The Forrest City times., 1900-07-27
WORDS OF WARNING
Prophetic utterance. n, and Webster concern,.. '
 Imperialism.
ADoLPH PArrrps.

In his farewell address wa,h;,.
 warned his people agains, ,h. e's when aggregated wealth sbonIs un' come arrogant and tyrannic.l De prophetic spirit foresaw tha Hi McKinleyism and trusts. uay oi
 No less clearly did Lipco,,
 and foretell the very times that ,'.s' S come upon the country. His wo,s as0 warning were: o"o'
 T see in the near futpr.
 preaching that unnerves me ans D. me to remble for the safety n, eaussi try. As result of the war co-rsua. coua. nave been enthroned, and an era as saoas rupuon In high places will folIor. cor. the money power of the countrx, VI, ad deavor to prolong its reign b,. ~ia en- upon the prejudices of inc "ofNag all the wealth is aggregated p'e ,,, unul hands and the republic destrovad lev at this moment more anxiety ieel safety Of my country than eyer % n. ns even in the midst of war. God g-a'e o,o'e my suspicious may prove grounalsa. as eaat
 Ills fears were not groundless n have been realized in more ,s,.is?' form than ever he imagined noss;a, His anxiety for his country was wsn founded. There remains but one s.~ s..s in his prophecy unfulfilled-tbs si struetion of the republic. An ,h;.s not PaSt- believing, 1..lSs .ss She -r.a.s' shall rise in their might and overtb,ar the tyrant wealth, before ii bas s,h Jected them to its power so comple,sl, that there is no relief except throuss the frightful method of war.
 There was another great Ams,;,.. in his day, now scorned and scoaas and held in contempt as a little Ams, lcan by the Hanna-McKinley ouali,v His name was Daniel Webster U. too. with prophetic spirit diyiped K. day of McKinleyism and warned th. people against it. The seeds of ;n perialism had been sown in his s,v Though he wrought nightly to er terminate them. up to the last day of his life he could not do so:
 Arbitrary governments may have fer. ritories and distant possessions becau,. arbitrary governments may rule by st. ferent laws and different systems Ws can do no such things. They must be a us, part of us, or else strangers. I thpI l see course adopted which is likely i, turn the constitution of the land inio deformed monster into a curse. ratb. than blessing: in fancy, a frame os !, unequal government, not founded on p,, ular representation, not founded on eouaL ity, but on the grossest inequality. and | think that this process will go on. or ,h,, there is danger that 1t will go on. untl this union shall fall to pieces. Resist fl to-day and always. Whoever falters q, whoever flies, 1 continue to contestw
 Either this must become an arh. trary government or we must give m colonial possessions. The genius of the constitution and law of the United States is opposed to different forms of government for different peoples of the nation. The constitution win be. come a deformed monster if ;t is made to mean one thing for part of our peo. pie and another thing for others And once it becomes a deformed monsterit 1t may turn and devour its creators.
 Webster foresaw that McKinleysm would come, though he never ceased resisting the tendency. He foresaw, as Lincoln did, the ultimate destruction of the land of liberty, the land both loved so well, unless there was radi. cal change in the tendencies of their times. Both saw the dire fate in store for our people. and both had sufficient ground for predicting it.
 Voices from the past warn the voters of the United States to rouse them. selves before it is too late. The se cumulated dangers foreseen by Wash ington and Lincoln and Webster are upon the people of the United Statsk Helena Independent.