The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-08-28

be open even in that event for our in
creasi1g cotton goods from cur weloom-
ed cotton mills as veil from all our
other resources Of trade, Without en-
broiling ourselves in al ofthe evils
which follow in tne wake Of the selling
Of foreign territory.
What d. We want with more territory?
There ara waste places enough IN our
own lard tnas need building up.
There are idle people enough here to
be employed without putting capital
eisewhers to train up uutamed pcopie
to trades and haad:crAft5. Let US taks
cure Of cur Own lsooriDg clsss at home
bsfore expendiag our surplus energies
On others.
Far better would it be for US to ez-
pend the money which The government
will waste in such untried ventures in
a measure Of governmental relief for the
education Of cur children by tuning 1t
over to the States to be administered
un5er their school laws IN proportion
to the populstion.
Such circumscribed countries as Great
Britain with its over crowded popula-
,ion and its near by adjacent eDemies
may see some advantage in acquiring
colonies whose people can be turned
into standing armies to help in her de-:
fense and as an outlet fer her Ear and
Lords, but We have no such conditions
at all.
In my humble Judgment when Dewey
landed at Manila and took charge OF
Archipelago Of the PHILIPPINES instead
OF confning his action to the order to
ind and destroy the Spanish fses"
Which With added glory 10 the Aneri-
Can fl 4y he did, policy was opened up
Rhion porsends, if csEried out, grave
and terrible disaster to our people as a
nation.
The half child and half savage inhabi-
tspts Of these islands were found in re-
volt with spain and ought to have besn
left alone to have helped in hsr needed
humiliation.
But We were on the crest of victory
and the Republican politicians seeing
the opportunity to extend their grasp
ing methods opened wide the new door
in ordsr that there should bs new 6slds
for monopolies and trusts. The prin-
ciples Of the fors father Puritan; the
hope of the gallant Cavalier and the
trust Of the sturdy Hugenot when they
settled this country and redeemed it
from king!y coloniz ltion that We should
shine as 80 exam pie to other nations ss
the republic Of the people and for the
people was tranpled II the dust; aud
| by the treaty of Paris that policy Of
plunder was attempted to be mollhso
by an act Of purchase.
Sush policy begun has no bounds
to its fruition and thereia lies the dan.
ger. The PHILIPPINES will not be enough
10 satisfy the cnpidlty of grasping after
foreign territory. Eight thousand miles
away from Us in unknown seas and amid
unknown people it will require stand
ing srmy equal to those Of the Power
Of Europe to maintain cur authority
snong the nations and our prestige
among the powers Of earth; and this
drain upon our treasury kept full by
taxation, indirect through it be from a
suffering people is to be counted as
nothing, for it gives the administration
party the opportunity to make more Of
fees to bs flied by mors supporters.
The maintenance Of such dcpenden-
cies even if it be in the shspe Of
a prosectorate government only will
lead to tbs tornstion Of military
assistance to other powers for
muusl interests, and this will newt
ably lead Us into the warlike enbroil
msnt in the inevitable Warliks struggle
which is always impending ard must
sooner or later come between the arme:
powers Of Elrope and Asia aad all Of
this danger to the principles and policy
Of our institution is Witnort the slight.
est neces5ity therefore, because when
Ee hal 7ildics:ed s rig tand the ab!ll-
ey to De a Wcr:d Power ali We hsd to
do Wss to require Oy treaty or purchase
if need be, coa!ing stations for cur
ships, keep uo our navy and demand
proper treaty rights IL the future as IN
the past for the open door Of trade and
the free spread Of the religion Of Chris
tiaoiiy, and it never w,uld or c3u!d De
denied.
Aren't Independence Day bard has
put the whole thing in verse in q nut
shell.
"Great is our heritage Of hope, and great
The obligation Of our civic fate
"We need
| The fine audacities Of honest deed,
The homely old int>grities Of soul,
| The Swift temerities that take the part
| Ofoutcas, Rig 1.-THE wisdom of the hear;
Brave hopes that Mammon never can detaln
Nor sully with his gainless clutch for
gain"
To popularize this propaganda for
greed and gain, the willy managers of
this policy endeavor 70 ipfuse into /:
destiny and fate in which they say
! Religion must take psrt!
The religion Of tie meek aud lovIy
Nszsrene IS given u, in the NV D.5-
pensa,ion Of Gods Revelation, was
never intended to be propaga;ed and
extended with che Bible II one hand
and Mauser rife in the other.
Pace and good will is the frontis
piece Oh the pure white banner Of chris
tianisy. That religion people DO not
embrace which com,s to them at the
mouth of the cannon, nor will they buy
goods from those who batter doEn their
places Of trads with the guns Of war
ships.
This pernicious policy Of aggressive
territorial expansion hiss already given
birth to young Hercules Of discord
and danger in the shape Of Congress
sional ABsoLUTIsN ru.tured by the par
ty in power aod advocated by its pimps,