Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-07-26
HON. WIN. J. BRYAN
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ing to that decision you can throw the
net of government over distant races.
You can leave them naked TO the des-
potism of arbitrary power. You can
give them, not such a government as
they want, not such a government as
they ought to have, but such
government as we think it is good for
us that they should have. If they
don't like it we can shoot them till
they do like it.
THAT is the doctrine upon which
the empires of the Old world rest
empires that have gone down to de-
cay in the past. And the judge whose
vote decided the case said that the
Porto Ricans not only had no consti-
tuition but did not need any consti-
tuition. You Nave one in Maine Aren't
you willing to trust the members of
your Legislature? They live among
you. You elect them and you can elect
others If you don't like what they do.
We have a constitution in every state
of the Union and a Federal Constitu-
ton. You need a constitution over
the Congress which you elect and re-
move. Doesn't the Porto Rican need
a constitution over the Congress which
he can't elect and can't remove? He
needs it more than you do. Ii he
does not need it neither do |. If he
has no right to it neither have |, and
If they can take it away from him
they can take It away from me, and
if 1 do not protest now / can't then
therefore L protest now against the
decision and against the logic on which
it is based. What arguments have
you heard made in defence Of imperial
ism? Just three: First, that there is
money in it, second, that God is in it,
third, that we are in it and can't get I
out of it. Uaughter.) There is not
a nation on earth that would have i'm
perialism if the men who made the
profit out of it had to endure the sac
rifices.
"A doctrine of love, not of force. A |
New York minister not long since took |
for his text that passage of the Scrip |
lures where PLATE said to Christ, who |
was before him, 'Knowest thou not
that | have power to release thee, or
put thee to death?' Taking that text, |
he contrasted force with love. Behind |
PLATE was Caesar, behind Caesar was |
the Roman government, and behind !,
the Roman government were the |
legions of Rome, and before PLATE. |
teaching the gospel of love, stood Christ. |
They nailed him to the cross, and thou |
sands who stood around Knocked and |
jeercd him, but from that day on the |
power of Caesar waned and the power
of Christ increased. With every in |
creasing year the name of Christ !
spread until millions now speak His |
name with reverence upon their lips. |
And then the minister said that in this |
country, today, force and love stand |
face to face-that in this country, to- |
day, Christ and PLATE are again face |
to face. l believe he spoke the truth |
/ believe that as we decide this ques- |
ton we shall decide whether this ma |
ton shall stand before the world as
an exponent of the doctrine of brute !
force. or to illustrate the uplifting
power of the Holy Gospel.
1T is said that this nation is now n
world power. 1t has been for more than
q century. / want this nation to be
great in moral grandeur and not mere !
ly by physical force. | want our flag |
to be loved. | have heard men say il |
would be humilating to haul down the |
flag. But when the Republican party |
hauled down the flag in Cuba the dag |
of a republic was raised in its place |
and when we brought our flag away it |
was enshrined in the hearts of n CRATE |
full people over there. | want this coun- |
try TO do in the Philippines what it has |
done in Cuba. If we had promised |
those people independence in the be- |
ginning as we promised it to Cuba, |
there would have been no trouble. On |
the evening of that day in Cuba when |,
the Stars and Stripes came down, the |
Cuban soldiers caught the flag and |
would not allow it to touch the ground. !
and they kissed it and pressed it to |
their hearts. Why? Because that flag |
stood for nations honor and faith. |
We had promised them Independence |
and we gave it to them.
Il want this to be a great nation and |
u conqucring nation. | want it to over !
come the world. but by love, not force. |
BE not overcome by evil, but over
come evil with good | hope that on
election day you will go to the polls
and YOU will vote to promise independ-
ence to the Filipinos, in order that the
ideals Of the republic shall be realized |
again, and this nation shall again be-
come the light of the world
When Mr.. Bryan had finished only
five minutes remained in which to
reach the depot in season to catch tho
$50 train for Bangor. But a carriage
was stationed ut the rear entrance to
the City building and into it jumped
Mr. bryan. Senator Carmack, Mr. |
Hamlin, Candidate Gould and Col. |
Plaisted and they We're whisked across
the bridge just as the train passed
Rincs hill crossing. At the depot NJ.
Bryan mad a short time before the train
left which he devoted to shaking hands
with the people who sought him for jha
purpose. Then the train pulled out of
the depot amid the cheers of the poll
teal friends and admirers who had
gathered to see him off.
Among those present at the meeting
from other places where Henry +. Hollis
of Concord, n. H., the secretary Of the
New England Democratic League;
Hon. NJ. T. Frank of Portland. candi-
date for governor in 1896; Llewellyn
Barton, ESQ, Portland, president of the
Maine Democratic Club; Hon. J. u.
Taber Unity: Hon. Thomas White.
Bangor. candidate for Congress in the
4th district: j. NJ. Winn. Howard w.
Dodge Clinton. John CuSkley i Il