Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-05

a sister republic'' while Madagascar
was q monarchy.
The republicsof venezuels. on behalf
of which nine tenths OF the American
congress appeared to be eager to so to
War. had existed for about seventy
years, during which time it had ems
joyed about thirty military revolutions
and was even then on the verge of
another. While its relations with the
United States had previously been close
and affectionate, the government Of
Venezuela had for many years COM
mitted gross ontra ges upon the citizens
of the United States which eliminated
in an effective protest from this gov.
eminent along about the breathing
space between the twenty-tirsts and
Twenty revolutions on that hap
l,py country, home of the brave. land
of the free. rich in its blessing of
l.s@cet liberty.
This little bit of history, says
| Thomas G. Sherman, a prominent
New York lawyer, writer, and Intimate
friend Ct Henry Ward Beecher. In a
recent number ofGthe North American
Review. suggests an inquiry as to
what a republic really is, and how
m, 1irh alai,,, ,,,ss.p ~,
free people is established by the mere
fact that 4 government calls itself a
republic. The American idea of Il re-
iipublic is "a state, in Which all residents
have equal civil rights, subject only to
reasonable qualifications, OF general
uniform application. And the one fun
damentai and Indispensable condition.
Of repubican form OF government is
Dti,at all its officers s;,ail be either
chosen by free vote of d majority of its
CITIZENS, or be appointed by other offs
GERS. Who have been thus elected. Now
there never has been a time when IA
majority of So called republics have.
answered TO this description. With.
few exceptions republics have all
Ways been either close OIL.
s'archies or military dsspotisrns
lin noneo which have the great mass
of our adult natives had equal civil
rights or any participation in the free
election of their governors. At the
present time there are twenty nominal
republics IN the World, outside of At
RIGA and the tiny mountain district of
San Marine. These are Francs. swift
zelland and the United States Of Amer.
lea, IIayti, San Domingo. Mexico,
Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua,
Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela,
Ecuador Brazil, Peru, Bolivia. Chill
Argentine, Paraguay and e uguay. OF
these only switzerland and the United
States are real republics. within any.
reasonable definition Of that word
France Is half a republic and half a
military despotism. All the remaining
seventeen are either absolute military
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