Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-02-23

linen Of intelligent young man.
hood and millions and millions oi
money, and that when we shall
have, as we will, driven them al
the point Of the bayonet 70 submit
TO the authority Of the American
nation, With ali the accom- pan ying
destruction Of property aud lives.
the whole archipelago will then bs
a pest to the American Union.
believe that il will open the door for
. how from the Chinese Empire
aud from the islands themselves oI
! host OF men, untold 10 numbers,
who VII Dot assimilzte uisb, ~.
will tend to degrade, the American
people.
Do you remember, Dir. Presi,
dent do-that it was but ten
years ago that this great American
nation. with all its power, when
two great political parties were lin
ing up in the Presidential battle OF
1888, was compelled by the working
people, the men who are engaged
IN trad,s, the men who are engaged
IN labor, to abrogate a treaty with
China which permitted the Chinese
to come in? Only a few hundred
thousand had come in on the Pa
cific coast, yet the feeling against
them was so intense that both po-
litical parties were forced TO de-
clare against their further entry.
think it the most remarkable
chapter in the history of the coun.
try and the only instance of the alb
rogation Of a treaty by statute.
While we were negotiating with
China, a friendly nation, With
which we were ut peace, for mod.
ificatioa of the treaty negotiated by
Mr.. Seward in 1868. both parties
were absolutely driven. so powerful
was the feeling of the laboring peo.
pie of the country. to pass an act
OF Congress which ahrogated the
treaty without giving the friendly
nation an opportunity for consider
alton.
We made that restriction aud de.
stroyed our trade with China They
submitted to it as no other nation
on the earth would have submitted
to it. Our trade, however. melted
away until 1t has run down to al
most nothing as compared with
that of Grea: Brisain, France aud
Germany. And nov ten years after
that act we propose to take islands
that are in front of the China Sea.
No nation on earth can guard them.
No power is strong enough tn pre-
vent the Chinese from going over
and obtaining Judgment; and then
it 10 a stepping stone by which they
will come to the United States. be-
cause when the islands are annexed
the inhabitants become American
citizens. You can rot keep the
Chinese out to-day with all the po-
lice power of the Government. You
can not prevent their entry from
Canada and from Mexico. Ii will
not. in my judgment, be-four years
il this treaty is ratified, before the
American people will act as they
did in 1883. ] am not an alsrmist
nor have | desire to throw out q
suggestion Of disorder, but, judg-
ing from the past, Our people will
resent it.
| assume it 10 believed by the
authors of this measure that the
people will resent it; and hence you
propose to provide for il by increas-
ing the Army TO be kept at home
hundred thousand men, at cost
Of 800 900. 900 year. not alone
to take care of our affairs in those
distant islands, bat as q police force
to help to control the American
people.
Mr.. President, this is possibly
the last time | may address the
Senate upon this subject, aud 1
now enter my solemn protest
against it. ! want to see this great
Government. march on for all time,
as il has in the past, relying upon
the good will and good sense of the
American people TO support aud
protect their Government without
the aid of armies.
Mr.. President. 1 fear armies at
home. witnessed the great strug-
gle Of the war between the States
which closed in 1865. Since its
close | have seen a great army used
m mart IN eonfroi fha aovaraf,u