The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-01-10

distant seas, shall 1T bear on It's 1Olds
to the doWn-trodden and oppressed
among men the glad tidings that there
is at least one spot Where that beautl-
full dream is a living reality. The poor
Malay, the poor African, the down
trodden workman of Europe will eX'
claim, as he reads this new doctrine:
Good God. Is there not one place left
on earth where in right of my man
hood L can stand up and be a man.?
VIII you disregard every lesson of eX-
perienee? No tropical cGlcny was even
yet successfully administered without a
system Of contract labor strictly admin
istered and enforced by the government.
| will not speak of the thirteenth
amendment. In our parliamentary
practice amendments fall with the orig
inal bill This amendment will fall with
the original constitution.
/ Mr.. President, this spasm Of folly and
delusion also, in my judgment will sure
ly pass by. Whether it pass by or no,
l thank God / have done my duty, and
that I have adhered to the great doc
trines of righteousness and freedom,
which l learned from my fathers and
in whose service my life has been
spent.
When Mr.. Hoar had concluded Mr..
Platt addressed the senate. He said;
II cannot ask the indulgence of the
senate at this time to reply eXtempo-
rapeously to the carefully prepared ar
gument Of the senator from Massachu-
sets. / can only say that / have lis
tened to it with great interest The
senator is master of language and
an adept at the use of sarcasm He has
succeeded in conjuring up a spectre
which is really only spectre. He has
spent large portion of his argument
in erecting a man of straw and the re-
mainder of his argument in demolishlng
that man of straw He has not ans
wered the argument which | had the
honor to make, but has misrepresented
what ! said
Mr.. Platt maintained that Mr. Hoar
had admitted his contention that this
country had the right to acquire and
govern distant territory, but that he
had unfairly presented what he Plat9
had said about the acquisition and
government of such territory. He then
read from his own speech a paragraph
showing that he had held it to be the
duty of this country to provide for ac-
CURED territory a most liberal and en-
lightened system of government gov
eminent in accord with the spirit of
the Declaration of Independence and of
the constitution. Yet, said Mr. Platt,
with emphasis and feeling, he holds me
up here as opposed to applying TO the
people Of this acquired territory the
principles of legislation IN accordance
with the spirit of the Declaration of
Independence and the constitution. TIE
United States has never legislated in
opposition to the Declaration of indie
pendence and the constitution and it
never will. / want to say, Mr. Presi-
dent, that an application of the doc
trines of the senator from Massachu-
sets would have prevented our expan-
sion westward across this continent to
the Pacific coast. We found here this
continent in the hands of the Indians
who did not want us here nor did they
want to be placed under our govern
ment. Notwithstanding that condition
we established our government here
and now at last we have brought many
of the Indians to a state of civilization
and citizenship. You violated your
Declaration of Independence" says the
Indian, when you legislated for me"
But who, Mr.. President, would turn
back the hand of time to meet the re-
quirements of the senator from Massa-
chusetts.
1t is the spirit of the Declaration of
Independence that gives It life 1t is
perfectly well assured that mo attempt
will ever be made to legisiate for the
people of this country or of our ac-
CURED territory in oontravention of the
Declaration of Independence and of the
constitution. | am of those who be-
lleve, Mr.. President, that we shall not
bring the doom of this country when
we shall place over the Inhabitants of
our acquired territory legislation which
viii confer upon them the blessings of
peace, happiness and prosperity.
Mr.. Caffery of Louisiana inquired of
Mr.. Platt whether he would force upon
these people our system of government
against their will.
THAT question" replied the Connec-
ticut senator, lis part of the argu-
ment OF the senator from Louisiana
and the senator from Massachusetts,
in support of the pending resolution.
They hold that we cannot go into an
enemys country, even in time of war.
without the consent of the Inhabitants |
of the country The argument contains !
within itself it's own answer.
After abiding to the late war and
the responsibilities entailed by it upon |
this country and explain briefly his /
own position with respect to the war. |
Mr.. Plat sad:
I'VE propose to proclaim liberty and |
justice and human rights in the Philip
pines or wherever else the flag of this
shall be planted. Who will /
haul these principles down?
mo, Mr. President, this entire argu-
nent of the senator from Massachusetts
IS a spectre conjured up by him in sup
port of his position. / cannot be &C
2used of not loving justice and purity
and unseltishness as devoutly as the
senior from Massachusetts loves them
shall meet the responsibilities that |
are to arise in connection with this
great question in the spirit of the dec
aration Of Independence and of the
and could never be per-
iuaded to do otherwise"
Mr.. Hoar briefly replied to the state
nent of Mr.. Plat reiterating and eluci-
speech which he conceived Mr.. Plat
lad misunderstood.
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