The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-08-23
THE SOUTH ArnIcAN EEprfnf1cs

ms HsFbHHir TOT upErtF uGfuK made
BIZ the patriots OF the south African
rrrabiics. II II matter OF profound
regret that during ail the monshsthas
the British empire has been naarahaf
sRg ttN armies 10 oscrwheim these fee.
Bile republics. there should hare beer
no friendly expression by any oflscia,
" Washington. These heroic man In
South Africa are slowly hut suiienly
retiring before the conquering artnses
Of Great Britain. II the contest were
somewhat equally matched. the occa,
sion for syfnPathy might not bs 70 ez,
gent II Il not 20, however. England
has resources 10 men, at least 100 Ia
], and yet these bnrghers. who Spruna
from the great Tentonic race, hMva
held England In check for months,
ard made fight for liberty that
should challenge the admiration Of
the world.
These people have demonstrated
their capacity for self-govcrnment bs
the establishment OF republics, hut
because they arc few In numbers, I'm.
gland wnges a cruel war, which muSt
lie practically one OF exterminAtion
before the Beers will surrender theiI
homes and firosidea. IL would scnts
that every American, familiar with
the story Of Concord and Lexington,
and Bunker Hill and Valley Forge
and Yorktown, would Eympathixs
with this hbcrty-loviEg people. be.
liete the hearts Of the great masses
of the people do beat ia unison with
them, but the administration at Wash.
ington is so entangled with under.
standings and alliances with Great
Britain, which exist, II not in words,
yet in spirit, that the republican par.
~ Is powerleEs 20 voice the over
whelming sentiment OF our people.
Abraham Lincoln uttered an axle
matte truth In 1861 In Independence
hall when he saids "Whnt constitutes
the balwark OF our own liberty and
independence II is not our frownins
battlcments, our bristling seacoasta,
our army or our navy. These arc not
our rcliances against danger. All Of
these may be turned against US with
out making ua weaker for the strug.
gle. Our reliance Is In the love OF
liberty which God has planted Ia US
Our defense is In the spirit which
prizes liberty as the heritage Of all
men 10 all lands, everywhere. Destroy
this spirit, and you have planted the
seed of despotism at your own doors
Famlliarize yourself with the chains
OF bondage, and you prepare your
own limbs 10 wear them. Accustomed
TO trample on the riRhta of others,
you have lost the strength Of your
own independence. and become the
fit subjects Of the FIRST cunning tyrant
who rises among you" ] have quoted
the mightiest statesman OF the repub-
lean party, because the uttcrance sp-
Tlivs with equal force 90 the South
African situation, and TO the policy
OF this republican party In respect to
Porto Rico and the Philippine In.
lands. Mr.. Lincoln also said :"No man
Ia good enough TO govern another
man without that others consent.
When the white man governs himself.
that Is sclf-government: but when he
governs himself and also governs an
other man. that IL more than self-gov.
ernment-that Is despotism. Our re.
lance H. in the love Of liberty which
God has planted in us; our defense
Is In the spirit which prizes liberty ~
the heritage Of all men, in ali lands,
everywhere"
IL seems that these opinions Of the
great captain Of the republican party
should inspire that organization, and
yet ON the occasion OF the recent Illi.
nois state republican convention a res
olutiOn of sympathy for the Beers
WIS greeted with derisive boots and
leers. And Illinois Is the state which
gave lincoln 10 the Union, and be-
meath whose soil rests his illustrioua
aahesl Is il any wonder that Harrison,
lioar. Sehurz, Sherman, Henderson.
wellington, Edmunds, Boutwell,. Hale,
Reed and Others who have been great
eadcrs Of the republican party. should
indeRvor TO call halt in the mad
acc Of the present leadership OF that
,arty for worldwide cmpire7
The armies OF the English empire
ire slowly but surely crushing the ex.
bring South African republics. Liber.
y there will soon exist as a memory
snly. The war seems to he nearing
is close, and tho tRttered remnants
4 that heroic band of patriots must
non seek homes elsewhere. Let this
'epublic extend cordial handgraAp
md welcome them to this old-time
Isylum of liberty, The democratic
iarty bids them welcome, but u they
ONE, November will determine
whether their lot shall be cast In
rec republic or In colonial empire.
'atterned after the mighty empire
which has just deprived them of home
nd liberty.
NATIONAL ExTRAv.
AGANCE.
MFR. Chairman and fcllow-citizenA,
here Is another issue raised by the
ational democratic platform of COM
handing intercat TO the people. The
OF continued war taxes,
fter the war has closed, and the Law.
h appropriations of the republican
ongress are exceedingly timely.
We have already reached an enof-
us total of federal appropriations
practically TO the eonEscR-
ion OF a large part OF che earnings of
he people. Year after year the re-
nbiican party has been warned, even
y some OF its own conscrva-
we leaders, that a halt must be
allied upon the ever increasing scale
I national expenditures. The warn
" has thus far fallen upon deaf ears.
follows appropriation
18th ever aecelcratinr speed. until
ow the liabilities imposed by single
Ingress ARE 90 atupeHd0us as TO bs
lmost beyond the power Of compata-
on. The appropriations OF the fret
sssien of the last republican con-
refk. excluding al the estimated
mounts necessary for the army and
avy growing out of the war with
pain. reached the mighty aggregate
I ss7s, 9c5. To7.s6. Contract liabilities