The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-07

/, save first. But now that the rebellion
Is overthrown and we know pretty
nearly the amount Of our national debt
the more gold and silver we mine, we
make the payment Of that debt SO much
the easier. Now said he, speaking
with more emphasis, I am going to en-
courage that in every possible way. We
shall have hundreds Of thousands of
disbanded soldiers, and many have
feared that their return home in such
great numbers might paralyze industry
by furnishing suddenly a greater sup
ply OF labor than there would be de-
mand for. I am going to try to attract
them to the hidden wealth of our noun
tain ranges, where there Is room enough
for ALL Immigration, which even the
war has not stopped, will land upon
our shores hundreds Of thousands more
per year from overcrowded Europe. I
intend to point them to the gold and
silver that await them In the west. Tell
the miners for me that will promote
| their interests to the utmost Of my
ability; because their prosperity is the
prosperity Of the nation; and said he,
| his eye kindling with enthusiasm, we
shall prove in o very few years that we
are indeed the treasury Of the world"
The Republicans are now endeavoring
J to lessen the volume of money available
for the payment Of debt by limiting the
payment to gold alone.
On the Philippine question the posi-
ton Of the Republican party is diamet-
rically opposed to the position taken by
1t in the earlier days. The Republican
platform of 1860 copied from the decla-
ration Of independence its four great
principles, namely: That all men are
created equal; that they are endowed
with inalienable rights; that govern
ments are instituted among men to Sc
cure these rights. and that governments
derive their just powers from the con-
sent cf the governed. Republican lead
ers are amending the declaration Of
independence to make it read that gov
ernments derive their just powers from
the consent Of some Of the governed.
Lincoln's eulogy Of the the declaration
Of independence, delivered in 1858, when
he declared it was erected by the fore
fathers 'as a beacon to. guide their
children and their childrens children,
and the countless myriads who should
inhabit the earth in other ages" con-
trasts strangely with the language Of
present day Republicans, who declare
by the limitations imposed by the doc
trine Of f-government.-s
One Of the main arguments advanced
on behalf of the forcible annexation Of
the Philippine islands is that we owe 1t
to the Filipinos to take them under our
protecting wings, tax them without
representation and govern. them with
out their consent, on the theory that
M On M ~
ment
In one of his speeches just prior to the
war Lincoln said: These arguments
that are made that the inferior races
are to be treated with as much allow
ance as they are capable Of enjoying;
that as much is to be done for them
as their condition will allow-what are
these arguments? They are the argu-,
ments that kings have made for en-
Shaving the people In all ages Of the
world. You will find that all arguments
in favor of kingcraft were of this class;
they always bestrode the necks of the.
people-not that they wanted to do It,.
but because the people were better off
for being ridden"
The Republicans who contend now
that any criticism Of the administra-.
tiOn policy is unpatriotic and calculat-
ed to help the Filipinos have either for
gotten, or never read, the speech made
by Lincoln in the denunciation of Pres
ident Polk in the midst Of the Mexican
war.
Those Republicans who would crush
the aspirations Of the F1lipinos foH self
government should read Lincoln's.
speech of 1858, in which he said:
What constitutes the bulwarks Of
our liberty and Independence 1t Is
not our frowning battlements, our bris-
Ting seacoasts, our army and our navy.
These are not our reliance against try
| amy. All Of these may be turned
against us without making US weaker
for the struggle. Our reliance Is in the
spirit Of liberty which God has planted
In us. Our defence Is In the spirit which
prizes liberty as the heritage Of all
men in all lands, everywhere. Destroy
| this spirit and YOU have planted the
seeds-of despotism at your own doors"
Thirty-five years ago the Republicans
declared that no white man could own
q black man under the American flag;
now some OF the Republicans assert
that this nation can rightfully purchase
brown people from an alien monarch
at two dollars apiece, and then put
them to death II they object to the
bargain. M t.a4te.
The Republican party was largely in
strumental In securing a constitutional
amendment which prohibits slavery in
the United States, and yet. according
to recent report from Manila, the ad-
ministration has made a treaty which
recognizes slavery in the Sulu archa-
pelagc, and provides Tin article x) that
any slave In the archapelago Of sulu
shall have the right to purchase free
dom by paying the master the usual
market price," Presto, change! But
will all the Republicans change with the
party? ~