The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-07-07

gland have most nearly at heart th,
extension Of commercigl relations
would accomplish the onl sensible Oh.
, iect which we can have in.lhe east The
increase Of onr commerce luntazed and
unfottered would be richly merited
reward to the people who have shown
themselves in tho hour Of adyerslty
brave and constant, aud in the hour Of
, victory temperate aud sei.controlled.
II it we're thought wise from fiscal and
finanCial standpoint me might for oul
part, receive from the government which
we THIS recognized, and from the peo.
pie whose right to fraed0n aud indie,
J pendenoe we bad thus coasumated, 4
certain amount Of money, sufficient tu
defray an Of the expenses 81 our coop.
Grafton, TO be secured Ia itt payment by
lien upon the customs or the internal
revenue taxes Of the country I would
myself hate to see our great govern
ment hamperlng TO this plcayunish OK
tent a people freshly libemted and new
TO the task Of self government but
something of that sort might be neces.
sary to satisfy 10 called business inter
ests As TO eoaling stations the treaty
might give Us one, or two, or more.
They might bo useful 70 as In time Of
peace, and all our real interests IN the
Orient are the interests Of peace
rive Keen ths PhIiilrpincs,
You seem to be an expert in ratioci.
nation by Interrogation. Permit me to
ask you some questions, Suppose we
keep the Philippines. what isto be their
statuBi Are they to constitue a statei
Are they to constitute a territory in con.
temptation Of developement into a state.
hoodi Are they to constitute q colo
ny, TO be administered by usln the best
manner possible allegedly consonant
with our constitution, and with our GOV.
ernmental institutions. which have nev.
or contemplated the possibility Of the
government OF 'coioniesW II in neither
Of the two former manners they arc to
be held, then they must be held IN the
third manner al the only one remaining
What form Of colonial government shall
We give theml Shall it be civil or shall
it Be military Seven thousand miles
from our Pacific coast and fronting the
Asiatic coast, filed with European "a.
val stations and IN r8aoh Of the very
teeth and distended jaws Of Russia, do
not think the Post would contend that
anything less than 3 strong military
| government could be efficient in main.
tanning our possessions II 4 military
government, who Is 10 be our satrap,
| proconsul or praetori sthere anything
III our character Of our history, iudg,
ing by our past and especially By the
reconstruction period Ia the South, that
can nationally lead us TO believe that
our military satreps and proC0nsul
agents, armed with plenipotentlary
power, untrammeled by home interior.
renee, as they must be to be efficient
agents IN their new situation, would
not initiate the military satraps Of the
Orient or the proconsuls and praetors Of
the Roman republici These latter de-.
vided with the senate their ill-gottgn
spoils in order to avoid impeachment
and degradation. How long would Il
be before an American Yerres would
arise to shame the American manner
Would we have q Cicero TO expose and
denounce him2 And II we had, would
the effect Of the exposure and denuncia.
tion have as little effect upon succeeding
proconsuls as Cicoro's fulminatlons had
upon those who succeeded Verros in Bici.
ly aud elsewhere3 Would the Phillip.
pines when they brought accusation
against him before the American Con-
gress, or the American executive ad.
ministration find much more sympathy
or q more ready remedy than the Sicili-
ans foundl Would not the worse that
could befall him be that he should leave
his province for 3 while and live IN AZ.
fuence elsewhere, as was the case with
the elder Verres!
Tsrrifory shoHid Not Revert % spain.
Mr.. Editor IL has been said that his
tory repeats itself The reason is plain.
Human nature is fundamentally the
same throughout al the ages. Like
environments like temptations, like
causes produce like effects, and thus
what we call history" repeats itself
The modern American does not love
power one whit less than did the anci.
ont Roman. He loves money even more.
Military efficiency at q distance from
home and Congressional control cannot
60 together now any more than two
thousand years ago. In closing let me
say, there is one thing concerning
which, l take It, we are al agreed, and
that Il that 70 would be inezpedient and
unwiso, Il not lnhuman, 70 surrender 70
the cruel intolerance and government
tal incompetoncy Of Spain, unless led 70
IT BY the certainty Of superior force. .
single foot o. soll or single human be-
ing which the fortunes Of war may on
able % 10 free from her grasp.
One other thought J think You do
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