The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-09

tIo our army and navy. More than
t L.ae' At; ~ contemplates methods of admins
nUt to the empire. Can it be doubted |
that the attempt to stifie the spirit of
nDerty abroad will imperil popular gov
what is proposed by the party in power |
TOT the government of these islands? II |
!! De intended to establish there our pc.
the Monroe doctrine? This vital interna-
uonal policy, announced by the president
OF the United States seventy,seven years
candor and the amicable relations exist |
Ing between the United States and those
powers to declare that we should consid-
er any attempt on their part to extena
their system to any portion of this hem,
isphere as dangerous to our peace ana
safety This was supplemented by q
disclaimer In substance upon our part OF
upon the nations of Europe or their de-
tendencies. The Monroe doctrine is
wholesome and enduring. It's the Ia1tn
of Americans of every creed an0 parry
is of the very warp and wool of our po-
litical being. 1t was promulgated at the
critical moment when the holy alliance
was attempting to stifie the republican
spirit and re-establish the despot1sm OF
Spain upon her revolted colonies in South
America and in Mexico. The essence of
the doctrine, as then understood by the
world was while we forbid the establish
ment of deSpotic governments upon the
American continents, we recognize the
corresponding obligation to refrain from
any attempt to force our political system
upon any part of the old world. This
has been our settled rule of faith and
practice for more than three-quarters of
q century Its PRONUNCIATION defeated the
purpose of the "holy alliance" and de-
stroyed forever the power of SPAN upon
this continent Under it Louis Napoleon
a third of a century ago was compelled
to withdraw the French army from Mex
leo and leave the ill-stared Macmillan
to his fate. Under 1t the empire estab-
Iished by foreign bayonets disappeared,
and the republic was restored. Are we
now to say we still recognize the binding
force of this doctrine upon other nations
but not upon our own?
HOW TO BE GOVERNED.
If ultimate statehood for these remote
islands and others yet to be conquered
be displayed, how then are they to be
held and governed? The only alterna-
tive is by force-by the power of the
army and navy-and this not for a day,
or for year, but for time. What, then
becomes of the bedrock principle that:
Governments derive their just powers
from the consent of the governed?"
III they are to be held permanently as
conquered provinces, 1t will be not only
outside of the constitution, but in direct
antagonism to the letter and spirit of
our Declaration of Independence. 1t is
no less true now than in the days of
trary power is still despotism'' The
attempt, then, either to give these people
American citizenship or to hold them
as subjects, is to us fraught alike with
peril. Should there be an immediate
declaration by our government of its
purpose towards them? They should
be given unmistakable assurance of indie
pendence. Protection by our government
should not now be withheld against out
side interference. The same protection
shou!d be theirs, heretofore extended to
the little states of Central and South
America. Under existing conditions
there should be no hesitancy upon our
part in giving them protection against the
cup1dfty or aggl essive spirit of other
nations All this, not to the end of sub
1ugation or of conquest upon our part,
but to that of the full enjoyment by them
OF noerty and of the ultimate establish
ment OF a stable government fashioned
DV thelr own hands. Against this policy
STANDS IMPERIALISM.
In American politics the word is new
fortunately the policy is new. We are
today becoming familiar with its mean
ing, with It's forebodings-and the end is
not noI YET. 1t means permanent depar-
tuFe from all traditions of the past: flom
The high ideals of the founders of tn.
republic. 1t abrogates the holding of
our great court that the Declaration Of
independence is the spirit of the govern
ment-the constitution but its form and
letter Imperialism knows nothing of
limitations of power. It's rule is outside
the constitution. 1t means the estsb-
uSnment by the American republic of the
/
IL means the right to hold alien peoples
as subjects. 1t enthrones force as the
controlling agency in the government 1t
means the empire.
AS necessary corrollary to imperial
Ism will come the
IMMENSE STANDING ARMY.
The dead hand Of militarism will be
felt in the new world, as it is in the old
me Inc strong arm of power will be substi-
tuted for the peaceable agencies which
Tor more than a century have made our
people contented and happy 1t was JEFF
1erson who said: "a well disciplined
the flrSt moments of war" True at the
beginning Of the century with a few mill
Ions of population, no less true at the
close, as we stand in the forefront of the
nations with a popuIatror Of "a 00O 6o0
Inc result of our recent conflict with
SPAN gives emphasis to the prophetic
t Mo[ rus OF Je1ferson. Existing conditions
IN continental Europe-entaiIing taxation
ana misery to the verge of human endur-
ance-l!lustrate by sad object lessons the
iiIleHltaple result of large standing armies
IN time Of peace. Shall we still give heed
TO the warning of the great sage of the
feVoIQtlon, or enter upon new century
Win european monarchies as our model?
without standing army, but RELYING
upon the patriotism and Courage ~
american manhood, we were victorious
IN me second war with Great Britain,
1 NH eMeXlco' In the great civil strife and
with SPAN In the light of history, can 1t
be possible that the American people will
consent to the permanent establishments
oI large standing army, and its conse-
9ueHt continuing and ever-increaSing bur
den of taxa ton?
W, we are told that our republic is now to
"A WORLD POWER"
ton IN the ne highest sense-with the Declara-
stone-lt has been in all it's past world
power 1t has been the lofty ideal to ali
h1 Iot1 aSz people; the model for all
pulIderS OF republics for more than a cen
fury In the sense used by fmperiaIists
| the expression is one of terrible signifi-
eanGe: 1t necessitates the methods and
equipment Of monarchies 1t means the
creation and maintenance by our renuhiic
of standing armies equal to those of the
world powers of Europe. At no less cost
SIN we er iotG place as a world power
nations, and know what all this means to
US. 1t means taxation to the verge Of
ooe eSp4 II means, as has been truly said
! Inal every laborer must carry an arm
| ed soldier upon his back as he goes to his
| daily toll" All history teaches that the
Cornerstone OF imperialism is the force
| of the standing army
We stand one hundred years from the
hour when the political forces were gath
ering which were to result in the cleo
The anniversary of the masterfi1J dav in
our history was wisely chosen for the
assembling In convention of the repre-
sentatives Of the. historic party whose
| founder was jackson, and whose plat
form is the Declaration of Independence
In the great struggle now upon US we
invoke the cooperation of all who re-
| we're the memory of our fathers ana to
whom this declaration is not unmeanine
parchment, but the enduring chart Of
our liberties. Upon the supreme issue
now IN the forefront-and to the end that
republican government be perpetuatedN
we appeal to the sober Judgment and
patriotism Of the American people,
Mr. Stevenson closed amid liberal an
plause at 20 minutes of 6 o'clock, and
Senator Jones Immediately declared the
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