The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-20
7T8NER SAYS LET THEM GO.
r,.oN FOR NOT GIVING LIBER-
NJ w. IN TO PHILIPPINES.

slI' ,nnevntfOn Would Prove
,,,desirabIe-NOt Our Duty to
,tout Looking for RESPONSE
foraker Gets in Dig at
o,her senator From Ohio-The
r.noI Bill Again.
TON Jan. 19-Mr. Turner of
-.'-s.rs,on addressed the Senate to-day
,na-expansion resolution of Mr..
W., Of Missouri
incurred the storms which the gal
.s., If state had encountered, and
'1- t.5 the figure with the statement
3 ,o,orbstanding the trials it had I'M
-. If mad weathered them an and
e,r and had brought into port her
..,1s freight of liberty and nationality.
b,ilders of the vessel, he said, We're
-.-. nsyopd their day and generation. Now.
,o,,s,er the noble craft her chart having
49,, ,,rr TO tatters, was drifting whittier
-ha would on a mild and unknown sea-
Tsis 5aresrous condition was being fore
=. rp5r the ship by 1.-THE pretense that
prove,tce has cast upon us new RESPONSE
bsfiss which we may not shirk."
He could not agree, however, that this
d,ncsroas responsibility was one for the
American people to assume.
NJ Turner denied the contention that
the acquisition of far distant territory had
been forced upon this country by the ar
btrament Of war. He maptained that
victory was not purchased at the cost of
assimilaiing into our race the conquered
and prostrate foe. This country was at
liberty TO retain such foreign territory as
il had conquered if it so desired, and
sucb of It as was suitable in. soil, climate
and Inhabitants, we might want to keep:
hut he denied that our only other recourse
was to give back the conquered territory
to the enemy.
Freedom for the Philippines.
ali We may keep it ourselves" said he,
people who innabit it for the purpose of
Independence and liberty"
This he believed was the proper course
to pursue in the case of the Philippines
The sovereignty of this country would not
be impeached by such generous action. 1t
is no concern of other nations what we
do for our own national health.
THE idea" he said, that limitations on
our sovereign powers when applied to our
own municipal concerns limit the SOW
eregnty of the nation in the great family
Of nations and puts it at a disadvantage
there has no foundation in fact"
The advice of Washington, he said, was
against changing alliances which might
overcome the great advantage of our de-
tached situation.
Docr fror, bo In Of -
that of principle Mr.. Turner maintained
that the proposition of power, urged by
many, breaks down every fundamental
principle on which our institutions are
founded Under such a proposition the
principles of the Declaration of Independ-
ence that taxation without representation
is tyranny and that the powers of govern
ment are derived from the consent of the
governed, could no longer be a guide to
our statesmen.
The Only Avenue of Escape.
Senators may say" he declared, "that
their positions do not lead to those things,
but there is only one escape from them:
A universal miscegenation of blood of
religion and Of government with the yell
low Buddhists, Mohammedans and Con-
fucians over whom it is proposed to ex-
tend our protecting wing, and with whom
1t proposes to attempt the process of de
gudton and digestion disguised under
the Christian and euphonious name of
Benevolent assimilation"
Mr. Turner adverted to the statement of
Mr. Foraker a few days ago that it was
not the purpose of the United States to
retain the Philippines permanently, but
he said he was forced to differ from the
OHIO senator because he found in the
treaty which had been negotiated under
the direction of the President, evidence
Of such a character that it must override
the opinion of the distinguished sena tor
from Ohio"
lie referred to that part of the treaty,
he said, which made not only a cession
70 THIS country of sovereignty over the
Fhlippines but an acceptance by us of
mat sovereignty. It was impossible to
forget 100, that the treaty was negotiated
IN the midst of a clamor for an
extension of our possession.
The AdministratiOn's Policy.
As further proof of his position Mr. Tur-
ner referred to the Presidents speech al
Atlanta in which he asked:
Who is there that will dare to haul
down the American flag from the soil upon
"nleh 1t has once been planted?"
Tie sad the President had made the
meaning of the administration too plain
for controversy.
Mr. Turner, after referring to the
speeches Of Mr.. Plat of Connecticut and
MT Foraker entered upon a discussion
ol Inc constitutional phases of the sub
J5c' maintaining that the resolution OF
'iI. vest was correct statement of prin-
Vlple founded upon the work of "our faith
CTS, In conclusion Mr.. Turner said:
II is We'll enough to hug the pleasing
thought that We are a great people, ant
uld' there is no responsibility that car
W thrust on us which we cannot mee
ana lace and accept with safety. Tha
t4iS Is true all may well believe. else oul
fathers fought and wrought in vain, anC
we Of this day are degenerate children
nu' It IS the hight of Quixotism, and is
Sle reverse of the teachings of those
taOIeFS TO 90 around in the world hunt
p's responsibilities and counting danger!
''1a"ae We are able to meet them.
Not Lacking in Courage.
Mr. President the American people arr
nol lacking in the faith and courage o.
t1e fathers which the senator from Con
ueccuJ invokes. They have some times
however for a brief period, been lacking
~ ne wisdom of the fathers. But in ev