Washington sentinel., 1900-10-06
"rll tell
FUrliSt In you what
trust to fol-
lIlm MckinIeD." low this
year. Trust
in William Mckinley. ."-Speech 0f
Marx Hanna.

In every institutional govern
ment, whether it be republic or
limited monarchy the delegation
of its powers is indissolubly con
nected with an express condition
that they shall be exercised in ;
prescribed manner. The violation
Of this condition under any pretex
whatsoever has always been re-
garded as base and treacherou:
breach of the most sacred trusi
that can be conhded to human
hands. The Constitution Of the
United States was sacredly con-
6ded to William Mckinley, and
he made solemn covenant with
God and his country that he would
be faithful to his trust and main.
tain the Constitutional integrity OF
the nation.
He has dIsregarded his covenant
with God and his country, violated
his inaugural oath and trampled on
the fundamental laws. Every Pres
ident from Washington to Cleve-
land has regarded the Constitu-
tion as the Ark ofthe Covenant of
human rights. They exercised the
powers delegated to them in the
manner expressly prescribed by
that instrument. Not one OF them
ever thought OF exercising powers
not expressly delegated. But Will
lam Mckinley has never been re-
strained by the limitations OF the
Constitution. He has waged a
cruel and relentless war against a
people whose only offense is in in
sisting on the right to govern them
selves. He has made a tariff for
Cuba and the Philippines, and ex-
ercised in those islands other pow
ers Of governmen which, under
the Constitution. lie within the
power oil Congress. The men who
made the Constitution and took it
as a lamp TO their feet and a guide
to their path command none OF his
respect. Jefferson, the great apos-
tie of liberty, secured and Tegu-
lated by law, is rudely set aside by
Mark Hanna. the founder OF an
opposing school which makes sYs-
tematic perjury and wholesale
bribery the cornerstone of its poll
icy.
Mr.. Grote, the most learned and
philosophical Of modern historians,
has shown by many examples that
fidelity to the fundamental law
which he terms Constitutional mar.
aLtU-is the one indispensable con-
dition upon which the safety and
success OF free government must
depend. 1t was the fidelity to this
principle that made Rome the mis-.
tress OF the wor d, to be overrun
aud eventually destroyed by rude
barbariaus when she abandoned 1t.
1t was the en- ergY born OF fidelity
to the fundamental law that made
Spain the mightiest power Of the
world, only to sink to the lowest
depths OF weakness when fidelity
to an autocrat succeeded it. 1t
was the strength born OF Magma
Charter and the Bill OF Rights that
has made England mistress OF the
high seas. Under the unbridled
tyranny OF the French kings in the
seventeenth century France was
ground to the dust, to revive in
strength and splendor when the
natural and imperscrptible rights
OF the French people were secured
by their constitution. In the an
mails of every nation we may read
the same truth.
How can we expect to escape
the same fate il we "trust" William
Mckinley with four years more of
autocratic power. His whole Ad-
minlstration is characterized by
usurpation oil power, cynical be-
trayal OF pledges, broken vows,
violations of good faith, sancti-
mcnious cant, fraud, corruption,
deceit, aud the basest treachery.
The trust the American people
will follow, in this campaign, Mr..
Hanna, is the violated trust OF Mr..
Mckinley and when they overtake
it on the 9th Of November there
will not be enough left OF it to hold
coroner's inquest.
The people have put their trust
in God and will manifest 1t by
giving their loyal and earnest sup
port to that fearless aad incor-
ruptible statesman, William Jen-
nings Bryan, Of Nebraska.