Hutchinson gazette., 1900-08-02
REPUBLICAN OR EMPIRE.


The Issue Of Imperialism is as ol u az
history,
1t is the new order or the old order
Which will we choOseY
Macauley predicted the death of the
republic. VIII we prove bis predlc-
tion truep
II came like scourge upon Babylon
and the on'y record left Is buried
city In the sand.
Imperialism is u relic of paganisn,
and despotism as opposed to christian
ity and liberty.
II belongs to the old epoch of force
and murder, not the new epoch of
love aud brotherhood,
The disease has fastened itself on ey
cry great nation Of the world ard the
result has been death.
1t drove Cyrus forth to conquest, but
liberty shattered his mighty hosts on
the shores Of little Greece
1t stalked with death under Timour,
but all the world recalls OF him Is his
ghastly tower Of human skulls,
1t awakened the cupidlty and cruelty
Of Spain, and today she IA the theme Of
the contempt and pity Of mankind
II stirred In the irresistible ambl-
tiOn of Alexander, but all his victories
ended In an early and dishonorable
grave.
1t burned in the breast of Napoleon,
but his crimes against liberty were
expated amid the barren rocks of st.
Helena,
Imperialism is the apOtheosis Of mat
er,allsm. 1t ignores the divinity with
in us and recognizes nothing but brute
force.
1t burned like a fever in the veins Of
Rameses II, but all that is preserved of
Egypt are the pyramids, a battered
Sphinx and memory.
1t fell like a blight on the republic of
Rome, and the greatest nation Of anti
guilty became the prey Of her own cor
ruptiOn, greed and lust,
1t has a new lease of lifO in England
and It's handiwork is shown in the
starving millions in Iudla and the mur-
dered farmers Of South Africa,
The devil is an imperiallst and
sought to convert Christ, when he took
the Savior into the mountains and of
rered Him all the kindoms of the world,
Which is the nobler wayY To be ac-
tuated by love Of humanity, or lust of
gainY To lead the nation to perfect
freedom, or to turn back to tyranny ?
Is this nation TO become its victim?
Is the greatest republic Of the world
to abandon the ways Of liberty and re-
turn to the blood stained paths Of des-
potism?
1t Is all Of a piece. He who puts
the dollar above the man will put the
empire above the republic, will put
G aesar above Christ, will put Mammon
above God.
Led bv our example, republics have
been established all over the earth.
The nations are ready to take another
step toward liberty, They are wait
ing for us to lead the way.
The imperialistic shore is lined with
breakers. Along that rock-bound
coast, as it extsnds backward into the
past, lie the wrecks Of splendid States
Are they not warning enough?
The world Is thrilling with new hope.
Over mountain tops of the future brt axis
the dawn. The sun is rising on a JUS
ter social system. VIII we turn our
backs on that splendid prospect, sim
ply to crush and rob!our weaker broth
ersp
Imperialism is international piracy.
1t 10 in opposition TO at least three Of
The commandments:
Thou shalt not covet."
Thou shalt not steal.
Thou shalt not kill"
Imperialism is not only external,
but lts spirit extends into all internal
Affairs. Outwardly 1t is represented
by the cannon and the bayon ct. In.
wardly 1t is bodied forth in the trusts
and the gOld' standard. And behind
hem all stands one motive force
greed.
But let us not be deceived. We live |
not unto ourselves alone. We are a
part of the human race Our destiny
Is bound up with the destiny Of the
whole. BY a divine law. the injury
we intlict upon others rebounds upon
ourselves. The brotherhood is but a |
living fact. He who rivets the shack
less upon others, forges chain on his
own limbs.
Byron expressed the same though |
when he said; There is the moral of |
all human tales; 1t is but |
the same rehearsal of the
past, First freedom and then glory
when that fails, Wealth, vice, corrup-