The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-07-03
THE DAY We CELEBRATE!

Tomorrow is the 10th ami
versary of our Republic, it will
be of interest as well as prohta
BILE to indulge in retrospection
AS a nation we have increased
from a few millions to seventy
six millions Of people. In re
sources, wealth and influence we
have become one of of leading
powers of the earth. The won.
derful inventions, discoveries
and achievements in other de,
partments of human endeavors.
have made US the wonder of the
world. On the 4th Of July, 1875,
we were thirteen weak colonies
struggling for independence
against a mighty empire. Now,
we have a government built upon
the broad principles of mans
right to govern himself, and en-
bodying all the blessings to be
derived from the doctrine, that
all just governments are based
upon the consent of the govern,
ed. We have received for our
selves the boon Of human free
dom, and are prepared to bestoW
it upon other peoples.
We have built our system OF
republican institutions upon a
sure foundation-the moral law,
thus developing a high order OF
civilization. Ali the nations OF
the past have, under the fatal
misapprehension that man was
made for government, and not
governments for man, foundered
and perished. They built upon
the sandy foundations of heather
philosophy and mythology, and
as a consequence a heather civ
ilization was evolved. With our
constitutional government, our
intellectual civilization, and our
marvellous resources, our present
opportunities for spreading hu-
man freedom, and our religious
advancement are inconceivable.
The question is. are we equal to
the occasion, and go on with
boldness and confidence to the
achievment of our National des-
tiny. We have already expand
ed as a nation. Our flag floats
over the isles of the Pacific, and
we are moving in a world wide,
instead of a continental orbit.
Our commerce is seeking every
sea and land. We have become
known by the millions Of the
East as a nation Of freemen, who
not only enjoy the blessings of
liberty, but are ready to aid in
conferring that grand blessing
upon all human kind. Why
shall we then oppose expansion
of our commerce, our influence
and the benifcence Of a religious
civilization.
Would our people even con-
slider for a moment proposition
looking to our government re-
linquishing our recently acquired
territory, and thus move back
ward as nation? We think not.
The Philippine Islands, Porto
Rico and Hawaii belong to US
and we will keep them. The OBJ
legation has been imposed upon
US, and to now disregard them
and prove recreant to our ma
tional duty, would shake the
very foundations of this great
Repulic, and ultimately led to it's
decay and ruin. One of the in
herent weaknesses in all the
governments OF the past was
that they struggled for dominion
and power in order to more effec-
tually govern their own subjects,
and to oppress all other peoples.
One of the Distinguishing char
acteristics Of our Republic is 10
promote the general welfare of
its own citizenship. and to bless
all other peoples, by the spread
Of constitutional liberty.
In the evolution OF such a sys-
tenn Of government the highest
type Of patriotism and the broad
est philanthropy were necessary.
Our forefathers, in the Declara-
ton of Independence, and in our
constitution laid the foundation
for our future greatness as a ma
-tion, and looked forward to such
a crisis as we have now reached,
when we should become a world
power, and it would be neces-
sary for US to go forward to the
accomplishment of our Heaven
appointed destiny.
We have now an indestructible
Union of States; our indepen-
dence as a nation is forever es-
tablished. Sectionalism no longer
engenders hate and discord. We
are one people, our nation-No
North, no South, no East. no
West,-but 100000 of freemen
welded together by the bonds of
a lofty patriotism, and a common
interest. Who does not feel
proud of our country, one nation
and one grand Republic. But
there may be some who dissent
from this grand sentiment and
are narrow enough to wish we
had never expanded. They
would have our flag in the Phil
ippines hauled down, and all OF
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