Show t 6 AMERICAN I i IMP I ERI M t t I Text Tex of Bourke Cockrans Great Speech Delivered t tat 1 at Tammany Hall HallE Hal t i iI I I TH T n E following Is the te complete ad aes delivered by Bourke Cockran Cokin In inI I Tammany hall hail hal July uly 4 I 1 assume nobody will m dispute that the pursuit of happiness Is i the end of ofle life le or Dr that the te pursuit purIt of ot happiness Is the effort for prosperity erly All AU men and ad all aU parties parte In every ever country agree In desiring prosperity but b t they differ widely as a to the te means by which it should b b be sought sought Men lIen are apt to t persuade them themselves tem themselves selves that there are only two one by production and the other oter by plunder Whatever a man possesses pos s s must be th the product of ot his own 0 labor or the te labor labar of or some other othe man and therefore be he has nas but two ways way of getting property he must make It or he must take tk It it Of course the thin ting thing he obtains by exchanging It for the products product of ot his s own labor is practically produced by himself It Is I the te product of or his own product Whatever he obtains by violence vI lence or fraud in time of peace pec by pillage or Indemnity in time of or war is the fruit frit of plunder plunder From the very beginning of the word worl wor down to t this thi day the te masses of men have been divided Into those tos who seek prosperity by industry and and mase those who seek it by pillage The he Declaration of ot Independence proclaiming all aU men me entitled to equal opportunities in the pursuit of ot happiness is the te hart chart for for reaching prosperity by industry It I is i the te gospel of at democracy Every Eer departure from its It prin principles springs spring from a desire deir to Impair its it authority however disguised is Imperialistic a And this my friends stated in hi inthe the the narrowest wes t compas and in the plainest P terms is the vital I distinction today between the Democratic and the te Republican parties partes Now Non I dont mean to tosy say that the many millions of or upright men who ho Vote ote for Republican candidates and support Republican platforms or any ap appreciable I rable number of ot the politicians who io o manage maage Republican campaigns are ar j brigands intent upon the pillage of their fellow citizens but I do mean to say that the he t whole body of O f political al doctrines doc trines to which Wh Ich the Republican n party has by become plunder finally committed aims at producing or ot at least increasing prosperity I Government ov of ot itself sel can cn create crate nothing n It I cannot by Say any y exercise of its own powers power make a barren field feld fruitful or cause two blades blade of ot grass to grow where one grew ge before It I cannot summon sumon by legislative enactment executive order or judicial decree ores from the bosom or of the earth and convert into metal implements Implement of ot labor or vehicles of transportation it annot com Coin command mand trees tees to total fall fal In the forest and divide themselves into planks and boards bars barsto to come together in the form for of chairs cair tables or other oter useful articles it can cannot cannot not force loose stones to range themselves into Int firm walls W Us and ad become durable durble buildings for the shelter sheler of man There is but one source of property and nd that Is the labor tabor of human hands exercised directly on the bosom of the earth or on the te product of the earth eart Since government cannot create crea te anything it I confiscates Before Betor It undertakes under kes kesto to enrich one man the thing thins which it 1 gives him it I must take from some other man Where ere i it has a favorite it must m st have a 0 victim and obviously that gov government victims only is 15 just and ad truly benevolent which has ha neither r favorites f ortes nor From this it follows that whenever government g proposes s to to benefit an In Individual individual or a class clas it is really realy planning to plunder a multitude Examining the policies and enterprises to which the th Republican party pat is now committed In the light of these truths it will be b apparent that th t all aU are schemes to establish or at least leat increase prosperity by plunder Imperialism and Its Aims The measures which divide divid the th two parties partes now nw are the subjugation of ot distant islands to be held as dependencies by this government the imposition of protective tariffs and the te grant of subsidies to American shipping The first of these thee Is what we usually term imperialistic policy pOnCY but but as a matter mater of 0 fact all these are best described as imperialism in contradistinction to democracy democracy racy rcy because they all aU aim at enriching a few e men by the te plunder of at others oters In Instead instead I stead of ot encouraging all aU men to enrich themselves by the cultivation of the earth and allowing them no other pathway to profit And this is the te essence of imperialism Imperialism of ot course curse implies foreign conquest and the object of conquest is always spoils pois Whether Weter It I is described as an enterprise of ot civilization or a a requirement of prestige or a a pursuit of glory when stripped of the attractive phrases s which constitute Its Is disguise it Is 15 always alays and everywhere a thirst for gnu gir combined with wih an un an Unconquerable unconquerable conquerable aversion to honest labor a desire to acquire property by plunder coupled with an Incapacity to produce it by Industry violence proper is its Us instrument ment conquest Its It method plunder its is object J f The aim of imperialism in this country count is made roadS clear by the te character of the government ent established today tOd Our imperialists per tell t r us that the object of Ot 8 annexing the Philippine islands by force is i to civilize uplift and improve the thel inhabitants l Now there is but one way wy by which a strong st ng nation naton can cn aid a I weaker and that is by encouraging the industry of ot its It people There is but butone butone butone its It one ports port way to encourage their industry and that is by af affording r Ung them a a market to Attacks Philippine ine Policy On this day dayS in a distant land a government gov is bE bb i established In direct violation of the fundamental principles formulated In the Declaration of or In Independence Independence Independence dependence dependence It I is not based upon the consent of ot the Inhabitants out ou upon the mere whim of a a wavering administration This imperialist administration at Washington In abandoning the Declaration of or Independence takes take the flag l S that typifies free fr speech and makes maes a gag gg to prevent free speech When the gag gg Is removed from fr the gg mouth of ott the victim he Is compelled to t cheer for the te liberty of which he has been b e robbed Imperialism is inverted virtue vir ue and inverted inserted Inert There Ther is a wide difference a yawning chasm chast b T n those Americans f who regard the Declaration of Independence merely as i an nn interesting bit it of controversial cont ingenuity inge nUlt or a fine fn e specimen of ot literary excellence nee and ad those I Americans who reverence it Jt as the Immortal declaration of inalienable in alena hIe and universal rights the imperishable Ib monument of human progress Every Ever departure from frOin rI l its s principles principled springs front from fronia a desire desir to impair Its is authority and ad is imperialistic Imp This is the vital distinction today between the Democratic and Republican R n parties part 9 And nd the them measures m which divide the two t o are the te subjugation n of distant Islands the Im Imposition position of protective tariffs and the grant or subsidies to ta American shipping Does anybody doubt that rather than allow alow the products of the Philippine Islands free access to our markets market the Republicans cut them adrift arif in inan inan an hour Any advantage to us u means levying leVing tribute upon the Filipinos And nd I tribute has ever been een the ruin rutn of ot every ever country countr which exacted it Such Suc tribute is the profit of plunder It deadens enterprise corrupts morals discourages production and demoralizes industry The Th nation which forsakes industry for pillage is hopelessly and irretrievably lost lost While ne the te full ful fruits frIt of ot imperialism in the te east eat eye t as yet undisclosed undIsclosed in Cuba Cub It has hs throws thrown throw off or Its It mask There we see reduced to impotency plunderers and Cuba to ruin rin by b b a n quarrel between two t o bands ad of Imperialistic I We have hae seen the passage pass ge of a a bill bi which the te imperialistic president him himself himsel himself self sel declared an obligation of honor and ad justice forbidden and prevented by abhorrent force foree forceN Never N ver in the history of the world has ha the sordidness of imperialism and its is Dower cower of r demoralization demor been rewarded so conspicuously I r know kow of ot nothing notIng more humiliating to American citizenship than tan the te story stor of ot the struggle between the administration and the lobbyists lobbyIst ending in inthe Inthe Inthe the victory of the adventurers and the te humiliation of ot the government government As between the spectacle le of ot Roosevelt Roosevel prone under the knee e of Lobbyist Oxnard asking in vain for leave to do justice to t Cuba Cub and King Louis LuIs abasing absing himself and justice under the feet of ot Du Barry Bar I am not quito quite sure that the lapse of ot a century and a a half hal proves any an very ver substantial moral mor progress Obviously the pressing duty of ot patriotism the te first requirement of na national decency is to rescue this government from the control of the Oxnards and ad restore It to the te control of its It constitutional depository The object of protection as a of ot government benevolence e is the plunder of f the vast ast majority for the benefit of the te small minority for it compels the te pros prosperous pros prosperous industries which are the large majority to to contribute to the te support of enterprises which depend for profit not on an the merit mert of their product product but on the favor of the te government The he farmer faer who must mut give two bushels of wheat for fora a pair of stockings which under fairer firer conditions he could get for one is compelled to contribute I a bushel of wheat whet to the producer of hosiery the laborer who must surrender the wages of half fal a day for a meat supply which h under fairer conditions he I could obtain for half hal as a much is forced ford to contribute of a a days to the giant corporation which controls the wages meat met supply of ot the country countr By B euphonious phrases these men are induced not ot merely merel to t permit but to encourage this robbery rob r of themselves on the pretense that protection en encourages encourages infant American merican manufactures The Ship Subsidy Bill Bi The ship subsidy bill bi reaches Its It full fun development and disdains any pre tense of of moral morl justification for opening the te treasury tu doors The argument pr in favor of oZ It if it can be understood at all is that it i al the business busness of ocean o an trans hans transportation on Is I highly profitable and because it is highly Y profitable therefore the losses of citizens engaged in It I should be borne bre by the te government I do not assume to understand this I logic repeat it only to marvel at it It I Is assumed that in some way or another after those losses tosses continue for for a certain time and reach a certain c figure in some way or other they become n suddenly metamorphosed Into profits the method of waY the change being too tao t occult for comprehension for the ordinary intellect I The Republican policy of ot seeking prosperity through trough plunder has hs already borne bre three conspicuously sinister fruits frIt The Th distinction ton between ton for or the support of f the te state and for the benefit of ot private individuals has ha I been ben impaired and threatens threatens soon son to be b entirely s swept ept away away I The e representative branch of the te government by b a practical abdication of its It functions has ha sunk beneath contempt and political institutions never survive forfeiture of ot public respect And above all al we e have haye begun to show that tat infallible symptom of national decay which has ha been conspicuous in every ever country countr where justice Is 15 declining d and corruption growing gwing We are a told that the perpetrators of murders murde and pillage will be b severely punished but whoever exposes them is denounced as a an enemy enem of or his bis hi country Countr and of ot the army arm Democrats are proud orte American army am for they have glories furnished the te majority Of t those thos who have won its It victories and established tey its it I Because Beuse they deeply cherish Its it fame so largely their own o creation caton they the I insist that the standards of military mut ethics shall be b Continued to be b the conduct of or Washington of Jackson Jacon of Grant and of ot Sherman not that it shall become the te conduct of or WaIler Waller and ad Hell Bell Roaring Rong Jake i Democrats who are determined d to discourage barbarities by the te relentless exposure of ot every eve one responsible for them tem are ae the true tr friends of ot the army ar not the men who would encourage demoralization by from shielding te by exposure or punishment the te authors autor of nameless crimes The he men who have reflected glory glor and credit credi on the American army are te ary the objects object of Democratic affection aeton the te men who bring brg disgrace upon ar the I uniform seem m to be b the objects object of Republican solicitude oe Jc profess pr SS special regard r gad to for the te artoy arthy arty and ad while they te try tr to shield sIed those who discredit it It they tey endeavor to humiliate those who dignify it I It Have Haa we w not not seen s e the th d warriors arlor whose deeds are among the 1 ded ae brightest t pages In in American history publicly insulted and an practically excluded te from the service while men nien whose infamies in amies have sent a and thrill of horror through civilization have been given new trl ghe commands Havet we seen sen attempts of unparalleled bitterness to besmirch the th fame tame of the e gallant officer whose ships bore br the te brunt brt of ot battle batte at Santiago Santago after ater a long career cr glat In which no breath brt of slander ever eer touched touche his courage or his honor In a a desperate de desp tte tC effort et r to deprive him m of ot the t credit t which was v his due the te president rde t of the te United States actually undertake und tae e to to belittle hi one of i the most successful su ce naval engagements In te I history by deciding that nobody was w In command of ot It Iti that tat in of fact it was w not a battle at tt all noby but a al riot rot for tor the distinction between a battle and anit a riot Is that mat one is under tinder the I ta ude I direction dle or of a a officer c and the h is 9 general or i free fr te coma t e eVery ry r Individual fighter directs b his hi own pugnacity An And d thus tu we fht find fd Imperialism Imp Im Imbi seeking glory as a it i seeks le profit not n t by honest service but 1 by y rob robbing II bing bi ng the men me who have hae created create It It and who are ar entitled to enjoy enoy It it bih Within tin a few days day the sudden illness of a king supposed to be mortal mort bad hd h ad no n other oter 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