The state herald., 1901-03-08

,"Ths people Of Csbu have not arms in
their babds. There ia no OCCASION TO tell
them that you viii not psrlsy With these
pe'ple untti they stop lighting. Like
tho 2,O00 princ,psl citizsns OF Manila,
bankrrs end lawyers and doctors, who
sent their respectful petition here few
weeks ego. they are quiet and pesceful.
Can you not tsil them that You mean,
not TO give them good government, but
10 respscs their liberties and indepen.
dsnce, instead Of sending to them this
drspo.,sm, the worst and most un.
checked ever proposed on tue face VI the
earth2
"You are TO send out Mr.. Worcester
and Mr.. TAFT and the rest, giving them .
power which, IN the height Of his glory
the American people never would have
trusted TO George Washington; giving
them power which, ~ 90 examination
shows, the Anssican people did net fol
. moment in'rust to Thomss Jeffsrsou
When Louisians was purchs hsssd, slthsueh b
Louisiana Wa not a people. but vas only
great wasts place on the faca Of the
earth, save Tor . few Indian tr,bss and q
few French sstslsments, whose iuhabi.
tanis we're largely propos,ne to return
70 France.
"This sct Of yeurs ,sAo wipe out, IL /,
b adhered 70. tue Last hope that the rx.
simple Of the Unit-d States hereafter il
to continue 70 work out ,ts great resul,
Ia the ideas snd aspirations OF the do~n.
tIoddsn people Of the res, Of the world
Down To this year or last year every.
where the world over, In Rusmis, in Aus
tris, 10 the far East, in the islands Of ths
sea, even in this d,stsnt archipelago
every pour man. every dswtroddsn man
every brave man who had an impuls.
toward freedom iu his heart had h.srd
directly or indirectly, Of the great liber.
ty-lovlng people. whore all men were
equal and where no government Of dss
p't'sm could b permitted.
"You arc going to vote, 10 far as you
can, 10 about ten minutes TO wipe oil
that out nov. You may talk about b~,
neFolsn' assimilation. or giving g"oc
government, or use all the other lin.
phrases that your ingenuity can invent
but your sct IL purs, simple, uudilutsd
unchecked dsspet,sm.
"ln vain you call old notions fudge,
And match your morals to your feeling;
The Ten Comnsndments will not budss,
And stealins viii continue stesIiux.
"Mr. President, do nut know Lov
others may fssl. But this 10 th. faith 10
which was born, in which was bred
which came TO me from my ancestors iu
every drop Of my bi nd. II 10 the faith
III wh.chI hope 70 die, and II 10 the isi,l,
for which l sln willing to die. Whatever
it may 10 csllsd-it may be- called Qu,x
otism, 1t msy " called extravaganza, it
may bs called enthusiasm. it may II.
called iilnsion-whatsvsr Il 10, It l. the
iumost purpose aud faith OF my soul.
As the greatest intellect that ever
lived on the soil Of New England. pet.
hsps tue Rrsstsst that ever lived oo A.
neriosn soiI-s mighty genius to vb,sh
that o. Dante alone c4a bs compared
SAID IN the dArk time Of his lite. 70 ny
1 u,w:
"lf such thinss are sathusiasm and the results
OF distsmpsrsd bsnin. 1t my hrain b. ever
nors p'ssssssd q that happy disssmpss. II this
b distractioa. pray God that the world II
mainland may al be seissd With this b~aixu,
beashcial. bsastiful. GiorIous distrscsiou."