The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-18
LIVING QUESTIONS.
Imperialism and the Chinese Sit
untiOn.

Editor Morning News: Mr.. Bryan is
right when he says "The command to
preach the gospel has no Calling gun at
tachment." Not since Jefferson's day has
the Democratic parry had such states
manship at the helm and such an array
of ccncree arguments.
If with these they cannot and do not
win, then we must decide that this re-
public has tartered its heritage Of man
Iibery for the gilded but empty glory
of empire
Let some artist now give us a cartoon
of Lincoln freeing the slaves and Nc
Kinley enslaving freemen. History fur
nishes no such example of the complete
reversal of party principles.
If the standard silver dollar is dis
honest dollar as the new third party
seems to believe, and the Republican par
ty has declared, then why Goes Repub-
licsn admins ration continue to coin
them?
And why have all the bankers Topped
over to the gold Standard"
Every paper or person advocating the
gold standard" is playing into the hands
of the Rapubl can party and stabbing
Dsmocra under the shoulder blade.
1t is high time to lay aside
persona gain for patriotism. Every man
knows that the present plethoric condi-
ton of the national treasury is due to
war taxes, and, farther, that the millions
now turned loose were boarded to force
the gold standard upon the nation. There
are a. thousand men in the United States
who can arbitrarily force the business Of
the country into bankruptcy. Republican
administration and legislation have
brought this to pass. Protective tariff
is the child of Republican policy and
the father of trusts and Imperialism. Mr..
Bryan is logical and right in his insist
ence upon placing cause and effect In
logical sequence in the Democratic plat
form.
The power to conquer and enslave for
eigners can and will If found to its ad-
vantage, conquer and enslave free citi-
gems: and IL it will do the first ii will
also the last.
There is one of three things before
Americans-ei,her revolution by ballots,
revolution by bullets or-slavery, the per-
petual enforcement of the classes over
the masses by military power. Our re-
public is on the verge of ruin-wreck-dis-
solution.
mercial. political. ecclesiastical, and al
r-a6v we have the first, the others will
follow unless the gre't masses can be
led to see the truth. 1t is Democracy's OPP
portunity and the narion's crisis.
Much is being said as to the cause OF
the Chinese trouble, and very skilfull
effort is being made to place II upon the
missionaries.
The facts lie on the very surface: 1t is
Mi ria
hunting imperiaistic spirit Of the nations
in their dealings with ths Chinese. Be
ginning with the african war" and com
ing on down to the present time. all men
know there has been a gradual. continu-
Gus but determined purpose upon the part
Of Europe's empires to seize upon and
divide China between hem as they have
Africa. and all other countries too weak
to resist And of this commercial spirit
military power Is the servant and mon
arch of the iretigaors.
But This is not the first nor will II be
tie last time that Christianity has suf-
fered CONNIE retail blasphemy.
Prophecy is not dumb concerning these
times. II foretells the deep-lad conspir-
acy of political and commercial corrup-
ton. led lby Satan against Jesus Christ
and his Followers. They barter the blood
of nations for empire and gold, as Eng
hand is doing in Africa, and then try TO
lay the blame on the ambassadors of peace.
God has an answer for this which the
world will hear in due time, so that
martyred and basphemed missionaries
must hide under the hand OF God until
that day. J. A. scarboro.
Statesboro, Ca.