The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-03-01

and the strains OF " Yankee Doodle =
and OF Dxie" were mingled in Tho
folds Of the Star Spangled Banner
| (rremendous appEausc.) Ana thes,
boys wero willing 20 give up thcir
| lives in order to make good thc dCclar
ntion that the people Of Cuba are and
Of right ought to be free. You canncI
draw the lines between the rights O.
the Cubans and the rights Of TIC rtlj
pines. Tell me the Filipino is incanN
bio OF f-governmrDt What impcr
ia!ist would sHy that God madc the FIJI
pinos and left them for thousands OF
them and took them up in his prolc c
tive arms. (Chears and laughter,
You ask me what TO do? say treat
the E,liptuo5 rs wC promised 10 treat
the CubnDs. We said TO the Cubuns
I'VE fight not for land, but for iiberlv'
Let US us say to the EilipipUs We
have driven the Spaniard out, stand uI
and be free.' Then say to the world
Hands Cf." And allow that rCpuhiil
to live and work ont its destiny, aud
be enc moro repahl.c on Geo., green
carin (Chccr$.) believe that this
is The American way out, and when
they tell me this nation must uxcrt
its Influence over foreign lUuds,
tell them that it must exert It's IN
liucncc, but | wart it TO exert - l.stinr
aud olovatiAg iriluence, and DOL uu iu-
lu"nCc that 10 CXl rted at the cannOu's
mouth.
LAST summCrI was travelling th.rugu
Georgia and met young man woo
was brought mp in this city. lIr huG
gone from here over into Africa. ana
there Is Thousand miles south OF, the
Congo and 100 miles from any other
white man, he haG establish ca d church
He stayed I'll ere for some three years,
aud when he returned be brought with
h,m two boys OF native birth, aud p &r.
ed them in 4 school in this country, and
" hen they arc educated they arc TO 20
back ana help him IN his work. | 80
not know when ! have cnjoycd u con.
vcrsatiOn with d man more than en-.
J"y2d my conversation with that boy.
he told me how the native chief had
received him. bad taken care Of him
Grd bow, when he was about To leave,
TO bring these native boys back here TO
hc educated, Zone Of them OF royal fam
iiy), be cola me how that chief hau
given him message to bring to the
White mars land. WAS 50 Impressed
with 1t th"! had hlm write IL down
for me. This Is the IN, ssagc: go tell
the people OF the white mans country
hNhI want them 70 send Us friends. If
lhGy send Us men TO I, ach lis lhN white
man ways and educate our children,
ana give us their new rciig ion and
:hOw rs how 10 become wise and pOw.
eriu! like them will give them l.nd
au0 fOOd | vii. help and protect them
rs | have helped ana protected YOU, bat
You see these hills here where NV pco.
pie have lived before ever II white lnnn
was heard OF : you sec these streams
from whence our women bavu drawn
water Tor hHndroGs Of years :: you see
these :.UGQ5 where eur l.Lhcrs lie
buried before mc, if you come to teach,
to he!p. to bcirlcnd, the land is yours ;
but il you come to takc our lands ara
destroy our families, we viii fight YOU
until the last one OF Us dies and is
bnricd by our fathers. (Ch"ors.) That
was the message that came from far or
Airlca 20 the white mans land.
My friends, if you want to lift mp the
human race, yOp have pot to do ii by
love- you canDot DO it by your great
armies and Caunnns, and I'd rather
trust the loving influence OF one South
Carolina DDy whose love TO GNd car
rtCs him far oil from the cOLiincS OF
civilization would rHthcr trust the
uplifting Influence Of one great human
heart than the uplifting iEtllcncc OF all
the great armies sent TO teach tho
doctrines OF conquest and force to an
iulcriOr people. (ApplaUsc) And as
talked with th"t boy, this Thought
came 10 me. Here was d sen OF SOHth
CaroliD" going 10 Africa To give his
lif" i0r the uplifting of the Africans
Way OF III that distant loMd, and Tbs
Republican party with al Of It's boaatrG
iOVe ter the African race, Tor the man
wh0 l., not white, crossing The Fac tic
ocean TO take the declaration Of iud4-
pcndcnCc out OF the hands OF the Brown
people OF tEc orient. | saw the con
trast and want this nation TO be IL
great and moral factor Of the WOrlQ's ;
progress, and, therefore, I am not will
ing that this nation shall step down
from the high plane on which it stands
and follow in the lead Of the empires
OF the old world.
You ask me what my idea Of this ms
li0n's destiny is. | say let it stand
erect and show The difference between
g. Republic und IL monarchy. Let it
show that there 5 q reality in the
faith ana the principles that we pro-
less, and then, as The nation grows
great, as It's population Increases, as
li5 Influence Increases, Is its wealth.
Increases, it can stand as IN incrras ing
factor for good, and then doing moth
ing Itself TO contradict It's high pur-
poses, It's people to scan the entire
world, and whenever anywhere the
people are willing to die for liberty
TINS nation can cross any OCEAN with its
sympathy and say TO them, " God blcs
you, may You win your fight to cstab-
lish doctrine OF self government"
(Great applausc)