The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-12-30
.SENA ZOR HOAR'S RESOZU
HONS.

A few days ago Senator Hoar in
troduced in the Senate series oi
resolutions among which were the
following:
s.Resolved, That this Republic adj
heres to the doctrines which were
in the past set forth in the Declare
ton of Independence and in its ma
tional and State constitutions.
'.That the purpose OF it's exist
ence and the objects to which it's
political action ought to be directed
are the ernobling of humanity, the
raising from the dust It's humblest
and COaTs->t members and the en-
abling ct persons coming lawfully
under its power or influence to live
in tire. q. IN and il honor, under
governments whose forms they are
to have a share in determining and
in VII ose administration they have
an equal voice.
To the resolutions were added
certain declarations respecting the
obligations of the government to it's
near and distant neIghbors. A part
of these obligations is set forth by
Senator Hoar in these paragraphs:
"Sixth. To grow and expand
over the continent and over the
islands Of the sea just SO fast and
no faster as We can bring into equal
ity and SELF government under our
Constitution peoples ana races who
will share these ideals and help to
make them realities.
.Seventh To set a peaceful ex-
ample of freedom which mankind
will be glad to follow, but never to
force even freedom upon unwilling
nations at the point of the bayonet
or at the lannon's mouth.
eighth. To abstain from inter
fering with the freedom and just
rights of other nations or peoples,
and to RENE mber that the liberty to
do wrong, and that the American
people has no right to take from any
other people the bi'th-right of tree
dom because of a fear that they will
do wrong with it.
which are to the effect that the gov
eminent of the United States shall
uphold and not trample under foot
the principles of the Declaration of
tAS ASoSioi Oo'SS'
tuition and the Farewell address of
Washington, will not appear to any
thoughtful mind as the idle dreams
of advanced age, or to indicate that
do SO APPEAR, however, to the New
York Times, which is the most rad
ical of all the newspaper supporters |
of McKlnley's policy of land grab
lent assimilation" The Times says:
1.-THE general judgment will be that
the senator is dreaming. Some will |
say that he is in his dotage, very |
unkind and disrespectful thing to
say of a senator from the State Of
1t is certainly most unkind and
thing to say of one of
the oldest and ablest men in the
United States Senate who opposes
because he conceives
it to be a duty he owes his country
which he has served for so many
years, ana so far as we are aware
except the New York Times
and a few of its crazy expansionist
friend have been guilty of such gross
indecency. We are confident that
there are very few people IN this
respectable in character,
who agree with the Times that the
resolutions of Senator Hoar in
favor of national honor are the en-
anations of fotard. but on the
contrary they will be accepted as
the patriotism, intelli
gence and morality Of the country,
Certain it is that the resolutions
meet with the hearty approval and
are receiving the earnest support Of
the ablest Democratic newspapers.
In it's comments on them the ST.
Louis Republic has this to say:
stInasmuch as the Administra-
TONS ,imperialist policy threatens to
bring about a reputation of the
most vital principles upon which
this Government is established, in
evitably creating, If adopted, the