Show The ChIcagoHTrlbune recalls the fact that In the debate between Douglas and Lincoln at Freeport III May 17 1SGS the Little Giant told his hearers that it was idle to say that this country coun-try had territory enough that there was enough for tho present but that this Is a growing nation and he added It swarms as often as a hive of bees and as new swarms arc turned out each year there must be hives In which they can gather and make their honey I tell you said he with emphasis increase In-crease and multiply and expand Is the law of this nations existence You cannot limit this great republic by mero boundary lines saying thus far shalt thou come and no farther And his final sentence was Just so far as our Interests require additional territory terri-tory In the North In the South or on the Islands In the ocean I am for It He was not afraid of imperialism that IB he believed In the imperialism oC the American people He believed that the nation was big enough to do anything any-thing that was right and was not afraid Had Douglas lived until now he would have been 87 years of age Suppose he had lived and retained his faculties What would he think of a Democratic meeting in 1900 What would he say to a Democratic platform plat-form of 1900 And what answer would he be making to Mr Bryan were he to hear him declaring in effect that the only way the liberties of thIs country can be saved would be by electing him President on a platform which holds within It dishonor to the flag and a covert attack upon tho courts of this country |