Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-08-30
GOVERNOR BOUTWELL, TALKS.


Indianapolis, lnd.s August H.
Governor Boutwell was accorded q
| great demonstration when he took
the gayel at the anti-imperialists'
convention. He said
"Haying m mind many Of the
honors that / have received frora my
countrymen in times past, shall
when this day is gone have no more
favorable recollection Of any one Of
them than ] shall of this. This is
| q historic occasion. If the peril of
the country is what We think it 10,
il the question before Jon and your
countrymen 10 the question of the
continuance of the republic, then
no graver question has ever been
committed to an assembly Of men
or to the country.
owe are opposed to imperialism.
We are in favor of q republican form
OF government. We respect the
teachings of our ancestry, the glory
of the history they have left NJ, and
standing between the past and the
future it is our duty to transmit
to posterity the principles Of the
fathers and the institutions that
they founded. That is your mis-
sion today as the representatives of
forty-five States of this Union.
"It may be a representation with
out an organised constituency, but
it is q representation that speaks
for itself and for the people Of the
country and for the generations
that are advancing to take our
places, and it is representation
that has a right to speak. 9 repre-
sentation that will be heard at
Washington today, heard over the
world, speaking as We do for the
preservation of republican institu-
tions, representing the American
republic, the light of which if it
shall 60 ont will never be rekindled
on the surface Of the earth.
charge that the policy upon
which this administration has en-
tered will mean the abandonment
OF the principles upon which our
government was founded; that it
will change the republic into an
empire. The first Of the means be-
fore us for the preservation Of the
union, il our allegation is true, is
the overthrow Of the administra-
tion. / am not disposed to make
issues with men, but my former
friend and feilow-citizen, Mr.. Long,
the secretary Of the navy, has made
a remark which in itself may not
appear very significant, but never
theless ! choose to make some COM
ment upon it.
% Not Beast Of Numbers.
Mr.. Long says what we call i'm
perialism is only a CRY, and that
the anti-imperialists are few in num-
Der and Of no considerable import
ance. He says their voice 10 only
q cry. That may be true; GEN.
sus has not been taken and we do
not boast Of numbers. But nine
teen centuries ago q CRY was heard
in the wilderness Of Judea-heard
by only q few; but now the echoes
Of his voice are heard the world
over. And now We are crying for
an open path of justice for oil peo-
pie, repentance for the wrong that
has been done in the past and re-
formation in the future.
We have accomplished something.
The Anti-Imperialistic leagues have
made the name and the character.
istics Of imperialism known and
spoken in every place. every log
cabin and every prairie camp on
this continent.
We are now told there 10 peace in
the Philippines and our go. 900 SOL
diers there are merely performing
police duty. The president has said
the Philippines are ours and there
will be no abasement Of our rights
and no scuttle policy. This seems
to indicate that we have entered
upon o colonial policy. always
follow the president by his doings,
not by his speeches. When the
speeches Of men and the actions of
men appear not TO harmonic, /
look to their actions for the truth;
therefore / have never looked to the
words Of President Mckinney as
presenting substantial evidence Of
what he would do.
] am not able to explain the mo-
tive of Mr.. McKiniev in tak;ro th;.