The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-16
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Z blood 81 the hand 10 WIl uiltma.rlv rssSs
the heart. /, H. equally tga, ,hat iorciSsaa
chris ti@ulty u planted under thp Am, fissv
Tag in Tho PARKWAY orient. viii sooner -
later De trAnsPl4ntec -paa American soIi
out IN oar daily liV.~ tae ttachtnes ~
christ Who w!ll say thHt We az, commend
( with the sword II, who would decisss
{ The Divine viii must prove his aufhoyits
! either by Holy Nrit ug ~ evidence az
1e into an thr world and preach the t;ose e.5
- =, SNsIE ''Ttiurs haS 20 ga 5.ing gun at
! SamaTia and the people refused To receivs
Him. some ~ ;he disciples suggested fhat
! fire should be called down from Heavsss
! TO avenge the insult. bur the Master ~
/ hukva them. and said. W know not whs,
manner % spirit We are o.; for the Son M
/ Man l. not come 10 destroy mems lvss
/ hut 10 save them" suppose He had SaiS.
4 We Will thrash them until they under.
stand who We are. how different would
/ have been the history OF Christlanisyi
! Compare, II YOU will the Ssva gg.rinE bull
| lying. brutal doctrine OF imperialism With
! The Golden Rule and the cummandment
! self Wy
Love. not force was the weapon OF m.
/ u
( pioitation OF them, was Ills method N
! reaching the human heart. \ missionary
/ recently told me- that The stars and Sfrtns.
! once saved his life because his aSsaiisnt
/ recognized our flag as nag that had no
/ blood spon II. Let II be known that our
/ MISSIONARIES are seeking souls instead OF
I sovereignty. let 10 be known thar Instead
! OF being the advance guard OF conquerins
armies, they are going forth TO helm and
TO upliit. having their loins girt about Win
truth and their feet shod with the prapara-
ton OF the Gospel of Peace, wearing the
breast plate OF righteousness and carrvtng
the sword OF the Spirit: let il be known ihaf
respects the rights OF the citizens OF othsr.
nations as carefully As IL protects the rights
OF its own citizens and the welcome given
To our missionaries viii he more cordial
than the welcome extended to the Tnission-
aries OF any other nation.
The argument. made 10y some. that Il
had anything TO DO with the Philippine
islands, but thar the naval victory ak Ma
ma made the permanent acquisition %
those islands necessary. Is also unround
We won "A victory - Santiago. but that
did not compel US 10 hold cuba. The she'd
ding of American blood in the Philippine
Islands does not make Il impe rative that
We should retain possession forever: Amer
lean blood was shed at Sar Juan hill and II
CaneN- and yet the president has prom
Used the Cubaus indtpendeure. tn faet
that the American flag floats over Manila
does not compel us 10 exercise perpetual
sovereignty over the Islands: that nag
waves over Havana to-day. but the pres
ident has promised TO haul It down when
the flag Of the Cuban republic Is ready 20
"A thousand
that our nag IN the orient give way 20 a
nag represe niing the idea OF self govern
ment than that the flag OF this republic
should become the flag of an empire.
An Honorable solution
There Is an easy. honest. honorable solu.
ton OF the Philippine question. IL Is set
forth in the democratic platform and IL 10
submitted with confidence 20 the Ameri-
can people, This plan ] unreseTvedly in
dorse. II elected. I shall convene congress
In extraordinary session "a soon as / am
inauguratcd. and recommend an imme-
diate declaration OF the nations purpose
first, To establish stable form OF gov
eminent In the Philippine islands just as
We are now establishing "A stable form OK
government In the island OF cuba. Sec
ond, to give indep rndence To the FilipinOs
Just az we have promised 10 give indie
r~ndence to the Cubans. third. TO protect
the rlipihos from outside interference
while they work out their destiny. just
as We have projected the republics OF
CentraI ana south America. ana are. by
the Monroe doctrine. pledged to protect
Cuba An European protectorate often
results In the exploitation of the ward by
the guardian. An American prOtectorats
gives To the nation protected the adyan-
tage OF our strength without making /.
the victim Of our greed. For three-quar-
tiers Of century the Monroe doctrine has
been shield TO ncighboring republics
and yet IL has imposed no pecuBiary bur
den upon u. After the Fiiipinos had aid.
ed US In the war against spain. We could
not hOuOraDly turn them over To their
former masters; we could not leave them
10 be the victims OF the ambitious de-
signs OF the European nations, and since
We do not desire TO make them a part Of
US. to hold them as subjects. We pro-
pose the only alternative. namely. TO give
them Independence and guard them
against molestation from without.
When our opponents are unable to de-
fend their position by argument they fail
back upon the assertion that IL Is destiny.
and insist that We must submit 10 II. no
after how much it violates moral pre-
septs and our principles Of g9yern,ment
This Is a complacent philosophy. IL Cd.
Iiterates the distinction between right and
wrong and makes individuals and nations
the helpless victims OF circumstances.
Destiny is the subterfuge Of the In
vertebrate. who, lacking the courage 10
oppose error. seeks some plausible excuse
Tor supporting II. Washington said that the
destiny Of the republican form, Of gov
eminent was deeply. II not finally. staked
on the experiment intrusted 70 me amer
lean people. How different Washing ton
definition Of destiny from the republican
definition The republicans say that TINS
nation X in the hands Of Destiny WASH
ington believed that not only the destiny
OF our own nation. but the destiny Of thu
republican form Of government through
out the world was lntrusted 10 American
desf1r,- of ms republic il in the hands u
its own people. upon the success Of tho
experiment here rests the hope 81 human
ity. No exterior force can disturb this
republic, and no foreign Influence Should
be permitted 10 change us course. " nat
the future has IN store for This nation no
d!yidual has his own idea u the nations
mission and ne owes u 70 MS country as
well as 10 himself 10 contribute as best no
NAV 10 the fulfilment Of that mission
Mr. Chairman. and Gentlemen Of ths
C.o-urafttee- { can never fully dire haTge the
al Of gratitude which I oyy. 10 my coun-
frvuen Tor the hOnoTs ~ Inch they nave 20
generously bestowed upon me. but, SIRE.
Whether In be my lot 10 occupy The hign
raira Tor which the convention has named
-ne or 10 spend the remainder 81 fny days
IN private l.le u shall be rEy constant am
EIriOn and my controlling purpose 20 "a "a
realizing the high ideals OF those whose
wisdom and courage and sacr iIceB brought
Z his reuublfc into existence.
can conceive OF n national destiny sur
psssfng the gLOries Of the present and tie
5aEf-a dest tiny which meets the reEpOnsi-
Utilities OF today and measures Up to fhs
Of the future. Behold Tepgp-
hc resting securely upon the foundation
tones efuzrried by Revolutionary patriots
from the mountain u eternal Truth re-