Graham guardian., 1904-04-01

Inc eVluenCe VI WHub We hNbCit
in relation to. the republican party
having planted itself squarely up
on the imperial doctrines of Ham
iltcn are plentiful. 1t is an un
leniable fact that in the north
from the Mississippi river to Bos-
ton, Hamilton clubs have been or
ganized in every city and town of
any considerable size, and such
clubs are now being entertained by
the addresses of such men as De-
pew, Lodge, Beverage, Roosevelt
and many others of the best known
grarters. When the Peace Jubilee
Itoo!, place in Chicago, u vast CON
course of people assembled at the
auditorium under the auspices of
| the Hamilton club of that city.
Chauucey NJ. Depew, a thorough
representative of Monopoly, was
specially invited to address the
Hamilton club, When the time
ARRIVED for the speech, Peter Il.
Grosscup, Judge of the U s.
district court, and chairman of the
meeting, proclaimed in his speech
introducing the speaker, Depew,
that the dial on the clock indicat-
ed that that day was Hamilton's
and that Jeffersonism was waning
andpassing away. In that audi
enco was Mckinley, and many
other republican lights. But there
were many others there who were
shocked by the remarks t. such
an extent that cold chills ran
through their bones, and who won
dered whether the soil tnat con
tanned the ashes of Jefferson and
his followers had become so polut-
ed as to bear such rotton fruit
How is it possible to deny the
imperialistic doctrines now en-
tertained by the republican party,
when its leaders from the presi.
dent down, have adopted the doc
trines Of Hamilton as their slogan
Not only that, but they have put
their imperial doctrines into ac-
tual practice to such an extent us
to deceive no intelligent American
as to their abomina intentions
and the course they intend to pnr-
sue hereafter. They waged an I'M
justifiabe war against the Fill
pinos who were our friends, and
who had fought many years for
their independence. 10 fact thcl
Filipinos had gained their own in
dependence on land after Dewey
had sunk the Spanish fleet He
sunk the Spanish fleet in the war
against Spain as Schley did the
Spanish feet at Santiago. The
war with Spain was not war
against the Filipinos. The two
wars were as different as Daylight |
and darkness. The Filipinos were
as much entitled to their liberty |
and independence as the Cubans
were, and while the Cubans were
insignificant in numbers compared !
with the Filipinos and who finally |
made their escape after having
been looted to large extent,
the Filipinos were mercilsssly at
tackled by a foul administration,
some two hundred thousand of
them cruelty murdered, including
children over ten years old under
the order of the monster, General
Smith; hundreds upon hun dreds
of them tortured in acCordaneel
with barbarian warfare and their
country otherwise devastated by F
the burning of their cities and
towns and the destruction of what
ever else the forces came in con
tact with. A more diabolical rec
ord has never been found in the
annals of history. The war upon
the Beers by the British govern
ment which the administration in
this country aided and abetted,
was as black circumstances as
disgraces the pages of British bis
tory, for it was waged for the pur-
pose Of destroying the only two
in Africa; but the war
we waged against the Filipinos
was to destroy the first Republic
ever organized in the Orient.
While there were no Henry Clays
and Daniel Websters in either
house of congress on the repubIi-
can side who could influence
the action of such enigmas as
Beverage and Lodge in behalf of
new republics and'republican doc
Irines, no Reauchamheau or
Lafayette appeared to assist the
African and Asiatic Republics.
How can the republicans attempt
10 deny that they have launched
put into the sea of Imperialism af
ter adopting the colonial doctrines
Of the Kingdoms and empires of
the old world Who ever dreamed
prior to 1896, that this govern
nent could hold colonies or thatl
territory over which the govern
nent claims jurisdiction can be
governed outside of and without
regard to the provisions of the
and the Declaration
Of Independence? And still re,