The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-10-17

premc court Of the United States, dcliv.
cred before the Liberal club Of Buffalo.
Ia my Judgment, 1t would i,e good ex.
ercise In patriotism and intellectual de.
veiopment for every citizen of the re-.
public, Democrat, Republican or Top.
uitst, to commit to memory these pun.
gent, terSe, classic, wise and patriotic
words OF the great jurist. They consti
tute a rare piece Of logic and of rhet.
orc. AS some Of my Republican read.
ers may not know who juice Brewer
Ia, will tell them. He Is one Of the
ablest lawyers aud most distinguished
Republicans In the land. For years hc
was on the bench of the supreme court
or Kansas. he served a long time OH
the bench Of the United States circuit
court. be has for about decade been
q member Of the highest judicial tri.
bunal In the world. and he il universal.
" regarded as one OF the greatest of
our supreme court judges. Surely his
words ought to carry great weight
with them. Judge Brewer says:
t 10 mid that the Angio.Saxoa race ne hapi.
sessed capsctty to govern we'll. that ~ are Of
that race and that. therefore. w could veil roy.
en- the Philipptns Islanda - colonisa ! do NOT
question the capacity ot the race we'll and wise.
v % govern sthsr object to the Philippine
which this government vas founded, which have
csnsroled tts life up to the peessut time and the
perocttoa 81 Which hAe been The hsps and auira.
'tsoa OF svesy true Arssiean.
b. Vesy lev nations. very few individuals live u,
to teeir high ideai but surely the Declaration q
sseepenoesce has ben The ideal Of our lite, and
- have ahven 70 usaks u more add more real
Now. government By lofce 10 the very antipodss Of
thaa and to introduce government By force over
any portion of tAs nAtion u 70 Start the secoud
quarter ot the second csatuyy Of our lie upop
psincapiee which are the sxac4 opposite Of thoea
upon which Ne have hitherto lived. Il u ops
tains 70 all q teaching your Ideal; Il u an sm.
SrsH eihsrsat thing to ssuhssasely twa ysds
Ths tea ot government y not In The outward
nschAnicsi display Of order. but In the capacity
70 eevelop the best men. and vs have lived IN
TIE fsitS that ,govsrsnsat By the ceassst Of tAs
eovesnsd develops the best men. We have not LET
tAs wtss rule the ignorant. the learned the nm.
tcsnsd. shs heA the psor. but we have appealed
always to ''ths plsia people - the oass IN vhees
tsdgneat to rely and vpoa whoss sbo.ldsr shouid
sset The burden q the government
ideeh are. sftes I'll. the eternal Soscs. Human
ne ssd destiny are controlled BY than. TA.v
may sssm today ot little sagnincancs. but around
them gather material intssssts, snd tomorrow,
their power 10 DISCLOSED.
Parting of the Ways.
0ovsrnmeut By conssnt and sovenmsst bv
srce. no matter bow we'll ths government may BE-
somini@efso. are tvt sesentiallv sntagonistic
princplea Doubtleo no immediate cosAict vtlI
Soliov. We may see . large measure OF prosper.
~. ouf ere vs not sowing the seeds which IN the
Ssy. to eomc win grow up into harvest Of trou.
PIE 'os our children and or cbjldrcns childzsni
Evils Of Empire.
necesaty Of colonial poaseasions 10 an increase
IN our regular army. and the nst incrsase pro.
posed 10 from $1,000 to 10000 men. II n \
esrsnee commentary that ct the cloes OF the nine.
teenfh century the head Of the most arbitrary
government In the civilized world the CAR Of the
nusaas' 10 inviting the nations Of the world to
oecrsass In their arms, while this the treest land.
10 proposing an increase in its YET such seems 20
% the imperative need, II We enter upon the sy,.
TEN OF colonial expansion
Great Eeeae.ie osestio.s Confront
Cs.
Nov the great economic problem in this coun.
try 10 not show can few men make more money
and pile up larger fortunes?' but ''how can the
great body Of the people make q fair and com.
Portable liyingr' The right to work 10 again and
again insisted upon ss more important than the
right to vote. and the cry Of the right to work ID
supplemented by the CRY that the state furnish
work to ell who cannot obtain Il elsewhere
Are we likely to sid In solving this problem by
bringing into our national life 10000 O0O or 1e..
100000 Of unskiled Malay laborerss We have shut
the doors against the Chinese. Are they any
worse than the Malay? Shall we introduce in this
nation more cheap labori ] do not wonder At the
action OF the Federation OF Labor In protesting
against q new competition OF cheap labor a. we'll
ar ~ thA ..sst
increase Of burden and taxation on the 'empioyed
laborer.
Evils From Concentrated Wealth.
But they say there IL money in II. And. after
ell. this 10 really the most potent factor In the
proposed reaching out after the Islands x the
orient. The wealth Of Ormus and OF Ind 10 today,
. In the days OF Milton, the expectation and the
dream Of many. Possession OF the orient, With its
sccsmulatsd wealth Of centuries. dssslss the im.
setnAtioa and coofusss the judgment The haze
q myaesy hangs evss that vast domaan. wsalth
untold y bslieved to Be there. rsaIy 70 b appro.
psisted eS any dominant power. All tAs satioos
sod Tribes soms within Loed 6alisbvsy's dAdnltioa
of dyiag nations and must sooa b 6vsdsd b.
tvsss and appropriated By the living ssd gso~.
he natiens- Csdsa b hsad cot - dytaG aattoo,
allsd With i.sxhsustibis wealth. md WY should
- set sssss IN its spprop<iatiosf What. p,etuss
0s b! rhs esSts Of Mbssty sessdiSg Hhs|s
beosrd 10 grew fat over q sGpscAsd ccepsA
I'm tAss The iaad. 70 hasGsaing ils Prey,
We~s wealth sccenuiatss ssd nea decay"
Ths Cssass nv the spsaN q th.is viesosioas
begsons 6ash N the sunlight a every known land,
and In thsir triumphant return they heought With
them The accumulated wealth a ell tAs nstioos
thsy had subdued Tue splsodor q impsrtsi Home
sltsl.oos the world. b0t the wealth thus obtained
Without value given undermined the empire. and
the glory Of Rome h amply . memory. Napoleoa
beheld the shining star OF destiny and thsaf
Does human nature change through the eeuturissf
We stand to-day facing the temptation which
comes srom the possibility Of rapidly accumulated
wealth. What right have We to anticipate that
the same result will not follow II We pursue the
ame cours o! taking what vs lave nat tully
sarnedf
Our Present Form of Govern ssent.
The problem we have sought to work out In
this nation 10 that Of government OF an BY and
tor the people. great nation upon that princi.
pie seerns possible only under Q federal system. q
system which regulates oil matters OF local interest
to the several states and exercises through the M
tional government only those powers and func-