The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-04
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 4, 1888.
SENATOR HoAR's ADDRESS.

We had a few words to say yesterday
aboun the recent speech Of Senator hoar'
Of Massachusetts, upon expansion anu
imperialism, but we think his reiiiarAS
viii hear a little further discussloh'
Nothing more timely more patrlou0 Vi
more elevating has been said since inc
u,rasent ISSUES were brought before the
people than what Mr.. Hoar said All OF
opr Young men should reflect well upon
his remark that "the danger is that we
are to be transformed from repuohc
founded on thd Declaration Of lndepend-
arce guided bv the counsels of Washing
ton into a vulgar, commonplace empire
founded upon physical force Ihere Is
food for a great deal Of thought IN tha'
remark. The Declaration of lndepehd-
once hears upon its forefront the propo-
sition that all men are to have equal OPP
nortunities to advance themselves III me-
and the Government, formed upon thd'
declaration, has, so far, been operated
with that as its guiding principle. II mas
heen the glory Of American institutions
that no man iieiAt ohf
the law that were not common TO al
men. and the independence energy thrllt
ano self-reliance OF our people nave
grown out of that fact. II was rapiuly
developing us into the greatest people
the world has ever known, and if we VIII
adhere to the idea we shall become the
greatest, most prosperous and most en-
We'd people that has ever dweN upon
the earth. Wherein lies the difference
natween the American citizen and the
puss,an subject? 1t lies at the point
stated. The American citizen may 90
what he pleases so long as he does
not interfere with the right OF any other
man. while the Russian can do nothlhs
~ some privileged person objects. The
result IS that the lot of the American
,n every department of life Is an ldeai
one. while the lot of the great~Dody OF
Russians is a pitiable one. IL we 20
on in our policy OF expansion ana "nheA
The Philippie Islands, we must do one
If two Thugs. We must keep them In
,nhtection 10 the United states Govern
oent as we hold our territories or we
must erect them into States with 'he
votes Of ten millions Of people III our
Congress. To hold them as territories
.,,uated thousands OF miles away, ana
,he whole Pacific Ocean between us ana
them. is to convert them into a CESS
pool OF corruption benetitting the carpet
h,guers that we should send them. 1t
will set I'D a reservoir of pollution that
will inevitably send its rills into all
parts of this county. If we take them
in as equal States in our Union we nave
the representatives Of savages and can
nibals making laws for us. Either propo-
sltion is horrible one 70 us
we do not need the Philippine Islands.
They will be source of weakness IN
stead Of strength 10 ne. We have all the
territory we can utilize 20 advantage
and Il will be one thousand years under
natural conditions before our population
f,nds itself in contracted limits here
We should. Of course wrest the islands
from Spain. The world gave us no
credit for humanitarian purposes in going
TO war with Spain. but In point of fact
the overwhelming majority Of the Anne
rican people had no idea whatever in
the war. but freeing the people-of Cuba
from the intolerable oppression put upon
them by Spain. Our purpose was a no
BILE one, and IL We 80 through the whole
incident with conduct consistent with the
purpose that VIC started out with, our
posltion before the world will be a very
high and very noble one. That is
something worth far more to us than
anything we shall ever receive from
the Philippine Islands II We annex them.
We should. OF course. then wrest the
Islands from Spain, but it should be with
the intention OF exercising protectorate
over them until they are able to rule
themselves; when we should giva. them
entire control over their own affairs
and bid them God-speed as a new nation
seeking its own good In its own way.
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