The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-08-10


ano ezpec, We wlii i0nE u1ory s-~-
turc Of Magma Charta which has become
incorporated. In substance and effect into
the constitution OF every state as wei ne
into the fourteenth amendment TO the
constitution OF the United statesf Can
we hope for the respect Of the civiiised
world while proudly guaranteeing 10 ev-
BY citizen OF the United States that no
Jaw shall be made OF enforced which shall
abridge the privileges or immunitien OF
citizens OF the United States or deny 10
any person the equal protection OF the
laws and at the same time not only deny
similar rights TO the Inhabitants OF the
Philippines, but take away from them
the right OF trial by jury and place their
lives and the disposition Of their properly
In the keeping Of those whom we send 70
them TO be their governors1 We snail
certainly rue II as a nation II we make
any such attempt. Viewing the question
even from the standpoint Of national
Belhshness, there IL no prospect that the
twenty millions OF dollars expended In
the purchase Of the islands and the sin
hundred and fifty millions said TO nave
been since disbursed will ever come back
to us. The accident OF war brought the
Philippines into our possession, ana we
are not at liberty to disregard the respon-
sibility which thus came TO as, but that
preparing the islanders as rapidly as pos
sible for self government and giving 10
them the assurances that II will come as
soon as they are reasonably prepared Tor
IT, There need be no fear that the as
sertion so often made of late that we have
now become a world power will then be
without support. Ours Is world power,
and as such It must be maintained, but
deny that II is at all recently that the
United States has attained that eminence.
Our country became a world power over a
century ago. when, having thrown on for
eign domination, the people established a
free government the source of whose au-
thority sprung and was continuously to
proceed from the will of the people them
selves 1t grew as a world power as It's
sturdy citizens, TO whose natural increase
were added immigrants from the old
world seeking to obtain here the liberty
and prosperity denied them In their own
countries. spread over the face of the
land, reduced the prairies and forests TO
cultivation. built cities, constructed high
ways and railroads, till now a nation
which at the formation of the government
numbered only three millions In popula-
ton has become eighty millions, and from
ocean to ocean and the lakes to the gulf
the country is the abode Of a free and
prosperous people, advanced in the high
est degree in the learning and arts OF
civilization. 1t is the liberty. the advance
ment and the prosperity of its citizens
not any career of conquest. that make the
country a world power . This condition
we owe to the bounty Of Providence, IN
folded In the great natural resources Of
the country; to the wisdom of our IA
theirs, manifested in the form of govern
ment established by them; to the energy,
industry. moral character and law abiding
spirit Of the people themselves.
We are not a military people, bent on
conquest or engaged in extending our
domains in foreign lands or DESTROYS Of
securing natural advantages. however
great by force. but a people loving peace
not only for ourselves. but for all the ma
lions of the earth.
The display OF great military arma-
ments may please the eye and for the mo-
ment excite the pride of the citizen, but
1t cannot bring to the country the brains,
Drawn and muscle of a single immigrant
or induce the investment here Of dollar
Of capital. OF course such armament as
may be necessary for the security Of the
country and the protection of the rights
Of its citizens at home OF abroad must lie
maintained Any 9th course would be
not only false economy, but pusillanimous.
l protest, however against the feeling,
now far too prevalent. that by reason of
the commanding position we have assum-
ed in the world we must take part In
the disputes and broils Of foreign coun-
tries and that because we have grown
great we should intervene in every impor-
tant question that arises in other parts