Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-03-01

ocean, whcro we arc without rival, al
our command, thore is no estimating the
proportions our commerce may reach
and this greatly enhance the value OF
tho Philippine Islands to tho United
States.
1t would be unwise and ruinous to
admit tho negroes and mongrels Of those
islands to tho rights and privileges of
American citizenship, and tho experience
OF tho Southern States would surely pre-
won't our government from such wicked
course. 1t is absurd to suppose tho
inferior races of these islands capable of
civilized government, and for tho United
States to leave tho white inhabitants to
be governed by tho black and yollow
masses would bo unmitigatcd barbarity.
These races havo no moro right to tho
lands thoy occupy than tho American
Indians had to this great continent God
never intended these rich and beautiful
islands to be unlcvclopod and unculti-
vatcd in possession Of the present major
ity. He made them to be useful and
blessing to tho world, and that thcy can
not DO until controlled by the Caucasian.
Tho objection that a largo army and
navy would bo needed to preserve those
possessions is mere assumption, and if
true would be without force. The United
States arc great people and should bo
prepared TO exercise a controlling influ-
encc in the affairs of nations. There is
an altruism of nations as well as Of indi-
viduals, and they arc alike bound to do
good according to ability and opportu-
nifty. Tho United States have tho wealth
and power and should use them wherever
civilization, civil and religious liborty
and the general welfare Of tho world can
be promoted. a nation cannot exist for
self any moro than an individual.
have always been a Democrat, but if
tho Democratic party abandon thcir for
NOR policy of annexation and go before
the country on the issue they call anti
expansion and anti-imperialism, they
will be overwhelmingly defeated, and
ought to be. w.n.c.
Since writing the above | have scen
something of the speeches before tho
New York Board Of Trade, and mako
the following extract from ono by Soma
tor Perkins, Of California-the State
which Mr.. Webster said was worthless
'For fifty years California has looked
eastward over tho mountains and deserts
of the interior of the continent, for cast
ward ran the lines of trade. In future
c1, will n,
broad Pacific, for westward will the fu-
turc lines of trade be run. Tho United
States have been made known to 500
D0,00o of As;atics through Dewey's
guns, and tho American flag has been
planted almost within sight of the
Asiatic coast. Through Manila we have
been put in touch with half q billion
of people, for share of whose trade the
great nations of tho earth are striving.
Steam and electricity have broken down
tho barriers between nations and have
made the world very small. Tho United
States can no longer isolate itself unless
it desires 10 enter upon period of decay.
We arc i'll tho midst of Il world-strugglc
i'll which the fittcst will survive, for chat
great rule applies as wcll to nations as
to the individuals of whom they arc
composed.
"But California is not tho only State
looking upon the Pacific which halls
with JOY the new era. Oregon and Wash
ington, and tho great Territory of
Alaska, parts Of territory once under
foreign rule, are ready for tho new life.
Rich in varied resources, whose char
acter and extent arc hardly real
lied, they have before them a
future of gro' h and prosperity
which will surprise tho world.
The vast riches of the mines, of the for
csts and Of tho soil will be developed and
made to contribute to tho common
wealth. The harbors will be filed with
shipping and the products of the Orient
will be brought to their doors.
"Tho same enterprise and cnorgy
which made California what it is will bo
shown throughout tho vast region which
sweeps up toward tho North Pole, and
Westward towards tic shores Of Asia.
That coast limo of thousands of miles
will exhibit evidences Of 4 new growth
OF commerce. The wheat grown in tho
great valleys, the timber cut from the
forests, and tho gold washed from the
sands on the shores Of tho sea and rivers,
give but faint idea of tho wealth of
this vast rogion.'
Such speeches as this and that of Scna-
tor Bcvcridgc III tho United State Son
ate ought to be scattered broad cast
over tho land. w, He.
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