Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-11

All just powers OF government are de-
rived IRON the consent of The governed.
ne answered. From the consent OF some
OF the governed
A MENACE TO TyRANTs.
Mr.. President. when any great cause
which Is agitating the minds OF the peo~
pie needs for it's defence such shallow
and un-American evasions as this that
cause will not live long in the minds OF
intelligent people, and we cannot amend
that sentence now. and when we all shall
have moudered In forgotten dust this SEN
tenco will live and continue to burn.
menace 20 tyran,s and beacon OF hope
TO the down-trodden and the oppressed.
THE Filipino is begging 10 treat with
us as TO his own land; he acknowledges
our gallant service; there is no honest
commercial treaty that an honest natiCn
could ask that he Is not willing 20 con-
sent to. He wants liberty as we did. and
when 100000 people have heard his cry
for mercy and independence the father in
New England will plead for the father in
Manila; the mother in Illinois will pray
for the poor mother in the islands of the
sea; the fathers will vote as the mothers
pray; the poisoned view of selfshnass
will have had its run. and God help the
party that urges war on the native who
defends only his liberties and his home.
WHY WITHHOLD THE JEWEL?
"Ahl All! Mr. President. have we got to
fight and plead for these people as we
did for Cuba? Are we to hear Aguinado
and his followers called robbers and cut
throats, as we heard OF the brave Garcia
and his followers within the last twelve
months in this chamber? Why not make
them our friends forever instead of our
enemies. Why stingily withhold the jewel
of Independence. Why not finish this war
as we began it, for humanity's sake Why
not, with a free and open hand. give to
them what we have promised to give to
Cuba? Then we have kept our promise;
then have we bound them 10 us by bands
stronger than steel. and then can we
answer the ISLANDERS of our opponents who
called us land-grabbeTs.
Pointing TO Bedloe's Island. we can
say: See. the liberty cap is not a crown;
see. the Goddess has turned on her pedes-
tai and with her search-light swept
the continents; see, ten thousand miles
across the water the seed sown at Con-
cord has taken root there, and faunts
its defiant flag of self-government at the
very portals Of the Orient.
NO RIGHT TO THEM.
"That we have so far assisted the Fill
pinos and are entitled to fair treatment
from them, Is true; that, by taking pos
session In stress of war of a part of the
islands and driving the Spaniards out has
placed certain responsibilities upon US,
cannot be denied but contend that there
Is no more right or necessity OF governing
the F1lipinOs than there is of our govern
ing Venezuela. Brazil Nicaragua, or any
other South American State without the
consent Of the people Certainly, we have
no more right TO govern the Philippines
than we have Cuba. There is no such
thing as teaching the art Of self-govern-
ment with Mauser gun. There is but one.
and only one, way TO learn the art-that
is through the gate of responsibility and
along the rough and rugged road Of ex-
perience.
But distinguished gentlemen who claim
monopoly of patriotism, who don't seem
TO observe the difference between expan-
sion and explosion, say that we. who be-
leve in getting the consent Of the gov
erned before we govern them, want 10
give back the Philippines to Spain. Every
one who makes this statement knows that
We want nothing of the sort Mexico was
invaded by the French. and we said to
them Go, it is covered by the Monroe
doctrine France withdrew her troops
and the brave, struggling republic is climb
ing up the scale Of civliZatOn-slOwly but
surely. That is the expansion l believe
in. That is the imperialism that Monroe
taught u.s.
LIBERTY SERVED HYPoDERMI-
CALLY.
Referring to the statements that the
Americans intended TO give the Filipinos
liberty, Senator Mason said How is
liberty to be established? Is ii to be done
hypodermically with 13-inch gun? Why
are our ships lying off Iloilo? Did not the
native who has been our ally drive the
Spanish out? Are they not in possession
of their own land; their own homes? A:e
they guilty of any crime except the love
of home and country? Having worn the
Spanish yoke so long. do you wonder at
their fear of ours? Slall we shoO' them
and burn their homes because God AL
mighty has planted in their hearts and
on their lips the sweet song of liberty?
Forbid it. Almighty God"
But Mr.. President, we are told that
we must civilize them. Which part OF
our civilization shall we give them 1lrst
Shall we show them how to run munich
palities with Doodle aldermen? l see the
chief of that great ethical society," known
as 'Tammany Hail. says Keep the is
lands: hold them Shall we send him to
teach the untaught Filipinos cleanliness
and municipal government? Snail we
teach them to worship money or the man
who has it? Shall we have special in
structions to teach them how to kill post
masters and their wives and children be-
cause of their complexion? Shall we have
showing large pictures of the
work Of mobs in North Carolina, South
Carolina and Illinois? Shall we teach
them how TO organize trusts so that one
or two men can raise the price Of necessi-
ties of life TO all the people? Shall we
amend and print Lncoln's Gettysburg
speech so that it will read: A govern
ment Of ell people. by a part of the peo-
pie for a few of the people?
Gentlemen may say l belittle our IN
stitutions. Oh, no; l simply call atten-
tion 10 the beam in our own eye to pre-
vent. if possible, our breaking our necks
irving to find the mote in the eye of the
Filipino 10000 miles away
THE FEVER UPON Us.
"Have we the right to purchase sover-
eighty and if we have such a right, nave
we the right to purchase 1t from Spain,
who had no right, and whose title we had
already discredted among the nations or
the world? If we purchase the Spanish
title of sovereignty, would we then have
the trust title?
"Who wants to govern the Philippine
Islands? Who among US wishes 10 Vote
for laws here TO govern them 10000 miles
away? | never saw their homes. never
smoke with one Of them, and don't know
their language. ! could not live in their
climate. / don't know their institutions.
Who is there here on this hill In WASH
ington, l say. TO write laws TO govern
these people, whose very language we 90
not understand?
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