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VOL. XIII.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, JUNE 27, 1901.
NO. 5.
i2 rourra or July
, Ccc rtar os. wek acta, the tiat-
Ur ca tils pass wm printed ia The
Lfcdexes.dex.t. It etsji rst and P
5rt;riit tint it thould be rtprvduced
12. U.i Fourth of Jo!y ellUoa. ErenU
Lars j-rctec ttat tie fortbodlaci tfcea
tteit-rr! tre we!! for nit &. The
trisi!p:es : ror:u!rt54 !a ih Declara
tion cf Ic.Jpcdfic and the holding
to iltsa tie Meals of tiie Aorlrtn
pc;i, trocxit. lit a little over a bua
Ir4 ttu. tils natloa from a scat
tered rwpalfction of 3,000.0 ap to one
cf 7I,jO,WJ. Its influence upon the
world I'- the zaouXdl&c of rorrnmnts.
s tie liu(plrtkrji for liberty, la the
prf.4 cf 4acmtioc, religion and
e-.i'..e, vre jrrfs-ker than that of any
tk-tioa that Urfore existed- Dor-
Is. 5 ail tte ymrs we Laaght our chil
Crtn that ail meo were born free and
Ut rorcrcxaenu derived their
jtsit pfjwers f rota the cocwat of the
K&Trrri, that taxation without rep
reiitatioa u tyranny, and. like oar
Hitlers, we pledjr2 to each oiler, with
a Crm reHam ojsoo the protection of
jiriis providence, oar lire, oar for-
ami c4ir arred honor ia their
4 ft nse.
iiincf tils jar waa printed a y-ar
airo, isllliosa of American cititens
bate t-x fcx!uc-d froai these piin
clj cd prora'iiect men la this city
t.d all the cities of the onion po a!cut
cpraly irt.oc.zvrlvg and repudiating
tr.rws I tb Ideals. Tb-y declare that
Uf rises set forth la the Declar
nU'jn of liidtpecdence are fa'ae and
rdulexst, that wars of conqnert are
rtcht. flat covert meet by force, tax
ation without re prww ntatlon. tie hold
up la aaljtioa conqaered, ccwlllicjs j
muhymtz, rs ail proper and to be de- j
?e3-d. eui T-rytllisic that was re- j
parfiatrd t-y Wa&blBgrtoa and Jeffervoa
waa wrc-cg aad everrthlas promul
gated by Oeorre IIL waa rigiit.
I ronirmt citizens cf Unccln men
fcoHir.e; olcial poeitiosa I'are recent
ly aeacmo-jd Llat Wejler waa ri?ht
f a he ibat,artf'd hia reconoentra-
pui icy f ctarvation of women and
ciu!Sr3 in Cuba and that the United
ISiatras jjov-m inert should. If ncea
rary, p&rsa tfc sarae policy. They
d ay tie lilt of self-ipovernsaent and
rpcnJy rflar tlat talglt makes rtchL
If thifm UaU-CfCta are denied. The la
d4rfc.t Ls prepared to proTe them
by the tertimony of caore than a doaen
Ci the bs4 known citixeris of Lincoln.
The qitesikm now is: Shall we abol
ifcis tb- rki ration of the Fotirth of
Jiil jr. i r alall we prove ouraelres to be
lie n;jat nocauirnsate and braaen
lawl rt d fcyocrltes that the world
evtr as! After bavins: declared by
tic aria of tie dmicitratioa and by
aolrs3 ddsica of the highest jndlclal'
trticra! in tie land that we nay wage
srar of eorjust. Icld subject peoples
Ly tzlliUiry force, tax thera without
ircaaitkic. try to era without a
jury, a.s4 govern thetn without their
4Att; axall e ret up on a plat
font aisd t-cfore ail the people read:
"VVe bold these trmtha to be telfevl
tlit all nn axe created equal,
tlat tli-y re erdewed by their Creator
with et-rtain cali-nate rihta. that
arjr.-n i!uae are life, liberty and the
pursuit cf bartsej; that to aware
these ritlts, govercinetta are insti
iuui aiaer-e ntc, deriving their nat
poarrs from He coaaent of the rov-
Vt'il! we. havicx repudiated every
er. f th-se tilings, prove ourselves
tie 2-oBaraertaJ hypocritea among
rza-.ki-d ty continiilns to call the peo
ple techier on the anniversary cf the
adepuoc of tte principles by our
a.tlrs .ax4 pcblicly declare that we '
rtiii lo!d these truths to be aelf-evl- j
driiiV l.ii tie world ever before be-
held t.iih a silt aa that? ;
It la evident that raea wlo have
lrcw-.t abort the repodiation of the j
Induration ef Icdrp-ndenoe. fel that
the f artier cr'bratioa cf the Focrth
cf Joly Is hypocrisy and would like to
ee It abolished along with the iaatru
3eit that rrwacljcates such notions,
frota the fart that they have irfven
en-tt t Trtm rrxesaec t to the tsbli?h- j
irs c f ancther national holiday which j
lan lake Its place to be called "flag
ay" villch waa celebrated w'th tr.uch
pot7 ia many plres this year. A j
-j; haa lo pritples wrfttea opoa It ,
that ray p.ov dlcrreable while the
nt'-ea DrcLjratic- of Icderendeac
la.
Partlrslar aUentioa ia callS to the !
llzjt In tie Declaratioa which are '
pricbJsS ia rd. These are the parti of :
it tlat have been repudiated by the
lUKlzJUy alministratioa sad tie ia- '
-rerse coart. It win be seen that wfcea ;
ties thiz.es axe elialaatcd from the ,
dorxsrnt that the life and power of !t
are all tahra cat.
- The addrta cf Jcstice Brewer, one .
rf tie dissenting Judges, which fol- jj
lews, and th Dwlaratioa appeared In j
The !rpedi:l aa they are here re- j
rrodsred ca June 3. 1S0O.
It ia said the Asglo-Saxoa race hts ;
&as.lf?fted a capacity to goTcra well:
tit we are c4 tlat race, sad that,
therefore, we would well govern the
rV.rrr1" Islands as colon lea. I do
cot ;-srrt!ns tie capacity of tbe rare
wfll and ily to r or era others. I
?rf Ja the" P?i!2JrrJn Policy b-c.-
it ants tltea the principles
trpca wlirh this gorerTmect waa
frrnded. which hare controlled Its life
up the TrettKt time, and the prfec
t!oa of wlUh fe ba the hope and
ir'ntia cf er-iy tnte American.
Very few nations. Tery frw Individ
i!s, JiTe rp te their hirh ideals, bat
.t-arefy the iWlarstica cf Iadepndeace
1st h-ea the Ideal rf cmr life, aad we
have ftrivra to make !t nore aad more
real Now, government by force Is the
ery antipole cf this. aa4 to latrodace
by force ot any portion
cf tla r!ln If t atari the erord
t.zr.T ft He eeon-1 e.tury of our
l!e pa pflnrlrt which ara the ex
trt CTPtte ft thoee rpon wtiieh we
lav tfihcno l'.rt&. It it caa this to
faJ cf I tachisf yew iitil it if AS C5
tlrly different thins to deliberately
tura your hack upon It. t
The teat of government la not la the
outward mechanical display of ordai
but In ths capacity to develcp the bett
men, and we hare lived In the faith
that government by consent of the
governed develops the best men. We
1-avo not let the wise men rale the Ig
norant, the learned the unlearned; the
rich the poor, but we hare appealed
always to ' "the plain people" as the
ones in whose Judgment to rely, and
upon -whose shoulders should rest the
burden of government.
Ideas are, after all, the eternal force.
Human life and destiny are controlled
by them. They may seem today of
little significance, but around them
gather material interests, , and tomor
row their power is disclosed.
Government by consent and govern
ment by force, no matter how well tbe
government may be administered, are
two essentially antagonistic principles.
Doubtless no immediate conflict will
follow. We may see ,a large measure
prosperity;" but are ;we not sowing
the seeds which; in the days to come
will grow "up into a harvest of. trouble
for cur : children and our children's
children? -
A necessity of colonial , possessions
is an increase in our regular army,
ai.d the first Increase proposed ls from
30,000 to 100,000 men. It is a strange
commentary that at the close of the
nineteenth century the head of the
most arbitrary government In the civ-,
illzed world, the czar of the Russias,
Is Inviting the nations of the world to
a decrease in their arms, while this,
the freest land, is proposing an , in
crease in its. Yet such seems to be the
imperative need, If we enter upon the
system of colonial expansion.
Now, the great economic problem in
this country is not how can a few men
make more money and pile up larger
fortunes, but how can: the great body
of the people make a fair and comfort
able living? The right to work is
again and again insisted upon as more
Important than the right to . vote, and
the cry of the tight to work is supple-
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datidniiofiArn
etiean
sberiy,
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
O AfC, J Jtf.cm. trf ct
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ThQUiianimous JDeclaraU
i h llfiiil connected them with another, and to assume amonr tnc oowers of the earth the serjerate and equal station to
which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a. decent respect to the opinions of mankind
it?
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: Wo Wmmhm WZ8imm enSowed byiheir Creator with
certain unalienable rights; tha among these are Life?Libecty,aiid the pursuit of Happiness.' Thatto .secure these -rights, goTern
menta are mstitutdamoni
eientecomeM destructive of Ihese ensjt is tHe'RighFof tne? and to institute a new Government
laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its-powers in such form as to them shall seem most likely, to effect their
Safety. and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments lomr established should not be changed for -light - and
transient causes;, and accordingly, all experience hath 6hown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are suffer
able, than to right thernselvea by abolishing the forms to.wHch ! theyjare Accustomed. But when a long" train, oi abuses . and
usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, v
it is their duty, to throw off such Government and to pro 1
"Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies, and iuch is now the necessity which constrains them to alter,
their fonner Systems of Government. The history ; of the present King of Great Britain is a r.istory of repeated injuries' and
usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment, of an .absolute' Tyranny over these States. . To prove this, let Fact3
be submitted to o candid world: ". . - " K
tions till Ws "Asspnt siiould be 'obtained 'j 3" , ';" 'v u I , , "" '
i. and, when so suspended, he haa utterly neglected to attend to them.
: He has refused to pass other Laws for the axxjommodation, of large districts of people, unless those people would re-
linqttUh tho riit of Eepresentation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them, and formidable-to -tyrants only.'
- He haa .called together legislative bodies at places unusual, jimcomiortabie, and distant from the depository of their Pub-
lic Becorda, the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures. ' - -"
He lias diflsolvedr Bepresentative Houaea'repeatedly,for oppojhig with manly firmnihis'invasibne- on! the xights of he v
people. . - , . " . : ; ..' .-v.- - . ;- - ' J '. , :
He fiu refused, for a long time; after sucH &s8olTxtionvto cax
capable of Armihilation, have returned to the People1 at large;. for their exercise, the State remaining in the meantime exposed
.rLT" . He has eJdearfe purpose Sctroctirig the Laws for the :KatrIiza.';
tion of Forgner8,ref uiing to pass others to encourage their migration hither, ana ig:kditions'-'ef new Appropniohi . ;
-of, Lands. - - ' " ; :. ' r ls'y-rr ;r.::
Ealaxies.' - . ' "r ".. . '. V ; -' ; -1 : , '; '; -"' , .
He "has erifcted' amultitude 'of 'Xew'Offices,- and . sent hither swarms of-Officers -to-harass our-People -and eat out their
fcuoitance!. , ' .'5 . , .. ' i . ; .-. . .'' ' ;" 1 i "'' " 4 . ' : .' i .' ' '
.-JJe has ..kept- among .us in .times of peace, Stn4ingiArm.ies,: without theConsentfl our Legislatures.; 5r J .
He has affected torender the Military independenlof, and superior to the CivU Power.
He has combined with others to subject us xo a-jurisdiction foreign to, our constitution and unacknowledged by our laws,
giving us ', ;-.vrr,;v ; ; ; -
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from Punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Ihhabit
anta of these States: v
Epr d,e,prjTing us, in manycases., of the benejits of JTrialy Jury:
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For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offenses: ,
For abolishing fiie free System, of English Laws in a neighboring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary govern
ment, and enlarging its Boundaries, so as to render it at once an example and fit instrumentTfor introducing the same absolute
rule into these Colonies: - ,' , . -faltering, .fundamentally," .the --Form :of-our';
GoverntT111 aay our Charters, abolishing pur most valuable Laws,
For suspending our own-Tjegislatures, and declaring Themselves invested with Power to legislate for us in all cases
whatsoever. '
He. is, at this time, transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and
tyranny, already begun, with circumstances of Cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbaroxis ages, and totally
unworthy the Head of a civilized nation. l" ? '
He has constrained our fellow citizens, taken Captive on the high Seas, to . bear Arms against thei r Country, to be
come the executioners of their friends and Brefchrenj or to fall themselves by their Hands.
He has excitr-3 domestic insurrections amonsret us, and has endeavored to. bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers the
merciless Indian Savages, whose known rules of warfare is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
In every stage of these oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble, terms: Our repeated Petitions
have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by, every act which may define a Tyr
ant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free People. . ;
Nor have "We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them, from time to time, of attempts
made by 'their-legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. . We have reminded them of the circumstances of
our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and rhagnanimity,ahd we have conjured them,
by the ties of our, common kindred," todisa vow these usurpations, which would. inevitably interrupt our connections and: cor
respondence.. They; too, have been deaf. to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the ne
cessity which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace, Friends.
We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America in. General. Congress Assembled,1 appealing o the
Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude." of our intentions, do in the Name and by Authority of the good People of these
Colonies,- solemnly; publish and declare, that these United Colonies arei and of Right ought to be,Free and Independent States;
that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British-Crown, and that all political connection betwepu them and. the State
of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved; and that, as Free and Independent States; they have full Power to levy
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That trie government s now administered under the administration of William McKinley has come into direct antagonism with the Declaratidn of Inde
pendence will be evident to any ;man:who;reads the lines printed in red in the above copy. That governments derive their just powers from the consent
of the governed," has been a statement held sacred by,revery; patriot. But to govern "our colonies" by military commanders and
commissioners appointed by himself.' ; He is following : exactly in the footsteps of George III in - the a ppointmerit of judges and in the erection of a multi
tude of new offices and sending;to Porto Rico, Cuba and the Philippines 'swaVms of officers to harass the people and eat out their sub stance,, in quartering
large bodies of armed troops among ttem, in imposing taxes on them without their consent, in depriving them of the right of trial by jury. He has
plundered their seas, ravaged their.; coasts, burnt their towns, and destroyed their lives. That T is what William McKinley has done, and the living lines of
nre penned by Thomas Jefferson when the foundations of liberty were being laid on this continent, stand today as his arraignment beforef God and man.
mentod hy the cry that the state fur-
nisn worK to all who cannot ootam It
elsewhere.
Are we likely to aid In solving this
problem by bringing into ournatlonal
life 10,000,000 cr 12,000.000 of unskilled
Malry laborers' We have shut the
doors s gainst the Chinese. Are'thoy
any worse than the Malay? Shall we
Introduce in this nation more chet.p
labor? I do not wonder at the action
of the federation of labor In protesting
against a new competition of cheap Li
ber as well as an increase of the arnjf,
with its consequent increase of bur
den and taxation on the employed la
borer. - . -r
But there is money in it. And after
all this is really the most potent factor
in the proposed reaching out after the
islands of the Orient. The wealth of
Ormus and of Ind is today, as in the
days of Milton, the expectation and the
dream of many. Possession of the
Orient, with its accumulated wealth of
centuries, dazzles the imagination and
confuses the judgment. The haze of
mystery hangs over that vast domain.
Wealth untold is believed to be there,
ready to be appropriated by any domi
nant porer. - All the nations and tribes
come within Lord Salisbury's defini
tion cf dying nations, and must soon
be divided between and appropriated
by the living and growing nations.
China is held out as a dying nation,
filled with inexhaustible wealth and
why shomd not we share in its appro
priation? What a picture this is! Tire
eagle of liberty -standing like a bu:j
zard to grow fat over an expected
corpse, . " ,
111 fares the land to hastening ills a
prey,
Where wealth accumulates and men
decay.
The Caesars saw the spears of their
victorious legions flash In the sunlight
cf every known land, and in their tri
umphant ; return they brought with
them the accumulated wealth of all xhe
nations they had subdued. The splen
dor of imperial Rome outshone the
world but the wealth thus obtained
without value given undermined the
empire, and the glory of Rome is sim
ply a memory. Napdleon beheld the
fhining star of destiny; and then?
Dees human nature change through
the centuries? We stand today facing
the temptation which comes from the
possibility of rapidly accumulating
wealth. What right have we to anti
cipate that the same result will not
follow if we pursue the same course cf
taking what we have not fully earned?
The problem .we have sought to wor k
out m this nation is'' that of govern
ment of any by and for the people. A
great nation upon tha,t principle 'seems
possible only under a federal system, a
system which relegates all matter of
local interest to the several states," and
exercises through' the national gov
ernment only i those powers and func
tions which make for the general wel
fare. We have wonderfully prospered
in administering such system In a com
pactcontinental territory, each part
of which has been possessed and con
trolled by a race capable of self-government.
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.This is no trifling question and is
not answered by any gush about duty
and destiny in fact; all this talk
about destiny is wearisome. We make
our own destiny. We are not the vic
tims, but the masters of fatd, and to
attempt to unload upon the Almighty
responsibility for that which we
choose to do is not only an insult to
Him, but to ordinary human intelli
gence. '
We are told we have become so great
and powerful that the. world needs us,
but what the world most needs Is not
the touch, of our power,, but the bless
ing of our example. It needs the bright
example of a free people not disturbed
by any illusions of territorial acquisi
tion, .of pecuniary gain or military
glory, but content with their posses
sions and striving through all the abil
ities, activities and Industries of their
wisest and most earnest to make the
life of each individual citizen happier,
better and tn'ore content. '
.Two visions rise before me:
One of a nation growing in popula
tion, riches and strength; reaching out
the strong hand to bring within its
dominion weaker and distant races
and lands; holding them by force for
the rapid wealth they may bring
with perhaps the occasional glory, suc
cess and sacrifice of war; a wondrous
ly luxurious life Into which the fortun
ate few shall enter; an accumulation
of magnificence which for a term will
charm and dazzle, and then the sha
dow of the awful question whether
human nature has changed, and the old
law, that history, repeats itself, has
lost its force, whether the ascending
splendor of imperial power is to be fol
lowed by the descending gloom of lux
ury, decay and ruin.
The other of a nation where the
spirit of the Pilgrim and the" Hugue
not remains the living and controlling
force, affirming that the Declaration
of Independence, the Farewell Address
of the father of his country and the
Monroe doctrine shall never pass into
Innocuous desuetude; devoting its
energies to the development of the In
exhaustible resources of its great con
tinental territory; solving the probleci
of universal personal and political lib
erty, of a government by the consent of
the governed, where no king, no class
and no race rules, but each individual
has equal voice and power in the con
trol of all. where .wealth comes only
as the compensation for honest toil
of hand or brain, where public services
is. private duty; a nation whoee su
preme, value to the world lies not in its
power; but In its unfailing loyalty to
the high Ideals of Its youth, Its for
ever lifting its strong hand, not to
govern, but only to protect the weak;
and thus the bright shining which
brightens more and more Into th
fadeless eternal day, .