The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-08-11
MIR. RRYAN,s SPEECH.

AAA0 n@ACc AuipcTlHllSm the Dtlrd
Of his song.
His speech is but a rehash
his June confession Of faith. ma
through the pages of a Ieadil
review, padded with catch phas
and sauccd with rhetoric
fiOurishes.
The groundwork of all Nj
Bryan's arguments is in the il
splred inerrancy and universal M
plication OF doctrines promulgate
century and a quarter ago, III
der radically different conditions
and by men whose undisputed AN
absolute ownership of human be
ings rendered farcical. except as
mere sublimated abstraction. thei
declaration that ssaIl men are ere
ated equal"
Elsewhere, in an editorial writ
ten before this speech was deliy
cred, we discuss this proposition,
and we shall add little to what is
there said. We can not refrain,
however, from noting the NEON
sistencies in Mr.. Bryan's conten-
lions.
He says IF this nation sur.
renders its belief in the UNIVERSAL.
APPLICATION Of the principles OF
the Declaration OF Independence,
it will lose the prestige and in
fluence which it has enjoyed among
the nations as an exponent of pop
ular government. " Now the ear
dinal principle Of that declaration
is that just quoted, that all men
are created equal"
Then he says he does not object
toexpansion, when it adds to our
population people who are willing
to become citizens, and are can
able OF discharging their duties as
such. l."
There is not the remotest doubt |
that the vast bulk, practically all, |
OF the Philippines would be more
than willing to become citizens
OF the United States, and, if Mr..
Bryan's logic be sound, inst as
surely as day follows darkness
must they in time become "cap.
able of discharging their duties
as SUCH" But no,-despite the
fact that they are our created
equals, he would deny to them
this precious boon, for we hear
him exclaim, in horror stricken 1
tones, ''are we to bring into the {
body polite eight or ten million
Asiatics, SO DIFFERENT from us
although just now created eouaD | |
IN race and history that amaIga-
nation is impossible! I'll
The Democratic platform de-
scrlbes the situation when 1t saws
that the Philippines can not be (
citizens without endangering our e
civilization. 1t
Our answer is his, most en- c
phatically, no. But then we may
De excused, for we do not believe 9
hat they, or any like them, were G
'ver created our equals. II
There is only one of two rational ]
courses for any party to pursue, as {
'egards islands separated from us b
~ the immense distance interven- a
ng between America and the U
Philippines, either to hold them t
OF good and all, and, looking to
interests which can be made COM c
non. provide for their inhabitants q
4 best we may, governed by u
eqnence Of conditions impossible v
low to foresee, endeavoring al G
Ways 70 do the proper thing at the 4
roper time, and having enough q
in the justice and wis q
ON Of the American people to e
elieye that, despite possible oc- n
asional mistakes of adminlstra- Il
ion, all will be well in the end. s.
i to turn them loose absolutely, 81
lithdraw our forces and ships at
nee and forever, and spend not one 81
ant additional upon them or their O
enplc. Between these two, for us Il
sere is no logical middle ground. d
What may be eminently practi- tt
sbIe. as applied to Cuba, scarce v'
one hundred miles away from hi
ii shores, becomes the consum- it.
alton Of folly and expediency ar
hen attempted with islands as tar of
moved as the Philippines. ti'
be quixotic protectorate which ~
N BRYAN PROPOSES. would be be