The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-02-27

Its protective tariff, as now main
tained, is no longer for the develop
ment and upbuilding of infant indus
tries" but it has become a breeder and
protector of giant trusts, which are
themselves, the pitiless destroyers of
the small manufacturers. These in
dustrial cormorants, while absolutely
controlling the home market to the
injury of the American consumer, are
at the same time invading foreign
markets with cutting of prices, rem
dered possible by our tariff, that is
bringing upon us the commercial hos
tility of every great nation of Eu-
rope.
Worse even than this, the Republi-
can party has SO far forgotte -he
teachings of Lincoln that for t.lree
years it has been waging a costly and
bloody war Of conquest in the Philip
pines. In this conflict we have al
ready expended $3OO,O00,O00, sacrificed
the lives of several thousands of our
young men and slaughtered thirty
thousand Filipinos for their unpardon-
able presumption in believeing that
the principles of the Declaration of
independence applied to them. The
best moral thought of the country
protests against this war, which has
its origin in commercial greed, but
which has already cost us more than
the commercial gain will amount to in
one hundred years
The Republican party was born of
the spirit of liberty, and for forty years
! it assumed to be the especial cham
| pion of freedom and equal rights for all
mankind Now we behold that party
prosecuting a cruel and devastating
war against the rilipinos, who were
our friends and allies in the only crit
ical period of our conflict with Spain.
/ The first republic ever established in
Asia has been shot to death by the
Republican party, and the only de-
fense is that we bought the islands
and paid for them.
Nor is this the end of the chapter
of wrong. Asserting the principle of
conquest in its broadest sense, declar-
ing that the American government, de-
spite the limitations of the Constitu-
tion can do everything that any other
government can do, and do it in the
sam eway, the Republican party
stands committed to the imperialsitic
colonial principle, denying to the peo-
pie of the Philippines either a con-
stitution of their own or the protection
Of ours In short, the Republican par
ty is seeking to permanently establish
! in the Philippines the identical prin-
ciple of government which our own
forefathers denounced as tyranny, and
for the overthrow of which they
pledged their lives, their fortunes and
their sacred honor.
Both of our United States Senators
have abandoned the political organl-
cations by which they were elected,
and returned to the Republican fold.
They have done this at time when
the policy of the Republican party is
less defensible than at any time pre-
yious in it's whole history. This ac-
ton on the part of our Senators,
should. and we believe will, meet with
unqualified political condemnation in
this State. The allied parties of Ne
vada are not composed of elements
to be led blindly about by the shifting
political caprices of any two men. Our
State government has made STAIN
less record; our Representative in
Congress, the Hon. Francis G. New
lands, has been consistently true to the
principles upon which he wa selected,
ana to the people by whose suffrages
he was chosen. We, therefore, look
with perfect confidence into the ru-
ture. believeing that the people of the
state will be true to their own inter-
Gets and justly app cciative of those
who have served hem faithfully and
we'll.
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