The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-04-21
SENATOR HOAR'S SPEECH.
The Massachusetts, Senator Makes
His Promised Speech on
the Philippines.
INTENSE INTEREST WAS MANIFESTED.
He Made an Earnest and Vigorous
Defense of the FiIipinos, Espe-
ciaIIy of ~Aguinnldo, whom He
CInssed with Kossuth, Dom Paul,
J0ubert and other Patriots.

Washington, April 17.-At the be-
gil ming of the days session of the
Sci ate a bill was passed granting to
soldiers of the Mexican war pensions
OF $12 a month in certain cases.
After the transaction of the routine
business, Mr.. Hoar addressed the SEN
ate on the Philippines question. In
tense interest was manifested In the
address by senator's. Mr.. Hoar's posi-
tior on the question was well under
stood, but as it was known, too, II
speech was to be one of the greatest
MIR. Hoar ever delivered, from his
pc.nt Of view, the interest in the ut
tearnce was intensified.
Mir. Hoar took for his text h reso-
luton of Mr.. B~everidge, Of In
diana, declaring that the Phil
irpine islands are territory belonging
to the United States, and that the
United States government must gov
ern the archipelago. Mr.. Hoar spoke
with deliberation, but scarcely with
his usual for~cefulness. He requested
his colleagues not to interrupt him in
the course of his speech, indicating
that the state of his health rendered
il undesirable that he should enter
into a running debate.
Mr.. Hoar discussed at great length
the Filipino rebellion, and the causes
which, in his opinion, led up to it. He
made earnest and vigorous defense Of
tie Filipinos, especially of A~guinaldo,
who, he declared, was brave, honest
end patriotic"
He deserves to be remembered with
that small band who have given life
and everything dearer than life to
their country in a losing cause. He
shall live with Kossuth, with Dom
Paul, with Joubert, with Emmett,
with Egmont and Horn, with Nathan
Hale, with Warren, with all the great
martyrs of history whose blood has
beer the seed of the church of lib
erty."
Mr.. Hoar maintained his well-known
position that the Filipinos had
achieved their independence, that the
United States had made them its
allies, and was bound to rec
ognize their independence, and
that they had proved themselves
fit for such independence and capable
of self-government. AS IL bit Of
proof, of their statecraft, he declared
"The state papers of Aguinaldo, the
discussion of the law of nations by his
attorney general, the mastery appea
OF Mabini, are products of the Asiatio
mind. They are not unworthy of the
Asiatic mind, the vehicle through
which came to us the scriptures OF
the Old and New Testaments, the pc
etry of David, the eloquence of Isaiah
the wisdom of Solomon, the profound
philosophy of Paul"
The senator presented an elaborate
defense of the Filipinos against tn
charge that they were responsible TO
tic present war, fully justifying theiI
action in resisting the American
forces.
As to what he would do with tn,
Philippines, Mr.. Hear said:
Il would declare now hat we will
not take these islands to govern then
against their will.
II would reject a cession of soT
ereignty which implies hat sovereign
ty may be bought and sold and deliN
cred without the consent of the pee
pie.
II would require all foreign govern
ments to keep out of these islands.
81 would offer to the people of tn
Philippines our help in maintainin
order until they have a reasonable OF
p%ortunity to establish a governmen
of their own.
Il would aid them by advice, if the
desire it, to set up a free and ind,
pendent government.
Il would invite all the great power
OF Europe to unite in an agreemer
that the independence shall not be il
/. terfered with.
II would declare that the Unite
States will enforce the same doctrir
as applicable to the Philippines thu
, we declared as to Mexico and Hay
: and the South American republics.
81 would then, in a not distant fl
ture, leave them to work cut the
own salvation, as every nation c
earth, from the beginning CT tim
/. has wrought out its salvation"
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