The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-09

and Washington. lie, them censure Lincoln,
whose Gettysburg speech Will be quoted
in defense OF popular government when
the present advocates OF force and con-
quest are forgotten.
Some one has sid that truth once
spoken can never be recalled, 1t is true.
II goes on end On, and no one can set
limit to It's ever widening influence. Blu
II It were possible to obliterate every word
written or spoken in defense OF the prin-
ciples set forth in the Declaration OF In
dependence. war OK conquest woul1 s.il1
leave It's legacy OF perpetual hatred. for
1t was God Himself who placed in every
human heart the love of liberty. He never
made race OF people so low in the scale
OF civilization or INTEL gence that 81 would
welcome a foreign master.
Lincoln said that the safety OF this Ma
tion was not in its fleets, its armies or its
forts, but IN the spirit which prizes liber.y
as the heritage OF all men. In all lands,
everywhere; and he warned his country
men that they could not destroy this spirit
without planting the seeds of 1espotism
at their own DOORS
Those who would have this Nation enter
upon a career OF empire must consider
not only the effect of imperialism on the
FNipinos, but they must also calculate
It's effect upon our own Nation. We can
not repudiate the principle Of self-gov-
eminent in the Philippines without weak
ening that principle here.
Even now We are beginning 10 see the
paralyzing influence of Imperialism Here
tofore this Nation has been prompt to
express It's sympathy with those who were
fighting for civil liberty. While our
sphere OF activity has been limited 10 the
not been bounded nv the eeas we have
felt II due 10 nurseIves and 10 .ho world
ne ven ne n thoso rshn vere strnpgling
for the right 40 govern themselves 20
nroclaim the interest which nur people
have from the date of their own indie
nsndenca selr IN evprv contest hatwsen
human rigbfs and arhitrarv mower Three
cuarfers ~ n century, agn when o,ir M
~ ,goe sr,a1i ~ str,,gs,Ia 30 f.roono
aroused our neopIe and Webster ana r,iav
pav, eloquent exnressIon 10 the I,nivert
Sal desire for Grecian indenendence. In
fSas ali narties manffesteh n liveiv inteT-
esq in the success of tho Cubans hut
now when a war IL in nrorress in south
.tri,. u-hich nc. ras,,It In The ev4cn-
sio, ~ tbe rnnnarchIaI Idea or in the
+riI,r,nb of renriIic the advocatas Of
tnnerialism in this country dare not say
A W1oRD IN BEHAI,F or THE BOERS.
sNnna+bv for the Boers does NOT arise
INV, AM Observation-Disclosures toward England
, ti,o ,r1ortcat naoria are not unfrjendlv
,n,yord tho neonle OF auv nation. This
sS,norotb,, T. due To the fact that as stated
q, o,,r riatForno wa haiieve in the prin-
ninla 81 eelf-povernment and reject, as
Ala our forefathers the claims OF mon
- - 49, Nation surrenders 10 he
, Itos Z, tba l,niversaI application of the
,rinoirtos cot sorth IN the Declaration
, ~ Tndenerdence n will lose the prestige
; ond inauence which n has enioyed among
Inc nations as an exponent OF popular
povernment.
Our onnonants conscious OF the weak
, ness OF their cause seek 10 confuse i'm
nerialIsu With exnansion. and have even
. derog 80 claim Teffersnn as a supporter OF
their Motley. Jefferson spoke so freely ans
/. used snch language with such precision
! that mo- one can he ignorant of his views
on me occasion he declared: III there be
= ono nrincinIe mora deeply rooted than any
6 thar in tho mind OF every American. IL IS
I maj we shonId have nothing to DO witt
e conouest And again he said. "Conques
"a NOT in our nrincin.es; IL il Inconsistent
: Win mr. yovernmrnt
Tho forcible annexation Of territory tC
= he governed bv arbitrary power differs a.
, mucb from the ACQUISITION OF territory t.
|. he bullt up into States as a monarchy diff.
> fars from a democracy Tho democratic
| marty does not opnose expansion. wher
:, evnnnsion erIarges the area OF the Rspub
Iir ana inrornoratey land which can b,
settIed nv American citizens or adds L
;, our nopuiation peonle who are willing It
: become citizens and are capable of dis
I, charging their duties as such The acqul
. sition OF the Louisiana territory. Florida
/ Texas and other tracts which have beef
secured from time to time, enlarging I'M
A republic, and the constitution followed TN
: flag into the new territory 1t is now pro
a posed to seize upon distant territory al
r ready more densely populated than on
: own country, and to force upon the peopl
Z government, for which there Is no war
J.. rant in our constitution or our laws. Ever
a the argument that this earth belongs Z
A those who desire TO cultivate 1t and nav
a the physical power TO acquire 1t, can no
be invoked to Justify the appropriation o
|. the Philippine islands ~ the Unite
: States. II the isandA were uninhabite
American citizens would not be willing I
n go there and till the soil. The white rae
will not live so near the equator. Othe
q nations have tried to coionize In the sam
A latitude. The Netherlands have controlle
! Java for 500 years. and yet today Their
= are less than so 600 people of Europea
a birth scattered among $4,000 natives
"a After century and a half of Englis
a domination in India less than one-twenti
- eth OF one per cent of the people OF Ind
are OF English birth, and 1t requires a
/ army of 10000 British soldiers to take car
"a OF the tax collectors. Spain has asserte
N 4tt1o tbo lshtitnpipa iaionda thra