The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-08

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The proposition that we must support
President Roosevelt's Philippine policy,
II he has any, right or wrong, is the YER
lest rot-a tale told by an idiot. 1 am
willing to go as far as any one in patriot
ism; will support my country in any
emergency; but President Roosevelt is not
the country. The time has not yet ar
meyer arrive-when the American people
will accept the arrogant dictum of Louis
nv. II repeated by an American presi-
dent am the state
If President Roosevelt is at all worthy
of his high position he must entertain a
supreme contempt for those political
ing to be Democrats who 20 about with a
sanctimonious moan saying: "The pres
ident is wrong in his Philippine ' policy.
but we must support the president
Resistance to England
Out upon all such cringing idiocy! Sup
pose case: Suppose that when George
Ill undertook to force our fathers to
pay the stamp tax Patrick Henry, instead
OF ffr delivering i've that great lyric speech be-
which precipitated the revolution and
which still stirs the heart like strains of
martial music. had arisen in his place and
said gently as sucking dove: His most
gracious majesty is wrong about this
stamp tax business, but we must. as
loyal subjects, support him., right or
son, Warren. Adams, Greene. Lee, Ham
1lton, all that glorious host of warriors
and sageS. had weakly agreed to that,
what would we be today? Instead of be-
ing the richest, most puissant republic in
all the flood of time we would still be
English colonies. ruled by British pro-
consuls and governor generals without any
voice whatever In the government under
which we live.
Those immortal state builders were
reared on the fiction that "the king can
do no wrong" but when he did do wrong
they boldly and iconocastically trampled
that preposterous falsehood under their
ieet and wrestling a continent from his
IRON grasp, dedicated it as the home of
freedom and to the twin propositions that
governments derive their just powers
from from. the tn consent of the governed and
Ihere We're men in the land in 1875.
Are there only manikins now? I do not
believe such a monstrous libel. George
III. did wrong. Our fathers fought and
conquered him. Theodore Roosevelt does
wrong. We will oppose and overthrow
him.
Support the presidents policy. Ell? Will
some gentleman please tell US what that
policy is? Has he any? If So why doesn't
ne say SO? The truth is he has none. He
is an opportunist waiting for something
TO turn UP. He is letting things drift and
they are drifting to the deuce Meantime
our soldiers are being killed and are dying
OF disease in shoals, For what purpose?
VIII anybody undertake to say? / defy
any lingo to stand up and declare with
straight face what the presidents policy
or the Republican policy is. No one will
say; no one can-say; but some say-more's
the pity and shame-'1the president is
wrong-but we must support the presi-
dent
To this complexion has it come at last
by reason of the new-fangled jingoism
that We must shut up our thinkers. close
our mouths and chloroform our consciences
In order to be considered patriots.
It avails nothing to claim-as some do
that Col. Roosevelt is better than his
party. 1t is to be hoped most fervently
that he is a great deal better; but truth
to tell president cannot be better than
his party. If he tries to be he is ruined
politically. Johnson Hays. Arthur and
the younger Harrison ali tried that ex-
pertinent and all of them were refused
second terms either in convention or at
the polls. So it will be with Col. Roose-
velt His party friends may deem him
better than his party. He may think so
himself but nevertheless the party will
drag him to its level.