| Show A LESS AND LESS POTENTIAL VOICE In his last Commoner Mr Bryan cop les from Mr Lincolns speeches in 185S all bearing upon the question of African Afri-can slavery and having no possible bearing on the present situation and also tells how the public still love the memory of Jefferson and then declares that There is not a lesson taught by Lincoln not a principle defended by Lincoln not a rule of Government proclaImed pro-claImed i by Lincoln to bethe truth that the Republican part is not now arrayed ar-rayed against Mr Bryan Is most reckless In his statements Again the more Mr Bryan writes and talks the more certain he makes clear the fact that he does not yet comprehend that liberty Is not license that what men mean by liberty lib-erty Is that state in which men arc willing for the sake of their neighbors to surrender certain primitive rights When the Citv Council of the City of I Mexico dcciced that all men In the city I should wear trousers it is clear from his writings that had Mr Bryan been a resident there he would have entered his protest against that usurpation of natural rights and that arbitrary putting put-ting aside of the liberties of the citizen cit-izen There has been nothing done In Porto Rico or the Philippines that Mr Jefferson Jeffer-son would not have done in Louisiana had he mat with opposition there the authority given Gen Jackson In Florida Flor-ida was absolutely arbitrary and when It comes to considering the coercion of men how Mr Bryan can laud Mr Lincoln Lin-coln and denounce Mr McKInloy is a curiosity The rebellion which Mr Lincoln Lin-coln fought to a finish was originated und carried through to defeat by men as gifted and as brave and as liberty loving as ever lived The rebellion which Is being put down in the Philippines was sprung by murderers mur-derers and has been carried on up to date by brigands The truth is that when Mr Bryan resigned his command and went lo Washington to urge the ratification of the Paris treaty he went to urge what would make such a contest con-test as that now going on In the Philippines Philip-pines necessary in case any renegades there pleased to organize resistance to the United Stales S Then the whole spirit of Mr Bryans complainings IH l on Itsface merely par tlsan faultfimling His appeals tIn t-In l1 lple when analyzed arc merely the appeals of the politician who Is out and who wants tog ct Ju I because the peo 1 pie of this country if In chains do not know it and there Is no higher form fof I slavery being designed for the Filipinos Fili-pinos than that which Mr Bryan has T suffered all his life The sinister purpose toward the Filipino Fili-pino Is to fix things in his country ao J I that ho may have perfect protection I absoluto protection for property for j life and abspjutq Jlberty to worship l I what God he may feakcto andfp f do I anything that he mayplease to sotlmv I It does not Infringe upon the rights of i hlijf fellow men I Slr Bryan cannot make headway against tlht purpose try In what clous way he may I |
