Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-03

BIG ARMY UNNECESSARY.
II this nation adheres TO the doe
| trine that governments derive their Just
powers from the consent Of the gov
J erned and the people have am easy and
| ready means OF correcting all abuses,
| the government win not need % DE sup
ported boy a large permanent army for
every citizen viii De ready 20 defend
such a government from attack. The
only Democratic use for a large stand
ing army Is 10 suppress by force that
discomfort which should be cured by
legislation
10 support a permanent army ~ l0O.-
600 men requires approximately one
half as much money as Is annually eX-
pended for education IN the United
States. How much cheaper Il IS 90 up-
MT people by the gentle and peaceful
process Of intellectual development than
TO blow them up with powder ana dyna-
mite?
WHAT IMPERIALISM INVOLVES.
Imperialism involves departure
from principles which were Universally
accepted IN this country within two
years ago. To know that all men are
created equal. one needs not the Wis
dom Of sage or the learning Of the
schools II was declared TO Doe a self
evident truth, Il was evident TO those
who pledged their lives 90 the main
tennnce Of the Declaration OF lnde-
pendence. and IL is evident still 10 those
who are not blinded by the glamor Of
wealth and the glttering promises Of
colonial system. II all men are Gre
ated equal and endowed with lnallen-
able rights. It follows as logical aud
a necessary sequence that governments
were Instituted for the welfare Of all
and derive their just powers from the
consent Of the governed. ON the preset-
walton Of this doctrine our hopes de-
pend: II Il is abandoned there Is no
foundation upon which government
like ours can be constructed. DO not
allow yourselves 10 be deceived by those
who question the capacity OF this reo-
pie OF that people for seli-goyefnmeht
LINCOLN's VOICE AGAINST MON
ARCHY.
When / say that those who dlstrust
the capacity OF the people FOR self
government tend directly toward mon
archy ] am only repeatlng what Lin
coin deliberately declared In his hrst
annual message. lie said:
Monarchy itself is sometimes limited
at as a possible refuge from the power
OF the people, In my present position,
could scarcely be justified We're ! to
omit raising a warning voice against
the approach OF desp0tsm. II Is not
needed nor fitting here that an agree
ment should be made I'm favor OF popu-
lar institutions; but there Is one point
with its connection not so hackneyed
as most others, to which ! ask brief at
tention. II Is the effort 20 ulace capital
on an equal footing with II not above
labor I'm the structure OF government.
No men living are more worthy 20 De
trusted than those who toll IN from
poverty: none less inclined TO take or
touch aught which they have not hon
estly earned. Let them beware of sur
rendering a political power which they
already possess, and which, n surren-
dered, will surely be used TO close the
door Of advancement against such as
they, and to fix new disabilities and
burdens upon them TIL all OF liberty
shall be lost
TALK OF COLONIAL POLICY.
The warning is even more needed
now than Il was forty years ago, The
Army and Navy Journal is already
iustifying the colonial idea, and declar-
ing that fate has deCreed for US des-
tiny In which an imperial executive,
free from the restraints of a written
constitution. viii govern subjects ac-
cordng 10 his own pleasure The
United States Investors Review, pub
lshed at Boston, In It's issue of July p,
says:
"Only a blind person can fail TO see
that transformations Of one kind or
another are In store for our race, hence
the folly Of asserting that the policy
of this country which is destined TO
play such a leading part in human ar
fairs OF the future, shall be governed
for most part by political maNlms ut
tered more than q hundred years ago
The greatest evil which now contronts
this Republic is the clamor raised by
certain faction for "a settlement of
cur problems Of state by just such
method as we have been deprecating,
Considerably more than century ago,
a certain notable declaration was made
in this country 10 the effect that all
men ought 20 be free and independent.
This Is merely a generalization OF the
French school Of Noltairc and the en-
cyclopedists. II Is dictum absolutely
lacking foundation In history and ca
pable Of syllogistic justification. IL
was. however a handy phrase for US TO
employ when asserting our right TO
break away from the mother country;
IL suited the exigencies of our situation
In l716 admirably though In itself but
a bit Of sublimated demag0gism. The
declaration was a serviCeable means 10
the end that was az that time discredit-
ed. To bring forward this declaration
IN this year. 1900 in connection with
our treatment Of the Fllipinos aud the
Cubans, is as gross an absurulty as
ever was practiCed To do so IS TO offer
an insult 10 the intelligence OF the peO-
pie who first subscribed TO the declara-
ton I'm question
But why quote from newspapers as TO
what may be done hereafter In the
presence OF law already enacted
which makes subjects Of the Porto
Ricans. which draws from them the
guarantees Of the Constitution and as
serts the power Of the President and Of
Congress to govern them without their
consent and tax them without repre-
seutation-a power az unlimited and
tyrannical as was ever asserted or eN-
ercised by any ruler In all the history
OF the human race?
THE LABORING VOTE.
This doctrine has not yet been app
proved by the people; II furnishes the
supreme question OF the present cam
paign. In the presence Of these perils,
the laborlng man has a responsibility
commensurate with his opportunity
Without a large percentage Of the la
boring vote, no party can win an cleo
ton in the United States. The men who
work for wages by throwing their votes
on the one side or the other determine
the policy Of this country. They need
not march In parades; they need not
adorn themselves with the Insignia Of
any party but on election day their
silent ballots can shape the destiny OF
this nation. and either bring the g0y
eminent back 10 It's ancient landmark
or turn II into the pathway followed 7
empires OF the Old World.
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