The Irish standard., 1900-01-13

doctrine Of divine right. But when our
people overthrow the doctrine of monarchy
they overthrow the doctrine that any man
had a divine right to rule anybody else.
(Applause.l
Someone has expressed it that the crowns
OF kings have been melted into cannon balls
by the soldiers of the revolution. The doc
trine of divine right disappeared with the
doctrine Of force. And now, when the doc
trine Of divine right is called in to support
1t. Then it was the divine right of a man
to rule because he was of royal blood. Now
IT. is divine right to rule because it is an
applause).
-, Do you know what it means to enter upon
this force? Do you know that we must take
out OF our history that which is most sacred,
that we must take from our songs the senu-
ments that have made those songs dear?
toon which was being circulated as campaign
literature in that state. 1t represents Column
bla holding aloft the flag, and off to one side
Of part Of the song eve will rally round the
nag, l. boys; we will rally once again"-the
freedom" is not there e' haughter and d. ap- p
plause.) Think of It.! When we use that song
now we must strike out the part that was
re9 6e1
marched joyously, for they said, when we
return the children of Cuba shall sing as
we sing now, my country. tits of thee. sweet
land of liberty; of thee / sing" Can the
Filipinos sing that? Will this be to them a
| land of liberty, when they are compelled to
yield allegiance to the flag that affords them
| citizen?
When our soldiers marched through Cuba
they could sing the battle hymn of the re-
the beauty Of the lilies Christ was born across
the sea with glory in his bosom that trans
hgures you and me; as he died to make men
holy. let us die to make men free while God
| is marching on
Sublime song. The republicans have to
amend it; If they want to use 1t in a war OF
ogy into: I'm the beauty Of the lilies Christ
was born across the sea with glory in his
bosom that transfgures you and me; as he
men citizens Of the United States while God
is marching on" daughter and applausel
We shall use the words of Lincoln in the
campaign upon which we are entering. II
time permitted I would like to read an alb
stract from one of the speeches made by him
in 1858. I will only quote part Of it.. He
went on to speak Of the Declaration of Inde-
the world and he said that wise statesmen as
they were they knew that there would be an
attempt in the distant future to change these
declarations. He said: you may do any
thing with me you choose. You may not only
defeat me for the senate but you may take
me and put me to death. claim to be actu-
ated in this contest by something higher thar
|
Abraham Lincoln. And yet to-day we fluid
republicans telling you that that Declaration
Of independence is but an empty sound; thai
it does not mean what it says They attempt
| to cOnstrue it to support the damnable doc
trine OF imperialism. (Applause.)
We shall quote Abraham Lincoln to them
and they will hear more of Lincoln in the
next twelve months than they have heard
in the last century. You hear people say
that if we say word against war of con-
quest that we are pleading the cause of the
Filipinos. Let me read you extract from
Lincoln which bears on this same point: II
wark of our own liberty and independence!
1t is not our Wanting battements, our
bristling sea-coast, our army and our navy.
It is in our reliance against tyranny. Our
as the heritage. of all men in all lands
everywhere. Destroy the spirit and you have
planted the seeds of despotism at our own
door. Familiarize yourself with the chains
to wear them Organize to trampel on the
rights of others. you have lost the genius
Of your own independence and become the
fit subject of the tyrants of the world
can people will be deaf to the voice that
comes from Lincoln's grave | cannot be-
lieve that they are willing to silence all the
voices that rise from the graves of patriot
greed or for gain they will be willing to
transform this homogeneous republic into a
heterogeneous empire. But, if they do, If
fate has decreed that the end has come, if
public are numbered, then pray to God that
when history is written it shall be recorded
that those with whom worked went down to
death with republic rather than live when
the republic was gone. cloud applause)
1t was after II when the speech making
began, and it was o'clock in the morning
when Mr.. Bryan said the last word of
Minnesota's Jackson Day.