' The right to work is again and
again insisted upon as more important than the
right to vote and the CRY Of the right to work is
supplemented by the cry that the state furnish
work to all who cannot obtain il elsewhere.
Are we likely to aid in solving this problem By
I IN
ooo 600 Of unskil!cd Malay lsborcrs? We have shut
the doors against the Chinese. Are they any
worse than the Malay? Shall we introduce in this
nation more cheap labor? co not wonder at the
action of the Federation OF Labor in protesting
against new competition OF cheap labor as we'll
as an increase OF The army, With its consequent
increase OF burden and taxation on the employed
labc-cr.
Evils From Concentrated Wealth.
But they say there is money in it. And. after
MI. this is really the most potent factor in the
proposed reaching out after the islands @! the
orient. The wealth o. Osrnrs and OF Ind is today.
u in the days of Milton. the expectation and the
dream OF many Possession OF the orient. With its
accumulated wealth OF centuries, dazzles the i'm
aeioation and confuses the judgment The haze
OF rnystery hangs over that vast douaio- Wealth
untold is beleved to be there. rea1y TO be appro-
pyieted b. any dominant po.er. All the nations
aod tribes come within Lord Salisou1's defnitica
o. dying nations and must soen Do divided b.
tween and appropriated By tae living and grow
ing nations China is held oot ss dytng nation.
elled With ine1h.uaibIe wealth. xnd Why sboold
ve not srsse IN its appropriatioaf What. picture
thts II! The eagle OF liberty standing hse
bo.yacd 10 grew tat over an expected coFpse.
''Ill tlpes the land. 10 Fastening LIB preS,
Where wealth acconulates and nea decay.
The Cosafs sa~ the spears od their rictoeso1s
lexions Cash IN the sunlight s epe:y known Land.
and in their triumphant return they brought With
the ,e accumulated wealth od all tia nations
th. I'D subdued The splendor Of imperial Rome
outshooe the world, but the wealth thus obtained
without value given undermined tha empire. and
the glory OF Rome is amply memory. Napoleon
beheld the shining star OF destiny; and sheaY
Does human nature change through the centuries!
We stand today facing the temptation which
comes from the possibility CT rapidly accumulated
wealth. Wha. right have we to anticipate that
the same result will not follow il We pursue the
same course O. taking what we have net tally
earned?
Our Present Form Of Government.
The problem we have sought to work out In
this nation is that OF government OF and oy anc
for the people. A great nation upon that prioc,-
Die seems possible only under federal systeTl. s
system which regulates all matters of local interest
m tho secer,l tatrs and exercises through the