The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-16

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Tho True Character OF Nations. DE-
/ iiycrcd al Boston. July g. 1885, referred To
this motto and saii Let Il be no
reason OF this republic
Little Ise for War.
II hope that you will not merely from
| the possession OF that cannon. De- led to
believe that war is a thing to boz desired.
| 10 ought TO hc further away from a repuh-
Z DC than from monarchy. because ln "a
monarchy the government rests upon force
/ and has frequent occasion to resort 90
force A king Is not always restrained
/ by those considerations which wouii re-
strain the people OF q republic. In O coun-
! try like this. where the government rests
| upon the consent OF tho governed. and
where justice is the rule between this gov
eminent aud ether governments "a we'll
az among the people. there ought 10 be
I less necessity Tor war. la fact ! believe
I that II this nation wli stand upon It's
/ rights ana o. ns careful Ca respect the
| rights OF other people AZ 10 is to defend
its own. there viii be little use for war
"lf this uatlon viii obey the com
/ mandmcnt Thou shalt not steal it viii
have little difficulty Ia enforcing that com
mandmcnt ia those places whore this
/ nation le a protector. The American idru
of protectoraie is different from the
| European idea. Under q European pro
tcctoratc the protector plumbers the pro-
tccted. According 10 our theory the pro-
/ tector has 20 give the strength Of the
protector 60 its ward. without making the
ward the victim 81 the protector. uud so
We believe IA the far-away Philippine
thut this nation can be- a protector. az o.
has been in the south American repuh-
| iice. ana without governing the people
oursclvcs. We can say 60 the world Hands
| on and Jet that republic live and work
out its destiny
Adopted the Colonial Idea.
That is our theory. and We feel that
| 10 is a significant fact that the Itcpuhii-
can party has planted itself upon the Isu-
/ ropean doctrine that you must own q
country in order 90 be Of service a. the
same time that IL plants itse,f uton ihe
| European colonial idea. You will prob
ably ind IN your town few persons who
Will support the Republican idet Of the
colonial policy. but I suggest that when
/ you nnd Republican who rs willing -
| support the colonial idea. sou ask him
/ tu show hts sincerity by sending a Pc
tition 60 the President. nHkng him a.
| apologize To Great Britain for the trouble
We made her before we learned Of the
blessings OF this colonial system. fsr II the
| Republican party b. right to- iay iu dd-
ministering colonies. taxing them without
| representation aud governing them with
| out their consent then tho colouista were
| wrong - years aEo when they asserted
| that these principles were wrong.
| we are in ohio for q few days and !
| am glad 90 have a chance 20 present our
side Of this question to the people OF
/ Ohio and / trust when the election g.
| held che results viii show that even IN
| ohio. despite the local influences here. de-
/ spite the residence Of the President and the
| residence Of the chairman OF the Repuhli-
| can National Committee. the returns VIII
| show that ~ great contest between the
| European idea of force ana the American
doctrine OF government by consent Ohio
Will be on the side of the United states.
| instead OF on the side of Europe"