The age-herald., 1899-01-11
MASON'S THUNDER
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 continue to burn, menace to tyrants and a beacon of hope to the down-trodden and the oppressed. The F'ilipinos is beginning to treat with us as to his own land; he ac- knowledges our gallant services; there is no honest commercial treaty that an hon. est nation could ask that they are not will ing to consent to. They want liberty as we did and when 70,O00,0o0 of people have heard their cry of mercy and independence they know England will plead for the father in Manila, the mother in Iloilo will pray for the poor mother in the islands of the sea, the fathers will vote as the authors pray, the poisoned views of selishness will have had it's run and God help the party that urges war on the native who defends only his liberties and his home. An, MT. Pres ident, have we got to fight and plead for these people as we did for Cuba? Are we to hear Aguinaldo and his followers called robbers and cut threats as we heard of the brave Garcia and his followers within the last twelve months in this chamber? Why not make them our friends forever in- stead of enemies, why stingily withhold the jewel of independence, why not finish this war as we began it. for humanitys sake? Why not with free and open hand give to them what we have promised to give to Cuba? Then we have kept our promise,
 
 stronger than steel and then can we answer the islanders of Europe, who called us land grabbers. Pointing to Bedloe's island, we can say: "See the liberty cap is not a crown, see the goddess has turned on the pedestal with searchlights over the con tinent; so ten thousand miles across the water the seed sown at Concord has taken root there and faunts its defiant flag of self-government at the very portals of the orient"
 Have Not the Right
 "That we have so far assisted the Phil hines and are entitled to fair treatment from them is true; that by taking posses sion in stress of war of a part of the islands and driving the Spaniards out has placed certain responsibilities upon us cannot be denied but I contend that there is no more right or necessity of governing the Philip pines than those of our governing Venezue- la Brazil, Nicaragua, or any other South American state without the consent of the people, Certainly we have no more right to govern the Philippines than we have Cuba There is no such thing as teaching the art of self-government with Mauser gun. There is but one way to learn the art that Is through the gate of responsi- bility and along the rough and rugged road of experience.
 But distinguished gentlemen who claim A monopoly on patriotism who do not seem to observe the difference between expansion and explosion say that we who believe In getting the consent of the governed before we govern them want to give back the Philippines to Spain. Every one who makes the statement knows that we want nothing of the sort. Mexico was invaded by the French and we said to them: Go, 1t is covered by the Monroe doctrne.' France withdrew her troops and the brave, struggling republic is climbing up the scale of civilization, slowly but surely That is the expansion I believe. That is the i'm perialism that Monroe taught us"
 How is Liberty Established?
 Referring to the statements that the Americans intended to give the Philippines liberty, Senator Mason said: Flow is lib- erty to be established? It is to be done hypodermically with a 12-inch gun? Are not our men and ships lying at Iloilo? Did not the natives who have been our allies