The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-06-25

or by whom invoked or exercised; we
believe with Thomas Jefferson n
John Adams that no government has
a right to make n set OF laws 1or
those "at home" and another and a
different set. Of laws, absolute In their
character. for those Gin the colonies.
All men under the American flag are
entitled to the protection OF The instl.
tutions whose emblem the nag is; IL
they are inherently unfit for these In
stitutions then they are inherently I'M
AZ to be members of the American body
polite. Wherever there may exist a
people incapable of being governed
under American laws, in consonance
with the American Constitution, the
territory of that people ought not to
be part of the American domain. BE-
Iieving this, we believe that we ought
to do ultimately for the Filipinos what
we have already done for the Cubans.
The example Is there; it is a worthy
one: it constitutes a bright page IN
the history of our country; 1t tells the
story of American courage, magma
nimity and Justice; the Democracy pro-
poses to follow that example and 1T is
our intent. as soon as 1t AN be done
wisely and safely for the FiliplEos
themselves. and after amicable ar
rangements with them concerning
naval stations, coaling stations and
trade relations and upon suitable
guarantees of protection to citizens
and subjects of other powers settled IN
the Philippines to set the Filipino peo-
pie upon their feet-free and indie.
pendent. to work out their destinies
--~o A. Js-A- nf thnir nyyn 70 90 fT2lfC
and tendencies and local conditions,
as God may give it to them to see their
interests and their destiny. The white
man has no right to superlmpose MS
civilization by force upon the brown
man in the brown mans country. he
will have enough to do to maintain
the white mans civilization in all
parts of the white mans country,
which is his inherited and inherent
duty. That the Fflipinos can Work
out a civilization of their own we nave
reason to hope from The lesson wnlcn
the kindred races of the Japanese mas
taught the world, and it is no matter
of ours if their civilization shall not
be like ours; that which they may
evolve for themselves may no. be the
best in the world, but it will be the
best for them, and far better n any
veneering of ours. u~nassimllable by
them as a race and alien to their ira
d:tions and aspirations.
Ninth-Faithful execution without
executive construction in the courts or
the country of the laws of the United
States as they are written, and espe-
cially the enforcement without fear or
favor. of the interstate commerce and
antitrust laws-leaving to the legisla-
tive branch of the government the
duty. if need there shall be, OF amend
ing all other laws. upon the statute
looks: the enactment of such other
laws as may be necessary to put an
end to unjust rebates and discrlmlna-
tons by one trust or unlawful comb
nation in interstate commerce to an
other. There should be no favoritlsm
extended by law to any person, class
of persons, or combination of corpora
tions. nor should n favoritism De
permitted by the law to be extended to
any person or class of persons by artl-
fetal persons created by the law-lts
creatures, therefore, and subject TO It's
regulation. All that any brave Amerl.
can citizen asks is a fair field and eqnal
opportunity. Less than that he cannot
ask. no matter how seemingly great
the industrial obstacle which stands
in his way; more than that he VIII
not permit anybody else to stand IN
possession Of.
Tenth-The cessation of the existing
Ubiquitous partnership between the
treasury department OF he Federal
government and certain favored ma
tional banks, whereby millions OF dol
lars are annually lent to those 1nstl-
buttons, without charge OF interest,
and without any prescribed rules OF
determining which particular bank
shall receive special governmental IA
yor. By this system millions of the
public money are yearly put beyond
the power of immediate or reasonable
collection by the government, unless
with great menace of business dis
turbance and panic the probable, If
not inevitable. result of any attempt
to collect at all.
Eleventh-The Democratic party
co~ngratulates the country upon the
vindication of the Democratic conten
ton for an increased volume Of rea
or metallic money in a manner &C
ceptable to all Democrats by the ad
=, dition to the worlds stock of money
metals of two thousand millions Of
dollars in gold within the past eight
wears, from which these United State:
have been able to obtain seven hun
dred millions, thereby doubling thell
stock of standard money; raising thel1
circulation per capita from S23 to $3t
and contributing to that advent of In
dustrial activity which could no
otherwise have been attained and {
proportionate increase of the world:
stock Of coined silver. The fact tina
this result has been reached by ne
action of government, but by the &C
of God through human instrumental
ties of discovery and invention doe!
not lessen our gratitude.
Twelfth-The Democratic part
) congratulates the country that 1t has
2 no larger amount of outstanding un
covered paper currency than at pres
ent. Every paper promise to pay D!
the government ought to be as SAT-
as a ~millionaire's due bill for nit!
[ cents and that is actually the cas'
: today. and being the case, the Demo
: cratic party, like the American PEG
ME. fails to see that the $346, 0OO,OU