The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-19
lead the Fupinos to a contrary conclu-
Fripinos Would Fight.

ger OF hloOuShed between the American
and Philippine armies. If this declaration
is promptly and authoritauvcly made by
this government The apprehension WIN lie
relieved. and there viii be no distrust of The
American army OF thought of hostility TO
it.
Unless we make this declaration. an
accident, tride, may preciDitate that
clash at any hour.
1T as not 10 b. hoped that the Filipinos,
who We're fighting for their freedom be
fore we declared war against Spain, VIII
surrender their country to the United
States without a struggle Every report
we receive shows that they will not do
SO. If there should come a collision, AZ
there should be battle between the Ameri-
cans and FilipinOs, IL viii be a fearful
shock for US to realize that a war under
taken for the Liberation of Cuba has been
converted into one to subjugate the Phil
ippines.'
FiIipiVOs Not Rebels.
Mr. Bacon said that the Fiipinos were
enormously spoken of in dispatches as
rebels and insurgents, and declared these
We're not fit terms as they We're not rebels
against Spain, and could not be called
rebels against the United States.
Mr.. Bacon then entered upon an argu-
ment against the annexation Of distant
territory with dense population of an
allen and inferior race. He said
IF annexed. this territory must either
be in the end admitted as states in the
Union with their people as citizens en-
titled 10 equal rights and powers with the
citizens of other states. or the territory
must be held as colonies with their people
as subjects and vassals of the United
States
at is impossible that our people should
ever consent that these Asiatc communi-
ties should be admitted as states into the
Union. clothed with the power to assist
in making laws for Americans.
The Logical Results.
"What is the result if these islands are
acquired and held'as colonies? The logic
of the situation will be 10 acquire more
Asiatc territory, and after that, 90 reach
out for still more. There Is no reason for
the acquisition of the Philippines which
Will not apply to the acquisition of other
parts of Asia, each acquisition furnishing
a reason why other parts still beyond
should be also acquired.
"Under this policy our government will
abandon its peaceful career and reach out
TO the ends of the earth for empire and
power that we may with a strong arm
dominate and rule over distant lands and
peoples of every race, condition and color.
This reaching out for empire will iuevita-
bly, lead TO wars, not such wars as the
little one with its trihing sacrifices through
which we have just passed, but great
wars with all their sacrifices.
1T means vast armies, composed IN
large part of our young men, ready on
days notice TO cope in bloody conflict
with the great military powers of the
earth. England is especially eager that
the United States shall seize the Philip
pines. Why? Is it because she is so anx-
ious to witness the further expansion and
ACKNOWLEDGMENT of power of the United
States? Or is it because she sees ahead
of her a gigantic worlds war over the
partition of China in which the United
States shall be compelled to take part, and
in which she wishes and hopes that they
may be her ally?"
The Curse of War.
Mr.. Bacon made an earnest argument
against war.
LAS war is the greatest curse of ma
ton" he said, $50 is peace its most price
less possession. In this one respect we
are the most blessed of any nation of the
earth Situated as we are, and powerful
as we are, we need never engage in war
unless we voluntarily seek it, When we
cease to confne ourselves to our own
hemisphere when we undertake TO NEEDLE
with the affairs of all the world especially
when in so doing we surrender the Mon
roe doctrine and consent to the intermed-
ding of Europe i'm the affairs of the
American hemisphere, then indeed wall
this priceless immunity be gone forever.
WAR seldom fails to claim its victims,
anu the vacant places and broken homes
will find poor compensation in the glitter
and splendor of a government powerful in
the possession of a vast empire, paid for
in the lives of its citizens, and held at the
Drfra IF avar recurring
Great Cost of Colonies.
Mr.. Bacon discussed the question of the
cost, civil and military, of keeping up a
colonial government in the Philippines,
and said that the vast expense must nee
essarily add largely to the taxes imposed
on the people, and that the war tax would
have TO be continued indefinitely, as it
would be impossible TO raise the increa sed
amount through tariff duties. The great
difficulty and danger of transporting large
bodies of troops across the Pacific, In the
face of hostile fleets, was also commented
on by him.
He urged the point that the Philippine
Islands, so far from being an element OF
strength, would, from their distance, nee
essarily be the weakest point. if they be-
came a part of the United States; that in
| case of war our enemy would strike us
there, just as we struck Spain there, be-
| cause il was her weakest point
work Enough at Home.
He concluded by urging that the Amer
lean people mad enough to do in develop
ing their own country, which, exclusive OF
Alaska. was ample for a population OF
3O00O0,O00 and in developing our own re-
! sources there was enough to task the en-
| ergies and inspire the hopes of our people
for centuries to come.
| Following Mr.. Bacon's speech the Mica
| ragua canal bin was taken up. aud re.
manned under discussion until O'Clock
| The Caffery substitute, which was pend.
| ing. was laid on the table by vote of 8.
| to %. Amendment after amendment was
| voted down, and until almost the last min.
| ute it seemed likely that a vote on the
measure would be reached this evening
but just as final vote was about to be
called for. Mr.. Allison, Republican OF
Iowa, exploded a bomb under the bill by
offering an amendment providing that tht
Secretary of the Treasury should issu,
bonds to raise money with which to con.
! struct the canal.
| The friends of the measure then consent
/ ed to an adjournment and AT & O'clock tbt