The Newtown bee., 1898-11-25

equal chance with the manufacturers Of
all other nations. This government then
might reap the benefit, IL any, without
being obliged to pay the enormous rum
ming expenses that ownership would en-
tail. Human nature is the same the world
over. Il is the same to-day as IL was
1000 years ago. The American people
think just as much Of wealth and power
as did the Romans OF old. An American
governor general would be just as anx-
ious to make money in hurry; would
be just as overoearing to the natives he
was sent out to govern, as were the Ro-
man pro-consuls who were sent out to
govern the Roman provinces in the time
OF Caeaar. Every intelligent American
citizen knows that an inhabitant Of the
temperate zone cannot live and keep his
ambition in the tropics. The malaria
and the debilit ting climate would soon
destroy his ambition and probably his
life. On accour of the terribly destruc-
tive climate of all these tropical islands,
Americans will never 60 there in sufficier
numbers to assimilate those people, In
conse queDce OF which those islands will
continue to be Inhabited by the same race
of people as they are to-day.
For over 100 years this nation has been
supposed to be IN advance of all other
nations in the matter of a free govern
ment, and in the upholding of free gov.
ernments. For this government, 10 now
assume control of tropical islands and to
send out governor generals to govern
them would be backward step in the
history of the world. 1t has been stated
upon good authority that an army of
10000 would be necessary to govern the
Philippines, Cuba and Porto Rico.
Where ia this large army to come from
The young men Of America will not en-
list and go voluntarily into the malaris |
swamps Of these tropical isls nds from
which, they we'll krow, that in sll prob.
ability they will never return. II they
would not enlist, the only course left
would be the draft. The people of this
country would never see their sons taken
from them in this manner without utter.
irg such fearful Protest az to fairly
shzke the foundations of the republic.
A large standing army always has and
aIwaH will be coatinusl menace to the
republic. Some unscrupulous and design
ing man, scked by ambitious politicians,
il some d. y use that army for the over
throwing of the repuhlic. What right
has this nation to anue even the island
OF Porto Rico? It might be answere d
that this nation, berg engaged in war
with SPAR, had right to capture II g
possessions OF its enen y. That ms be-.
1t certainly has no right to hold that
island as an Indemnity from Spain for
the cost f the war. That would be COM
pellipg the Porto Ricans to pay the cost
of a war about which they did not have
anything to dc. When the inhabitants
of Porto Rico, or Of any other island, ask
this nation to assume control of its terri
tory and of it's people, then will be the
proper time for the merican people to
think the matter z, and not before.
The inhabitantssS : any OF these islands
may Or may not be capable of self gov
eminent. If they are not, they must fit
themselves for it. 1t may be, and prob.
ably If, the duty of this government to
lend them it's n oral support, but beyond
that the duty does not go, neither does
it's rights as nation, under the constitu-
tor, 60 beyond that Henry Bert.