The record-union., 1899-10-08

Powers enSdSeu III war.
with the extension of our sover-
eighty there came duties which Amer
lean sovereignty implies; the enforce
men of law and order; 1.-THE preserva-
ton of the peace. A portion Of the
inhabitants of the islands denied the
supremacy Of the United States in the
archipelago. They challenged the ex-
allied purpose of the Government: they
wantonly fired upon the American
troops pending the ratification of the
treaty of peace. Without the pretense
of provocation or the shadow of justi-
fication, they have assailed the flag
whose mission is merciful. The Admin
istration resisted the attack. and did
what the people of the United States
desired it should do; it did it's duty
by asserting the supremacy of the ma
tional authority by force of arms.
"Our forces in the Philippines formed
no league with Aguinaldo: made no
compact with him for subordinating
the authority Of the United States to
his self constituted dictatorship. Our
peerless Captain of the seas, added i'm
perishable glory to the American flag
He could not have surrendered the
field of his Incompatible victory to the
insurgent chieftain.
when the administration overthrew
the Spanish authority in Manila, it
owed high and solemn duty to the
Americans, the British, the Germans,
the French, the Spaniards and other
nationalities in the archipelago, to pre-
serve them from massacre, and to save
their homes and property from pillage
and the torch. 1t could not have with
drawn it's support and left to chance
the protection of the thousands of citi-
zens and subjects of the leading ma
tions of the world who were there un-
der the guardianship of the Spanish au-
thority.
1T would not have comported with
the dignity, the justice, and the mercy
of the republic for the administration
to have recalled our victorious forces
lest by staying we should assume some
unexpected responsibilities. Such a
policy would have been dastardly and
would have dishonored the flag, which
is without it's first blemish. Yea. more
than that, it would have been the mas
ter crime of the age. Moreover we can
never forget that we We're under
large moral obligation to the peace of
the world which an abandonment of
the Philippines would have placed in
serious peril.
I'VE are not now concerned with
questions of imperialism, or of expan-
sion. We are occupied with the para
mount question Of enforcing respect
for the national authority of suppress
ing a rebellion against it, Opposition
to our au hority, wherever it has been
ext n. under universally recognized
law eebellion, whether it is in IL
linois IL the Philippines. We have
an irreN t'sible and irrevocable code of
national duty; the flag must be pro-
tected wherever it is lawfully raised
What American can demand less?
I'VE wish the war had been honor
ably averted, great and splendid as
have been it's results, but in Gods pro-
vidence, that was impossible We
could not desire to avoid any of the
responsibilities or duties which Justly
deVolve upon victorious army;
country brave enough and just enough
to go to war in humanitys name must
be just enough and brave enough to ac-
cept the consequences, whatever they
may be. To attempt to escape the bur-
dens fairly arising out of our own
course and conduct would earn for us
the reproach of the civilized world and
the forfeiture of our own national self
respect. We have but one way to go
and that is in the path of duty. There
all honor lies.
Until the inSurrection ends, there is
but one duty before the Administra-
ton and that is to conquer it, The su-
premacy of the United States must be
acknowledged. In the felicitouS Ian
guage of the President, There will be no
useless parley, no pause, until the in
surrection is suppressed and American
authority acknowledged and estab-
lished.' More than $4,000 soldiers at
the front and now upon the seas en-
phasize the aggressive purpose thus ex-
pressed. When peace is restored, then
will come the discussion of our future
relation to the Filipinos; then will come
the question of granting them, through
the wisdom of Congress, the fullest
measure of f-government and the
amplest liberty consistent with our
duties and responsibilities and with
their needs and capabilities They are
not the truest and wisest friends of
the Filipinos who counsel their further
ed States.
"The Administration has been able,
we'll poised, firm, courageous, avoiding
no responsibility and stunning no duty
1t has been an epoch making Admins
tration It has walked in untried paths
with no guide except the national con-
science. 1t has observed the wholesome
truth that in a republic the people are
the source of all power, and it has taken
them into it's confidence in fullest meas
ure It's north star has been the peo-
pies will 1t has managed well the
finances of the Government.
1.-The United States never stood
higher in the esteem of the great Pow
ers of the earth than now Her Justice.
her magnanimity, and her power have
become manifest to all. 1t is indeed of
the utmost Importance that our coun-
try should sustain relations of amity
with other countries. Our commerce
is expanding and more than ever seek
ing distant markets. Nothing will
more distinctly aid in it's extension than
the existence of cordial relations with
foreign peoples. We must win our way
to the command of the worlds trade by
compelling, through our course and ex-
ample, the worlds respect
''The Administration has scrupu,
lousy observed our international obi-
cations. 1t has been no less regardful
of the rights of other nations than it
has been rigidly insistent upon the rec
ognition of our own. 1t has cultivated
good neighborhood with all of the great
Powers. and to-day there is no nation
with which thp TTnifad S+otas &c ,o+