Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-08-30

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the Virtue and courage necessary to adopt
party that had nominated you. sir. four
years before. after a struggle In which
the "a army ny. Ct = TO- insTenced with
ever from its councils.
Bit abq*e and tsfcre all. the conven-
rest is faith upon yoH in YOU they rec;
most sympathetic Of our public men. To
You they were willing. So far ~ their
arduous duty of redeeming our common
country from its peril and disgrace.
party is compared with that Of the peo-
pies party, reasons for faith in the dem
ocratic party .abundantly appear:
! call attsntion to the remarkable fact
Views df the two parties. az expressed In
theft .rrfspsetiye platforms. no single
ropsst,Id het Is hss i'll one is denied
Spirit OF imperialism.
But leaving behind for the moment
these problems of economics and admins
istrattbn. We find that questions which
involve the integrity of our form and sys-
tap root of our republican institutions.
forced themselves upon both conventions.
We read of struggles among the peoooo
years in behalf of fieer systems Of gov
ernment. The stories come to US
through the medium Of legend song and d
can be said to be the political heir of all
the ages IN ~ as Eurks nsserted It re-
Wese the fG Jury box i re 20 Psa
tyranny from the first Blush Of creation's
dawn to the eighteenth century for
great people to conceive and execute
system of government whose spirit em-
bodied III n written cons itution, proclaims
that all men. are created equal; that they
arc endowed by their Creator with the
inalienable rights of life, liberty and the
pursuit of happinessi that governments
are " instituted , among men to preserve
should derive their just powers from the
consent of the governed Every Amcris
can citizen Is the rightful heir of this
of the covenant between God and His
creatures, carrying with " the divine as
surance that the spirit of the Father
rests upon his country, and that here.
to be seen of all men and noted by all
tvrantR. would 1T nourish the tree of lib
erty until lts roots extended Into e every sls
ncath its restful and protecting shade.
May the whitening curse OF all liberty
Toying people be Numbered against those
blest country.
Our system has not been preserved
without ritant.t struggles With the foes
United States that we must pay the
price of eternal vigilance ii we would
preserve that liberty. Here, as II al. al
power which their money conferred to
subtract from the masses their political
and and civil rights. and when stripped % Of
ordinate growth of the volume of Their
ill-gottcn gains, their lust for power over
and today the men and ships and arms
of the nation arc directed to CONQUER and
subjugate far western isles and hold in
bondage TO us 1900 $50 alien people. Thiss
attack upon the country and liberty OF
the Filipinos is the darkest page iii
American history.
1t is urged that there is little danger
under the benign ,lE reign Of Mr. Mr. MIcSinley
strained power of imperialism will be
mtsused. Association with political par
ties does not change the nature of men;
upon one anothers rights and to go to
excess when their attempts ;A'e resisted.
The constitution was framed In view OF
courts We're created 10 enforce the safe,
guards of the constitution against oil
who surrender their conduct to the bad
government is tyranny. Daniel Web
ster, the great constitutional expoundcr,
well expressed it when he said: "Therc
is nothing that satisfies mankind In an
enlightened age unless. governed by his
own country and the institutions OF his
s E. te see Of %asn o pow
matter how lightly it sits upon the Shout
ders. if 1t be not imposed by the vote Of
his own nation and his. own country, he
will not and cannot, and he means not to
be happy under It's blrdcns.'
II was in such lights that the Philippine
question presented itself +, TO the Sioux
American citizens! With ringing voice
its platform declares Murder and arson
the people who asked only to establish Il
free government in their own land. The
declaration OF independencc. the constitu,,
insepcrable: We demand stoppage of
this war of eX, nlnation by the assur-
ance to the Philippines of Independence
and protection under Il stable government
of their own creation.
Allies in Perfect Accord.
Here we find the democratic brain and
heart acting in patriotic unison with the
p"pu!ist brain and heart. The demo-
cratic party gave this grave. issue more
prominence in its platform than did the
popuists; but 1t could not give 1t greater
emphasis. All that the democratic plat-
form declares concerning it is accepted
say amen to the truth that the declara-
tion of independence is the spirit of our
government of which the constitution is
the form and letter.
Mr.. Bryan, nothing that | can say can
add to the fullness of the honor, faith
and affection i'll which American patriots
hold you. Whether native to the soil or
born in foreign climes, as patriotic
Americans they look to you as the de-
fender OF the faith of freemen and pro-
tector of their assaulted Institutions.
Those who fled from the tyranny of their
own country to find liberty in ours, in
assuming the duties of citizenship sworc
before high heaven with uplifted hand to
protect and defend the constitution of
our country. 1t Is this constitution that
is assailed, and our foreign-born citizens
will not forget the oath which admitted
them to share IT'S blessings You have a
stupendous struggle before you--one that
must try To the utmost the moral, intel
lectual and physical qualities with which
the creator has endowed you. But, sir,
we are assured that the just and merci-
full God that raised you up to be the
leader In this great national struggle for
preserving to this and all other countries
that are brought within our power the III
alienabe rights OF man, whatever his
creed. color or nativity, will be with you
and guide and protect you through all
perils that may beset your pathway.
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