The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-02-08

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embarrass the establishment of a
stable, independent government by
the people Of those islands whenever
conditions make such. proceeding
hopeful of success and desirable re-
sults.n
Mr.. Davis, chairman Of the foreign
relations committee, announced that
he was willing that vote should be
taken Immediately. AS it was evil
dent. however, that q vote on the
resolution aud amendments could not
be taken before 2 o'clock-the hour
fixed by unanimous consent for the
senate to go into executive session
Mrs Bacon asked for unanimous con-
sent that q vote be taken at II 80
to-morycw. 70 this request Mr..
Carferof Minnesota objected, and the
whole question was left suspended in
the air :
During the morning session Mr..
RaWlins Of Utah addressed the senate
upon the Vest anti expansion reso-
luton.
Senator Rawlins said "The at
mosphere just now seems to be
clonded with perplexirg problems
Everyone, T presume. is inbued with
the wish. while adhering to justice,
TO do the best he can for his country
I have no. heretofore been opposed
to expansion: This nation has been
one of growth--in population from
{. .0Go, 900 to 75.000, ,oo0-in territory
from the shores Of .he Atlantic across
the continent and out into the swell
ing waters of the Pacific Millions
of the homes Of our sturdy and
patriotic people and magnificent
States have been the fruits of our
expansion Territorial expansion,
with commensurate extension Of
constitutional freedom, is twice blest !;
it blesseth them who give and them
who receive No man can set an
artificial barrier to the inevitable
progress of the American people.
When our fathers christened the
republic they gave it the name which
they doubtless deemed sufficient to
cover all the exigencies of its future
career. 1t was to b. the United
States of America we could stretch
out to the nortt and to the south un-
til we encompsssed the two CONT
nents and all the islands of the CARR
bean sea and still we might appropri
ately bear the name our fathers gave
US Shalt We now change that name,
and, if SO. what shall the new name
be and what shall it symbolic !? Shall
it be the United States of America
and the Kingdom of the Philippines :?
Or shall it be the Empire of America
and Asia ? Already there are spec
tral visions of this in the political
sky"
"Whae do we want the Philippine
islands for 2" continued Mr.. Rawlins
"Do we want them to furnish homes
for our people ? No. Do we want
them tc furnish an outlet for our sur.
plus labor? Do we want them to add
wholesome element to our popula-
tion, that our sons may fad wives
and our daughters husbands ? The
biight;ug curse of the Almighty
would rest Upon such miseegenation.
Do we want them in order to prac.
tice upon their inhabitants the same
arts of philanthropy which, applied to
the aboriginal inhabitants of this con-
tinent have led to their extermina.
tiou !? Humanity says, no. Do we
want them in order to send hither
syvarms of Office holders, carpet. bag
gers. to riot among them like slimy
worms eating out their substance ?
Alb I! There's the rub. But for this
perplexing problem this doubt would
not to-day be seriously confronting
the American people No there is
no conceivable good which they can
bring us Their retention bodies
nothing but evil
eve cannot afford to go even half
way down to the Asiatic level in
order to proportionately uplift their
civilization. We have enacted laws