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freedom OF assembly ana freedom oil
the press in Colorado and those ''ap-
purtenant-appenda where free
dom of speech and press and assembly
might be awkward tor us; having
Joined the holy alliance of land grab
bing nationalities: having discovered
that Gods command against robbery
and theft does not apply to men in the
aggregate. acting as natiOnalitios.
when robbing communities of their in
dependence or "benevolently assimil-
ating" their resources-amid all these
reversals of historical blunders of our
past. 1 boldly aver that We need not
despair of the Republic
The Dingley Tariff Fallacy.
True. there are those who say with
oiind faulty, that the Dingley tariff
aw did not exist always, that. every
one Of its schedules is not unchange"
Idle 10 be worshipped: that the Re
publican party itself was not borun
tintil a comparatively recent date. and
hat yet the country on the whole has
| always prospered. They say that it's
prosperity was owing to new and
cheap lands, inviting the Drawn and
muscle of the white men of the world
20 their cultivation. Swimming from
the surface OF the human ocean its
| wave-crests of courage and enterprise
nificent area of free trade, first be-
tween the colonies and then between
the States-an area that has grown.
oy Observation-Disclosures expansion OF
6omeS, institutions and industry, and
act by Republican British CroWn-Coi-
ony-Conquest until it early became
larger than any area OF untranmellea
free trade which exist. or has ever ex-
isted. on the earth. They say that IL
1r1n oil To on
lax burdens of militarism and the con-
sequent ability to devote our re-
sources thus saved. to the education
II the people and to their bettermcnt
n home and Industrial life. TheV
point to the fact that. even during
he period of our existence as olOEi"S.
hat constant movement OF laborinG
men from the Old World to our shores,
which still continues. was gong on:
that this movement was accelerated
after We became separate sovereign
ty Oh the earth and that it was still
more accelerated after the mooteG
question of the possibility of a dissolu-
ton of the Union had been finally set
tied. They say that this very move
ment to America o. working men. un-
der both high tariffs and low tariffs
after we became 2 Federal Republic.
and under no tariffs at ALL IA in col
unIal days. was proof Of the fact thai
higher wages have been paid, At every
| stage of our history. to white mel.
working in fields and factories and
| mines and forests m the United
States, than were being paid to the
4 same white men working iii similar
pursuits in the old country. They
| say that the currents OF labor flow
unlike the currents in our rivers. to-
wards the highest level-towards the
| place where the rate of wages and
| the standard of living are highest
| They Say-theSe foolish peopie-
| nearly all DemocratS-tnat taxes ars
necessary evils and never In them
/ selves Il blessing to be sought for: tina:
there is some element of common
| sense in the old aphorism of having
| rs little governmental interference
with the affairs of men as Is possible
consonantly with the protection of li1e
and liberty and property. All o.
which illustrates to what heights o:
paipable absurdity so-called- intelli-
| gence can climb.
Who's George Washington? Pray?
Another error of our grandfathers
! in connection with our foreign affairs
| mas come over me lately with weigh
! ing-down emphasis. George Wash
| tngtOn-Who, however. was nothinG
but d plain Virginia planter. a sort o.
| hign-c1asS farmer and. therefore, o:st
| of the "baSest set" not to be though,
| of in the same breath with such Dla.-
| form makers as the Senator from
Massachusetts. or such virile history
makers as our fellow ciciZen II. the
| White House-tnought-an possibly
| his Secretary Of State. Thomas .iaffer-
son, had a great deal to DO with in
spring him to think-that our wisesl
and best and most patriotic foreign
! policy consisted in amicable relations
with all the other nations of the worlc
ana enIangling alliances with none al
them: IN other words. that our Chief
duty was to keep our own mouse in
order. with the notion liz our srupic
/ minds. that the sum total of the
| rightful purpose OF ali just govern
ment is the freedom and happiness OF
man. How wonderful it is that we
prospered with that sort OF a foreign
| policy and maintained, withal. the re-
spect and good will of the world
wonderful indeed when we consider
what we now know to be accepted
sound axfoms Of international policy
We know now, from our fellow cIri-
zen in the White House, that the peo-
| pies, who may expect our tolerance
| and friendship, are "thoSe who nam
tain order and prosperity" those who
govern themselves well" those VINO
| pay their financial obligations, anG
that il may become 80 duty, which we
cannot ignore, certainly in the West
ern Hemisphere" to Intervene" IN
some way, more or less indefinite, In
the domestic affairs of chose who DO
not do all these things. nor behave
with decency in political and industrial
matters" whatever in the world that
may mean, but who, by the omission
of the doing of all these things, do
loosen the ties which bind together
civilized society,"" which ties, of course,
| God has appointed us his mundane
vice regent mechanics to tighten up
| again. With these new ideas of our
duty as Nation Militant, it may not
i be very long before we are firing off
cannon to celebrate the glorious use
of the United States Army and Navy
somewhere in South America. as Il
constabulary to collect debts due from
South American governments. or indi-
viduals, to European governments
| concessionaries or traders. Let lis live
| in the hope of that great day and
when we see 1t. let us close our eyes
gradually but triumphantly cease 10
breathe and as our hearts grow weak
er and weaker, surrender our sous
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