America's Rejection of Liberty
Abraham Lincoln said: "Our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in us. Our defense is in the spirit which prizes liberty as the heritage of all men in all lands, everywhere. Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and under a just God can not long retain it." And when the nation that freed the negroes in North America establishes a despotism over the black man in the Philippines, it is inviting the inroads of its own decay. A hundred years ago the United States was leading the world in the most substantial and glorious reforms. To-day she has turned her back upon her foundation principles, and her mighty influence among men and nations is in the direction of the most alarming perils. And it should not be forgotten that the unerring lines of prophecy have foretold that when America goes down the whole world goes with her.