The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-04-24
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They aimed to create giant not o
pigmy. For nation the century has
been content to grspple with questions
Of internal development, but suddenly
in the evolution Of our national destiny,
we have become one Of the great pow
ers Of the world, and can no logger
move in circumscribed orbit. l. ne
would maintain our supremacy or even
quality cmong the nations Of the world,
the shackles forged by narrow, Sec
tioDal prejudices must be broken,
The question of the hour is not
whether this Republic is whst its foun-
ders with the light before then) in
tended to make it; not whether this is
theol etically an ideal Democratic gov
eminent, at all times in exact oonformi-
ty to the techuicaI requirements OF a
written constitution, but whether with
the spirit rather than the letter of that
constitution, We are making the most
Of our national opportunities and meet
ing the political economic conditions
growing cut Of the constantly changing
needs Of the people. It is historically
true thst no form Of government eV,r
did result from deliberate choice; it
has always been the logical result OF
conditions.
The nation is nothing but the type
of individual life, and IS from child.
hood to manhood We outgrow garments
and duties these are put aside, SO is is
in the evolutionary development of a
nation, social, political, and industrial
systems that have their day are thrust
ASIDE for new methods and new sys-
TENS to meet a change and hig her
state of existence. We have reached
stage Of development in the south
where it is Improbable to rake the
dead ashes and charred embers OF the
past and where we must look forward
"a her than backward. Tue states
manship, while vigilsnt as to the pres
ent, looks with prophetic eye to the
future.
The people have right to expect
their leaders to be in advance of the
thought Of the age, and not tameIy
drift with the current. In an era of
transition and change like this, with
out some such forecast, political parties
will cling to dead issues, and fually
founder in the maelstrom Of factional
divisions and greed for ofice. When
Louisiana, Florida, Texas, and Califor
mia were acquired the great leaders Of
the Democra acted upon this doc
trine, and so when shis wax with Spain
produeed car:ain results it would have
been the part Of wisdom to have made
party platforms and policies GORE
spond with existing conditions and
their natural and inevitable conss-
quences.
We are now in the commercial arena.
contesting with the other nations for
the trade Of the world. So far We have
built up our foreign trade By intense
absorption in the internal development
Of our domestic industries. We now
produce sufficient for the needs Of
twice our population, and not to find
market for our surplus is to invite
stagnasion and decay. The most strik
ing feature in our export development
is the remarkable and constantly in
crossing demand for our iron aad steel
Within six years We have advanced to
to the position where American iron
and steel enters into the construction
Of every bridge and railroad in the world
or 6xes the price therefor.
ssw in the pspers few days ago
that the Baldwin locomotive works in
Phiisdelphis were supplying the Rus
sian government with $50 locomotives
for the Trans Siberian railroad. The
facts surrounding this sale are Of Pc
cullar interest. The Russian govern
ment owns its railroads and maintains
large shops. It lsts duty Of 4 cents
per pound on imports, but when it
came to supplying the equipment for
this giant road of 5000 miles, it was
found that they had to come to the
United States. And yet, seven years
ago tie first iron shipmenG abroad was
from Birmingham, Ala.
Another feature Of American in.
Huence is our suddenly acquired fnan-
cisl independence. For years We have
been borrowers, bat during thu two
years past We have become lenders of
money. Three Of the largest European
governments, England, Germany and
Russia, have found it necessary to
come to New York for important losns,
thus showing that the centre Of the
financial world has been transferred
from Lombard to Wall street. 1t is
folly for the political leaders Of the
south to close their eyes to the truth
that the CONNIE: eisl expansions Of the
United States is a fact Of constantly
enlarging proportions, demanding
changed governmental policies TO meet
new conditions.
In spite Of higher wages, with labor
saving machinery, the superior skill
snd intelligence Of our operatives, un-
der factory system better organized
than any in the world, is giving US in
dustrial ascendsncy. It Deeds, how
ever, to support it o broad statesman
ship, aot handicapped BY sectional
prejudices. We csa differ about do
mestic matters and divide upon party
lines, but when it comes to utilizing
national opportunities, north, south,
east and west should unite in maintain
ing the supremacy of the United States
in the great struggle among the na
tious for the commerce Of the world.
The south must play an important
part in our country's future. For
third Of century she has been ham.
pered by a struggle for mere existence,
forced to devote all Of her energy and
statesmanship to the maintenance Of
white supremacy. Thank God, this is
permanent and assured beyond persd-
venture Of doubt. At last she has
emerged from her for!orn and pros.
trate condition; freed from her en-
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