The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-08-04

meal.
Select one at a time of the most
glaring and indefensible cases Of Trust
spoilation and turn on the light De-
mand of the Republicans that these
Trust commodities be stricken from
the Tariff lists, and when they find that
the country is informed they can't at
ford to say nay.
IMPERIALISM.
| stand with the Democratic party
against the Republican policy OF I'm
perialism. | believe that there is sufl-
cient territory and resources upon the
American continent to engage the ener-
gies of the people composing this gov
ernment for all time to come. This IS
the Monroe Doctrine, and | believe it
is our only course of safety. do not
believe that it is right or best to force
Christianity upon the heathen or cora-
mercial relations upon the foreigner at
the point of a gun On the contrary
believe that it is right and l believe 1t
is best to accomplish the same ends
through peaceful and gentle methods
Amer1can genius, enterprise, industry
and resources are sufficient to accomp-
lish the commercial supremacy Of the
world if given reasonable time IN
which to accomplish it, without resort
to warlike methods. If done through
the agency of diplomacy and business
enterprise we are relieved Of the re-
sponsibihties incident to the frequent
changes of the political status of the
foreign countries with which we deal.
Just so long as these United States
stand by the Monroe Doctrine, just so
long will we enjoy peaceful and hap
py and lasting prosperity.
But when we as a nation commit our
selves permanently to the Republican
doctrine of Imperialism at the point Of
our naval guns, advocated by Mr..
Mayheld in the recent campaign, we
may as we'll at the same time make UP
our minds that we must acquire for
eign lands as we'll as subjugate and take
under our fostering care barborous and
uncivilized peoples who can never feel
interest in our government or IN our
institutions, and whose sympathies and
cooperation we can never acquire. In
addition we must stand responsible for
their conduct towards all other nations
with which we are Upon friendly terms
This means in the end disturbance OF
the peace of the world for which we are
responsible, and it means farther the
shedding of the blood of the flower Of
our young manhood who would be
peacefully engaged in productive en-
terprises were we to remain within the
principles of the Monroe Doctrine upon
which the Democratic party has stood
for so many years.
All history teaches that the beginning
of the end of all nations that have fal-
len was when its people became war
like in spirit and corrupt in politics.
Six years ago the expenditures on
account of our navy was $16yooo,ooo,
and the past year the expenditures
reached the enormous sum of $82,ooo,-
ooo and the army has cost the govern
ment the past year $118ooo,ooo, or a
grand total for the army and navy OF
S2ooooo,ooo. Our army and navy in
its present size has reached the danger
point, because when this vast number OF
men are confined in idleness and taught
nothing but the methods of war, it IS
only human to expect that they will get
into devilment that will bring about
war, which they would personally wei
come.
I believe that we have in the South
the very best people on earth, as well
as the best country, and if peacefully
allowed to work out our destiny in our
way, that this section will prosper in
the field and in the shop and in the
factory as no other country has ever
prospered. But if the Mayheld policy
of religious and commercial conquest
is accomplished at the point of cur
naval guns, then our peace, content.
ment and progress is gone. Depend
upon it; that the only stable founda-
ton upon which any government can
anchor the material interests Of its peo-
pie, is its civil as against its military
bowers. God forbid that the time will
ever come to us when we are ever
taught by our government or our pub
lie men to lose faith in the suttclency
and the stability of our civil rights, OF
that it may ever happen that the mill
tary function will ever supercede the
civil But this is not the worst feature
of this Republican doctrine of military
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