New-York tribune., 1900-09-04

depend. If it is abandoned there is foundation
upon t.d wis u, NOT allow yourselves to be deceived
by those wbo question the capacity o. thls PeoPto
his Essay on John Milton points out the folly Of
attempting e prepare par PgGpts 20 partcpate in their
own government. He said: -. -
laying Il Down as Self-evdent proposition that
their freedom The ma kim is worthy of the fool in
the old story who resolved not to go into the
water until he had learned to swim. II men are
to wait for liberty until they become wise and good
in slavery they may indeed wait forever, , ,c,,,,
of the people for self-government tend directly
toward monarchy l am only repeating what Lincoln
deliberately declared in his first annual Message
Monarchy itself is sometimes limited at as pos
sible refuge from the power Of the people. In In
were to omi. raising a warning voice against the
approach Of returning despotism. 1t is not needed
nor hitting here that general argument should Pe
made in favor of popular institutions but there IS
as most others, TO which ask BRIEF attention. II
IS the efort to place capital on an equal footing
ernment. No men living are more worthy to be
less inclined to take or touch aught which they
have not honestly earned. Let them beware Of
possess and which. If suTTendered viii Surely be
used used to close the door Of adya9ee9ment against
dens upon them till all Of liberty shall be lost"
WHY A WARNING IS NEEDED.
The warning is even more needed now than it
ni is already justifying the colonial idea and de-
elarhg that fate has decreed for us destiny in
strants of written Constitution viii govern sub
States nvesoTs ReveT pubIshed at Boston hf IN
It's issue of july rs says:
only blind person can fail to see that remark
apIe transformations OF one Kind or another are in
store for the race; hence. the folly of asserting
that the policy Of this country which is destined
play such a leading part in human affairs Of the
future. shall be governed for the most part BY
political maxims uttered more than a hundred
years ago The greatest evil which eonfronts
this Republic is the clamor raised by certain fac
such method as we O. have BEEN 0 o5 St
siderably more than century ago certain nota-
bic declaration was made in this country 10 the
effect that all men ought to be free and indepen-
dent. This is merely generalization of the French
school OF Votare and the encyclopedias. It is
incapable of syllogistic Justification. was how
ever, handy phrase for US TO employ when
country; 1t suited the exigeuCies of situation
III ilI6 admirably, though in Itself bat a oit Of
serviceable means to the end that was that time
desired TO bling forward this declaration in this
lhe hlIlphos anu the CuhanS IS as gross an ab-
surdity as ever was practised- To do so is 70 Of
first subscribed to the declaration in question"
But why quote from newspapers as to what may
enacted which makes subjects of the Porto Ricans.
withdraws from them the guarantee of the Consti-
Congress 70 govern them without their consent and
tax them without Representatives. power
esed by any ruler IN al the history Of the human
race. This doctrine has not vet been approved
by the people; il furnishes the supreme question Of
the present campaign In the presence OF these
perils the laborinS man has responsibility COM
men5GTate with ms opportunity Without large
an election in the United States. The who
the one side or the other determine the policy Of
this country. They need march in paFades
they need not adorn themselves with the Insignia
ballots shape the destiny of this Nation and
either bring the Government back 10 its ancient
landmark OF turn IL into the pathway followed by
empires Of the Old World.