Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-10-23
FROM AN OLD ABE LINCOLN
REPUBLICAN,.
Address on Imperialism by Hon. George
S. Boutwell, at Salem, Mass.

+AuuTSsS Gil lIHperHtiisul " non. 0eoTke
S. Boutwell, at Salem, Mass.
Salem, Mass, Oct. 1S.-George S.
Boutwell, was greeted by large crowd
here this evening. His address was
given entirely to Imperialism. He
said in part:
"Can the president show wherein
his Philippine policy, in principle diff
fers from the policy of Spain? Spain
was engaged in war to compel the
Filipinos to accept Spanish institu-
tions of education and liberty. We are
attempting through war to compel the
Fillipinos to accept American insti-
buttons of education and liberty. 1t
is not an answer to say, what may be
true, that American ideas and system
of education are superior to Spanish
ideas and systems. In each case there
is compulsion. In each case there is
denial of freedom. In each case there
is the same exercise of power. In each
case there is the same demand for a
subServient class. In each case there
is gross, undisguised Imperialism.
"The difference is to the advantage
of Spain. Spain was consistent. Her
policy was policy of Imperialism, a
policy of centuries. America was a
republic. Self-government was at the
basis of all her institu tionS. 1t was
the prominent feature of her history.
Does Not Follow Tradition
''Our accusation against President
Mckinley is this:
''He turned away from the history
of America, he disdianed our tradit-
ions, and he reversed the policy of
century. Mark the consequences of
the change. In other days we sympa-
thised with Greece in its struggle for
self-government, we denounced the
of liberty in Hungary and
in the opening years of this century
we welcomed the provinces of Central
and South America as they emerged,
one by one, from condition of i'm
perial vassalage and took their places
in the galaxy of republican states.
"If, in this year 1900, America had
sent forth one word of official cheer to
the states of South Africa, the act
would have been an act of self-abase-
ment that would have invited the
contempt of all mankind.
"When we charge impe rialism upon
the administration this question is
put eXultingly: Where is the crown?'
| answer from history, England wait ID
u century after the conquest by Give
ana Hastings for Beaconstield to
crown Britain's queen empress of the
Indies" The crown is but a bauble.
Empire means vast armies employed
in lgnominlous service, burdensome
taxation at home and ruthless NAL
administration of affairs abroad. In
two short years of imperialism these
evils have ceased to be Imaginative
merely, and they have taken place
among the unwelcome realities of our
national life.
Doctrines of Lincoln and Mckinley.
by the ordinance of 1857 freedom
and the full right of self-government
were made secure to the coming mil
lions who were to occupy the states
northwest of the river Ohio. BY the
amendment of 1855 freedom and equal
ity in government were guaranteed
to all, and especially to the negro race
in America. Shall the avoidance OF
the amendment in states of this union
be rendered reason for a denial OF
equality and the right of self govern.
ment in the Philippine islands? If the
negroes in America are entitled tc
freedom from state OF subserviency
are not the colored races in the Phil.
pines entitled to freedom, and that
whether they are under the constitu
ton or beyond its jurisdiction?
"You are called to choice between
the doctrines Of Nathan Dane ane
Abraham Lincoln on the one side ant
the doctrines and policy of President
Mckinley and his supporters on thu
other side. The point 1 make is this
| The three propositions cannot stanc
together. Dane and Lincoln are il
harmony. They guarantee equalit,
and self-gavernment to all. Presiden
Mckinley and his supporters demand
subserviency of all who are not within
the lines Of the American seas.
"They assert supreme authorit,
over their fellowmen for an indefinite
| period OF time, and they promis
herewith good government. Here ar
the assertions of power and the prom
Use OF goodness that have attended tn
origin and movement Of every despot
ism that has risen to curse mankind.
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