Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-19

! intend to point them to the gold and
silver that wait for them in the West.
Tell the miner for me that 1 shall
promote their interests to the utmost
OF my ability; because their prosperity
is the prosperity of the nation! and
said he. his eye kindling with enthu-
siasm. we shall prove in 4 very few
years that we are indeed the treasury
Of the world"
The Republicans are now endeavoring
70 lessen the volume OF money availa-
bic for the payment of debt by limit
Ing the payment to gold alone.
COLONIAL POLICY.
On the Philippine question the posi-
ton of the Republican party is diamet-
rically opposed to the position taken by
1t in its earlier days. The Republican
platform OF $3.50 copied from the Decla-
ration OF independence its four great
principles, namely: that all men are
created equal; that they are endowed
with inalienable rights; that govern
ments are instituted among men to Sc
cure these rights, and that govern
ments derive their just powers from
the consent of the governed. Lin
COINS eulogy of the Declaration of
independence, delivered IN 1858, when
he declared that it was erected by the
forefathers ''as a beacon to guide their
children and their children's children
lnhaDit the earth in other ages" con-
trasts strangely with the language OF
present day Republicans. who declare
mat our nation is too big 10 be bound
by the limitations imposed by the DOC
trine of self-government
one OF the main arguments advanced
in behalf OF the forcible annexation of
the Philippine Islands is that we owe
it to the Tilipinos to take them under
our protecting wings, tax them with
out representation and govern them
without their consent, on the theory
that they are not capable OF self-gov-
eminent.
In one Of his speeches just prior to
the war Lincoln said: These argu-
mentS that are made that the inferior
races are to be treated with as much
allowance as they are capable of en-
joying; that as much is 10 be done for
them as their conditions will allow
what are these arguments? They are
the arguments that Kings have made
for enslaving the people In all ages of
the world. You will find that all the
arguments in favor of kingcraft were
OF this class: they always bestrode the
necks of the people-not that they
wanted to do it, but because the peo-
pie were better off for being ridden"
The Republicans who contend now
that any criticism of the Administra-
ton policy is unpatr;otic and calcu-
lated to help the F!lipinos. have either
forgotten, or never read. the speech
made by Lincoln in the denunciation
of President Polk in the midst of the
Mexican war.
Those Republicans who would crush
the aspirations OF the Filipnos for
government should read Lincoln's
speech of 1853, in which he said
What constitutes the buiwarks of
our liberty and independence? 1t is
not our frowning battiements. our
bristling sea coasts, our army and our
navy. These are not our reliance
against tyranny. All of these may be
turned against us without making US
weaker for the struggle. Our reliance
is in the spirit OF liberty which God
has placed in us. Our defence is in the
spirit which prizes liberty as the her
itage of all men in all lands. every
where. Destroy this shirt. and you
have planted the seeds OF despotism
at your own DOORS"
SLAVERY,
Thirty-five years ago tho Republicans
declared that no white man could own