The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-24
LETTER 70 REPUBLICANS
HON. j. N. JONES, A REPRESENTA-
TIVE MAN OF MARSHAL COUN-
TY, SAYS SOMETHING
HELD OFFICE UNDER HARRISON
He Recommends M. e. Mathews to
the Voters of That District
in Preference to
McCIeary.

my old associates and political friends IN
the so-called Republican party: I am
prompted to address this letter to you to
give you the reason, for the course that 1
have decided upon as to my duty In the
present campaign. 1 have been life
long Republican and have taken an active
part in all its struggles, both state and
national, since 1872. After a mental strug-
gle that has cost me many hours of seri-
Gus thought my feelings rebel at the
thought of breaking up of political ties
and associations, while my judgment and
convictions dictate to me my duty. Ny
love for and attachment to the Repub-
hcan party was caused by its being the
defender of the grand principles epunci-
ated In the Declaration of independence.
The Republican party reiterated its sal
lent points in its first platform, adopted
at Philadelphia June II, 1856, as follows:
Resolved, That with our forefathers
we hold 1t to be self-evident truth that
all men are endowed with the -inalienable
rights TO life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness. That we deny the authority
of congress, of territorial legis. ture,
of any individual or association of indi-
viduals, to give legal existence to slavery
in any territory of the United States,
while the present constitution shall be
maintained"
The convention which nominated Mr..
Lincoln, in 1860, to emphasize the same
doctrine of rights: Resolved, That to
secure these rights governments are In
Stituted among men deriving their Just
powers from the consent of the gov
erned" Every Republican platform,
from 1856 to 1896, and every Republican
candidate for president, from John c.
Fremont to William Mckinley has pro-
claimed this same doctrine
The convention of 1868 Resolved
That this convention declares itself in
sympathy with all oppressed people who
are struggling for their rights That
we recognize the great principle of the
Declaration of independence as the true
foundation of democratic government
The Republican platform of 1872 de-
clared as follows: 1.-The national govern
ment should seek to maintain honorable
peace with all nations, protecting it's
citizens everywhere, and sympathizing
with all people who strive for greater
liberty
DRIFTED AWAY.
Realizing that the present leaders of
the party have drifted away from the
teachings of the fathers and the prin-
ciples of true republican government,
in prosecuting war of conquest and ex-
termination in the northern part of the
Philippine archipelago; trying to justify
their actions by the false reasoning that
Divine Providence has placed the Philip
pine Islands in our hands for safety, and
that the FiiipinoS are an inferior peo-
pie and not capable of government
July 10, 1858. Abraham Lincoln, In a
speech delivered at Chicago. referring to
ike arguments, said: Those arguments
that are made, that the inferior races arc
to be treated with as mum allowance
as they are capable of enjoying that as
much is to be done for them as their con-
dition will allow What are these argu-
ments? They are the arguments that
kings have made for the ensiavtng of the
people in all ages of the world. You will
find that all the arguments of kingcraft
were always of this class They always
bestrode the necks of the people, mot that
they wanted to do it, but because the
people were better off by being .id6en
Turn 1T whatever way you will, whether
1t comes from the mouth OF a king as an
excuse for enslaving the people of his
country, or from the mouth of men of
one race as reason for enslaving the
men of another race, it is all the same
old serpent
In view of my convictions of the funda-
mental truths embodied in the Declara-
ton of Independence and the great part
the Republican party has played in Sc
curing and maintaining the inalienable
rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness to all men, regardless of race,
color or previous condition of servitude
1t IS with feelings of disappointment and
regret that l read the presidents mes
sage Of Dee 5, 1899, wherein he says:
THE authorities of the Sulu islands have
accepted the succession of the United
States to the rights of Spain, and our
flag floats over that territory. On the
10th Of August, 1899, Brig Gen. John C.
Bates, United States volunteers, nego-
dated an agreement with the sultan and
his principal chiefs, which [ transmit
herewith. Article 10 provides that any
slave in the archipelago of Jolo shall have
the right to purchase his freedom by pay
ing to the master the usual market value
The agreement by Gen. Bates was made
subject to confirmation by the president,
and to future modification by the consent
of the parties In interest. I have con-
frmed said agreement" Mess. and
Docks, 1S99-19o0, Vol. 1, page 49,
AGREEMENT WITH SLAVERY.
Just think of it. fellow Republicans;
the president of the United States, the
choice of the Republican party of 1896 to
administer the affairs of this great re-
public, deliberately informing congress: I
nave confirmed an agreement by which
slavery is maintained in the Sulu archi-
pelago, and guarantee to the sultan of
Jolo protection under the Stars and
Stripes from interference by any other
power Men and women sold as chattels
as IN days gone by, husbands and wives
torn asunder, parents sold from their
children and children sold from their
parents. And all this recognized and guar
anteed by the president Of the United
states and the leaders of the great Re-
publican party. Think you, fellow citi-
zens, had we known that our standard
bearer in 1896 had no sympathy with
the oppressed who are struggling for
their rights, as the fathers had done
before; supposed representative of the
party of Lincoln who liberated 400O. 900
people IN the name Of the Republica party
and humanity, would turn deaf ear to
the cry of the people struggling for lib
erty, and strike with the oppressor to
perpetuate slavery and guarantee the
protection Of the Stars and Stripes to
the oppressor; think you the result wol,ld
have been the same? I think not. Tha
voice OF the American people would have
gone up IN one cry of sympathy for the
oppressed of all nations, and In condem-
nation of the oppressor of the peon,e
whether the oppressor represented a for
elgn power or political organization on
American soil
Another evidence of the insinceritv of
the leaders of the so called Republican
party: In the presidents message of De-