The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-05-31


10 play. Aguipaldo had many warm sy inpa-
| thizers In Congress, who compared him to
"Georgc Washington" and his half naked
! followers to the heroes Of Kings Mountsil
and Bunker Hill Seme OF them nov ot.I.
not conceal tho chagrin which they fool at
tho capture Of Aguinaido aud The cessation Of
hostilitles. tis charged thatmy vote rati.
fled the treaty and s,oDpel tho wa. Ifso,,
am proud of the faot, and am thankful
th,t,l had tho strength 10 do my duty and
cast that vote ! foar that would not have
had Tho coursge to doit, had rot felt that
my vote was abs olutely necessary; but rcaliz
ing the farreachipg effect and the fearful re-
aponsibility, cast nv vote accordingly.
havc never s0sn the lay whom regretted 1t,
and my childron will remember 1t after am
dead, with pleasure and prido, as the most
glorious act Of my life. 4.
! | will not undertake to demonstrate tho
| wisdom ofexpansion, but will content my
scf by simply saying that ro arc a nation Of
expansionsts. Wo hays expanded during
tho last ono hundred yea,s on this continent
from eight hundred thousand 10 four mi lion
square milos. Expansion IL tho bed -rook of
Democracy. Thomas Jeiferson, tho first
expansion President, added ,l22, 900 square
mios to our area. Tho annexation of Tex y, ,
California Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada
wero by d moora.io Administrations. An.
drew Jackson would today DO denounced as
an Imptrialist by tho very same people who
cat Jackson day diuncrs" and worship at
his shrine. Old llioko'y said OH this cub,
jeot, have thought with tho ancient Ro.
mau, that il is right never to code any tor.
ritory within tho boundary Of the Republic,
but always to add to II by honorable tro1ty,
| thna oyfonIin0 ~ Of frnp1o,,, -
this talk about imperialism is bosh. Tho
people understand II os the cry of "wolf,'
when there is no wolf. When MIR. Bryan
abandontd tho monoy question and at,
tempted to substitute Imperialism, - he stood
about as much chance Of being elected Us o
O split foot bull-'rog did Of kioaing all tho
water out of Lake Michigan At least, that
is The opinion ofa friend ofmino The price
paid for theso Islands has boen given as an
| objection This i. absurd. England, Franco,
Germany, Russia or Japan would pay ton
times as much 70 occupy our po,itioa in ths
Phi ippine lslauds. Lying as they do along
tho Asiaiio coast, they are the gateway to the
Orient.
The people Of tho South arc vitally iu-
ter, sted III tho trade Of China so far, wc
have on'y touchod oao Of tho PROVINCES
Minister Wu, the other night in Charlotte,
told of the tecming millions in South China,
and said the grcat problom was to oothe inc
| pooplo. They are forced to use silk to mako
thor clothes, but that this was expensive and
almost an imposoibility. / am told that,
for fear Of wearing thom out, the Chinese
very rarely wash their clothes. have
heard 1t wittily said that tho chief difference
bctween tho Chinese and Japanese is, that
the formor mover wash their olothes and tho
lattcr novor wash their body. 1 believe it
| yynQ Mr. WII xub mid fbo al. -
teach the Chinese to wear cotton shirts aud
thcn get the emperor to isnue IN ediot to mako
the tails only ono inoh longer, and tho cot
ton crop of tho South would DO exhausted by
that ono inch, and mono left for Europe. II
any argument WAS needed to show the i'm
portanoo of these markets, the effect Of
recent troubles in China Is sufficient. Cot.
ton goods are stacked ue in the warehouses
unaalablc, and when the bost judges thought
last fall that cotton would be twelve and one.
half TO fifteen cents per pound it has declined
more than three cent?. l am an expau
sioniat-1 favor the political, commercial and
religious expansion Of our country. This is
along the line of progress. We oaonot Mt.
tain costain growth and then stand still.
As in the individual, 80 In tho nation We
either move forward towards perfection, OF
backwards towards decay. There are car
tain crises i'll the lifc Of every man whoh
seized loads TO success, let them pn.s and the
chance is lost forever. The capacity to take
advantage of the opportunity constitutes the
difference between tho man who uo,eede
AID the ono who fai g. and sa-;.hlnd Il
nati'ns, We have, Ya.Ouf,, Se,hSa- our op-
! nortusi.ies, anu for one am In favor Of
pushing 1t to the (limiI During tho nast
century we have been absorbed ia testino
The great question of constitutional represon.
'at've government and tho development OF
America. The time has now como when we
must have foreign trade, aud not merel,
subsidiary 10 our industrial development at
I homc but as necessary to our continue /
prosperity Our resources and population
demand worldwide avenues of trade, and
we cannot separate tho commero oial and
political ellen ents iovolvoi. What are We to
no win our surplus produotsf Thi4 ID tho
question engaging the atioution of NIL the
clVi!ized nations of the earth The only
Held unoccupicd is in the Oriont | be)icyo
that the time is near at hand when The oot
ton trade of the South will be with the Ori
ont. When our commerce on the Atlantic
VIII pc magnificent compared with that of
the Pacific Minister Wu gavo us somo
valuable information at Charlotte. Our
manufacturers arc roaohing out for this
trado, and what better eau do as YOU Sena.
tor than help them. No atato will reao n
richer reward than South Carolina, with ali
the water power and manufacturing ,leye)on.
meht In the Piedmont reg. on, aud with three
such harbors as Charleston, Georgetown and
Port Royal. How can better sSryc the
farmers of this statef They will share In tho
benefits of this trade Hero Is tho United
States midway between Europe and Asia
Almost an island when the canal Is out.
with the Gulf Of Mexico on the South and
tho Great Lakes on tho North; the Atlantic
on one side and the Pacific on the oiaor. and
with tho people of two continents bidding
Tor our products, 1.-The possibilities dazzel the
Imagination. Il is no idle droam. believe
that most Of the people within the sound Of
my voioc will live to soc it realized We have
become pacific power with 5000 miles cf
coast on that ocean; with the Hawaiian
lsands and Aleutian Islands as resting
places, and the Philippines as askey to tho
"open Door," wo are The only nation strong
enough 10 compel Russia, with her trans.
Sioerian Railroad, to respeo, the integrity
OF tho Chinese Empire As long az the
onited Statoa and Japan say "No," the Chi.
nese Empire must remain intact and tho door
DC ieft open to our products When think
OF now strangely 1t hos all como about can
not but believe that the hand Of God is guild
| ing this government, and that he has watch.
ca over and directed us along the path
| where le greatness, peace and prosperity.
cannot undertake to discuss the question of
Q go' ernment for ,heso oulyins possessiona.
W. have settled other problems Of q more
complex nature, and cannot It believe
that O solution will be found Just; humane
and satisfactory TO all concerned. Nv yoto
on the Army Bill has been atl okud.
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