Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-17

I members or one branch of the Cnr1ss1an
Of much Wider appIication and chaiisn SHs
serious consideration.
ness from a passive belief that Providence
delivered the F1lipinos into our hands, for
IL 6fe f5.s good and our siosy T. the
tnrash the natives sEilipinosl until they
bullet sent. every cannon Shot and every
| nag waved means Righteousness
No Calling Gossip.
/ We cannot approve Of this doctrine I'm
one place unless We are willing to apply
blood Of the hand it Win Ultimately ;; yeach
the heart It is equally true that fercible
| Tag in the PARKWAY orient. will sooner or
| later be tranSpianted upon American SOIL
out in our daily lives the teachings OF
Christ. who will say that we are command
With ths He Mo @o1a
| the Divine will must prove his authority
Special dispensation. The command. Go
We into all the world and preach the Gospel
tachment. When Jesus Visited a village OF
Samaria and the people refused TO receive
IRE should be called down from Heaven
to ayeng s the nd insult BY, the Master os
Man is not come to destroy mems lives.
I'VE will thrash them until they undeSc
| stand who We are" how diffsrsnt would
Compare. if you viii. the staggering, bull
lying. brutal doctrine of imperialismewith
SELF
Nazarene; sacrifice for others, not the ex-
| ploitation of them, was His method of
recently told me that the stars and stripes
| once saved his life because his assailant
blood upon IT. t It be known that onG
missionaries are seeking souls insteadeof
of being the advance guard of cdnquering
armies. they are going forth to help and
| truth and their feet shod with theprepara-
ton of the Gospel of Peace. wearing the
the sword of the Spirit; let it be known that
| they are the citizens of a nation which
| nations as carefully Is it protects the rights
| of its own citizens, and the welcome given
| to our missionaries will be more cordial
than the welcome extended to the mission
| aries Of any other nation.
| was unfortunate for the nation that it
| had anything to DO with the Philippine
Mia made the permanent acquisition of
those islands Necessary; is also unsound.
ding of American blood in the Philippine
we should retain possession forever; Amer
| lean blood was shed at San Juan h7ll and Ell
ised the Cubans independence The fact
that the American flag floats over Manila
4
| sovereignty over the islands: that flag
waves over Havana to-day, but the pres
| ident has promised to haul IL down when
the flag of the Cuban republic is ready to
rise in its place. Better a thousand times
| that our flag in the orient give way to a
| flag representing the idea of self-gevern-
ment than that the flag of this. republic
should become the flag of an EMPIRE
An Honorable Solution.
There is an easy. honest. honorable solu-
forth in the democratic platform and it is
| submitted with confidence to the Amerio
dorse. If elected. L shall convene congress
| in extraordinary session soon a 1 am
date declaration of the nations purpose.
| first. to establish a stable form of gov
eminent in the Philippine islands. just as
we are now establishing stable form of
government in the island OF Cuba:
just as we have promised to give indie
| pendence to the Cubans: third, to protect
while they work out their destiny, just
as we have protected the republics of
the Monroe doctrine. pledged sto protect
| Cuba. An European protectorate often
results in the exploitation of the ward by
the guardian. An American protectorate
gives to the nation protected the advan-
tage of our strength. without making it
tiers of century the Monroe doctrine has
and yet it has imposed no pecuniaJy bur
| den upon us. After the Filipinos had aid
no not honorably turn them Sp over to their
former masters: We could not leave them
signs of the European nations. and since
We do not desire to make them part of
pose the only alternative. namely. to give
| them independence and guard them
against molestation from without
! When our opponents are unable to de-
fend their position by argument they fall
back upon the assertion that it is destiny.
| matter how much it violates moral pre-
cepts and our principles of government.
10 nhil0SOnhv III h.
iit es the distinction between right and
wrong and makes individuals and nations
the helpless victims of circumstances
Destiny is the subterfuge of the in
| vertebrate, who, lacking the courage to
for Supporting it. Washington said that the
| destiny of the republican form of gov
o11 the experiment intrusted to the Amer
| lean people. How different Wasbington'S
Of iTo tns tha
nation is in the hands of destiny; WASH
ington believed that not only the destiny
| republican form of government through
out the world was intrusted to American
destiny of this republic is in the hands of
its own people. upon the success of the
| ity No exterior force can disturb this
republic and no foreign influence should
be fntnrs has SO ,n tore for this nation mo-
| one has authority to declare. but each in
MISSION and he owes it to his country as
we'll as to himself to contribute as best he
may to the fulfillment of that mission.
MT. Chairman. and Gentlemen of the
Committee: can never fully discharge the
debt of gratitude which Gye t to my
generously bestowed upon me: but sirs.
whether it be my y lot to Occupy the nigh
me, or to spend the remainder of my days
In private fife. it shall be my copstant am
realizing the high ideals of those whose
/ int let