The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-28
ADJUSTMENTS.
AGAIN, The CRITICS.

+NUR friendly reader and aniCable antagonist re
L turns again to the task OF schooling The Call
- in imperialism BY his letter, printed else
where it will be seen that he admits the Filipino
quest OF Panay with the reservation that Deweys
presence in Eastern waters factor in the Spanish
surrender OF Iloo. Because Dewey was in Manila
Bay when Ioilo surrendered TO the natives gives
us no sovereignty OF Panay. II it did, France has
sovereignty OF the United States because the presence
al her land and naval forces compelled the final sur
render OF Great Britain at Yorktown. Indeed. her
claim would be better. for her forces were in the
actual conflict with CORVALLIS and her battle stand
ards foated beside
Our critic is not stranger to the rule OF law, OF all
kinds OF law international included, that sale
quires that there be something TO sell and the sellers
power to deliver it. That Spain had nothing to sell in
the Philippines is proved by her failure deliver. II
her title had been good and merchantabe would
rot have been fighting since February vindcate it
This is such primary principle thatsts statement
should be sufficient for all critics, friendly and
friendly
Our correspondent takes the ground that Spain
owned the islands and the people, and had the right
to sell the latter, emancipate but sell them
into eniranchisement and freedom but sell them
oi her subsection into ours. This is position not
heretofore taken by Americans because OF its heresy
to our scheme OF government.
We have recognized the right OF monarches to sell
and OF this republic to buy the sovereignty and right
OF eminent domain territory, but sell civilized
people to us to be held subjects A republic cannot
remain a republic and hold subjects. Therefore, in
first treaty for the purchase OF sovereignty and the
right Of eminent domain to territory we stipulated
with France that her subjects living in Louisiana
Territory should be citizens OF the United States In
buying Florida from Spain, did the same At the
close OF the Mexican War and acquisition OF all
this Western and Southwestern territory. we stipu-
lated that all Mexicans thereon to be citizens Of
the United States In the OF Texas. admitted
her at once into the Union and made all OF her people
cur fellow citizens. alter first giving them the oppor
tuny to say by ballot whether they wished the
change
This explanation seems to be often necessary be
cause imperiasts persist in analogizing what are
failing to do in the tropical Philippines with what
actually accomplished in the spread OF our institutions
to continental territory in the temperate zone
The imperiaists do not propose to admit the Fill
rinos to American citizenship Therefore, in the
treaty OF Paris Spain sells and we buy them as sub
jects. and the goods refuse to be delivered.
We are asked what think should be done with
those islands and are accused OF changing in year in
our view OF these people. because year ago we had
only the same knowledge OF them that nine tenths OF
the people had
Since then Dewey. whom our critic so highly re-
spects has said The Filipinos are much more
capable OF self-government than are the Cubans and
I know both people we'll
This being true what would our critic do with the
,Cubans if the Filipinos be held as subjects?
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