Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-02-27
THE MARCH OF IMPERIALISM.

In the course of a speech upon the
Porto Rico tariff bill in the House of
Representatives Friday, Representa-.
tive Gilbert, of Kentucky, said:
am opposed TO this whole imperinli
policy, even il there were no consti.
tutional objections. No empire ever
civilized any people in the worlds his.
tory. Sardnnapalus put the torch to
his own palacc and destroyed treas
ures. concubines, and all But the
historian tells us that less than per
cent of tho people owned all the prop
crty and held in bondage all the bal
nncc of the population. When Caesar
fell at the foot Of Pompey's Pillar
there was not school for the educa-
ton of children outside OF the patri-
cinn class In all the Empire, and Bru-
tus himself was lending money nt IS
per cent and owned more than 10000
white slaves.
When Napoleon was carried TO st.
Helena he left Europe covered with
two millions Of freshly made graves,
and not a survivor of all his wars
had been made frccr or better by his
campaigns. Our great Constitution
has come 10 us through centuries of
strife, treasure, and blood. It's great
purpose was to insure the blessings
OF liberty to us and TO our posterity,
and lot us stand by it, This nation,
said Mr.. Lincoln, can not last haif
slave and half free. The citizen is
himself not wholly rrcc who owns "A
slave SO this country can not remain
Il great Republic and at the same time
hold in subjcction those alien and ori-
entail races. Make them Territories
now, aud In few years some politi.
cal party will clamor to make them
citizens and voters This you now
say Is impossible.
At the beginning of the war no Re-
publican would have thought Of TAX
Ing the millions of negroes from |. @
cotton fields OF the South and in II few
years making them not only citizens
and voters but filling the halls of the
Legislatures OF the Southern States
with thcm. That carnival Of ignorance
ana crime 10 good man wants to sec
repeated. So lot this wild march OF
Imperialism stop now before 1t Is too
late. England has not civilized the
Egyptian, the Australian, nor the Hin
doc. We have not civilized the Indian,
the negro, nor the Eskimo, aud we
win not civill2c either the negroes of
Porto Rico or the Malnys on the other
side of the earth. I,
am very well aware tbat new mem
bora, like small boats, are expected tc
keep close 10 shore. I am also aware
that II was the cackllug of the gees,
that warned the sleeping sentlnels
that the barbarlans were scaling III,
walls of tho capitol.
The march OF Imperialism is golnl
right OH. \ handful Of English cap
italsts control our financial system
aud handful OF American million
aires are talking about an Anglo. Amer
lean alliance. But these tlunkies to th,
British CrowE are not the American
people and nre not even in sysmath.
with the American people.
am opposed 10 increasing the oppor
tunities for the millions of negroes Il
: Porto Rico and the l0000,00o Asiatic
. in the Philippines Of becoming Amer
: lean citizens and Ewarming into thl
country and coming IN competitlo
with our farmers and mechanics an
laborcrs. We are trying to keep OF
the Chinese with one hand, ana no,
: you are proposing TO make Tcrritorie