Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-23

aeural part of us. WHY not anra~
Hanada! I'd be delighted to SEQ tia,
me OF custom houses beyond orr hor,
uer blown into the great lakes and o,,,
me OF territory to the north of ms ey-
'eho 10 Baffin's bay. Deeply as do.
sire annexation with Canada 7 would
~. nave 1t by force of arms. The his
.orAes OF Alsace-L Lorraine and Eng
:,, treatment of Ireland but too well
Illustrate the foolishness of annexation
~ ,orce and coercion. Now if Eng
anu likes US as she claims she does.
ie, ner convince Canadians that their
true dealing is with u.s."
Inc following resolutions were unan-
imously adopted:
resolved by this meeting of citizens
of New York:
First-'That the full discharge OF GU,
opilsatlons to the inhabitants of the
inilpplnes requires that we should
without delay help them to secure in
thelr domestic affairs. first, order and
tnen liberty: and that we are absolute
~ and unqualifiedly opposed to the an
hexation Of the Philippine islands as a
permanent portion of the national do.
main.
Second-That we are unalterably op.
posed to the abandonment by this re-
pubic of the American idea of national
growth in favor of the European ideal
or colonial conquest: we unreservedly
subscribe to the theory that govern
ment derives all it's Just powers from
the consent of the governed and to the
theory that there should be no taxation
without representation and we believe,
moreover, that such theories are Who'll
ly applicable to the inhabitants of all
the places abandoned by Spain as the
result of the late war.
Third-That neither the government
nor the people of the United States
have incurred any responsibility or OBJ
legation as to the result of the recent
war with Spain which requires any de-
parture from. or abandonment of the
policies and principles laid down for
the guidance of the republic by Wash
ington in hisefarewell speech to the
American people.
Fourth-That we are opposed, there
fore. to the idea that the peace loving
and free people of the republic, who
are engaged in the grand task as We,
uncompleted. of developing their ma.
llOllell lCsOui illNA VI up
on a firm basis their own theory of
government by, of and for the people
should now. or under any conceivable
circumstances, enter upon any alliance
with any European power. the result
of which might be to embroil US in
European controversies. in which oul
real interests are not concerned. And
be it further
Resolved. That we place on record
| our high apprecia ton and sincere thanks
for the conspicuous services rendered
to the American people by Senators
Hoar. Hale. Mason and Wellington, in
preventing the new and dangerous pol
icy of Imperialism from being forced
through the Senate without proper and
adequate discussion and We commend
to all citizens of this republic the high
sense of public duty and enlightened
patriotism which have characterized
the action of these senators in resisting
innovations on our system of govern
ment that are pregnant with democrat
ization and disaster.
Resolved, That copies of these reso-
lutions be sent to the President of the
United States. to the members of the
cabinet and of both houses of Congress.