The Yale Review, Vol. 9

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Excerpt from The Yale Review, Vol. 9: A Quarterly Journal for the Scientific Discussion of Economic, Political and Social Questions, May, 1900, to February, 1901 The question what a lover of his country should do when he believes his government to be taking an unwarrantable course° towards another country, is a question to try men's souls. Must such a man sit silent and thus make himself a partner in the wrong? Of course not, so far as his personal voice is concerned, he may at least write to the secretary and protest. But if he be a man in public life, to whom many look for guidance on public questions, may he further state his views openly, and use his in¿uence against the policy of the administration? To deny the right and even the duty of such a man to speak out, seems a denial of the elementary principles of democracy. But the trouble is that an agitation against the government in a foreign question has effects beyond our own borders. We are told that it may and does encourage the other goverment to resist. If the question be one of the critical sort, and the issue of peace or war be at stake, the effect of encouraging the other country in its contention may be to involve it in war. Now there are but few debatable matters which a country would not better concede, rather than go to war. We are asked, therefore, to believe that unless an opposition be strong enough to restrain the war policy of its own government, the part of kindness is to avoid courses which may encourage the foreign government in resistance. But how is an opposition to know, before making the effort, whether it is or is not strong enough? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.