The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-28
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WHERE DO REPUBLICANS sTANDs
The st. Paul Dispatch has been good
enough to publish the following quotation
from the. G 10 e.:
They (referring to Republicans invited
to attend next Sundays pro-Boer meet
ing) see that sympathy with the Beers.
If publicly expressed, might very easily
lead to anti-expansion and anti-imperi-
alistic expressions Of sympathy. and that
from one thing to the other is but a
STEP"
The Dispatch, In commenting upon the
@ o e's statement, says: .That is ex-
actly the reason, and it is very kind and
a light
The g o b Q begs to assure the Dis
patch that the statement above quoted
was kindly meant and courteously in
tended, as are indeed all the G O b es
utterances directed towards the regenera-
ton Of true American principles in the
while it chastens, and does not conf1ne its
efforts for the elevation Of public senti-
ment to the Democratic party, where
they are less needed, but on proper occa-
sions joyfully applies the rod to such
Republicans as may be saved from the
clutches Of the Pecksniffian mercenaries
who at present are misleading the Repub-
lican party.
If there is Republican so bound by
the thraldom Of partisanship that he
fears to express sympathy for the Beers
because such an expression might COM
NIT him to a similar expression of SYM
pathy for the Filipinos, let him hug his
party chains and PROSTATE himself be-
fore his masters, submitting his mental,
moral and physical powers to the domi-
nation Of those apostles of gross COM
mercialism who at present dictate Re
as justice, equality, liberty and freedom
are but scorn and a jest.
To the Republican who places party
fealty before honor, religion and justice
the statement in the Declaration Of In
dependence that all men are created
equal-that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain inalienable rights,
and that among these are life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness-is absolute
ly meaningless. Their condition Is that
of moral imbecility, and If the Declare
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leaders and stated that among the ina
lienable rights Of, adherents of the; Re
publican party are life, liberty and the
pursuit of Filipinoss they would welcome
it as a perfectly proper revision
If, as the Dispatchsasserts. Republican,
ism today means perialtsm, with its at
itenda4lt mflttarishnf[:: pansion, with its
attendant wars5.of conquest and agrees
sion, and the repression Of sympathy with
the Beers of Seuth.Africa in their strug-
gle against the power Of Great Britain,
then 1t would be well for all Republicans
to read the Declaration Of Independence
and view the present standing of their
party insthe light its grand and simple
declarations. If the declaration of July
4, 1776, Is not a dead letter. if there re-
mains any virtue-in it, if 1t means any
thing to the American people of today
and the Globe believes it means just
as much and Is just as dear to the hearts
of the people as when John Hancock
signed it-then the reawakening Of the
contained will lead to such cleansing of
the Republican party as will once more
make it the party which Abraham Lin
coin esteemed it an, honor to belong to
and to lead.