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absolute fidelity to beliefs honestly en-.
tertained. @....f1 NJ Il s., :, -. ~
Not NJ n Candidate.

advocating a cause whose success is as
sso Soc with his election to office. I
or not. that | might render more aie
this year to the principles / profess b,
supporting them in merely private
raPan anf fom mRdny PLACES than By
n0f han WIN IN tsss Sr 1885,
i IN ~ am nh, here tonight to speak to 70.
the assumption that the Welfare Of oul
beloved country and its people and the
perpetuation Of American liberty are
partisan success Whatsoever: that these
objects are WOrthier our devotion than
any mans personal ambition possibly
G tna oe and that # In any way we Is gan
We will reasonably do it.
.Ihere IS always temptation to De
gin political address with, some eau
party spirit. The longer and wider my
observation of men. the greater my
inclination to agree with Washington, 5
excess IS of that spirit The preservation
of this government depends upon the
maintenancG of ndyidna freed Of Of
think a5dicates his highest function as
4 man. The. citizen who permits po-
ltical organization to furnish him with
is unworthy the privileges of citizen
ship. The American, to whatever party
""untry, trusting bIindly to That aggre-
gate opinion Of his party WHICH whe en-
art as compliant as himself. may
readily be made to suit the interest OF
powerful and designing men, is guilty
"aen nsS wh er ihs de eayf as to 1s
Democratic national convention who
DECLARED that he and his state would
support the ticket regardless of the
men nominated and of the principles
promu lgated. as with those Republicans
who. in Il great crisis Of our national
history. and on an issue new: to our
Judgment and give. to an irresponsible
and selfish leadership a power of at
,orney to, dispose of their votes: MY
rS Safy r Of ab"ss psrty
cannot be justified at ali: But what
shall we say of my president right 22t % or
ment of the, citizen is contained al! the
creed of the divine right of kings.
THE king, can DO no wrong indeed
where all have disclaimed the right to
hold him to account; and he who in
republic were similarly exempted from
criticism and vested with the power OF
the general would be king in fact by
Many Qup~tions-One Issue.
Numerous question are involved in
h hn more Ian 1t E IS arS issue IS de
cihed at time. and as rule one sub
itrt of interest is uppermost in the
public mind and chiefly calls for discus U.s.
rue in 1900. The relatively secondary
have reference to policies. to be pur-
moment, the one that temporarily
!lwarfs all others by. comparison. is
whether the republic itself is to con-
'nue BECAUSE use ;o Of the magnitq%de of
cratic platform but the public concern
declares to be the paramount issue of
the campaign; because time will not
ing like this Of ali the subjects en-
braced in the party platforms: and be-
cause design to use good part of this
mainly concerned with this. topic. de-
livered at st. Paul recently by the Re.
publican candidate for Vice-president:
time tonight to the consideration of
imperialism.
4 Paradox of History.
Let us first, inquire how the question
and conquest. should have been the
sana edSa one
our southeastern Coast Fof neariy
f f9i seqt It, e It sa g
misgovernment Of that extravagant
and cruel monarchy. So near to the
great republic. the people Of Cuba, to
the infuenc su Of Rome & on The fsaad q
Sicily. gathered the inspiration of our
laws and liberties from every breeze.
hat ErsNrr n1Nr n
lnercial factor in our system among
our people. and the opinion has always
e essb ta and Of Rer eWn II free R%
the United States. Meantime our own
example and the tyranny Of Spain had
dependence which had found express
sion in repeated revolutionary attempts
to throw off the Spanish yoke; The
ATTEMPTS was sincere and deep: The
considerations of humanity to those OF
hq etcs of the u1
I'll finally congress, on the 21st of April:
1898. recognized the Independence. of
ub2 h and spa fro to Tt ba
and Cuban waters. At the same time a
resolution was passed destined to DC
forever memorable in history whether
embodiment of American disinterested
devotion to liberty or as the culminat-
ing manifestation Of that spirit ere
it's light should be quenched forever.
Cuban Resolution.
The following is the resolutions: "The
United States disclaims any disposition
or intention to exercise sovereignty.
lud!ctiOn or control over said island
except for the pacitication thereof, and
asserts it's determination when that is
accomplished to leave the government
and control Of the island to it's people,"
Now it is to be observed that the obi
cation to respect the liberties of the
people Of Cuba did not have it's origin
in this resolution. The resolution was
merely recognition of an obligation
which existed in the nature of things
and which arose out Of the very fact
that the people Of the United States
had gone to the assistance of Cuba in
her struggle for independence against
the tyranny Of Spain.
Why the DifTerencee
But how did the case of the Philip
pine islands differ from that of Cuba :?
For oyer three hundred years the Fill
piEos had been subject to the despotism
of the same empire. They had never
contentedly submitted to it. Unrest
and intermittent revolutions had long
testified to the same spirit in the Philip
pines as that which in Cuba had
aroused the interest and sympathy Of
the American people. At the moment
when the patriots of Cuha were in