The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-07-28
WORDS OF WARNING.
Prophetic u~tterances CT W~ashtngtou
and webster Concerning
imperialism.

In his farewell address Washington
warned his peop.e against the time
when aggregated wealth should be-
come arrogant and ~tyrannical. His
prophetic spirit foresaw the day OF
McKinleyism and trusts
No less clearly did Lincoln foresee
and foretell the very times that have
come upon the country. His words OF
warning were:
IT see in the near future q crisis ap-
preaching that unnerves me and causes
me to tremble for the safety OF my coun-
try. As a result of the war;. corporations
have been enthroned. and an era OF cor
ruption in high places will follow. and
the money power of the country will en-
deavor to prolong its reign by working
upon the prejudices of the people until
all the wealth is aggregated in a few
hands and the republic destroyed. l feel
at this moment more anxiety for the
safety of my country than ever before.
even in the midst of war. God grant that
my suspicious may prove groundless."
His fears were not groundless. They
have been realized in more terrible
form than ever he imagined possible.
His anxiety for his country was we'll
founded. There remains but one step
in his prophecy uDfulflled--the de-
%struction of the republic. All this is
not past believing, unless the people
shall rise in their might and overthrow
the tyrant wealth, before it has sub
jected them to its power so completely
that there is no relief except through
the frightful method of war.
There was another great American
in his day, now scorned and scoffed
and held in contempt as a little Amer
lean by the Hanna-McKinley quality
His name was Daniel Webster. He
too, with prophetic spirit OWNED the
day of McKinleyism and warned tn,
people against it. The seeds Of i'm
perialism had been sown in his day
Though he wrought nightly to ex
terminate them, up to the last day
of his life he could not do so:
Arbitrary governments may have ter
ritories and distant possessions, because
arbitrary governments may rule by diff
fersnt laws and different systems. w
can do no such things. They must be o.
us. part OF US, or else strangers. l thinl
l see a course adopted which is likely t.
turn the constitution of the land into
deformed monster. into n curse. rathe
than a blessing; In fancy. a frame o. al
unequal government. rot founded on pop.
ular representation. not founded on equal
ity. but on the grossest inequality: and
think that this process will go on, or tina
there is danger that II will go on, unit
this union shall fall to pieces. Resist l
to-day and always! Whoever falters Of
whoever flies. / continue to contest!'
Either this must become an arbi
trary government or we must give VI
colonial possessions The genius of tn,
constitution and law of the Unite,
States is opposed to different form
of government for different peoples o
the nation. The constitution will be
come a deformed monster il it is mad
to mean one thing for part Of our peo
pie and another thing for others. An
once it becomes a deforned monster i
may turn and devour it's creators.
Webster foresaw that McKinleyisr
would come, though he never cease
resisting the tendency. lie foresaw, a
Lincoln did, the ultimate destructio,
of the land Of liberty, the land bot
loved so well, unless there was a rad
cal change in the tendencies Of thei
times. Both saw the dire fate in stor
for our people, and both had sufficien
ground for predicting it.
Voices from the past warn the voter
of the United States to rouse then
selves before it is too late. The az
cumulated dangers foreseen by Wash
ington and Lincoln and Webster ar
upon the people of the United State
Helena Independent.