The Washington weekly post., 1900-09-11

what TIRE farmer sells the Republican party dee,
promote the trusts and thus raise the sFlsss o.
What The farmer buys. And " the Republican nat,
eaa raise ihs price o. vhst the farmer bav, 49,,
the farmer suffers rather than gains hv the ps,nh-
Iiesn sdninlstrstioa. TIE Republican psrtx -,
has srFsysd Itself against every propasl,i-n AZ ina,
porancs except on the taria question. for whleh 1,
STOOD ten years ago
Discussing the Philippine question. Mr.
Bryan sald In part:
Republicans tell us that the Philippine war 4.
ths ssms a. the var between IN. st.t.. -,
does not need 20 have much fassillesuee "a a. 49,
tifers1oe between the principles involved In ,h.
oivil var the North was holding tie peopl. of IA
South IN the Union. but the people we're no, 10 :.
subjects. taey Sere to Be eitizenE They we're 20,
held ~ the Union to be denied the privileges Of
ciizeaship. They are ta-dsy sharing uith a.
citizens q tire North IN the citizeash,n ~ ,s,,
unioa, sad they are wing With the citlzs,s :,
the North 10 see which section can add na., %
The grandeur and sory Of thiz our common eous.
try. Npplausei.
Doctrine of >elf-xoyerumen..
This Il no, the same a. n 4. i, a.. a.,,.--,-
Islands We are not bringing .he piiininos n -
citizens. We are bringing them In ar ,uh.ee,s
and II you want % know the direrenea Astwsea
the South sharing a. she does in the guarantee :,
the Constitution and the Filiplnos weighted CON.
By q colonial system such a. IL praetices !, 80.
countries, Just compare the South t.-s.v So.
governing. With the South during the esrp,., :
period
II ysu van, TO know what a colonial ooi,ry
viii mean 10 the Philippine Islands iss. re.
member hos white faea az home were ,res,e4 -
cafpet-o@g government and thea imagine how
brown men zoe miles away from home viii h
treated under csrpet-bsg government.
There are but two theories ~ s,,,.---.,-.
During al the Yeas q recorded history men lave
asserted and defended but two theories az x,~ar,-
neat one b. that governments come I'd frorg ths
people. Tie other Is that governments resi- pnan
force. For more than a century the doctrine :,
sels-goSernment has oeen growing. More tbao !
century ago the doctrine Of self-goverpmen, vas
planted on American soil. and during the century
the doctrine has grown and grown. and q IA.
given 70 the world lessOn In the omalp lpotence OF
iruth.
What makes this nation great? II Is the idea
that has developed It, The doctrine Of self-sovern
meHt has grown until to-day in every land vos
viii md people hoplag FOR a realization in tbelr
lands Of that which We have seen here. During ALI
this century the pendulum has been swinging tn
ward liberty. and nov. the close OF the century
shall ve turn II back and start II again toward
the dark ages II this nation rejects the idea thar
governments derive their Just powers from the
consent Of the governed. then civilization starts
backward toward the lsrk ages
You farmers who have been held TO the Repuh-
csn party because yCu believed IL the party Of lb
erty, want to remind you that the Republican
platform OF 1890 upon which Abraham Lincoln was
elected contained the four great principles OF the
Declaration of Independence. That first platform
Of Lncoln's reiterated the assertion that all men
created fAaf tn Nth g-
alienS5le rights; that governments are Instituted
among men 20 secure those rights and that gov
ernments derive their just powers from the con-
sent Of the governed. Yet, this year when the
Republican convention met at Philadelphia met
under the shadow OF the building in which that
Declaration Of Independence was signed the Re-
publican party dared not mention the Declaration
OF Independence because its present practices vio-
late every principle in the document. ApDlausel.
Republicans. / not indulging in prophesY
when ] tell you that your party Is drifting away
from its ancient landmarks. / am not telling you
something that may be: telling you something
that has been for however much your leaders
might have tried 10 deceive you about the Porto
Rican bill they cannot deceive you since that bill
became law Republicans. DO you believe that a
man elected President according 10 the Constitu-
tion who takes the oath support the Constitution
should then administer a government without the
limitations Of the Constitution? If Presidedt
elected according 70 that Constitution govern
100000 Porto Ricsns entirely independent Of that
Constitution, then he can govern 900 900 Fill
Pinos without the restraints OF the Constitution,
and II he govern s.900 600 Flipinos outside of
the Constitution he govern 900 0JO. 900 Chinese
without being disturbed with the limitations of
that Constitution. Once you admit that a Pres
ldent created by a Law is above and beyond the
10 auTt e
despOtism the ruins OF a republic Great az
plausel. Do you believe that Congress elected
by the Constitution. limited in its powers by the
Constitution. disregard it in dealing with peo-
pie anywhere? I deny the doctrine / deny that
the President or Congress can ever be bigger thcn
the constitutional foundation upon which he It
stands. ! deny that d President or Congress can
tower above or dig beneath, OF go around the Con-
sttutiOn Of the United States. for the moment you
admit that such thing as arbitrary power can be
engrafted upon cur government you have started on