New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-26
DUTIES IMPOSED BY THE WAR
no ESCAPE FROM NEW RESPONSIBLE
tiles ACQUISITIONS MUST BE
KEPT AND WISELY Ruled
From an address by F. W whi,rdge a, stock
bridge. Mas

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bridge Mass
What wonderful war II has been, whatever
was oase about ts origin. the dross and misery Of
s;ili more sinful misrepresentation which preceded
~, mas oeen consumed In a fierce blaze OF patriot
history viii probably record nothing but the noble
purpose OF the war and It's striking and unparalleled
Now 1t Is over. and in the Providence o: Al
na ss Goa ne nave succeeded % TIE heritage OF
IN mean for u.s. cannot undertake TO answer
nose Questions here. and the time is not yet ripe
10 answef them fully: but there are Two oh.
me az Sa 10 De MADE upon them which appear 10
The nrst is that nations as individuals. mus, he
prepared 70 take the responsibility FOR the conse-
maxim old as time itself We can assirne - no
rights without Undertaking spending duties.
East. We have cast down the sovereignty OF spain
That has surely not been done In order fhat We
may eXa.t the sovereignty Of the degenerate ~
the degenerate spaniard We have deihroned +,
ISLANDS loose. 70 be bone Of contention among
when took them we became Ia the nature OK
thinss. responsible for the protection Of property
ana the maintenance OF peace. order and law with
Men tax Of the Americanization Of Cuba Porto
Of establishing independent republics In some q
them. and Congress declared that We should hold
1uba only until stable government was estab-
ished apparently by the Cubans themselves Al
When we can move the equator - degrees south
ward II VIII be time enough 70 Yak about Amc-l-
ignore The character Of the Spanish race and rs
whole history on this continent % Will be time 90
10. my friends, the result Of The surrender OF the
spanish seTrt9ries to US VII be- or ought 70 be
these possessions and kept there forever
,..Af,hnd yet-a11a mere comes me might wrench
legitimate concurrence OF what we have said and
never will be- III to become an integral part OF the
The main ,hing which want 20 ask you 10 con-
slider today Is ths method Of governing This new
territory. How Is thai TO be done; As England
tried 70 govern US ana failed? A. Spain and France
have governed their cO.on!es. as mere money max
ucians could iind places FOR their dependents Are
We 20 govern them a. Russia governs her remote
Shall We rather profit by tho experience of our
own race. and create method OF government lot
which W shall adopt. SO far as possible nc local
laws and customs and subordina,c officials and
OF the highest character we can find. and u first.
rate ABILITY ana eancatloh IN smo,t sha We n2,
paid permanent civil Seryice TO govern these new
on with O purely military. OCCUPATION. but before
many years the question OF a civil government vii
We know how the system o, favorits;n and pa -
ronagc has broken down under the Speniards In
When 'o has ed Ne car see exactly the same
process going on IN 9yery French eoony WIN H.
had MADAGASCAR three or 'O1r years and has al
than Great Britain has IN the whole Of india. on
the other hand. the general peace prosperity OF
WENT The wonderful results ~ Lord Cromer s
government IN Egyp, have astonn1ed the world and
curities and ourselves can have a feeling OF
pride that less than one thousand Engsh-speak n 2
Can there be any doubt therefore. which system
we should choose? want 10 impress the answer
upon ali FOR the question will vex ne for years 10
come and the true gospel must be preached ~ con,
times in seasonsand out You vii hear again the
cry that such service as am advocating is anti.
American II is not anti-Amercan in tho NAVY. OF
which we are Just now al so proud How nave
But when YOU stop 70 think about T. IS noi The
government % the Philippines. or any part of them
with all the questions Of taxes currency tariGs.
the differences OF race end 5eg n6 IN w s he
tnue. In which We are brought for the nrst time
which we are to introduce modern civilization like
ly TO prove quite difficult n lob as It was 70
though OF a different kind'
Mf hcweve4 the n @ and the superb
Rm matters Of of fu1 hI sort Sen
il said ons man is a, g29h as s m sn goo 9f
Fellow and mas worked hard and ought to have q
nlace" 1t is amazing how widely spread are SUE q
is almost as amazing how often the wonderful
adapabity OF our neo2e SEEM to jns I, them
10 undertake the government ~ our new possessions
wi,h %, t,Sminster those possessions as we admin
ister our foreign service. we shall encounter shame
and disaster ana hiie"t "''"9' ~ wei '''"'" ""'
conduests TO 81 ain.
Events vii, help. us our experience will help ne.
~ mistakes will help and we are bound 10 be
Veve that We shall come out right IN the end
Meanwhile the lesson OF the last six months f9f
So Indivdual man and woman. ms read n. -
that we must remember and must preach that az
~ Nation snail II reap, that II cannot as
smr,e addltdAai responsibilities without assuming
,ha drty OF dischargine them. and that AZ what
msr sacrifice Of old tradtions-rnost OF which were
,acrtAced when the war was decareh-we must
Sscn our conquests out OF this Union, althougn
ke'p nur dag and that must govern them IN
wtat the best experience Of our race shows TO se
the Mi7 ,,,e govern them unselfshiy, and through
~ ~, We ,,erv hest men we can produce and train