The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-05

dlnerence between those cases and the
permanent establishment of substan-
TALLY arbitrary government over large
territories with ten millions of inhabi-
tants' and with a prospect of there be-
lnS many more of the same kind, if we
once launch out on a career of conquest
The question is not merely whether we
can DO such things, but whether hav-
ing the public good at heart, we should
do them.
If we adopt such a system, then we
SNAIL for the first time since the aboli-
ton of slavery, again have two kinds
CT Americans: Americans of the first
class. who enjoy the privilege of TAX
ING part III the government in accord
ance with our old constitutional prin-
cipies, and Americans of the second
class who are to be ruled in a substan-
TALLY arbitrary fashion by the Ameri-
cans or the first class, through congress
slonal legislation and the action of the
hallonal eXecutiVe-not to speak of in
diNluual masters arrogating them
selves powers beyond the law.
DO not mean to say, however thai
an OF our new acquisitions would bt
ruled as subject provinces. Some Of
them, the Philippines, would probably
remain such, but some others would
douotless become states. In Porto Rice
Tor instance politicians of lively am,
nltion are already clamoring for tn,
speedy organization of that island az
regular territory, soon to be admitted
as state Of the Union. You may say
that they will have long to wait. b
not SO sure of that. Consult your OWL
experience. Has not more than one
territory, hardly fitted for statehood
oeen precipitated into the Union as {
state when the majority party in con.
gTeSS Thought fhpt NV =
party strength could be augmented il
the Senate? Have our parties become
SO unselfishly virtuous that this may
dot happen again? So we may see
Porto Rico admitted before we have
had time TO rub our eyes.
You may say that little Porto Rice
would not matter much. But can any
clear-thtnking man believe that, when
We are once fairly started in the course
OF indlscrimtnate expansion we shall
stop there? VIII not the same reasons
which induced us to take Porto Rice
also be used 20 show that the two ISL
ands of San Domingo with Hayti and
OF Cuba, which separate Porto Rico
from our coast, would, if they were in
Foreign hands, be a danger to us. and
that we must take them? Nothing
could be more plausible. Why, the nee
esslty of annexing San Domingo is al
ready freely discussed, and agencies to
nrlng this about are actually at work.
AND as TO Cuba, every expansionist will
tell you that it is only a matter of time.
And does any one believe that those
islands, if annexed, will not become
states of this Union? That would give
us at least three, perhaps four new
states, with about 100000 inhabitants.
Spanish and French Creoles and ne
groes, with six or eight senators. and
from fifteen to twenty representatives
to congress and corresponding num-
Der of votes in the electoral college.
Our old acquisitions did not require
material increase of our army and
navy. What of the new? 1t is generally
admitted that we need very consider
able additions to our armaments on
land and sea to restore and keep order
on che islands taken from Spain and
then to establish our sovereignty there
This is a ticklish business. In the first
place, Spain has never been in actual
control and possession of a good many
OF the Philippine islands, while on
others the insurgent Filipinos had we'll
nlgh destroyed the Spanish power when
the treaty Of Paris was made. The peo-
pie of those islands will either peace
ably submit to our rule or they will not
II they do not and We must conquer
them by force or arms, we shall at once
ave war on our hands.
A singular delusion has taken hold
II the minds of otherwise clear-hea
men: II is that our new friendship with
England viii serve firmly to secure the
worlds peace. Nobody can hail that
friendly feeling between the two nations
more warmly than do. and I ferventlv
nope it will last. But | am profoundlv
convinced that if this friendship results
IN the two countries setting out to
grasp for the Anglo-Saxon," as the
phrase IS Whatever of the earth may
De attainable-if they hunt in co1InIe
they will surely soon fall out about The
game, and the first serious quarrel. or
at ieast one of the first, we shall have.
VIII be with Great Britain. And as
IaInliy feuds are the bitterest. that feud
VIII De apt to become one of the most
deplorable in its consequences.
NO nation is, or ought to be, unset
Hsh. England in her friendly feeling to-
WarQ us is not inspired by mere senti-
mental Denevolence. The anxious wish
Vi many Englishmen that we should
Cahe the philippines is not free from the
Tor long time depend on British
friendship to maintain our position On
Lnat neld of rivalry, and that Britain
WIN uerlVe ample profit from orr de-
pendence on her.
II would seem, therefore, that the
ne" territorial acquisitions in view are
i Slter all very different from these we
nave maze before But something more
- 20 ne said. When the Cuban affair
9pl Ioacned crisis, President Mckinley
evGiateu IN Ills message that "forcible
~ "oul' ', by our code OF morals he
y, lIlllhi,i aggression" And in resolving
upon the war against Spain. congresS
10 commend that war 30 the public
opirlon OF the world, declared with
equdl emphasis and solemnity. that tbe
war was, from sense of duty and bu-
mainly made specifically for the liber-
aIloh OF Cuba, and that Cuba lis, and
vi Iis4 III ought to be. free and independ-
Stit. IL these declarations were not sin
ERE Lhey We're base and disgrace
acts OF hypocrisy. If they were sin
ger AT the time, would they not be
turned into such disgracefuI acts of
hypocrisy by subsequently turning the
war protessedly made from motives of
uuty ana humanity, into a war Of con-
quest and ACKNOWLEDGMENT?
IL IS pretended that those virtuous
promises referred to Cuba. onlv Rnt If
PRESIDENT Mckinley had said that the
loiclnle annexation of Cuba would be
crI1hlhal aggression, but that the for
Slple annexation of anything else would
9e perfectly right, and if congress had
fte mat as to Cuba the war would
De De one of mere duty, humanity, and
uperduon put that We would take nv
conquest Whateved else we could Law
our hands on, would not all mankind
nave broken out in shout Of scorn-
full derision? SUI -
| ask in all candor, taking President
Mchlnley at his word will the forcible
annexation am Of the Philippines by our
c ct OF morals not be criminal asgres-
sion-a self-confessed crime?
The cry suddenly raised that +bis
great country has become too small fn,
us Is too ridiculous to demand an an
sWer' IN view of the fact that our nres-
emit population NAV be trinlnd ana I'm