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limitations, and is subject to the cor
! dftion that one speaks and acts Alright
| The rights of the individual are in all
cases subordinate to the rights of the
| general public, and 1t can never be other
| wise. No man can set himself up against
the rest of the world and command The
wheels of progress to stop while he gets
ready to adjust himself to changing con-
! dl1ons. Laws are made for the govern
ment of ALL and all must be governed by
them. And yet there is hardly law on
the statute books that some one does
not feel as q hardship. Consent is not
asked Of the governed In this case. but
the law operates by the will of the ma,
joritX.
1T is so in all these cases where this
anti-expansionists are prating Of con-
sent of the governed The consent of
the governed has never been asked when
1t was necessary to establish government
as substitute for anarchy. The consent
of the South was not asked In the re-
construction period following the Civil
war. and the governed never gave con-
sent until they found, when their pas
sions had somewhat cooled, that gov
eminent meant law and order and that
ed, and with their consent came peace
and prosperity for the harried South.
Had the government waited for the con.
sent of the governed the South would be
unreconStructed today.
THE trouble with these little Americans
is that they look at national problems
through municipal lenses. They cannot
distinguish between great military ques-
tons and ordinary civil affairs. They are
of the class that would appeal from the
United States supreme court to justice
affairs of q great nation upon the rules
of country debating society. They put
the cart before the horse. Instead of adj
justing small affairs to great ones, they
ard of their own petty lives, and cannot
understand why Il e government refuses
to dispose of questions involving the good
of millions out of regard for the worn
out stock axioms which answer them
in place of a system Of economics.
Government by consent of the governed,
literally, can never be attained; me
nearest approach to 1t is a system OF
government which has for its object the
accomplishment of the greatest good for
the greatest number. whether 1t be Sc
the case of the Hawaiians. or by force
of arms and the burning of good gun
powder. as in the Philippines
THAT KIND OF TRUCK.
Resuming, Gov. Lind said.
Now YOU begin to understand, and l
hope to God that some other people VIII
understand what imperialism means.
Think of the callousness of the Re-
publican sentiment that will read this
kind of truck day after day and not re-
provingly of it. Why, to my mind. it is
one of the most discouraging things and
if L eve, permitted myself for a moment
Ito doubt permanency of Republican lnstl
| American citizenship in overcoming
things would certainly doubt it now;
| Bit say l have not those doubts, L
have confidence in the peopl. I believe
they will see things as they are after
awhile. / don't believe they can help 1t.
I have some more data If l had more
time, which 1 should have been glad to
II is ennaily bad in the financial world.
and equally bad in the industrial world.
There is hardly product required for our
of the common man on which the trusts
do not levy and collect imperial tribute.
Not a thing. But I shall leave that for
the present. A great many OF my frienas s..
Of my friends. for whose good Judgment
/ have the highest regard. say to me.
and use this language: Why. LIND, you
behalf of American commerce. how dos
it come that now you are opposed TO ex-
pansion. that you. are opposed to Amer
never time in my life when | was more
serious, when l was more ambitious. or
DESTROYS of furthering American trade
and true American expansion than | am
at this moment. l never in my life rem
dered true American trade greater serv-
ice than hope to do at this moment l
not an expansion Of trade. but an ex-
| pansion or Imperialism and military rule,
| and. eventually. the destruction and loss
of trade. 1t is just and inevitable
There was a time when England was
! the great trading nation OF the world;
! The best index of nations trade, and
| the greatest is her iron production To-
day we excel the world We produce as
| much iron as England, Germany and
France together. 1t is not long. since
England produced more than all the rest
of the world Next to us Is Germany
In the last two years England has
dropped behind Germany. She is now the
third power in the production of iron; she
stands third in industrial greatness in the
world. although her population is equal to
that of Germany | tell you why 1t is So
A nation can not spend her best talent
her best resources, her best men, her best
energy, in warlike activity and conquest