The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-07
ANTI.ExPANSION LEAGUE
An Organization at Chicago Formed to
Crystalline Public Sentiment.
LETTERS FROM AMERICAN puBLlcIsTs
Who Are Opposed to the War which
Is Being Waged Against
the Filipinos.

| Chicago August 2-Those opposed 10
the present administration of affairs In
the Philippine islands have completed the
organization in this city of the Central
Anti imperalist league to cooperate with
| other like bodies In arousing opposition
to the policy of expansion. This organiza-
ton is not merely local. but is intended
to promote the holding of meetings and
to carry on general agitation through
the Central West
The following are the officers of the
league: President, ]. Sterling Morton;
vice presidents, A. G.. McClurg, Herman
| e. Won Hoist, Richard 7. Crane, Bishop
John Lancaster Spauding, Graham Taylor,
| Bishop Boyd Vincent and Judge Rufus b.
Smith; secretary, Howard Leslie Smith
treasurer, Frederick w. Goodkin; mem
bers of executive committee, Messrs. Ed
win Burritt Smith, Edward o. Brown, j.
Laurence Laughlin, Daniel M. Lord Sig
mund Zeisler, Frank H. Scott and Leroy
| ID. Thoman.
| The league has already published two
tracts and purpose others. They are pre-
pairing to hold meetings in the near flu
ture Among letters they nave received in
support OF their work are the following:
Ex-senator GEORGE f. EDMUNDS
writes: II am glad you are to hold meet
ings in the interest of the true principles
OF our government and to oppose the con-
quest of people on the other side of the
globe VINO do not wish to become either
citizens or subjects of the United States
conquest which very few, if any OF its
promoters, havo undertaken to show would
be finally of material or moral benefit to
our country, and one, the immediate evils
OF which in losses of life and health in
our army and Of the treasure OF the
United States. fear, are yet only half
known. When congress meets and gets
at the whole tru.n, l believe there will
be found an easy means of terminating
the war we are carrying on in the Philip
pines that will be satisfactory to nine
tenths of the people of those islands, and
honorable to this country and consistent
with its whole duty toward itself and other
nations"
Senator VIM E. MASON says: "That
class of dangerous citizens, who feel above
serving their country, have not yet heard
OF the unnecessary, ana unconstitutional.
war; now being waged by us to make
slaves in the Philippine islands. Cong sss.
the only war makily power, under cur
constitution, has not ue:l3ied Thy say
we bought the right 9 govern from S7a,n
Then we bought what we had NJ right 70
BUY and what epi.n had no right 10 cell
We purchased gjnis from IL thief--we
knew it and told ma worli what she was
long before we purchased TO ye. ne
technical right TO Kill, W. call them rebels
against goveriAc1. 20 which they have
never sworn allssia .iGe- W. must make
them subjects before they can be rebels.
They say they can't govern themselves
why not try them while before killing
them? They tell us they would kill eacn
other. 1t isn't true but if it was, it would
be better than killing our boys.
Lincoln said no man is good enough to
govern another man without his consent
1t was true then, and it is true now Tax
alton without representation is as much
tyranny in Luzon as it was in Boston har-
Dor at the time of our tea party. We have
no more right to govern in the Philippines
without consent of the governed than King
George had to govern us in 1916 without
our consent. If this is treason, make the
most of it,
MR.. MOORFIELD STOREY, the distin-
guished Boston lawyer, writes as follows:
AS was said of slavery, so may we say
OF the attempt to subjugate the Philip
pines, If it is not wrong, nothing is
wrong" The moral law has not changed
in a year. The commandments, Thou
shalt not steal, and Thou shalt not kill
still forbid us to rob another people OF
their country and to slaughter them for
uSleuuluS tuGII lie Slcdl
Piles of freedom which our fathers pro-
claimed when this nation was born, upon
which they founded our state, and which
the civil war was fought to maintain are
still self evident truths If governments
do not derive their just powers from the
consent of the governed. what is left but
the divine right of kings, or the savage
law of might. If Spain was wrong IN try.
ing to subdue Cubans and Filipinos, out
lie No ripht in carving tle
work Nay, we are far worse than Spain.
for she was true to her principles, which
we have always denounced, while we are
false to all that we have ever believed In
morals, politics and religion, since we
were a Nation. :.
Into this aggression which he himself
has called criminal this country has been
led by the president. Upon hin apd hts
eight counsellors rests the first rpspon
sibility. Surely be(or5 the policy OF this
Nation established and appr)ved by It's
greatest men was reversed the peoI 10
should have been consulted. The rresi'
dent has said that what we shall do with
the Philippines Is IIes'.tl for congress,
but congress is not corvaneo ana nine
men, of whom only The president mas been
elected by the people, and he for the wholly
different purpose which has beea neg
lected, proposes to crush the unhappy ma
tives of these islam Is before Congress
meets.
Since this il.hlsss war 's wrrns, It
should stop. II we sad 10 r,gEi to begsh
we have no .iSht % CONNIE.
at is idle to say that We must restore
order. There was no rep''tci disorder III
the Philippine la lls from august ID
February where TIE Philippine govern
ment was in control. ard mere Is nose
now, save suth as caused by our ,rn'ts.
The traitor IL not ne VINO Is seeking -
keep his country :rue 10 her tigi est |
ideals. who IS fsl'iag t, save her IF, m
runous folly. Those are Tho traitors. Who
for political or personal ends, are false to
the principles u ills g.eg, Rcolblic. w.,o
are seeking % lead ug. as Lincoln SAID,
into the hale,u, paths Of aesp'"sln, VIVA
are betraying lie g'ea. trust q! popular
government which was confilfd ~ their
hands We owe them no moral support.
Our duty to our cmn-yy bids us cap're
them, and our right to do SO is secured by
the constitutions. BY Hhas title DO 'ney
insist that we shall b, loyal t, them saj
dsloya, to or ccal..y ohc to htman