The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-06
|DESPOTITM ON A
REPUBLICS RUINS
Continued from Page one.)

yet without having any policy to f@lse
the prices of what the farmer sells the
Republican party does promote tie trusts
and raise the prices of what the farmer
buys, then the farmer suffers rather than
gains by the Republican Administration.
The Republican party today has arrayed
itself against every proposition of impor-
lance except on the tariff question Tor
which it stood ten years ago."
THE PHILIPPINE WAR.
Discussing the Philippine question. Mr.
Bryan said in part:
Republicans tell US that the Philip
pine war is the same as the War Be-
tween the States. A man does not need
to have much intelligence to see the diff
ference between the principles involved
In the Civil War the North was holding
the people of the South in the Union,
but the people were not to be subjects,
they were to be citizens. They were not
held in the Union to be denied the privi-
leges of citizenship. They are today
sharing with the citizens of the North
in the citizenship of this Union and they
are vieing with the citizens of the North
the grandeur and glory of this, our COM
mon country. (Applause). That is not
the same as it is in the Philippine Is
lands. We are not bringing the Filipinos
in as citizens. We are bringing them in
as subjects and if you want to know
the difference between the South sharing
as she does in the guarantees of the
Constitution and the Filipnos weighted
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practiced in other countries, just COM
pare the South today, self governing,
with the South during the carpet bag pc
riod. If you want to know what colo
NAL policy will mean in the Philippine
Islands just remember how white men at
home were treated by carpet bag gov
eminent and then imagine how brown
men seven thousand miles away from
home will be treated under carpet bag
government"
THE MENACE OF DESPOTISM.
Mr.. Bryan then dwelt on the principle
that all men are created equal and should
have the right of self-government as in
alenable and as the very foundation OF
our Declaration of independence. He
added:
prophesy when l tell you that your party
is drifting away from its ancient land
marks. / am not telling you something
that may be. / am telling you something
that has been, for however much your
leaders might have tried to deceive you
about the Porto Rican bill, they cannot
deceive you since that bill became a
law. Republicans, do you believe that a
man elected President according to the
Constitution who takes the oath to sup
port the Constitution should then admin
lister government without the limita-
tons of the Constitution? If President
elected according to that Constitution can
govern 100000 Porto Ricans entirely in
dependent of that Constitution then he
can govern 100000 Filipinos without
the restraints of the Constitution and if
he can govern 100000 Filipinos out
side of the Constitution he can govern
400, 900 900 Chinese without being dis
turbed with the limitations of that Con-
stitution. You once admit that a
President created by law, is above and
beyond the law and you will have es-
tablished the doctrine Of despotism on
the ruins of a republic. Great APP
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