Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-08
HAS NO WORD
TO SAY FOR SILVER.
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fore hostilities broke out at Manila. prom
Used independence to the Filipfnos on the
same terms that it was promised to the
Cubans. l supported this resolution and
believe tina it's adoption prior to the break
ing out of hostilities would have prevented
b~loodshed. and that Its adoption a. any
subsequent time would have ended hos
Titles. |
If the treaty had been rejected. consid,
cradle time would have necessarily eiapsen
before a new treaty could have osen
agreed upon and ratified, and during mat
time the question would have been agttat-
ing the public mind. Ii the Bacon reso-
luton had been adopted by the senate and
carried out by the president, either at the
time of the ratification of the treaty or at
the question of imperialism out of politics
and left the American people free TO deal
with their domestic problems. But the
resolution was defeated by the vote OF the
republican vice-president, and from that
time to this a republican congress has re-
fused to take any action whatever in the
matter. i a
When hostilities broke out at Manila. re-
publican speakers. and republican editors
at once sought to lay the blame upon those
treaty, and, during the progress of the war.
the same republicans have accused the
o opp%snt 10 OF ,h imp sgl;ninns. of r glxin 8 s a cow
ardly evasion of responsibility.
VOICES OF THE PAST.
If it is right for the United States to hold
the Philippines Islands permanently and
initiate the European empires in the gov
eminent of the colonies, the republican
party ought to state at its .dpsoss,i position on and sMh, ae1
races to protest against such a policy and
| to resist to the extent of their ability. The
Flip clippings me 90 mot n noM any aiy;ne enc0 opa Whole
history has been ar encouragement not
only to the Filipinos but to all who are de.
! the republicans are prepared to censure
! foreign domination. let them condemn the
speech of Patrick Henry. When he ut
; erty or give me DEATH" he expressed a
! sentiment which still echoes in the hearts
of men. Let them censure Jefferson; Of
used words so offensive to those who would
hold their fellows in political bondage: Let
them censure Washington, who declared
that the colonies must choose between lib
erty and slavery. Or. If the statute OF
limitations has run against the sins of
Henry and Jefferson and Washington. let
speech will be quoted in defense of popular
government when the present advocates'of
force and conquests are forgotten.
Someone has said hat a truth once
spoken can never be recalled. It is true.
1t goes on and on, and no one can set a
limit to its Overwhelming influence. But
if it were possible to obliterate every word
written or spoken in defense OF the prln-
ciples set forth in the Declaration of In
dependence, a war OF cOnQueS WOulu sui
leave its legacy of perpetual hatred, for it
was God himself who placed in every hui
man heart the love OF liberty. He never
made a race Of people SO low in the scale
welcome a foreign master.
Lincoln said that the safety of this ma
ton was not in its fleets. its armies or it's
forts, but in the spirit which prizes liberty
as the heritage of all men, in all lands,
everywhere; and he warned his country
men that they could not destroy this spirit
without nlantinR the seeds of 0eSDOt1Sm at
their own doors.
Those who would have this nation enter
only the effect of imperialism on the
Filipinos, but they must also calculate its
effects upon our own nation. We cannot
ment in the Philippines without weak
ening that principle here.
PARALYSIS OF IMPERIALISM.
Even now We are beginning to see the
paralyZing influence of Imperialism. Here
tofore this nation has been prompt to ex-
press it's sympathy with those who were
of activity has been limited to the West
ern Hemisphere, our sympathies have not
been bounded by the seas: We have felt it
due to ourselves and to the world. as well
as to those who were struggling for the
right to govern themselves. to proclaim
the interest which our people have from
every contest between human rights and
arbitrary power. T~hree-quarters of a CEN
fury ago, Wnen our nation was small, the
struggles of Greece aroused our people,
and Webster and Clay gave eloquent ex-
preston to the universal desire for Grecian
independence. In 1896, all parties mani
tested a lively interest in the success of
the Cubans, but now when a war Is in pro-
gress in South Africa, which must result
In the extension of the monarchial idea or
in the triumph of a republic, the advo-
Gates of Imperialism in this country dare
not say a word in behalf of the Beers.
sympathy for the Beers does not arise
) from any unfriendliness toward England
ward the people of any nation. This sym.
pathy is due to the fact that. as stated ir
our platform, we belive in the principle OF
self g~overnment and reject, as did oul
forefathers, the claims of monarchy. II
this nation ~surrenders it's belief in the uni.
forth in the Declaration of Independence
it will lose the prestige and influence which
it has enjoyed among the nations as an ex.
! ponent of popular government.
EMPIRE VS.. EXPANSION.
Our opponents, conscious Of the weakness
= Of their cause. seek to confuse imperialism
/ claim Jefferson as a supporter of theil
., policy. Jefferson spoke SO freely and uset
l language with such precision that no ons
can be ignorant of his views. On one. oc
: casion he declared: IF there be one prin
b, ciple more deeply rooted than any othea
in the mind Of every American. it is tina
r we should have nothing to 10 with con
= quest" And again he said: conquest II
not in our principles; 1t is inconsistent with
our government"
The forcible annexation of territory to b.
governed by arbitrary power. differs a.
: much from the acquisition of territory tt
:, be built up into states as a monarchy diff
: fers from democracy. The democratic