Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-02-03
SPEECH OF sEN>-OR ERG5T.
His Views on the Philippine
QUESTION

Senate having Concurrent Resolution
Number Four under consideration Janti-
airy 3lst. and after the Secretary had G
certain passages from W~ashlngton's
Farewell Address, Ernst of Nye spoke as
follows:
Mr.. PRESIDENT: One hundred and
two years ago those words fell from the
lips of our immortal Washington. All
these years they nave been listened to
with solemn reverence by the American
people. In peace and prosperity, in the
hours of hard times and distress, during
heated discussions Of political factions
and in the throes of the civil war, we all
knelt at the shrine of his unselfsh pat
riOtism.
This farewell address is engraved upon
the heart of our people as a beacon of
light to Jul duty to the world. Il is an in
heritence withouta paraiell in history.
The anchor that holds by the strong
cable Of public opinion, Our ship of State
and enables it 10 ride safely through
every tempest, be it domestic or foreign.
On this foundation of wisdom we erected
lIlc NlOIiIOc botlI me, WHICH, lOllIlStl LIic
earth that North and South America
would be the architects of their own des-
tiny and no foreign interference would
be permitted. Our atherS built wisely
and it behOoveS their descendants to fol
low in the blazened paths. From three
million of~inhabitautS we have grown to
be a nation of over seventy millions.
From a Ter of thirteen States on the At
lantic Coast we haVe peacefully reached
the Pacific shores. In the course OF time
the British Possessions on tie North,
and Mexico on the South. may knock for
Abundance, thus giving US a continent
%unequalled on the Globe for natural
wealth and diversified ~sourc Uncle
Sam Will hen COO his brow in the Arctic
sea and lave his feet in the tepid water
ofthe Gulf; with one hand extending
from his warm heart a cordial welcome
to the fugitives from military despotisn
on the other side of the Atlantic: with the
other hand commanding and controlling
the of asia and the Paciti,
islands VIII be blessed indeed. Surround
this picture with tranquility at home
and abroad and YOU will realize the
dream OF the founders Of our republic
Nothing can sar or prevent Its rcalizI
ton, unless We should give heed to tn,
insidious voice of MammOn and wreck
our free institutions on the rock of dis
! cord. For six hundred years the ReUnh
lies of Greece and Rome were the glory
pride and joy of their respective citizen.
Their standing armies and the Unhrlndl
: ed ambition of their generals ruined bot
republics, and cast the people into a stat
of Indebtedness from which they did 10
= recuperate for centuries. Our nation i
now asked to hold dependant ~colonie
Y thousands of miles from our shores an
govern them with standing armiet
Colonies composed of people of ASiati
descent in whom is born the suhservier
submission of thousands of years. who's
customs and mod OF living are entirel
g incompatible with ours and who in tn
# struggle for life would surely force on
q free labor to the wall. The propose
s Open-dOOr policy for our colonies wOul
be the death knell to home protection fC
our mechanical and farming industrie
The labor of our people would be take
d to keep up standing armies composed
a their sons, who, in the course of tim
q would be taught to weave ,he chains
! despOtism around themsti IS and the
% kindred. And, finally en-; amonif
Ia ~aristOcracy a thousand til c9 more de
,r picable than any now on the face of Il
earth.
70 NJ President, | believe this nome,
ct tious question should De left to our Sen
tors and Representatives in Congress
men old in years, wisdom and eXper
Ie ence, men who ave been long in publ
is life and are thoroughly embued Wi
patriotism and have the facility al
is every opportunity to study this scrior
question from every point of view"