The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-02-17

have things to do there rests respon-
sibility which is not on those who have
no obligation as doors. If the doubterS
We're in majority, there would, it is
true, be no labor, no sacrifice. no ar1x-
iety, and no burden raised or carried;
no contribution from our ease and purse
and comfort TO the welfare of others,
or even to the extension of our resour-
ceS to the welfare of ourselves. There
would be ease, but alas there would be
nothing done.
| Honest Effort to Solve Grave Problems.
But grave problems come in the life
of nation, however much men may
seek to avoid them. They come without
our seeking, why we do not know and
it is not always given us to know; but
the generation on which they are forced
cannot avoid the responsibility of hon
estly striving for their solution. We
may not know precisely how to solve
them, but we can make an honest eff
fort to that end and if made in con-
science justice and honor, it will not be
in vain. The future of the Philippine
islands is now in the hands of the Amer
lean people. Until the treaty was rati-
fled or rejected the executive depart
ment of this government could only pre-
serve the peace and protect life and
property. That treaty now commits the
free and enfranchised Filipinos to the
guiding hand and the liberalizing influ-
ences, the general sympathies, the up
| lifting education, not of their American
masters, but of their American enamel
pators. No one can tell to-day what is
best for them or for us. l know no one
at this hour who is wise enough or suf-
ficently informed to determine what
form of government will best subserve
their interests and our interests, their
and our well being.
The People as Safe Ts ibunal.
eff we knew everything by intuition
and l sometimes think that there are
those who believe that if we do not,
they do, we should not need Informal
ton; but unfortunately, most of us are
not in that state. The whole subject is
now with congress, and congress is the
voice, the conscience and the judgment
of the American people Upon their
judgment and conscience can we not
rely? I believe in them, trust them.
/ know of no better or safer human
tribunal than the people.
To Hold the Philippines.
Until congress shall direct otherwise,
it will be the duty Of the executive to
hold the Philippines, giving to the peo-
pie thereof peace and order and benefi
cent government, affording them every
opportunity to prosecute their lawful
pursuits, encouraging them in their in
dustries making them feel and know
that we are their friends, not their enc
mics, that their good is our aim. that
their welfare is our welfare, but that
neither their aspirations nor ours can be
realized until our authority is acknowl-
edged and unquestioned. That the in
habitants of the Philippines will be ben
Gifted by this republic is my mistaken
belief. That they will have a kindiier
government under our guidance and
that they will be aided in every possible
way to be self respecting and self gov
erning people is as true as that the
American people love liberty and have
an abiding faith in their own govern
ment and in their own institutions.
No Imperial Design.
No imperial designs Turk in the Ameri
can mind. They are alien to American
sentiment, thought and purpose. Our
priceless principles undergo no change
under tropical sun. They go with the
flag.
"'Why read We not the changeess truth.
The free can conquer but to save
IF we can benefit these remote peoples,
who will object? If in the years of the
future they are established in govern
ment under law and liberty, who will
regret our perils and sacrifices? Who
will not rejoice in our heroism and hu
manity? Always perils, and always af- |
ter them safety, always darkness and !
clouds, but always shining through |
them the light and the sunshine; always |
cost and sacrifice, but always after them |
the fruiton of liberty, education and |
civilization.
Bounding of the Future.
IT have no light or knowledge not |
to my countrymen. | do not |
prophesy. The present is all absorbing |
to me, but | cannot bound my vision |
by the blood stained trenches around |
Manila, where every red drop, whether
from the veins of an American soldier |
or a misguided Filipino is anguish to
my heart; but by the broad range of
future years, when that group of ISL
ands. under the impulse of the year just
past, shall have become the gems and
ylories of those tropical seas; land of
plenty and of increasing possibilities; a
people redeemed from savage Incidence
and habits, devoted to the arts of
peace, in touch with the commerce and
.rade of all nations, enjoying the bless
ngs of freedom, of civil and religious |
liberty, of education and of homes and
whose children and children's children
shall for ages hence bless the American
'epublic because it emancipated and re-
leemed their fatherland and set them
n the pathway of the worlds best civil
cation"
MUSTCAL NOTES.