The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-02-01

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III. when Parliathent promised 10 give TO
the colonies q government that would
bring them greater biessings l took that
senteneo aud scratched oct Ccssress snd
inserted Coftes and scratched out Fill
pinos aud Inserted Cubans and mad tho
sentence thar had teen made by the Span
ish monarchy. for the people OF Cuba
when thsy took up arms to help them
selves TO establish government Tor theL-
selves. The American dehnition Is that q
government is thing created ny the pso-
pie for themselves. The European dennt-
ION Is that o government Is one thirteen
inches in diameter, round IN shape and
fred out OF q cannon, and We have got TO
chooss our definition. Which Will We
have? Oh, my trends, this nation hes
lost an opportunity. An opportunity that
could have been sounded and sent abroad.
The greatest opportunity that has come
to our nation Tor century, an opportnni-
ty to speak for our form OF government
in terms that would have been hoard
around the world, an opportunity 10
show that IL is republic and not
monarchy, an opportunity TO shsw tns
ference between people wodued TO
liberty ana a people filled with the thirst
for gain occasioned by greed.
Why psopis said We Usss plshsl Into
his by destiny. / denounoe as oowardly
an argument which would make man
CAlUh6u tuAth pucouec No aeRft1n w
wake up close to han roast whether
a man steals much or little may depend
upon circumstances. But whether he
steals at all DE- d ,nds upon his own vail
ton. You cannot convert republic into
an empire unless the people want 10 CON-
Congress can do 1t. The people and the
people only have the right. We could
have said to the Fiiipinos, "Thsrs you
are, stand up and be free, and then We
could have ANNOUNCED an American doc
trine that set this nation upon kepubli-
can platform for them to stand upon and
then we could have said this ground
whsrs you stand is holy ground and no
king shall ever set loot upon tt again.
The Republicans say that we have not
right to discuss this question while the
war lists, but 1 remind you that II the
Repu blican party can once establish the
doctrine that you cannot criticise the
party IN power while the war lasts, IL can
keen 10 going always. When you ones es-
tabiish the doctriue that you cannot criti.
ciss the President while the war lasts and
then enter upon career OF empire, JUST
remember that empires always have wars
ON hand somewhere. l claim the right OF
every american citizen to criticize every
American official at all times, and when
that right Is gone there will be left little
| to preserve In this country. Who 10 re-
sponsible for the stand taken BY the pto-
are against imperialism? Mol They are
not responsible for the fact 10 that the
| Filipinos tate foreign domination. The
Fiiipinos were against foreign domina-
tion when not one American In ten knew
where the Philippine Islands WERE they
gave to the world a declaration Of indie
re ndence patterned alter ours before the
treaty OF peace was signed. When Patrick
Henry said the Immortal words, give
me liberty or give me death" his voice
rang around the world, and 1t still RIM s
In the ears of all peoples. When Washing
ION drew his sword against despotism he
sat an example that has reached all men.
When Jefferson wrote the declaration OF
Independence he gave to the world an In
spiration that no tongue can wither ous
II the Republicans do not want to go
tack that far let them so back to the
days Of Abraham Lincoln and there upon
the battlefield of Gettysburg Let them be-
hold his presence and remember his
words, when he was appealing to the
nation that government OF the people
by the people aud for the psople should
not perish from the earth. When he ut
ter a these words he did more to inspire
a people TO light against foreign domino.
ton than any other man who has lived
since his eay. Now my friends 1t 10 net
those who are opposed to in perialisIn
who are to blame for the stand the Fill
piros have taken. You don't have to go
to the spoken word. Lincoln explains why
they have IL. Lincoln tells us that the
safety Of this nation was not In Its army
and its navy, but was in Its love OF
liberty. and be said destroy that spirit
that prizes liberty as high above all
things and you bring foreign domination
to our doors. II repeat his words, they
are true. The safety of a nation is not In
an army. however large. or a navy, how
ever great. The safety of this nation Is in
the love of liberty. Give the people the
spirit of priceless liberty and as Lincoln
himself once declared, all the armies In ali
the world could not wrest il from across
the Allegheny mountains or the Rocky
mountains. 1t would be impossible. But
destroy this spirit and you have planted
the seeds Of despotism Mt yonr doors: You
ask me why hate imperialism. | tell
you because L hate despotism. anc be-
cause l am not willing TO plant despotisin
at our own DORIS, l am not willing to
plant 1t any where the American nag
ncHts. You cannot be half republic,
half empire half citizen and half subjects.
My friends We are going TO have cain
paign this year that will stir the hearts
Of the people even IN ore deeply than their
hearts were stirred in 1896. A campaign
upon whose decision will rest the question
whether this nation Is to be govern
mept of the people by the people and for
tho reople, or government OF the synai-
Gates by the syndicates and Tor the syn
dictates. Now, my friends. IL Is to be an
example of what self-govsrnment can
do. Did you ever read the poem written
ny Howard Taylor OF Chicagor Thsre is
one verse In the poem that contains SO
much OF truth that l shall quota 1t TO
you:
Did our Liberty Bell ring In vains
Was the Declaration q LIEF
Must we turn to the old world again
With the psnitent prodigals o-yf
Must we arm us and march In the van
or Europe's barbaric parade,
And boom out again powder gospel to
men
To open a pathway for trader
Must we strut through the world and
buster and brsg
With the dollar mark stamped on the
brave old fags
It IL all there, my friends. History tells
US that when tho Declaration of Indspen-
dence was about to be signed the people
gathered in the str acts and waited for
the signal, and when at last those I'm
mortal names were placed upon that I'm,
mJrtsl document the Old Liberty Bell
rang ont and the people caught up the