Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-08-09
Was It A MlstakeP
Milwaukee News.

mistake?
That is one of the questions the
American voter will pass upon at
the forth coming election.
Mr.. Mckinley. by his imperial
istic policy, and the republican
party by its approval of the admin
istralion's policy of imperialism,
have declared that it was.
When the American colonists
declared their independence from
Great Britain and held that "nll
governments instituted among
mel derive their just powers from
the consent OF the governed" they
made a terrible mistake in the
opinion of the British monarchist
and our own imperialists.
In the langu 'ge of the republic
can national platform:
sit became the high duty of the
government George III. to main
tam its authority, to put down
armed instruction and to confer
the blessings of liberty and civil
lizatinn upon the rescued people"
OF the colonies.
"Ihe high duty of George III :"
miscarried, owing to the activity
of George Washington and his pa
triotic followers and the timely as
sistance of France. The colonies
were not rescued from "their am
bitious and desinging leaders, and
from the anarchy which it was
freely predicted would result were
the colonist to be left to Them
selves.
The song the Mckinley ilnperi-
alists are singing today is the snme
old song that was sung by George
Ill, and the British oppressors of
the colonists. Like Mckinley to-
ward the Filipinos, the British
king stood ready to give the Amer
leans "the largest measure of self
government consistent with their
welfare and our duties"
IL Mckinley imperialism is right
then Washington republicanism
was and is wrong. Ii the policy
of holding the Filipinos as sub
jects is right, then the American
colonists were wrong in declaring
\ their independence.
I The principles upon which this
republic are based are set forth in
the Declaration of Independence.
These principles are the justifca-
ton of the revolution. Not only
has the republican party denied
that governments receive their just
powers from the consent of the
governed, but William Mckinley
as commander-in-chief Of the ar
my has been engaged for nearly
two years in DISCRIMINATING peo-
pie because they refuse to recog-
nize his authority to rob them Of
their liberty and deprive them OF
their independence. Mr.. McKin-
ley bases his right and authority
over these people not through their
consent, but because he bought
them from tyrant against whom
they were In open rebellion and
against their solemn protest enter
ed at the time the sale was made
For the American people togive
their approval to the imperialistie
} policy of William Mckinley and
the republican party will be eqiv.
alant on ..their part to repudia
, ton of the principles of self-gov
eminent. And by denying to an
other people the liberty which the
founders of the republic secured
for their defendants and the op
pressed of the world, they would
be inviting the destruction Of theil
own liberties. No people that de
a ny to another people the libertie'
n they claim for themselves are wor
n thy of the blessings of liberty ant
n self-government. And no peopl
n unworthy of liberty can expect t.
!, long enjoy it.
The spirit of '76 is not dead
n This is still the land of the brav,
n and the home of the free. TIL
n American voters will not declar
n that Washington; Green, Wayne