The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-01-23
SOUNDS THE ALARM
orovsr CIsvsIand Speaks OF
,-. National Decay. 'rJ- 'eer
oLo POLICIES ABANDONED
And the Rspubiic'.i Is In Grave
70 Danger A strong'Appsaa for
=, Return to Our First ..i,,.
%" Principles

r Ex-P President. Cley'snd. Was ono Of the /.
SPEAKERS at the Holland society dinner
in New York on Thursday night He
spoke as follows: :. ,.,.....hi,,' H.. -.
90 Tho question is suggested whsthar
In present condition this,eonssrvatis0
eharactsrixss the sondust or guides tha.
sentiment OF our peoplef ,Thsro can be
but one arswer to this question" Con.
servatism has in q great degree been
3iuntily cast aside, o., condemned as
opposed to our country's welfare and
glory. a strange voyage has been en-
tered upon without couat of cost and
without chart or compass. The tiled
and sure foundations of our liberty and
national happiness have been disoredit-
Cd. Reverence for our national tradi-
tions has been relaxed and satisfs ,tion
with our country's mission has been
undermined. The rsstrsints aud limi.
tations of our opnstitution have bscome,
Calling and irks0me under the, tsmpta-
tions OF national greed and aygrAndixs-,
mont. Oar old love of peaes,, honor.
and Justice ha, been, weakened and
frus ,iity and contentment are not now
traits insspersble from American
character. H"9 h-i".''s 1'47 'ia'l7 s'''t
WAR, even with the cworld's ad.,'
vsnoed oivilisation, may still bs some.
times necessary and .,justidsbie, but
whether necessary ana just fable or not,.
ste Generalization that follows in. It's
train csR never bo eyaded. It. .teachea
blood y instructions, which in q country
whose citiEsns do the fighting, can not
fail to leave their impre ss for time Ut
least upon public and private life I'm
time of pesos. at rrh = F'g.
Thirty yesrs after the close of the
war for the preservation of tho, unien,,
. treaty of arbitration Was formulated,
between the United States, and Great
Britain which, if completed, would
have gone for towards removing every
pretext Of war be.ween the two tcoun-
tries This treaty failed Of con6rna.
tioh In the senate Of the United 'Statsa. .
Loss than i've years passed and these
EnElish-speaking champions flspslos
and arbitration are still operating on
PARALLEL ines-one in the philippines
and tho other in South Africa Sut no,
longer for peace and arbitration. Both
are killing natives in an effort to pos
sess their lands. lffN"N'"' 'n7''i '''
This indicates . sad rel apse, andi.
our esse II is most SERIOUS ons.v --s-4
Gaaland succeeds IN her attem, SIN .
South Africa, she will but add another
to her list Of similar acquisitions; q
brave people will be subj juga,ed, and
because OF our engagement In a. simi-
lar venture In another, quarter they
will miss the expressions Of American
sympathy which we are accustomed to
extend to those who struggle for na-'
tional life and" independents. GbOn the
other hand, with success iu our sub
jugating effort . new, nntried, and ex-
ceedingly perilous situAiiou will be
forced upon us. We o,n conquer, the
Philippines, and after oonquering them,
can probably govern them. tits in the
strain upon our institutions, the de-
mraorailsation upon our people, the eva-
sion of our constitutional limitations
and the preservation of our rational
mission that our danger lies. Asa dis %
tinguished bishop has said: The auesI;i
1on is not what we shall do ,wi,hsthaa
Philippines, but what the, Philippines i
will do with us. 49,. -, -, ..,',s
'p' Our country will never be the same
again. For veal or wee we have al
ready irreyocAbly passed beyond the
old line. The republic will In some
sort be saved. Shall it be only ii, name
and semblsnoe, with fair external an =
pesrance but with the germs of decay
fastened upon its vitals: or shall lie.
though changed, still survive in tucR
vigor and strength ss to remain the
hope and pride of Americans2 ,,,,,,. -,
The problem is momentous one.
In the midst OF reckless IN multi and in
the confused rage Of national greed
and bloodiness, let it be Proclaimed
that Americsn! freedom and popular
rule cannot perish except through this
madness of those who have ntheu i a
their keeping, and by thu blood and
sacrifices of our fathers, by tho lofty
achievements Of tho free Institutions
they established, by out glorious yio-
tories OF peace and by our reliance on
the promise of God, the Ddsoh Con- con-
servstism sntoins upon cur people :
faithful discharge Of thsir sacred ttust.t'i