The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-09-22

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to another power, which is without expert
ence or training, or the ability to maintain .
STABLE government at home and absolutely
helpless to perform its international obliga-
/ ions with the rest Of the world.
| Will Defend Our Title.
/ To this we are opposed. We should net;
yleid our title while our obligations last.
thority, should not be less than our responsi-
bility. and our present responsibility is to.
establish our authority in every part Of the
No government can 50 certainly preserve,
the peace restore public order, establisk.
law, justice and stable conditions as ours.
tablish stable government in these islands.
except under our, right Of sovereignty, our
authority and our nag. And this we are a.
We could not do it as 4 protectorate pover.
! so completely or SO successfully as we are
doing It now. As the sovereign power We
can Initiate action and shape means to ends.
and guide the Filipinos to self-developmenf:
| and self-government.
AS protectorate power we could not inl--
1iate action, but would be compelled to fol-
vet to 60 alone. In the one case we can pre-
| tect both ourselves and the Filipinos from,
being involved in dangerous complcatio
IN n. the other we could not protect even tn
| Consent Of the Governed.
| Besides, II we cannot establish any COW
eminent Of our own without the consent sf
the governed, as our opponents contend.
then we could not establish q stable govern
ment for them or make ours a protectorate
without the like consent. and neither the
| majority Of the people nor a minority Of the
people have invited us to assume it. We
could not maintain protectorate even with
the. consent Of the. governed without giving
wars. : .r--~ 81. II.
Our rights in the Philippines are now free
from outside interference and will continue
so in our present relations. They would not
be thus free In any other relation. We Win
sovereignty. -, =. -
Our title is good. Our peace commission
ers believed they We're receiving good title
when they concluded the treaty. The execu-
| tive believed 1t was good title when he
submitted 81, It to the Senate Of the UnitsA
/ lieved 1t was good title when they gave h
| their constitutional assent, and the Con-
grcss seems not to have doubted Its corr
pleteness when they appropriated $40 ooo, ooe
Title Is Unqhe.tionabIe.
| If anyswho favored its ratification believsR
1t gave Is a bad title they were not sincerA
Our title is practically Identical with that
under, which we hold our territory acquire4
under which we have exercised fuii : s
ereignty and established government for the
| Inhabitants.
=, II ls worthy OF note tnat no one outside 81
the United States disputes the fullness and.
integrity of the cessiOn. What, then, Is IT.
real issue on this subject7 Whether it L.
paramount to any other or not, it is whether
| of the Philippines, with the sovereignty, and
| authority which enables us to guide them t.
regulated liberty law, safety and progress,
forcible and arbitrary government Of mi.
| nority. without sovereignty and authority
on our part, and with only the ernbarrass-
their troubles without the power Of prevent
| ing them. -': +
l. Obligations of War.
| There were those who two years ago were
rushing US on to war with Spain who are
unwilling now to accept its clear conss-
advocated the ratification of the treaty Of
peace. but now protest against Its obliga-
lions Nations which 90 to war must be
| prepared to accept Its resultant obligations.
and when they make treaties must keep
| them.
| Those who profess to distrust the liberal
Gd bs
not justified. u Imperialism has no place In.
its creed or conduct. Freedom Is a rock Mp
ON on which the the Republican party was buides
| can doctrine for which the people went t.
war and for which 4 million lives were Of.
/ fered and billions Of dollars expended to
q. make it a lawful legacy Of all without the
consent of master. or. slave.
Strain of Hypocrisy.
! There is strain Of ill-concealed hypocrisy
In the anxiety to extend the constitutional
guarantees to the people Of the Philippines,
while their notification Is openly advo ate4
= at home. Our opponent may distru It .h,n
! selves, but they have no right to liscl edit
the good faith and patriotism Of the major
ity Of the. people who are opposel to them.
They may fear the worst form II imperial
ism with the helpless F'iIipinos In theiH
hands. but if they do it Is because they have
parted with the spirit and faith Of the faith
of the party which they profess to represent.
The Republican party doesn't have to as
sert its devotion to the Declaration of indie
ia theirs remained unexecuted until the peo-
pie. under the lead Of the Republican party
in the awful clash Of battle, turned It's prom
Uses into fulfllment. 1t wrote into the Cor
stituton the amendments guaranteeing 20.
litical equality. to American citizenship, ana
it has never broken them or counselled 9TH
in it's conduct, by one set of principles a2
home and another set in the new territory
i belonging to the United States.
4 Doctrine of Lincoln.
If our opponents would only practice a.
| well as preach the doctrines of Abraham
Lincoln there would be no fear for the safe
ty of our institutions at home or their fright
full influence in any territory over which ous
flag floats. =, +,
I Empire has been expelled from Porto Rice
and the Philippines by American freemen-
The flag Of the republic now floats over these
Islands as an emblem Of rightful sovereign
i ty. VIII the republic stay and dispense to
! their inhabitants the blessings Of liberty.
education and free institutions, or steal
away, leaving them to anarchy or imperial
ism? -
! The American question is between duty
and desertiOn. The American verdict will
be for duty and against desertion. for the
Republic against both anarchy and imperial
ism. ~ :, u
The country has been fully advised of the
purposes Of the United States In China ana
| they Will be faithfully adhered to as already,
'defned.
4 Sufferers in Pekfn.
! The nation is filled with gratitude that the
little band, among them many of our own
blood, who for two months had been sub
jected to privattons and peril by the attacks
Of pitiless hordes at the Chinese, capital ex-
Z .hibiting supreme courage In the face Of de-
spair, kave been enabled by Gods favor to,
greet their rescuers and find shelter under
i their own flag. 81
r. The people not alone Of this land, bnt OF
all lands. have watched and prayed through
(, the terrible stress and protracted agony OF
! the helrless sufferers in Pekin: and while
at times the dark udings seemed to make all
hope vain; the rescuers never faltered in the
heroic fulfllment 0f their noble task We
are grateful TO our own soldiers and sailors.
and marines and to all the brave men who,
though assembled under many standards,
country and speech, were yet united In the
! sacred mission of carrying succor to The be-
sieged. with success that Is now the cause.
/ n world. a rpiefcfr . Is