The record-union., 1899-03-31

BOSTON, March 3O--A letter bearing
the date of February 4th, and signed by
100 or more of the most prominent men
in and around this city, headed by ex-
Governor George S. Boutwell,. commend
ing the attitude in Congress of Senator
Hoar, and inviting HIM to address them
at future date, was made public to-
day. Accompanying it is the letter OF
acknowledgment from Senator Hoar,
bearing date of yesterday, in which he
says:
| Il do not think there is any reason
personal to me for holding such 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 Al
brave people struggling for their liber-
ties, the violations of the principles Of
our own Constitution and the Declara-
ton of Independence, and of the contin-
uance by the American people in the
costly and ruinous path which has
brought other republics to ruin and
shame, which will dishonor labor, place
llntolerable burdens upon agriculture,
and fasten upon the republic the shame
of what President Mckinley has so
lately and so truthfully declared 10 be
criminal aggression But 1 think 1t
will be wiser to have meetings of that
character little later than just now
I'VE do not yet know whether the
present war for the subjugation of the
people of the Philippines is to continue
Indefinitely or whether there is to be a
speedy submission to the overwhelming
power of the United States
mo man during this whole discussion
has successfully challenged, and no
man will successfully challenge:
"First-The affirmation that under
the Constitution of the United States
the acquisition of territory, as of other
property is not a constitutional end. but
only a means to a constitutional end.
and that. while the making of new
States aid providing a. national defense
are constitutional ends, SO that we may
acquiresnnd hold territory for those pur-
poses, for the governing of subject peo-
pie is not constitutional end. and that
there is therefore no constitutional war
rant for acquiring and holding territory
for that purpose.
Second-That to leave our own coun-
try, to stand on foreign soil, is in viola
tion of the warnings of our fathers. and
of the farewell address of Washington.
Third-That there never was trop-
ica1 country governed with any toler-
able success without a system of con-
tract labor
Fourth-The trade advantages of the
Philippines, if there be any, must be
opened alike to the world, and that our
share of them will never begin to pay
the cost of subjugating them by war or
holding them in subsection in peace.
"Fifth-That the military occupation
of these tropical regions must be kept
at an immense cost, both to the souls
and bodies of our soldiers.
''Sixth-That the declaration as to
Cuba by the President and by Congress
applies with stronger force to the case
of the Philippine Islands
Seventh-That Aguinaldo and his fol-
lowers, before we began to make war
upon them. had conquered their own
territory and independence from Spain,
with the exception of a single city, and
were getting to establish a free Consti-
tuition.
"Eighth-That while they are fighting
for freedom and independence and the
doctrines of our fathers, we are fighting
for the principle that one people may
control and govern another in spite Of
its resistance, and against it's will
NNinth-That the language and argu-
ments of those who object to this war
are, without change, the language and
arguments of Chatham, of Fox, of
Burke, of Barre, of Camden and of the
English and American Wings; and the
language and argument of those who
support it are the language and argu-
ments of George III, of Lord North, Of
Mansfield, of Wedderburn of Johnson
and Of the English and American
Tories.
''Tenth-No orator, or newspaper, or
being a supporter of this pol
icy CT subjugation, dares repeat in
speech or in print any of the great ut
terances Of freedom Of Washington, of
Jefferson, of John Adams, of Abraham
Lincoln. or of Charles Sumner"
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LEXINGTON (Ky), March 3O.--The
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