The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-11

.nxsfh sNss6se,vcs while we govern them.
1900 n no such thing rs teaching tue art
~ ssls. government. For over lVV years
every lover Of liberty has pointed 10 tn,s
etntence within this resolution, ma, az,
lust powers OF government are meriVea
from the consent OF the governor e. a.
rcsson for their fight for liberty. This
sentence has reen pillar oil hre By niSh.
and has stirred tho hearts OF the oppressed
ali aver the world. In the light OF THIS
ser,tence croxns have fallen into dust
and the foundations OF republics have tesn
laid. You ask for expansion See how
we have expanded in the time since tnis
sentence was written No. onts nave a.
publlcs started up in place OF tno1ircai -
hut monarcnies have themselves graduati!
broadencd into constitutional governments.
getting nearer and nearer 10 the Voice
OF the people. Our own was the htst gTeu
republic. and in the better and hroAaet
sense our flag floats froti the dome OF
every republic. From Brazil 10 Near
sgua and Venezuela the brave little re-
publican flag is floating. II may not he
striped nor starred like ours. ou; II Is
born OF the spirit OF cur spirit wherever
ID floats and It breathes defiance 10 the
monarchies OF the world, because our nag
is in our sky and because the Monroe doc
trine Is written forever in the hearts OF
the people,
senator from Massachusetts, (Hnar, asked
the senator from Connecticut tPlatt) what
he was going 10 do with this sentence,
that All lust powers OF government arc
derived from the consent OF the governed,
he answered From the consent AZ some.
of the governed
,sMr. President. when any general cause
which is sgitaIing the minds of the people
needs for it's defei Sc such shallow and un-
American evasons as this, that Cause viii
not live long in the minds of intelligent
people. we can not amend that sentence
now and when We all shall have moaldered
in forgotten dust this seutente VIII I've
and continue TO burn. a menace TO tyrants
and beacon of hope TO the downtrodden
and oppressed.
The Philippine is beginning to treat With
us as to his own land; he acknowledges
our gallant services: there IT, no honest
commercial treaty that an honest nation
could ask that they are not willing 10
consent TO. They want liberty. as we did,
and when 1o,ooo.00o people have heard
their cry for mercy and independence, tho
father in New England will plead with the
fsther in Manila. the mother in Illinois
will pray for the poor mother In the Is
lands OF the sea: the fathers will vote as
the mothers pray; the poisoned views of
seilishncss Will have had It's run
and God help the party that
~ urges WAT upon the UhIlNC MO
only his liberties and his home.
'Ah, Mr.. President, have we got TO tight
and plead for those people as We did for
Cuba. Are We to hear Aguinaldo and his
!, followers called robbers and cutthroats as
Z we heard of the brave Garcia and his fol-
i lowers, within the last twelve months in
this chamber Why not make them our
friends forever instead OF our enem es (;
why withhold tho jewel of Independence.
why not finish this war. as we begun It.
for humanitys sake? Why not. with a
free and open band. give to them what We
have promised to give TO Cuba? Then We
e have kanpt our promise: then have we
bound them 10 us by bands stronger than
steel, and then can we answer the SLAM
derers OF Europe who called us land graz
bers. Pointing TO Bedloe's island, VIZ
can say: See the liberty cap Is not a
crown; see the goddess has turned on her
pedestal and with her searchlight swept
a The continent: see ten thousand miles
across the water the seed sown ut Concord
has taken root there and flalnts its de-
fiant flag OF self-government at the yer,
portals OF the Orient
That we have 80 far assisted the Phil
ipinos and are entitled to fair iroatmen
from them, Is true; that by taking posses
sion in stress of war OF a part Of tn,
islands and driving the SpnniGrds out ha
placed certain responsibilities NSnn u
: Gun not De ucHleu, Dut contend tnat ther
is no more right or necessity of govern
ing tho Philippines than there is OF OH
governing Venezuela. Brazil, Nicaragua
or any other South American State. with
out the consent OF the people. Certainl.
we have no more right to govern tn,
Philippines than we have Cuba. There Il
no such thing as teaching the art of self
government with Mauser gun. There
is but one way TO learn the art: that Il
through the gate OF responsibility ant
along the rough and rugged road of expo
rienee.
but distinguished gentlemen, WHIT
claim q monopoly on patriotism, who
don't seem 10 observe the difference be.
tween expansion and explosion. say thu
we who believe In getting tho consent o
the governed before We govern them wan
TO give back the Philippines to Spain
Everyone who makes the statement
knows that We want nothing OF the port
Mexico was invaded by the French and W,
said to them, Go. II is covered By TIL,
Monroe doctrine France withdrew hcl
troops and tse brave, struggling rcpubli,
is climbing up the ladder OF civilization
slowly but surely That is the expan
sion believe In. That Is the Imperialism
that Monroe taught us"
Referring to the statements that tn
Americans intended to give the Philippine
liberty, Senator Mason said:
How Is liberty to be established
II to be done hypodermically with thlr
teen-inch gun? Are not our men and ship
lying on lloilo? Did not the natives VIII