Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-10-20

shronrhnut the entire world OF Amcri-i
can enterprise And Ia each of them
is place for you young men OF Amer
,ca. according 10 your ability. your in
dusfry and your character.
prev atatsVe of Miiitari~m.
tan the youns men of this nation re
frtsnfrneti by the words imperial
isla. mihrarisn'' and NIL such shib-
hol.-tn, OF fear, Who can establish
al eu4pire. yaun: men OF America.
without your CONSENT Where VIII
sost.. the soldiers who Will set their
la yont,i> nj tie threat of our free in-
stslnfsens II you. Young men Of Amer
,ea Yourselves do not become those
soldiers. Milifarism, Imperialism.
Young men of America. viii you strike
your eoIors TO fear. and that fear |
fear OF yourselves: Your future Is in
youf own hands Your fate Is In your /
own hands There can be- no standing !
army which you yourselves do not
/ provide from among yourselves. Such
a standing army Is powerless except
as you equip il; purposeless except as
| yoa direct IL And how will this pro-
| sramine of national advance re-
/ auire standing armiest England.
| whose possessions make crimson the
/ map Of every continent and every sea.
| has less than $4,000 English soldiers
| in all her world wide possessions. The
| rest OF her ST. nding army, which alto
| sether is smaller than that OF any
| European power is required by Euro
| pean conditions and not by her colon
ial conditions. Study the standing ar
mics OF the world. Study the causes
that produce them. You cannot ind
a single instance Of militarism caused
by colonial policy. On the contrary.
in America. such a policy will prevent
n standing army. Ohr ener, ies will
have an outlet: prosperous employment
will keep busy those hands which,
when idle. are always dangerous. for
idleness In the ranks OF labor. In the
| RACKS of business. liz the ranks OF
| finance aye. even in the ranks of pro-
| fessional life-is the only danger this
nation has to fear Class hatred, sec
| tional strife internal dissension-these
are the rocks on which this republic
| will founder If il ever does: and il is
| from these rocks OF disturbance at
home that our active policy abroad
) draws us safely away. 1t is better to
employ a few American soldiers to
maintain that order which American
administration will bring in other
lands, and at the same time supply a
field abroad for American activities
and work for American hands at home,
than to employ many soldiers at home
to suppress riot. disorder and insur-
rection here. caused by the very fact
that we have failed to find an outlet
abroad for American energy and a
market abroad for American surplus
products.
Standing army. All this nation Is a
: standing army. There is soldier In
) the breast OF every free man. Our
blood is the most militant blood OF
t earth. Indiana furnished 40 years ago
= with what was then her scanty popu
] lation. nearly 220,OOO soldiers-mort
e soldiers than have been enlisted by the
, government from the beginning of the
$ Spanish war till the present hour. iu
I diana alone, today, can place in tht
field in n single year. 100000 armed
men. Militarism in America! 1t 1.
l. here indeed-here in the blood We
young men Of America have inherited
= from our fathers Every generation
' of Americans have been soldiers. Mill
. tarism in America! Yes, indeed Their,
Is enough militarism In the Alo0d q:
= not only to defeat the world In nrm,
!. but to defeat every military uprisin,
y among ourselves which might seek I,
overthrow the republic. The future a,
the institutions of the republic are n
Z the hands of the republics young men
and In their hands those institutions
j I bay fa; to-
men OF America. I have faith in our
: institutions. I have faith In our flag
r But the party OF destruction doubt,
you, fears You, denies the strength of
your patriotism. the power of your
! minds. the purity OF your purposes
The party OF destruction fears tina.
2 you will change the flag OF the re-
public into flag OF an empire. VIII
t you enlist with them or with us? WIN
You march with the party OF advance.
whose v"' soul and breath of life a
faifh In = American people and be-
lief In IL -yality OF American inati.
. tutions; or Will you march with the
. party OF retreat. whose very soul aud
breath OF life is disbelief in the Ameri-
! can people and infidelity to America n
: institutions?
1 TINT
this policy OF administering American
government In lands whose people can
not govern themselves, robs those peo-
pie or their liberties. ask them what
liberty is! Ask them whether turning
these people over to the slaughter OF
each other is giving them liberty? Ask
them whether giving them orderly
government is denying them liberty,
Ask them whether building school
houses for all their children is dery.
ing them liberty? Ask them wheth.r
the administration Of impartial tustIcc
by fncorruptibIe Judges fs denying
them liberty? Ask them whether fhe
guardianship Of free speech. among
them is denying them liberty? Ask
them whether the bestownl on them
OF every one Of the sacred privileges
/ enumerated in our bill Of lights Is No.
nying them liberty? Ask the party of
destruction and retreat whether thav
viii not have more Of the blessings OF
both liberty and life under your all
| mfnistrafion. You sons Of an admins
! frafin2 race. than they would have II
left TO the anarchy their dissenston
would produce The party Of destruc.
| ton and retreat declares that these
children OF bari,arism will establish A
better government than the govern
nent you will administer TO them: for
you. young men Of America. are tie
administrators Of the future-aye.
even Of the present, for your hour -
1T hand.