The Portland daily press., 1899-01-10

sent home TO Britain 10 grow mp to man.
ood. for II they are raised In India they
crow up more ensrvatsd and more hslp-
less than the Indians themselves. So will
Il be In the Philippines. Americans niay
20 there In small numbers TO exploit the
country and hold the offices, as English.
men 20 to India, but IL they attempt TO
bring up children there. thoso children
will grow up inferior 70 tne native FIJI
pinos. This IL always the case when
northern races are transplanted TO the
tropics We must look forward TO per.
pet,,nl uuariianship over an inferior and
seryiIe race. who will always be alien to
MS, whose masters we must be forever,
whom we must govern as interiors,
whom we can never welcome as ieiiow-
citizens and equals.
There cannot be even sufficient mix
ture Of resident Americans there perma-
nently 20 govern the islands. Inc supply
must lie sustained, rs is the case IN India,
by periodical drafts from our armies aud
cur politicians to govern those Islands
and to keep them In continuous sub1eo-
tion. Permanently governed by such
aliens and forei zners who Will have no
interest at stake N the islands and little
sympathy lGr the eople, the restless in
habitan.s will grow discontented with
the slaytiy We will be compelled to en-
force, aau lie nerce Malay nature viii
break ont In periodical insurrections
which we shall be compelled 10 crush
with h.oolshsd. They are not OF the
mild and submissive nature OF the
Hindus, who are kept in subjection as
easily rs SO many sheep. but, on the con-
trary, they are proud and warlike race
who have shown la their whole history
fierce determination never to submit alb
jectly TO the rule OF foreign masters.
Whatever may be- said Of the acquisition
Of American tropical territories as being
necessary for the defense and control OF
our own continent and seas. there is not
n rational word which eau justify these
iar-off adventures In Asia The scheme
IL simply a WAX imitation of the policy
OF European monarchies, concei yed In ap-
parent Ignorance or indifference, respect
ing the vastly different conditions which
have forced those powers into distant coll
oniz:tion.
! cannot better close my remarks on
this subject than by cifiug words recently
ascrihed to the kmi eror OF Russia respect
ing this universal rage for fnreible colo
nization In distant lands which now
seems 90 possess every government On the
earth which has the pDysiial forcs TO
practice 10 at the cost OF weaker nntionF
81 look over the world; | study our civ
ilization and dn not ind II very good. j
see natl )ns all engaged In ssiZlnR. o. try
by European lowers. For the native
races, what does imperial expansion
meang Too often opium, alcohol and all
manner OF diseas. s-a great gulf between
the governed and those who rule, and
crushing taxation upon the natives
fer the blessings OF this civilization. And
for the nations who seize, what does il
meany A continual increase ot suspici n,
jealousyand rivalry; the heaping up Of
fleets ana armies In order to take part in
a scramble with the world, with the re-
suit that the army and navy are swallow
ing up more and more millions that
should be used for the welfare Of the
people and Advancement Of the world.
On top are very few rich and comfort
able. Down below with an ever-increas-
ing pressure OF taxts for armaments, is
the great mass OF poor people whose posi-
tion is not very good. There Is an ever
increasing multitude of those below with
their breeding discomfort ripening into
socialism and developing into all kinds
OF anarchy
Heretofore our country has enjoyed a
splendid isolation fro:n those evils which
are so graphically pictured.hy the greatest
of living potentates and from the compli-
cations and embarrassIuents which have
apparently produced them. Our terri
torial growth has hitherto only inteusi-
led that happy Isolation, for 1t has given
us only contiguous territory which would
otherwise have been the seat of rival
powers as neighbors. Why should we en-
danger, possibly destroy, this magnificent
destiny by engaging in the fearful, and
bloody scram bic for distant possessions
on other continents for which we hav !,
no legitimate use-which can never be
the homes of our own race, and whose
population we must keep as slavess How
much better TO look forward TO the build
ing up of power coterminous with our
own continent occupied from gulf to
pole by homogeneous, free. self-govern-
ing people, n race so mighty that Tor all
time II may defy the covetousness Of RI.
walls. This was the dream OF our greatest
statesmen, who, in all their brightest
hopes for the future of the republic,
looked upon this as its manifest destiny,
and never tolerated the thought Of becom-
ing in our turn the oppressors of other
people.
Michigan Is a proud member OF the sis
terhood OF states. Her patriotic citizens
have evidenced at all times a tender So
licitude for the welfare of the Union.
whether in war or peace. l commend
this subject, therefore, TO your earnest
consideration ana the consideration of
the people OF the state. and hope that
after mature delibt ration and careful
consids ration. the voice of Michixan NAV