Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-08-29

San 6fiy 81 tive parties-the party,
| whatever Its name HiAy be, which be-
Heves in a republic; and the party,
whatever its name. which believes in an
umpire; and the influence Of every eitf-
ten is, consciously OK. unconsci0usfy, ffl=
(entionally or unlntentienally, thrown
Upon the one side or the other.
Where the divine right of kings is
| recognized, the monarch can grant diff
Iubjects. The people OF England can
te ruled in one way. the people of
Canada In another, the people Of Ire
knd in another. while the people Of
india may be governed according to
It'll different forms. But there can be
jrine of a republic differs from the doc
trine of a monarchy as the day differs
rom the night. and between the two
doctrines there is and ever must be, an
rrepressible conflict.
Queen Victoria has recognized this
,ecessary antagonism between the
semocratic and the imperial form Of
government. In proroguing parliament
h few days ago. she said:
Believing that the continued polit-
scal independence OF the republics would
lie a constant danger to the peace Of
South Africa, authorized the annexa-
lion of the Orange Free State.''
A republic 10 always q menace to a
monarchy, just as truth is always q
menace to error. Self-government, be-
Ing the natural government. must nee
essarily create dissatisfaction among
the subjects Of those governments
which build upon some other founda-
ton than the consent of the governed
What the Orange Free State and the
Transvaal are to South Africa, our re-
public is to the world. and only our
increasing strength and the wide Allan
tic have protected US from the inextin-
guishable hostility which must ever ex-
lst between those who support a throne
and those who recognize the citizen as
the sovereign.
EUROPE ENCOURAGES IMPERIAL
ISM.
Every step taken towards imperial
Ism by this nation meets with prompt
rope. Lincoln pointed to the interest
which European nations have In the
abandonment here Of the doctrine Of
equal rights. He said:
THE principles of Jefferson are the
definitions and axioms Of free society.
And yet they are denied and evaded.
with no small show Of success. One
llitles. Another bluntly calls them
! self-evident lies. And others insidi-
F.sly argue that they apply to super
t1r races These expressions, differing
form, are identical I'm object and ef
ct-the supplanting OF the principles
j; free government. and restoring those
classification. caste, legitimacy. They
ould delight a convocation Of crowned
lads plotting against the people. They
! -e the vanguard, the miners and sap
.rs Of returning despotism. We must
! pulse them, or they Gill subjugate
s."
Our opponents say that the world
| ould laugh at us IL we should give in
dependence to the F'ilipinos. Yes, kings
Would laugh, aristocrats would laugh.
End those would laugh who deny the
'nalienable rights of man and despise
the humber folk who "along the cool
secuestered wales Of life" keep the
noicsless tenor Of their way" but let
this nation stand erect and, spurning
the bribes Of wealth and power. show
that there Is reality In the principles
which We profess; let 1t show that there
Is q difference between a republic and
4 monarchy, and the oppressed in every
land will see in our flag the hope OF
their own deliverance and, whether they
are bleeding upon the battle field or
groaning beneath a tyrant's lash, will
raise their eyes toward heaven and
breathe a fervent prayer for the safety
Of our republic