Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-31
HOAR ON OUR NEW BURDENS
Writes Letter to His Constituents Discuss
ing Criminal Aggression.
SUBJUGATloN OF REBELLloUS FILlPNoS
Soon VIII the People Complain of
Burdens of TnNntion-Cost of
Philippines In Blood and
Money VIII Never Pay.

Money VIII Never Pay.
BOSTON Marth 3O.--A letter bearing the
date Of February and signed by 100 or
moro Of the most prominent men in and
around this city, headed by Ex-Governor
George 5. Boutwell,, commending the atti-
tude in congress of Senator Huar and il.
viting him to address them at a future time,
vas made public today.
Accompanying 1t is the letter of acknowi-
odgment from Senator Hoar, in which he
says:
| do not think there is any reason per-
sonal to me for holding such public meet
ing. Undoubtedly there should be and there
will be many public meetings the country
over 10 protest against tramplinR under foot
the rights of a brave people struggling for
their liberties, the violations of the princi-
pies of our own constitution and of the
Declaration Of Independence and the con-
tnuancc by the American people in the
costly and ruinous path which has brougha
other republics to ruin and to shame; which
will dshoner labor, place great burdens on
agriculture and fasteu on the republic the
shame of what President Mckinley has 50
lately and so truthfully declared to be
criminal aggression. But | think it will be
wiser to have meetings of that character
a little later rather than lust now.
VIII soon fetI
We do not know whether the present war
for the subjugation of the people of the
Philippines is to continue Indefinitely or
whether there is to be a speedy. submission
to the overwhelming power of the United
States. If the war shall be shortly ended
we shall then be able to discuss the uues-
tion of our national duty free from the dis
turbng influences which exist always when
the country is at war. If, on the other
hand the war shall long and Indefinitely
continue the people will begin to feel the
burden of increased debt and increased tax
alton, the loss OF life and health Of our youth
and the arrangement of trade and peaceful
industry.
After quoting some personal experiences
growing out of his position, Senator Hoar
says:
The blood of the slaughtered Fllipinos, the
blood and the wasted health of our own SOL
ders are upon the heads of those who have
undertaken to buy a people in the market
like sheep or to treat them as lawful prizes
an dbooty of war, to impose government on
them without their consent and to trample
under foot not only the people of the Philip
pine islands. but the principles upon which
the American republic itself rests.
Consent of the Governed.
Continuins Senator Hoar refers to the
pledges of the country toward Cuba and the
presidents declaration that any other con-
duct on our part would have been Criminal
aggression" and continues:
The law of righteousness and Justice on
which the great and free American people
should act-and in the end. | am sure. will
act-depends not up parallels of latitude
and meridians of longitude or points of COM
pass. 1t Is the same yesterday, today and
forever. 1t is true now as when our fathers
declared it true in 1776. 1t is as binding
upon William Mckinley today as it was.
Wach nutn Ahra1, in,
coin. The only powers OF government the
American people can recognize are just
powers and those powers rest upon the con-
sent of the governed.
No man, during this whole discussion, has
successfully challenged and no man will suc-
cessfully challenge:
First-The affirmation that under the con-
stitution of the United States the acduis
uon or territory, as of other property, Is not
constitutional end but only means to
constitutional end and that. while the max
ing of new states and providing a national
hefense are constitutional ends. so that we,
may acquire and hold territory for those
purposes the governing of subject peoples is
not a constitutional end and that there is.
therefore, no constitutional warrant for ac-
quiring and holding territory for the purpose.
Second-That to leave our own country to
stand on foreign soil is in violation of the
warnings of our fathers and Of the farewell
address of Washington.
country governed with any tolerable sue
cess without system of contract labor.
1t VIII Never Pay.
Fourth-The trade advantages of the
Philippine islands-if there be any-must be
opened alike to all the world and our share
of them Will never begin to pay the cost of
subjugatng them by war or holding them in
subsection in peace.
Fifth-That the military occupation of
these tropical regions must be kept at an
Immense cost both to the souls and the
bodies of our soldiers.
, SiXth-That the declaration as to Cuba by
the president and by congress applies with
stronger force to the case Of the Philip
pine Islands
Seventh-That Aguinaldo and his followers.
before we began to make war upon them,
had conquered their own territory and in
dependence from Spain with the exception of
a single city and were getting ready to es-
tablish free constitution.
Eighth-That while they are fighting for
freedom and Independence and the doctrines
of our fathers, we are fighting for the prin-
ciples that one people may control and gov
ern another in spite of its resistance and
against its will.
Ninth-That the language and argument of
those who object to this war are without
change, the language and argument of
Chatha. Fox, Berry and of Camden of the
English and American Wings and the Ian
guage and argument Of those who support
It are the language and argument OF George
III, of Lord North, of Mansfield of Wedder-
burn, of Johnson and of the English and
American Tories.
Utternnces of the Old Patriots.
Tenth-No orator or newspaper or
preacher being supporter OF this policy of
subjugaton dares repeat In speech or in
print any OF the great utterances of freedom
OF Washington, of jefferson, of John Adams
of Abraham Lincoln, or of Charles Sumner
The question the American people are now
considering and with which they are about
TO deal Is not a question of u day. or of Il
year or of an administration, or of CEN
tury. We can recover from mistake in re-
gard to other matters which have interested