The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-26
ALL MEN SHOULD BE FREE.
Senator Hoar's Resolution Declaring
the Right of SeIf-Government In Our
New Possessions, as Well as at Home

"a
New Possessions, as Well as at Home
Washington, December Ex-senator
Hoar, of Massachusetts, today introduc-
ed the following resolution in the sem
ate
Whereas, The American people and
the several states in the union have
in times past at important periods in
their history, especially when declaring
their independence, establishing their
constitutions, or undertaking new and
great responsibilities, seen fit to de-
clare the for which the nation
or state vas founded, N the impor-
tant objects The people intend to pur-
sue in their political action; and
Whereas, The close Of a great war,
the liberation by the United States of
the people OF Cuba and Porto Rico in
the Western hemisphere, n of the
Philippine Islands in the far east, and
The reduction of those peoples TO a con-
dition of practical dependence upon the
United States constitute an occasion
which makes such a declaration prop
er; therefore, be it
Resolved, That this republic adheres
to the doctrines which were in the past
set forth in the declaration of indie
p~endence, and in its national and state
constitutions:
That the purpose of its existence and
the objects to which it's political action
ought to be directed are the ennobling
of humanity, the raising from the dust
of its humblest n coarsest members,
n the enabling of persons coming
lawfully under its power or influence
to live in freedom and in honor, under
governments whose forms they are to
have a share in determining, and in
Uhnco n6Dain frotinn fhnx hoU0 IN
equal voice. Its most important and
pressing obligations are:
1. To solve the difficult problem pre-
sented by the presence Of different
races on our own soil with equal con-
stitutional rights. To make the ne
gro safe in his home, secure in his
vote, equal in his opportunity for ed
ucation and employment, and to bring
the Indian to a civilization n Gull
ture in accordance with his need and
capacity.
2. To enable great cities to govern
themselves, in freedom, in honor and
in purity.
3. To make the ballot box as pure as
a sacramento vessel n the election
return as perfectly in accord with the
law and the truth as the judgment of
the supreme court.
4. To Danish illiteracy and ignorance
from the land.
5. To secure for every workman and
for every working woman, wages
enough to support a life of comfort,
and ar old age of leisure and quiet, as
BELTS those who have an equal share
in a self-gOverning state.
6. To grow and expand over the con-
tinent, and over the islands Of the sea,
just so fast, and no faster, as we can
bring into equality and self-govern-
ment, under our constitution, peoples
and races who will share these ideals
and help to make them realities.
Z. To set a peaceful example of free
dom which mankind will be glad to
follow, out never to force ever freedom
upon unwilling nations at the point of
the bayonet or at the lannon's mouth.
8. To abstain from interfering with
the freedom and just rights of other
nations Or peoples n to remember
that the liberty to do right necessarily
involves the liberty to do wrong; al
that the American people has no right
to take from any other people the
birthright of freedom, because of a
fear that they will do wrong with it.
THE MORGAN RESOLUTION.
Following is the full ext of the sub
stitute for Senator Bacon's amendment
which was ordered in the senate today
by Senator Morgan:
THAT in of Section 4, Ar
ticle 4, of the Constitution, the United
States will guarantee to the people OF
Porto Rico, and the Pacific islands, and
all other states and people within its
sovereign jurisdiction and control, a
republican form Of government and viii
protect them against invasion"