The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-09-12
bis coay!c iops suit his party creed.
(Rt8ewe6 sppiause.}


the tariff question.
Ba. dsd no, John G. Cs:l;sle. the
apo ,s!a o& tariff reform, slpport VI.
M.kinles, The apostle CT protection.
w;.ed be ;h0rg1r that moacy was the
ps.anouat is-u.? The tariff ques!io i
d:1 aos scps1ate those who believed
that the money question was more i'm
pert,at ;han the taxation. We % no;
agree upon tee money question, AMI
the uouay question will not separate
those vac ocIiGve j; IS more inpcrtaat
,;;2t we haze repubjc than that ne
5a7s auy kio,i OF a financial system
We loaned you some gold Dem 2crats IN
1896. They have come back, and It IS
Only fair that you Republicans should
pas Us interest (Contiaued applause
snl cheering And if may be per
ni,taG to speak fpr the Democratic par
". ie: NE say that an willicg TO ac
cept Senator Wellington as interest and
give You a receipa in full. (Applause
sn3 cheers for Wellington
Courage has always been admired,
but sometimes people have admired
physical courage more than they have
admired mora courage. To nay mind,
neral courage IS as much above physi
ca! courage IS Dlsn IS above the
brute. Physical courage IS trait that
rlsa shares With ali animal cresuon.
Moral courage is that chsraoteri5tlc
which distinguishes ANNA! from nan,
made n the Image Of his Creator Il
reqaiCes physical courage to stand be
fore the bullets Of aa euemy, yet when
6:e and drum inspire, few have been
kDo8n 10 retreat before the foe; but
mora; courage IS often wanting where
physical courage is present, and what
this patton needs more than the physi-
csl courage ofits people is the moral
courage O, the citizens who would ra,h
er die right than to live wrong. Great
sgplauSe.) 1t requires moral courage
for man to separate from MS party.
Senator Wellington has displayed
much courage Ia leaving the Rhpuoll-
caa party, and nag VIC not hope thai
the same courage will be displayed by
teas of THOUSANDS, hundreds of thous-
sads aud millions Of his fellow Rspu oli
cans Of the rauk and file who are not
held to the party By ties So strong and
SO binding. and yet, is there rot enough
to inspire even Republicso senator TO
leave bis party? [ ask not what Sens
tor Wellington did 10 1896 | ssk rot
what he viii do in 1904. The same in
teiliseace and the same courage within
his keeping today vii be his four
years from now to guide and direct him
then; but today in meeting the crisis
that is upon Us, has ne not enough to
inspire hin to break psrty ties and en-
aure the Kisses Of those who lack the
courage to DO what he has done?(Gceas
sppiause.)
"What is his inspiration? Does he
come to US for money? No man would
come TO the Democratic party for money.
Laugater and applause.) Does
be come for honor? His own psrty
has satisfied his ambition for honor.
What brings him to the Dsuocrrtic par
ty at this time? What makes him act
with those who support the Democratic
ticket? 1t IS his belief that his coun-
try is in peril; it is his belief that the
course which the Republican party is
pursuing tends directly toward the re
pudiatioa Of those principles of govern
ment which every party advocated IN
I'll within three years. If there be one
Of his Republican associates who thinks
that his Judgments is erroneous, let tina;
Reruolieso associate read his speech
and tben prepare one in answer to 1t.
(Renewed applause ard cheering.)
MILrTARIsN AND INPERIALIsM.
Senator Wellington believes that az
administration that asks for sn army
four times as large as the army was
whe1 it went into power tends toward
imperialism. Let any Of you deny it
Why, it vas the boast Of Republicans
in years past that we did not need a
large standing army in this country. If
you cao, in one administration, multi
ply your standing army by fou', and
make i, 100, 600 ia5tead Of %, 600, will
j, act be easier for the next adminiitra
tion to multiply by four and make it
400, Go instead Of 00,O00? Is there
not something there to alarm the man
who loves his country, believes in is
institutions and wants government SO
good tha: it Goes not need a large staad
ing amy to keep in existence, gov
ernment 50 COED that every citizen will
Gle, if need be, 70 preserve that govern
nent? (Applause) Senator yelling
tor believes that the Republican party
is entering upou career Of Imperialism
lie is 20: deceived by the attempt to
aide imperialism III under the euphonious
game Of expansion. H3 hnoos The his
Tory Of his country SID he knows tlat
this rat;on has expanded before II has
extended It's limits Of a republic aud
sba, the constitution followed the fsg.
iie knows this is not an attemp: to ex-
| tend :he limits of republic here, but
to have despo,isn in the Philippine
! Islands. Great applause
He knows how this Philippine wsr
broke out Until the Republican par
,y turned toward scareer OF empire,
this nation has always sympathized with
| those who were struggling for liberty.
He knows that the party to which he
belongs put into its platform in 1895 a
declaration expressing the sympathy OF
Republicans with the struggling pa,
triots of Cuba, aud he knows that thus
far, but for the career Of empire foE
which the Republican party now siaods,
the Republican party would sympsthlze
with the Beers who are lighting for the
right to g9vero themselves. (ReneEea
applause J He knows that party that
can stand silent AID see TWO republics
wiped of the fsce of the earth, can see
| this repubiic converted into al empire.
! (Applause) There is enough il the