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cannot retreat from it without lurlcltng the |
$50, 600. 600 which wil have been Taid. That
condition will operate az II c0nstraint upon |
Congress to appropriate all the remaining |
millions which the President may stipulatc,
and it will equally operate as Il cJnstraint |
upon the Senate to ratify the treaty, whatcv-
cr sum may be stipulated by its provisions.
Again, Sir, no one can suppose that the |
President would pay the $50, 900 coo in ad- |
va ce to Spain, without securing possession |
Of the island of Cuba. When hc has once |
obtained the island of Cuba, and paid ~3O,- !
coo 600 as IN advance upon the consideration
money Of the purchase the treaty will hn Il
contract cxccutcd, and Spain and the whole
world would laugh with dcrision at the
prctcncc that We could rcscind the contract
aud rcpudate the remaining debt on the
ground that we had then looked INFO our
Constitution. and found that we had violated
1t in passing the law by which we had
authorized the Pr, sidcnt to make the
! imrro,idant bargain.
Sir. this is Il plan Of financial management
to which am stranger. 1t is the province
of the Congress Of the United States to take
care u the public Treasury. and to see that
every dollar that is received rcmnius there
until, by appropriation bills limited to single
objects. and each bill enduring for only two
! years, the money IS rNp'hdei by agents,
under their own direction ami authority, i'r
objects appointed hX'd ami certain. me
erect OF TINS measure IS to surrend the
control over IirGr portion .! tne national
treasure ana resources prartlcdiiy over an
that is valuable N tat treasury to the
President Of the United S.tt-, wthpu;
retaining any effective security for his wise
AMI faithful admini-rati1n of it.
| have said that tine hill has also a rpliti-
cal aspect IL irop''.S ID pf'"S INTO INC
Chited H''t's I'r''-l country S''o nun
dred miles ion{, ana seventy ini'S wac
containing l'''V'"'' ""'h''i "ilS', SUI SUI
J'ctS 81 G'Nerhlh IT. occupying P.''''.
every lppu upon Us SlU. "''"9 ~ 80 c'''-';
ana every acrf oi i!p"n'"i" an" HI''h anu
valley IN th' rural dINtr'rt' OF t'iat lS't''d-'
p'pulluIh Giu.renI e"II''E rom ti!' c'u-
zehS oil thr thltcl 1''les' inherent IN 'ah-
3un5e' different III race, THir'ht IN hapits'
''H rent IN lnHnn'is' u'h'r'nV III customs
ana radically different IN religion p2bnii-
ton that VIII lr'f,'t''ly Tor ever hold Tue
power 70 cNcludC an Ah'eotc "n nun SraVlon :;
III least - eXci"ue IL a. ehec'aaliy u u'' old
states "l hnrpie CA''uie our h';IF"'''i ,!Irc;
ana as chNtuaiIy as our "id established
states irac'!'tHy cAciN'1 migration from
OUTSIDE "l tho!r borders l"ls pupulatph'
then. IS to b. thr ruI'ns population OF mat
island. mat rights VIII ,he QUEENS OF the
Ihlt. SAT $ 'lypy thci+ ne I'3Vo'uuo
s)uls aIr d'i't'--one-hali whites, 2oo,ooV
Tree blacks, ana iUo,""l slaves. W nat IN
Ntitutlons Oh J"',Ir'' oil freedom: OF religion
ana public Worship VIII OBTAIN or remain
there need to know. II were willing
% le''c th'st sr%t questions to the ircsI'
.eh' ~ II'e MT 9'!t-S' nave no rlIht t.
go 80. nave u voice, one oi S'N'y-loul
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anu '' WIN, TERMS anu co''''I''iE oo'l'e'
"'.A NY c3i''a%n' we nave one 81 '..,,d,r'y-'W'
voices on tN'sc iShtS questions Inc pow