Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-04-20
republic. I will stand with the founders of

republic. will stand with the founders OF
the Republican party. No"
The effect was dramatic. As Mr.. Hoar pro
nounced his peroratiOn the stiffness III the
chamber WIS intense. Applause swept over
the galleries, but 1t was hushed quickly by
the president pro terrpore.
our imperialistic ftiends seem to have Tor
gotten the use of the vocabulary of liberty.
They talk about giving good government.
awe shall give them such n government as we
thinN they are fitted for" 1--WE shall give
them Il hetter government than they nave
had before" why, Nr. President, that one
phrasa conveys to free man and free PEG
pie the most singing Of insults. In that little
phrase, as in seed, is contained the germ OF
all despotism and of all tyranny. Govern
ment is not IL gift. Free government Is not 10
be given by all the blended powers of earth
and heaven. 1t IL n birhright. 1t belongs, ms
our fathers said and Us their children said, as
Jefferson said and IA President Mckinney
said. to human nature itself There cen be
no good government hut lf.govelnment
If to think as do in regard to the interpreted
ton of the Constitution I'm regard to the man.
dates of the moral law or the law OF nations
to which all men and all nations must render
obedience; in regard to the policies which
are wsest for the conduct of the state, or In
regard to those facts of recent history in the
light of which we have act"d or are To act
hereafter, be treason, then Washington was Il
traitor; then jefferson was a traitor, then
jackson was IA traitor; then franklin was n
traitor; then sumner was traitor; then LIN
coin was traitor; then Webster was a tlai
tor; then Clay was Il traitor; then seward wa,
Il traitor. then Mckinley, within two years
was a traitor: then the supreme Court OF the
United states has been in the past nest and
hotbed of treason: then the people OF the
United states, for more than century, have
becn traitors TO their own flag and theli owl
! Constitution.
We are presented with an issue that can bC
clearly ana sharply stated "a question o
constitutional power, a question OF interna
| tional law, "A question nf Justice and righteous
ness or a question OF public cXpcdiencY
! This can bc stated clearly and sharply IN the
abstract, and It can be put clearly and sharp
! ~ by an illustration growing out of existing
| facts.
the constitutional question is Has con
| gress the power, under our Constitution Il
hold i'm subsection unwilling vassal states?
The question of international law is. Can
any nation rightiully convey to another soy
eroiguty over an unwilling people who have
| thrown Off lis dominion. asserted their indie
pcndence, established II government of thci
own over whom it has at the time no placti
cal control, from whose territory it has beer
disseizcd, and which il Is beyond its power Il
deliver:
The question of Justice and Righteousness
| j. Have we the right to crush and hold nm
der our feet an unwilling and subject peOpl
whom we had treated rs allies, whose In
! dependence we are bound i'm good faith t.
| respect, who had established their own FREE
| government, and who had trusted us:
| The question of public expectancy is Is
| for our advantage to promote our trade n
the lannon's mouth and at the point of tn
bayouct:
Al these questions can be put IN a way q
! practical Illustration by uqulrng whcthc
we ought 70 do what we have done. are doing
and mean to do in the case of Cuba; or wha
we nave done, are doing, ana some of 20
mean to 90 IN the case of the Phihppin
! Islands.