The Peril of the Republic of the United States of America - Percy T. Magan

made a mere wreck, a mangled ruin, of our once
glorious Declaration. But verily it is true now as
well as then, that “its authors meant it to be, as,
thank God, it is now proving itself, a stumblingblock
to all those who in aftertimes might seek to
turn a free people back into the hateful paths of
despotism. They knew the proneness of prosperity
to breed tyrants, and they meant that when such
should reappear in this fair land, and commence
their vocation, they should find left for them at
least one hard nut to crack.”
The advocates of the imperialistic policy
frequently cite past events in our national history in
support of their theory. The Fathers are quoted, and
chief among them Thomas Jefferson. Nevertheless,
of all the statesmen who ever lived none was more
hostile to colonial policy than was the sage of
Monticello.
A well-known statesman of the present day has
divided imperialism, as it now presents itself, into
four distinct propositions, as follows:--
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