The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-24
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Mr. Pettigrew said that annexation
was defended by the sentiment that 1t
was the manifest destiny of the United
States to extend its territory. 1t was
manifest destiny, he said, that had
committed more crime and had done
more to Cypress the peoples than any
other thing in the history of the world.
Manifest destiny had built the feudal
castles and gathered the SerfS around
them 1t was the justification OF the
strong for the plumber of the weak. he
declared that if the United States
should annex territory into which we
could not introduce our form of gov
eminent the reflex action of such ac-
QUESTION of territory and of people lar
inferior to our own would cause our
own government to deterioriate.
NICARAGUA INQUIRY.
Mr. Pettigrew yielded to Mr.. Morgan,
who secured the passage of the follow
ing resolution: That the select COM
mittee on the construction of the Mica
raguan canal is directed to inquire into
the claims of the republic of Nicaragua
relating to the stock or securities of the
Maritime Canal company under the
concession of said republic to the MIC
araguan Canal company and any de-
said claims. And said committee is au-
thorized to conduct such investigation
by a subcommittee and to send Tor
persons and papers and to administer
oathS to the witnesses called before
said committee or subcommittee.
Continuing, Mr.. Pettigrew main
tanned that questions of annexation in
volying an entire change in the tradi-
tional policy of the government, ought
no RI no IN
such a time as this
Let us fight out the war, upon
which we are all agreed, said he,
land then at the close of the war we
can discuss this policy of Imperialism
in the full light of facts"
MENERY'S ARGUMENT.
Although he had not concluded his
speech, Mr.. Pettigrew, on account of
fatigue, yielded the floor to Mr.. Nc
Emery (Dem., La-), who presented a
constitutional argument against an
neXa ton. Mr.. McEnery said that the
conditions in Hawaii after the annexa-
ton would be an evaporation of the
condition of the south during the days
of reconstruction. 1t would be over
run, he declared, with criminals and
There would be on the
islands a carnival of crime and de-
bauchery that would be a disgrace to |
our people and our government Very /
soon, he thought, Hawaii would seek /
admission as q state and this rotten |
borough, oriental, ignorant and cor
rupt, will be sending representatives /
here to assist in the election of pres
ident of the United States.
This annexation of Hawaii, too will |
be only the beginning of the extension |
Of our territory" he continued. THE /
will follow, then Cuba, /
Porto Rico and the Canaries and the |
colonial possessions of Spain. |
And very shortly we will have an eX- |
cuse to wrest the Azores, the Maderias |
and Cape Verde islands from Portugal. |
Foreign complications cannot, in |
these circumstances, be avoided. AL
ready we are facing foreign troubles |
IN the Philippines. The result will be
that this country will become an armed |
camp. Instead of having 125,OOO at
Tampa and Mobile, ev-
cry village in the land wild have it's
troops ready to repel a foreign foe. We
will be worse off than Germany, where
every hamlet is occupied by soldiery.
We will become weak and exhausted
by continual war;
AT this point Mr.. McEnery yielded |
the floor and Mr.. Pettigrew presented
a conference report under the bill to
ratify the agreement entered into be-
tween the Dawes commission and the
Seminole Indians, the house confereeS
having agreed to allow the senate
The report was adopted.
AT 5:05 the senate went into eXecu-
tive session and at 5:55 adjourned.