The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-23
SOUNDS THE ALARM.
Grover Cleveland Speaks OF
National Decay.
OLD POLICIES ABANDONED
And the Republic Is In Grave
Danger A Strong Appeal for
Return to Our First
Principles.

Ex-President C!ev,snd was one OF the
speakers at the Holland society dinner
in New York on Thursday night he
spoke as follows:
"The question is suggested Whistler
in preseot condition this CONSERVATISM
ehsraetsrisss the oondue: OF guides sne
sentiment Of our people9 Thsre can DO
but one answer to this question. Con
servstism has in great degree been
jsuntily cast aside, or condemned IS
opposed to our country's welfare ana
glory. 4 strange voyage has been en-.
tered upon without count Of cost ara
without chart OF compass. The tlled
and sase foundations Of our liberty and
national happiness have been discredls-
cd. Reverence for our national tradI-
lions has be.n relaxed sad satisfaction
with our coubt,y's mission has been
undermined. The restraints sad inl-
tations of our constitution have 0ecome
CALLING and irksoms under the tempta-
lions Of national greed and aggrand'ss-
ment. Oar old love Of peace, homo!
and ju.sice has been weakened ane
frug atty and contentment are not nov
trans insapersbls from American
character.
war, even with the worlds ad-
7anced civilization, may still be some.
times necessary and iusti6ab!e, out
whether necessary AMI just fable or not
81 o decentralization that follows in lss
train can never be svaded. 1t teaches
bloody instructions, Hhi,h in country
whose citizens do the fighting, can; not
fail to leave their impress for a time at
least upon public and private life IN
time Of peacs.
Thirty yesrs after the close OF the
war for the preservation Of the union,
treaty Of Arbitration was formulated
between the United States and Great
Britain which, If completed, would
have gone for towards removing every
pre.ezs Of war beswesn the two soun-
tries This treaty failed of coD6rns.
sion in the senate Of the Uaited Statss.
LESS than Eve years passed and these
Eoglish.speaking champions Of peace
and arbitration are still operating on
PARALLEL lines-oae in the Philippines
and the other in South Afrioa-bus 40
Longer for peace and arbitration. Both
are killing ns,ives in an effort to pos
sess their LANDS.
"This indicates sad relapse, and il
our case it is most serious one. II
England succeeds in her attempt In
South Africs, she will but add another
to her list Of similar acquisitions; .
brave people will be subjugased, and
because of our engagement IN SINH
lar venture in another quarter they
will miss the expressions Of American
sympathy which We are accustomed to
extend to those who struggle Tor ma
,ional life and" independence. On the
other hand, with success IL our sub
jugating effort a new, untried and ez-
ceedingly perilous situation will DO
forced upon US. We can conquer the
Philippines, and after conqusring them,
Gan probably govern them. ltis IN the
strain upon our institutions, the cs-
moralization upon our people, the eva
sion Of our constitutions! Limitations
and the preservation of cur national
mission that our danger lies. AS dis
tinguished bishop hss said: The ques-
tion is not what We shall do with the
Philippines, but what the Philippines
will do with u.s.
.'Ouy country will meyer be the sane
agsin. Fur veal or woe We have al
ready ir1evocsbly passed beyond the
old line. The republic will In some
sort be saved. Shall 1t be only in name
and semblanoe, with fair external ap-
pearance but with the germs of decay
fastened UPON It's vitals; or shall it,
though changed, still survive in such
vigor and strength as to remain the
hope eand pride Of Americans?
The problem is momentous one.
In the midst of reckless tunult and In
the confused rage Of national greed
and bloodiness, let it be proclaimed
that American, freedom land popular
rule cannot perish except through the
madness Of those who have them in
their keeping, snd by the blood and
sacrifices Of our fathers, by the lofty
achievements Of the free Institutions
they established, by oar glorious VIC
| tories Of peace and BY our reliance on
the promise Of God, the Dutch COZ
ser7atism eDjoins upon cur people
e:,aJ l:l..r, of th.jr eac,ed trust