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Is a vote for President McKinley and his policy in the Philippine Islands a vote in harmony with the teachings and examples of Nathan Dane and Abraham Lincoln?
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Boutwell questions whether supporting McKinley's policies aligns with the principles of freedom espoused by Dane and Lincoln.
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Of all the eminent men that you have sent forth into the service of the State and the country, he must be accounted the chief, when we consider the value of his contribution, historically, and on the side of freedom and civilization.
You are called to a choice between the doctrines of Nathan Dane and Abraham Lincoln on one side and the doctrines and policy of President McKinley and his supporters on the other side.
Here are the assertion of power and the promise of goodness that have attended the origin and movement of every despotism that has risen to curse mankind.
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