The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-02
Democratic ODDort0nitg.
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Jet sufficed to show the lay of the land,
ana, like a flash, the Republicans re-
Versed their policy of inactivity and re
serve. They ;eaped from their hiding
places below the gunwale: like so many
pirates flying decoy flag at the mast
head whilst keeping out of sight, they
sWarmed upon the upper decks; 50 that
now, discovered for what they are,
nothing is too despicable and reckless,
from smirching Lincoln, Grant and
sherman to vindicating Smith and the
policy of bloody determination.
AS far as the Philippine archipelago
Is concerned, we are to determine
whether we are to set UP in perpetuity
a military gOvernment-for none other
can be maintained Herewith all that
this military government implies, or.
whether we shall consider the aiterna-
tive of less drastic a less despouc
policy looking 10 the preservation of
our interests and rights in that remote
/ quarter of the globe, but by means and
measures more cOnsOnant with our IN
situations and traditions.
We have gained great honor by our
course in China. Why should we not
adopt a similar course in the Philip
pines? The law of force is not for US.
Rather the rule of suasion. "BeneyO-
lent assimilation" Mckinley called it.
In short the question is: Shall We
have a council of peace, admitting the
Filipinos to a share of it-precisely as
our fathers did time out of mind, with
respect TO the aboTigines-Or, shall we
proceed with the policy Of repression,
10 the point of bloody determination;
desecrating the flag of the republic
( yea, obscuring every star upon its disc
Of Misunderstanding our free institu-
! tons throughout the modern world and
dishonOring the memory of the men
who gave those institutions life-con-
verting the army into the mereSt We
hicie Of spoliation and oppression. the
soldier into a machine--the whole mill
| tary service to become the enginery Of
carpetbagism and scalawaggery as
during the days of reconstruction-the
constitution nowhere-all power, arbi-
trary power, all government the abso-
! luton of the man, or men, on horse
back at Washington?
! In the vocabulary of Republicanism
expansion means the extension and
/ perpetuation of the high protective
tariff. the ampiifcation and intrench-
ment of those trusts which depend
/ upon the high protective tariff for their
] existence. The issue, therefore, ought
| to be very. simple Shall we, having al
/ lowed ourselves TO be robbed in the
name of a bogus American system
steady work and high wages for the
/ opera tives-tentativ subsidy for our
! infant industries-now throw liberty
/ itself into the caldron, permitting these
mercenary patriots TO use the army
and navy 10 work their schemes of pill
| lage even to the point of fire and
I sword, including lasting national dis
! grace on the other side Of the world?
There is no other question and no
other way to put it. The Democratic
party is the friend of the soldier and
/ the flag; the Republican party is the
/ enemy of both. The Democratic party
would have the constitution and the
! flag go hand in hand, carrying peace
and liberty and happiness into all
/ lands. The Republican party would
abolish the constitution and use the
\ flag as drop curtain for crime. The
/ Democratic party would sacrifice no in
! terest or right which honor and duty
may maintain, or sought 70 maintain.
! The Republican party as &c IS organ
4 lied and led would put its foot on ev-
/ cry right. and every duty, human and
/ celestial, At the bidding of a corrupt
/ and corrupting eommereialism, seeking
/ through arbitrary power 10 establish
over US race of Medician princes,
without the learning or the arts Of
/ Florence, brutaiizing whilst ruling us
/ by the divine right Of the almighty
dollar
/ There are myriads OF Republicans
who will not follow their party upon a
crusade like this. There are myTiads
! of Christian men, conservative and en-
! lightened Americans, who wilt pause
upon the brink Of proceedings so revO-
lutionary- They win come to see that
/ the Democratic party alone stands be-
( tween the country and the yawning
abyss. Democratic leadership must do
/ nothing, say nothing to drive them
4 back. TheiT, votes are essential to the
/ rescue Of these gigantic interests
j through Democratic congress and a
national Democratic administration.
4 and, to the end. such speeches as that
! just delivered by Senator Wellington
/ can bring nothing but confusion and
/ contumely. Implacable politics is cor
rupt politics, and the intractable poll
! tician, too often a knave, is generally
a fool.