New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-31
MR.. HOAR ON THE WAX
PHI rpPrNE POLICY DENOUNCED AS
CRIMINAL AGGRESSION
TIE MASSACHUSETTS SENATOR LAYS DOWN len
POINTS WHICH. HE SAYS. CANNOT BE SUI
CrSsFTLIY CHALLENGED

FONTS WHICH. HE SAYS. CANNOT BE sue
c,rssrr1l.Y CHALLENGED.
49,, On letter bearing date NJ FEB
-. >, and signed by one hundred or more u
the mcst prominent men in ana aIou"u ','
headed by ex-governor GeorSe = hou'"e'''
nending the attitude in Congress OF Sena'oI 49,,
and inviting him to address them al 'u'u'e u"
was made public to-day by Erving WINSTON So
tar, Of the Antl-Imperialist League. ACCOMPANY
,,g &, Is a letter OF acknowledgment from 0en''o'
Uoar bearing date Of yesterday In which ne say
7 do not think there is any reason personal 10 mo
for holding such public meeting @ ~, ~ g.
there should be and there will be many puip's
meetings the country over to protest astln5e
tramplng under foot the rights @, ,,ns ~ he
struggling for their liberties. the t ~ hc nee
nrincinles OF our own Constitution ana OF thc ~
iaration OF Independence anG me runous natH
which has brought other republics 10 ruih ahe
shame. which will dshonor amor IaTT mn the Re-
pubIic The shame OF what President Mckinley ma, ma
40 But think it will be wiser to have
meetings OF that character Il h't'e "''''
After quoting some personal experiences growing
out Of his position Senator Iioar says;
The blood Of the slaughtered Fpinos. the blood
and the wasted health and life OF our oW, 70
buy a people in the market ike sheep OF II ~ Jmnose
them lawful prize and booty OF Mat oonsent and
10 trampe under foot not only tne PeU bnn which
Philippine Islands BIT i the PI rnsts upon
thS nsn di,rinF this whole discussion has sue
cessfully challenged, and no man VIII
affirmation that under the Cons srr,iorT
OF the United SaTfy IS not constitutional end
hut only a means to constltut a,d nroVidne
Wie ono daTence are constitutional ends SO ina
we NAV acquire and hold TERRITORY a III "a not a
poses; end and that there IL theI nv
constitutional warrant Tor ac4''''e ~
TERRITORY Tbs no TO- eate our country to stand
on foreign soil, Is in violation on ddress Of Wash
our fathers and of the fare"en auo' e'' 20
fhrdha there was never tFep %th SUGS
tenn Of contract labor. ..oos y, tho pbilppIne
rsIan6e T. there be any must he opened alk' "
ali he world and that our share Of them vii never
or holding them in subsection in peace .,o.o ,ror.
Fifh-fhat the military occupation Of these t ho
70 the souls and the bodies Of our soldiers h ,b.
sixth-That the declaration as to CnPa by sne
force to the case Of the Philiipine Islands 30
Seventh-That Aguinaldo ana ms io,,oMe w oo,
nuercd their own territory and independence from
Spain e Wm ready rce 70 eestabsh free constitution
Eipbth-That while they fighting ior freedom
and Independence and tho doctrines Of our fathers
lxn are fighting for the principle that one people
may control and govern another IN SPIT" o; IL re-
sIsfance aud against its will 1900
'Tinth-That The Language and argument OF those
who object 10 this war without change the
TIrke Of Barre. Of Camden and Of the English
and American Wings. and the Language and argu;
ment of those VINO support II are the language ana
argIncnt OF George iii. of Lord North. of Mans
field Of Wedderburn. and Of johnson ana or the
English and American Tories.
Tcnth-NO orator or newspaper Or preacher; D.
inr supporter Of this policy Of subiugation. dares
reneaf in speech or in print any Of the great ut
terances FOR freedom Of Washington. Of JEFFERSON
OF John Adams OF Abraham Lincoln or OF NhafieS
Sumner.
The question the American people are no" con-
sidering and with which they about to deal. Is
not question OF a day or Of year or OF an AZ"
ministration or OF century. IL is to ahect ana
largely determine the whole future OF the country
We can recover from q mistake IN regard 10 o'her
matters which have Interested or divided the PEG,
pie however important or serious. Iarlns anu
currency and revenue laws. even foreign wars az
these as Thomas jefferson said, are biloNs that
will pass under the ship But Il the ktpuoIc
* 10 violate the law Of its being. II 1t Is 10 be con-
verted INTO an empire not only the direction OF
the voyage is to be changed. but the chart ana
the compass ar to be thrown away " e nave not
as yet taken the irrovocable step BEFORE II -
taken let the voice OF the whole people be heard