Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-31
Says the Administration Is Respon-
sibIe for Slaughter.
BOUGHT THE FILIPINos'
Mood OF Our soldiers IL Upon the
Isends Of Those who Pur.
chased uaiays.

or more OF the most prominent men In
and around the city. headed by ex-
Governor George =. Boutwell,. COM
mendlng the attitude In Congress OF
senator Hoar md inviting him TO ad-
dress them at future date. was made
public today.
Accompanying II Is the letter Of ac-
Acknowledgement from Senator Hoar.
bearing date OF yesterday In which he
says:
II do not think there Is any reason
personal to me FOR holding such a pub
lie meeting. Undoubtedly there should
be and there will be many public meet
ings the country over to protest against
trampling under foot the rights OF n
brave people struggling for their ilbcr-
tics, tho violation OF the principles OF
our own Constitution and or the dcclnr-
alton OF Independence and the contin-
uancc by the American people In the
costly and rulnous path which has
shame. which will dishonor labor. place
Intolcrabic burdens upon agriculture,
and fanten upon the republic the shame
Of what President Mckinley has 10
lately and 40 truthiy declared to be
criminal aggression. But think It will
be wiser to hayq,mcctings OF that char
aotcr n little later. rather than Just
now. We do not yet know whether the
ptcrent war for the aubJugatlon OF the
people of the Philippines ~ to continue
Indefinitely. or whether thers ~ TO be
"a speedy submission to the o,crwhclm-
lug power OF the United states. II the
war shall shortly be ended we shall
then be able TO discuss the question of
our national duty free from the dis
turblng influences which exist always
when the country II ut war. IL, on the
other hand. the war shall long and IN
definitely continue. the people VIII be-
gin to feel the burden OF Increased debt
aud Increased taxation. the loss OF life
and health OF our youth and the de-
rnnRcmcnt OF trade and peaceful Indus
try"
senator iloar says further: Tho
blood OF tho slaughtered Filipinon. tho
blood and the wasted health of life OF
our own soldiers, IN upon the heads OF
those who have undertaken to buy n
people In the market like sheep. or 10
treat them as lawful prize and booty
Of war, 20 Impose "A government upon
them without their consent and to
trampic under foot not only the people
OF the Philippine islands. but the prin-
clpicr upon which the American rcpub-
lie itself rests
'Thc law OF righteousness and Justice.
on which the great and free American
people should aut. and. IN the end.
am sure. will act. depends not upon
parallels OF latitude ana mcridihnu OF
longitude or points Of the compass. II
u -. A. and fftN
ever IL In nH true now as when our
fathers declared u In l93G. II N na bind
Ink upon william Mckinley today nh II
was upon George Washington or Abrh-
ham lincoln. The only powers OF gov
eminent the American people can rec
ognixe are Just powers, and those pow
era rest upon the consent OF the gov
crned.
mo man during this whole discussion
has successfully challenged, and no
man viii successfully challenge;
"Flut-The affirmation that under
the Constitution OF the United States.
the acquisition of territory. ~ OF other
property, In not constitutional end.
but only means 10 a constitutional
end, and that while the making Of now
States and providing a national de-
Tense are constitutional ends, 80 that
we may acquire and hold territory for
those PURPOSES the governing Of sub
Ject peoples II not "A constitutional end
that there II. therefore. no constitution
nj warrant for acquiring aud holding
territory for that purpose.
"aecond-that 90 leave our own coun-
try TO stand on foreign soil 10 In vio-
lntion OF the warnings of our fathers
and Of the farewell address OF WASH
inRton.
"Thlrd-That there was never a trop-
teal country governed with any tolcr-
al. "A a
tract labor.
''Fourth-Thc trade Advantages Of
the Philippine islands. II there be any,
must be opened alike TO all the world,
and that our share OF them viii never
begin to pay the cost OF subjugnting
them BY war or holding them In sub
lection IN peace,
"Flfth-Thai the military occupation
OF these tropical regions must be kept
mt nn immense cost. both to the souls
and the bodies OF our soldiers.
"sixth.-That the declaration M 10
Cuba by the President. and by Com
sresH. applies With stronger force TO
the case OF the Philippine Islands.
"Seventh-Thnt Aguinnldo and his
followers before we began to make war
upon them. had conquered their own
territory and Independence from Spain,
with the exception OF II single city. and
were getting ready TO establish free
constitution.
''Fighth-That while they are fighting
for freedom and independence and the
doctrines OF our fathers, we are
fighting for the principles that one peo-
pie may control and govern another In
spite OF Its resistance and against Its
Will,
"Ninth-That the language and argu-
ments OF those who object TO this war
are. without change. the language and
urrtlmenta of chatham Of Fox Of