, 1900-08-16
MIR. Y ACCEPTANCE.

M dency is m Of the nos remarkable efforts of his oratorical career and
frtln indeed; There are times, and this campaign is M of them when the n
Ga%" nf sal ye th%p eop yry Sni Sdse OF W hate nrFy !4 fh Ds y@T naini B!a IN fe s shST %
l @Gr nc td se o %tin,nee smS of sr Bryan sG ,. The speech S% a Of aSfepa an sr6 s !h TrSfr of
.stsEs 3 sT e 'Ss siss: e I'M e : 's !. aa !i ;s sp SsSa, 3 ~ e 91.1 %Ss e SS%%S y as ass %:
the triumph If Mr. BRYAN in forcing upon me convention, clearly against , he
fena o Of .eaFa%saa, issus s"" and ps clearly = he intends int : % 70 o. devote The ~ mjeT pars
TmI he h. b mel { s"ssssasns events may cause him i'm to to change his policy
One a p S9F' s t Gs%@in Up OF r% ias s tSs e%a", Isass to Of a . aF5s'Ga S9 ii n1 5n,S }9%s D %r@n
SS@1'' Hd %'s M T m Rr SaH" Presents en- T as # f fRsy NO Fs"i fr FsS'% %nG nsw T'S"i HERE 9s% is a
!. . = s, 's u Or h h% TO Ta' SSs' i sssaIl"Si s 8 %p'"H " I%issd; ' but r'S WING 'o p Ss ,ssl"e
of I n%rd is n anS ,a%mA,. "rn hose wno y, would an. have We ,a. ntIsn G m5n upon gs , 4 S%Essr
i ba an ,ES must Mo also us nr calculate =, its moe n%ct upon upon or w n, n nmare , We H. , If rne ire
eaic %i%s ' "%o %% "s en@ct ' % NOT Saf yet " 8'T nad %%%e public pF'""' he mas" arena
fl. s s.nI another nT , .1 u sG G 1a1n1l consists in saa5yns gu, in e"r dali daily lives live.
mite and %m pFo~ 81 tH' with IN 1s w%o ray we w @e % %"%%' ana nc SW W@oe v S% % d' s%y
BRYAN as'I Is%y,. n 9ai 10. , 5s%ssssss ad PP" s#s. G 9a a: n aiaa rs sa' som On ys soaa % %&
ought to conduct %G d@r % opsaRo"s b "s %F r" %s M %san that our n m %@" s%s
a aht they %n have %n not a "go one #, forth to help %ns and to milf IT,. having a1n the, their 10 loins sml
GTd IN, W should should not send ZEN @or army and navy to protect s. the he survivors and pun
now. But 81 t this sort Of ssnnmr@l talk from Mr. Bryan uttered sM with the mir of a
and says St .n ss 1s%s ar Sr not him a s TTd in w ,%S r% s%pct 1so asG" ss9. legislation or in
Democratic Der "@%9is party %a Rs s%ys Thou "&' s%"iS nd 5fs'F''f Do %%@ this h% refer fsin to- til " r"Se%t c% %s
55"s d a a5 $$'' 3 b '? s$%%% sa Is 5sss 2 e ' e %f 5 ,s R gss@s e + !Rsss,y5 y "a? %ss e
@ @ss ' %"s5 'G sS ga%s,i ii Ss %a1 and 'G a "A %r H %9sss @rs 9": bee ss np% H%"f' rsdi ii +
11 G "a %T%s ' %s%"l til %'5 Of the S%' foS Vi }%& 'i '5@S%y s'p Florida, Texas, and
T% and ' Il" co %%%" ane followed oS% s' fs na 1F' i%ao tim the nc H~@ S% P4r f1"ryFS' S s%s 1 B1y"S
ever having found ot the attitude OF fTI sr%a{ i%% on the the Calhoun " Go %
tory, bur if he l%s eTe ne the his %%s Of the the annex iii %% of f%% Gaml and and
Florida and the territory acquired from Mexico he must have seen. lot only
tina WI acquired Louisiana by purchase without the conseuto of It's Inhabitants
and florhln AM California nj the Southwest by pue conquest, again with
ot the consent of the governed, but the doctrine cnuncnted by Calhoun, in
flag. n expressly repudinted by Congress. in every instance and thu the
greatest DeInocratic lenders of the me-su men as Benton and DougEs
no les.t than Lincoln regarded the authority oft the nation over the new terri
tory as absolute nd Its nhaltant as not entitled by any inherent right to
suffrage or seltgovenmnnt.
There are other instances of misstatement, but we IN pass to the third
DIVISION OF the speech. After tklng some 1000 words to vindicatc the natural
ability Of every human being 10 govern himself and the great wrong of at
tempting 10 govern m ne without his cOnscnt-after declaring that Ne have
no right to kill n human being after nuncaung the golden rule as his guiding
principle ad advocating the octrinc ofno nlwIstancc to froce in the strongest
biblical rms-whn is the conclusiont-lt Is that we should at once order
c IiI 4eS Sp ar nEH at, G P@e 5%S sn SfSr IF 9e I ma%ns T IT ienSE.o %r nn nf% %Eod 1rm
to III the world the gospel of peaceI That is whnt me naturally expects and
perhaps that is the conclusion that would nave been reached If Mr. Bryan
had not reconected at this point That there IA n platform made at Kansas
City N that some reference should be mace to It,. The conclusion therefore.
Oft the grand alruistic oc of non-rcsismncr, is that we shall first cs
tabish n stable government. in the Philippines!
IT the flpnuS, as Mr.. Iryan elOquCn1y argues. nd says in so many
words. arc and of right ought to be, free and independent" what possible eN
cuse can there 1t. fol. MIR. Bryan to establish Il stable government FOR them
And 10Y stahlei hal govenmen to be? And how long is it going to take
to make stable? And must foTr he Used to cocrcc hose who 10 nt IA us
establish II stable government? Alas, alas, the platform has betrayed the
pmlanthTOpist
The program announced. further, is this: After the establishment If n sta
bic government hen w e are 10 give the FiiTinos the Independence which is
guardians. and prevent any other power from interfering with them in any
way for al iRlehnte period IF years!
II is given only TO prophets thus to forecast the future or centuries to
come; ii is given only to dreancrs to see visions o. the great Republic taking
under Its protection all the peoples of the earth who are struggling or free
Ion me stfgoVernmcnt and Keeping all other nations ron Interference
merely ~ t"n process of rOclainImg that 1t is wrong to kill II human being. or
o coerc'a nm one who wishes to he free. 1t is possible tina when the mincn
mum arrives Mr.. Bryan would make Il good president: but until tina huppy
onSulnhho more practical, though perhaps less lofty, couusels must guide
he ship of state.