The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-26

TO the Orient, but we need not colOp!z,
to obtain that advantage. The ex
ports OF the Philippines, according t,
the statistical abstract, in 1896 amount
cd to $3O, ,808, 250. II this entire trad,
was monopolized by US it would be in
siR nihcant. We will have to teacl
l'them' to wear shirts and breeches be
fore: we can trade with them much
But England and Germany have large
trade interests in the Philippines, ant
under our agreement with Spain she
must have equal trade privileges with
: the United States. AS . matter o
dollars and cents doubt It's advantage
Great Britain has in her colonies
4 l6, ,66g,0 0I9 square miles containing 322,
. 00O, 600 .inhgbitants, while the mother
country has only 39,825 900 people and
i l2o,97 square mtlss. The United
I States has no colonses, aud yet our OK.
ports compare most favorably with
those OF Great Britain. Out OF 10, ,0OO,-
wy natives In tho Philippines 1000, ,O0U
only are domesticated, and tho other
'f3,6 ,6oQ,O 600 are sayages. The revenues
to Spain In lS94-95 from the Philip
Epines .were $l3 579, 800 and hor expon-
ditures were $l3;2S0,l 100. These re-.
venues were derived from imports,
government monopolles stamps, cock
lighting, opium, gambling, lotteries,
rallies, and Chinese capitatiOn tax.
The United States could not derive as
much, rs she could not license gamb-
ling, cook fighting, etc., and oppress
the: :inhabitants as Spain has done.
! Under our constitutional government
we can not compete with mOnarchies
IN colonizing and vassal ruling. We
have not the machinery and can not
got 1T without breaking up our system
apd building new fabric out OF the
pieces: Republics have not been sue
] cessful as rulers OF colonies. Invaria-
| bly'w when they have embarked in that
career they have changed into mon
| archies or empires.
! American institutions are founded
upon the doctrine OF equality. A gov
ernment of tho people, by the people,
and for the people is impregnable for
! defense, but impotent for conquest.
TO become colonizjng power we must
abandon our republican institutions, or
be paralyzed by them. Our govern
mont, with its checks and balances
and conservative divisions of power, is
the best in the world for peace and the
poorest for criminal aggressions. Great
Britain is an ollgarchy, not republic.
1t is admiralty rather than democracy
Americans govern themselves, while
Eugllshmen are ruled by their govern
| ment.
England has magnificent civil SER
vico ut tho foundation Of her colonial
! empire, while our civil service ie cha
meleon like, elastic, and not much af-
ter all but u system OF boss rule. We
have no domestic surplus OF men and
deticitsof work, rs England has. Her
small territory and immense popula-
| tion mark her necessity, while our i'm
| mense territory, not yet fully peopled,
| marks ours. The natural decadence
| and Inherent corruption OF colonial
system is danger to the life of the
strongest monarchy. The creation OF
offices, the extrayagant expenditure of
money by officeholders, and the actual
corruption creeping into any colonial
system will sooner or later sap the
foundation Of any government.
Three and half centuries ago
Charles V boasted that tho sun never
set upon the dominions which Spain
maintained by ware in Europe, Africa,
Amerion, and the Islands of tho sea
Where now is that magnificent em-
pire? Gone forever vanished Not
enough left to cast q shadow. England
boasts to-day, as did Charles V, that
the sun never sets upon the empire,
that, like Spain, she has maintained
| with unceasing wars. And like Spain
she. too, in time may SEQ a dismal
wreck and ruin, wrought by the natu
raj blight incident to colonial pos6es
sions.
Rome colOnized in all parts OF the
habitat bic globe, and from the proud
pinnacle OF mistress Of the world she
has fallen into eternal decay and lives
only In the pages OF history. | believe
] that II we embark In q colonial career
unsuited as are our Institutions to such
a system-nay, with form Of govern.
ment utterly antagonistic to the i'd ca
that it Is the fret downward step along
the path upon which. 80 many nations
have fallen. believe 1t is the great
rock upon which our republican insti.
tutions will finally be stranded. Soma.
tors need not call upon Providence and
| manifest destiny" The most horrid
have been committed under similar
protostations.
| Imperialism means self.buildirg at
the expense OF othera. Its roots are
embodied In lust OF power and insatia.
bic greed. The trusts and money pow
err, that now hold 30 many OF our own
people IN financial bondage, arc crying
out for new folds to exploit. Other
nations have built and developed, and
then tried expansion as remedy fol
domestic discomfort II you would know
their history, road it In the gray ei
lence OF Eastern lands, In the wrcckagt
OF once mighty empires. "For the spi
der hath woven her web in the ban
quoting hall OF kings, and tho ow
keppeth her night watdh in tho towers
of Afrasiab."
am not vain enough TO suppose tina
anything which may say viii affec'
the result In this Senate, but l can a
least have the satisfaction OF feeling
that to the best Of my ability have
discharged my duty as Senator. Il
does 6eem to mo that tho rent gar
ments and whitened bones OF other no
tions who have tried that way and
found their death should hold some
warning for US.
An insuperable objection to the
Philippines Is the difficulty Of govern
ing, 5000 miles away, a people just re
moved from barbarisns and mOngrel ir
race, religion, and character. A pro