The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-16

civilization which has preceded ours.
GGreat a~pDlause.l
AMERICAN CIVILIZATION.
when any one tells me that we want to
initiate an Anglo-Saxon civilization, ] tell
him that an American civilization is higher
than any other-no matter what it is.
IGreat applause.l / do not mean 10 say one
word against an Anglo-Saxon. l have not
a word to say against the Celt, the Latin,
the Green, the Teuton. But / do believe
tina the American, In whom are combined
the virtues of them all. is the greatest citi-
zen the world has ever known-Ggreat APP
plausel-and that the civilization to be de-
veloped here will lift humanity to a higher
plane than il has occupied In the lays gone
by. [Renewed applause.l Some people fear
that these elements. brought In from the
old world, will not properly mix here. They
are mixing, and they will mix, and let me
show you what IL is that mixes them ano
makes them one. We are quoting Abraham
Lincoln now more than he is quoted by
the party which he led to its first victory,
and in reading a~.little book recently pre-
pared by DR. Taylor and Mr.. Fulhller. a lit
tie book that is simply a collection OF LIN
coins savings on political questions, / ran
across a passage which l thought appropri-
ate for this afternoons meeting. He was
speaking of the Declaration of Independ-
ence. He was speaking OF those VINO IN
lit early udV SaNC ~ oo NAoN
ton and erected ii as a beaconlight for all
posterity, and after he had spoken OF our
ancestors in this country he used the words
to which 1 now invite your attention:
"'We nave besides these men descended
by blood from our ancestors among US,
perhaps half our people, who are not oe-
scendants at all of these men; they are men
who have come from Eur0pe-German,
Irish. French and Scandinavian-men that
have come from Europe themselves or
whose ancestors have come hither and set
- c-l.-- Xhop1ca1rac 4trr onIQlC
in all things. If they look back through
this history TO trace their connections with
those days by blood they find they have
into that glorious epoch and make them
selves feel that they are part of us, but
when they look through that old Declare
Old men say that 1--WE hold these truths to
be self-evidence, that is, that all men are
created equal" and then they feel that that
moral sentiment taught In that day evi-
the father of all moral principle In them
and that they have a right to claim 1t as
though they were blood OF the blood and
flesh of the flesh of the men who wrote that
declaration that links the hearts of pa
triotic and liberty-loving men together,
that will link those patriotic hearts as long
as the love of freedom exists In the minds
of men throughout the world
ALLEGED FALSE PRETENSES.
"Those are the words of Lincoln, and in
his plain and simple way he explained why
it is that no matter from what nation a
man comes if he comes. believing in that
Declaration of Independence he becomes
one of us and can fraternize with all others
who believe in that high principle. [Great
applause.] That, he says, is the electric
cord. that is the vital thing that connects
us all; and to-day In the presence of a
great and overshadowing issue it is we'll for
us to remember that we have brought the
people from the old world with the prom
Use that here they shall get liberty as 1t
was taught by the fathers. If to-day We
are willing to abandon those principles then
we must stand before the world convicted
of having brought people here under false
pretenses. lGreat applause.1
Leave among US that doctrine that
all men are created equal, and that
doctrine applied to all the affairs of
government and to all the problems which
may arise, will keep US together as one
people; destroy that doctrine and you have
broken the cord that binds us; destroy that
doctrine and, instead of a reign of justice,
you will substitute a reign OF force; in
stead of right 1t will be might. No matter
to what party you may belong, no matter
with what party you shall cast your vote,
l pray you to so cast your vote as TO pre-
serve that doctrine of human liberty as the
binding force in this country. [Great APP
plause.] You may differ from me in your
opinion of the dangers which l see. You
may differ from me as to the best method
of realizing this Nations destiny. / seek
not to force my ideas upon any man, but /
do ask you to go to the polls and vote
recognizing the responsibility of American
citizenship. lApplause.l Upon the vote of
one member of Congress may depend the
action of Congress-, and that congressman
may be elected by your vote. Upon the
election of one senator may depend the &C
ton of the Senate, and that senator may be
elected by one majority in the Legislature,
and your vote may determine what that
majority will be. The election of a Presi-
dent may be determined by one State, and
that State may have its electoral vote de-
termined by one majority. The RESPONSE
bility that rests upon the citizen is COM
mensurate with the privilege of citizenship.
] am not a partisan when / tell you, wheth-
er you vote with me or against me, to so
vote that you will never nave cause to
regret that vote, and that you will not be
to blame if the traditions of this Nation are
repudiated and a new course adopted. ZAP
plause.] When We speak against imperial
ism or protest against wars of conquest
they say that We are pleading the cause of
the Filipino. 1 deny it. No matter what
becomes of the Filipino the world will go
on. but when this Nation puts out its light.
then unto what nation can struggling HUI