New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-20
THE PRESIDENT DEFENDED.
EX-sPEAKER GROW on THE PHILLIP
PINE QUESTION.
ISLANDS MUST BE RETAINED AS LOGICAL
,ver-rr ot, THE wAR-ATTEMPTs TO
EMBARRAss THE GOVERN
MENT DENOUNCED.


MENT DENOUNCED.
Washington. Dec 19-The House was In ses-
sion two hours to-day. a large NUMBER OF per
functory resolutions for printing for commit
tees leave 10 sit during the sessions, etc. nee
essary to get the committees under way were
adopted, and the portions OF the fresiueh'
Message were distributed in accordance WIN
tho usual custom. The resolution for the dis
tribution OF the Message was maze the o'o
sion Of a speech by Mr. Grow. OF Pennsylvania
tho venerable ex-Speaker OF the House. In de-
fence Of the Administrators course In the Phil-
inp,nes Mr.. Grow spoke in part as follows;
This Government has never acquired any 1e ',b
tory outside of the original thirteen colonies VIII.
out the payment OF a money consideration sa
There is no question of forcibe annexation OF
territory before the American people now forcibie
there been. But there IS question: % sn,,er
suppression of an nsurrection against me rhe
eighty and authority Oh me SaV over Porto Rico
and the Philippine Islands Just as 6,,red from
France or Mexico Whether this acquisition VI ,nl
off territory is good or bad II mas iasn /" 81 war
After American arms had trumphed on Land ah hd
the only alternative presented ~e Safes or the
Castles and Lohs OF Spain should float over one
islands Where is there an AcnInftzation so craven
have justified The great e,gbt or ten millions
back these Islands WITH thei of Spain? Such
SiseTacefnI act on our part under the t Grcub
stances would have been an inden99ie he American
all time upon the character oi '''
PTW1ph et shall he done with these Islands ana whas
s ha he SH The government for their inhabitants rs
now question be settled by tne oHs states
men claim that. instead OF Congress It Tsn oern.
belongs to Aguinaldo TO say wna IN ~ sight or ten
millions Of inhabitants Of the philippine sIan1 drove
II Aguinaldo and his little oan0 oe her to sue
for peace then In that case ne wo Tud Of gov
queror have the right to dlt'ai ne spansR govern
mnnt overthrown Whatever power dessroy ora Il
sonsIe 70 the civilization Of the age to replace
the government overthrow by one edualiyj nOl
more st oS nIIe G her sovereignty over the
Philippine Islands to the United ota.go " ,raa done
not 10 stafrs became responsible in the forum
OF nations 70 see that an ehlcie"'
We are told by the defenders Of Aguinaldo ana
his Tagalo insurgents as an excuse ror ton The
inhabitants OF the Philippine Islands never S, W. ovn
nation and had q bar Inhabitants
Of different tribes speaking different iangI trsbe
once scattered over this continent. except InaI .ne
Fillpnos far more civilized COS is tS he former
Just as o spen as for the inhabitants Of Alaska
former subjects Of Russia OF Ioi '"' p''F
Territories OF the Unionf
PRESENT AND FUTURE DUTY
The first great duty Of the United States now Is
N sunnress The Tagalo instruction against us
aYthorify and to establish order in the Philippine
eTnment FOR the protection Of the civil and relig
ious rights Of its inhabitants the same az - ~"
done for the inhabitants OF the District or Coluu-
Bit and the Territories of the Union There Is no
question OF territorial expansion OF, iorclDie an
n nen sns 10 az Manila and San Juan Hill ratified by
n treaty OF peace with spain ttlsht, OF " haen
good or bad. American territory has already oeeh
The white man can never lay down his burden SO
long oppression and national ln1usuWSs tio 1mr
wrong exist among the children OF men NaII hs
like individuals owe somethlng 10 ,,IIigation
II is ordained in the reributions OF that oVerIu
ing Providence which GSprG 5e in Observation-Disclosures to
liberty and humanity when cast upon tne IN i
course OF human events without Dit'er re'r'"u'i0"
soon or late in national disasters.
AGt-INALDo's AMERICAN sYMPATHIZERs.
The American defenders Of the Tagalo insurgents
have no for themselves In any acts OF me
arms against unjust legislation and the attempt by
the Ministry Of George III TO restrict the rights
s9 Of their own Which they defend
ing against encroachments by the British Parha-
The Tagalos in attacking the American army
which delivered then from Spanish despo'ism had
had been established and they were , not re
Seep Sasssd Nor had any act Of any kind been
done by the American people or ts army injurious n
even unfrendly 10 the inhabitants OF the Phihp-
Lafayette. years after he rendered his life with
his sword TO the Of American ndepeendence;
advised the browning of Louis Philippe King of
France instead Of the establishment of republic,
were not then fitted for self-government
to saw w9u that P the French people We're not at that
time as well lifted for elf-government as are the
tanis Of the PRppne Islands The American col
ones had a practical experience in self-government
Great Britain. in township. county and State adj
ministration, for more than a hundred years. and
NAY into b pecaraton OF Independence that gov
or
Of the governed. Even Massachusetts home OF Ed
no provision in her organic law for ascertaining the
consent Of even majority OF her adult population
10 the Constitution under which they live. or their
consent to the enactment Of the laws which they
must obey. The legal voters anywhere are not one
ory Is requisite for just government.
themselves insist tRat these fa dens
OF fathers. which have never yet been incor-
made part Of the government to be established
for the conglomerate OF Malay and Monaghan
which has never had any experience In any kind
Of selfgOverment. and whose unhtncss for such
government at the present time is everywhere ad-
United
THE OUTLOOK IN THE PHILIPPINES
But the population Of these Islands. under the
controlling influence Of the United States, with its
after peace and order shall have been established
will no doubt in short time become fitted for
the United States OF America shall establish for
these islands. with their eight or ten millions OF
administered by themselves. II VIII be the gift Of
the great Republic TO civilization Of colossal
statue Of liberty enlightening the world. throwing
its refulgent rays from the mountain peaks over
looking the Bay Of Manila across the Chinese Sea
and over the empire Of oldest time. where dwells
fourth If the present population Of the globe
Such Is our mission our manifest destiny now. In
behalf Of liberty and humanity. the same as II
three score years ago. before the pioneer settler
sealed the snow crowned SUBMITS Of the Sierras
the flag Of our fathers hutered along the shores OF
the Pacific.
Mr.. Gibson Rep. TENN introduced a resolu-
ton approving the ADMINISTRATORS course in
the Philippines. and declaring it to be the pur-
pose Of Congress after peace is declared TO give
the inhabitants Of the islands as large share
in the government as would promote their hap
piness and welfare.
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