The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-10-10

but for the hope Democratic success.
''Ultii human rature IS entirely
changed people held in bondage will
rise against it whenever there is a
prospec, Of success rod never maze a
race that wopld Welcome foreign
master and l,000 years from now. DO
matter what party il ia power, the
FiIicinos w!ll ha.a Us and stand ready
10 rise against u5 if We attenp: to hold
them in vass&lage and tax them with
out their consent.
DESTRUCTIVE DOCTRINES.
"Republicaas, what we objac: to is
that 10 order TO defend yoGr imperial
policy you have to lay down doctrines
which, if carried oa;, will Ges,r,y the
right of the American people to partic
ipate in their owa government. That
is our objection TO your policy If you
are simply going to xiii the Filiplnos
of and come home We nigh: get over
the crime. But that is not your policy
You dare not Kill them OF because You
want to trade with them You would
destroy your trade argument if you kill
them. You cannot trade with dead
people.
"You want them for subjects, but
you shall not have them for sub ects if
we can prevent it. You cannot make
subjects out Of them without changing
cur ideas of government. You can I
hold them in perpetual ssrvituie with
out ameniing your constitution either
openly or Indirectly aud the same
power that can disregard the consitu
tion and make a subject out Of q Fill
pino can disregard the constitution
aud make subjects out Of the American
peop'e. You have as much right to
disregard the constitution in the United
States as you have in Puerto Rico
You have as much right to exclude
Americsn citizens FROM the guarantees
of their constitution IS you have to ex
clude Puerto Ricans
FOLLOWING THE PATHS OF MONARCHY.
"The Republican party is following
the paths Of monarchy. It does not
propose king, but it proposes prin-
cipIe upon which only king can
stand. Ii does not propose crown,
but it proposes doctrine that can fit
nothing but crown. The Republican
party has done in Puerto Rico just
what Eogla1d did in this country, and
our president is doing today just what
George III did century and quarter
ago. What difference does it matter
whether you call him president, or EN-
peror, or king, if he administers to the
power Of a king?
Eve are not only against imperial
ism because it strikes blow at our
principles Of government; We are
against it because it destroys the moral
prestige of this nation among the na-
tions of the earth.
LET me read you what was said By
Mr.. Mckinley himself in regard to this
nations position and in regard to the
principles set forth IN the Declaration
of Independence We have insisted, as
all have insisted who have defended
the declaration, that it was not written
for day, nor for year, nor for CEN
tury. We have contended tb@. il was
written for all time and al people and
that no nation would ever be so great
tAat it could not rest securely on that
declaration Of independence. We were
noi alone IN this idea. Until the poison
of imperialism entered the Republicans
they agreed with US ID this docrrlue,
as you will see from Fourth Of July
speech made by the president himself
at Chicago FIVE years ago last July.
Speaking Of the authors aud sigoers Of
the Declaration of Independence and
the constitution, he said:
M'KISLEY's OWN WORDS.
They built not for themselves but
| for posterity. Their plans stretched
out into the future, comprising the
ages and embracing mankind. Not
alone for the present were their sacrl6-
ces and their struggles but for all time
thereafter; not for American co;onists
only but for tie whole human race,
wherever men and women are strug-
Cling for higher, fceer aud better con
! ditions. 1t was the yearniDg of the
soul for emancipation. 1t was the cry
Of humanity for free6cm-freedom to
think, speak aud act within the limita
ton Of just and proper laws which
sheuld be of their own making
There were DO limitations on tina:
constitution then. There we're nc limi.
tations on that declaration Of indepen
dencc. 1t vas not intended for the
people who struggled then: it vas for
them and their chiiGren's children tc
the remotcst ages. 1t vas rot tor tha
Anglo Saxon then. ltwas for all maa-
kind
q cannot better describe the fal:.ot
the Republican party: cannot better
picture its demorslization; | cannon
better describe It's complete surrender
to the doctrines that underlie monarch
les and empires and dcspotisms than tt
tell you that when king dies Re
publican president can send message
of coincidence 6pt that when TWO re
publics expire no Republican sheds ;
tear. We want the American people
to attend to their own business. We
want them to have their oRn ideas snt
sssDd Tyr them. We want this nation
to be among the nations as light an(
example.
BE JUST AND UPRIGHT.
Il want this 1ation to be just anc
upright SO that when other nation:
quarrel, instead Of calling out gres
armies to kil! each other, they will say
leave the question to the United State
they can be trusted. | want this ma
; ton to be peacemaker among tn
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