New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-12
SOME TIMELY TRUTHS.
FAIRLY ADVOCACY OF FREE HAND IN
THE PHILIPPINES.

- she zn4ech of Albert J. Beverage in the
T-,i.e5 states Senate. January g. 1900.
W me oceans are not limitations Of the power
which the Constitution expressly Ewes i Tr+e
,-5,-s~- an territory the Nation may acquire me
Sols, 5ts10se OF and make all needful rules
poNeL ~ ~asTac+fr1g the territory belonging
- the United States" Not the Northwest Ierri-
- o,lv 7or Louisiana Florida only: not terri
80 an mis- continent only. bur any territory any
,uhare belonging the Nation The FOUNDERS OF
re NATION we're not provincial Theirs was the
y-s-,1- NJ the world Tnev were soldiers as well
e fandsIner and they knew that where our ships
logic az progress and they knew that the Republic
-bev were planting must, in obedience 10 the laws
Of our expanding race, necessarily deVelop INTO
The greater Republic which the world beholds TO-
day. and into the still mightier Republic when
the world VIII finally acknowledge as the arh!ler;
under God. OF the destinies OF mankind ana so
orr fathers wrote into the Constitution these
words Of growth and expansion. or empire; II you
will unlimited by geography or climate or by any
I.-l. ~. o-' 5rlA. aGongrsss shall nave power 10
dispose Of and make all needful rules and regula-
lions respecting the territory belonging 10 the
United States"
The Nations power 10 make rules and reguia-
tons for the government OF its possessions Is NOT
confined 10 any given set Of rules regulations.
4 IS not confined 10 anu particular formula OF
lars Or kind OF Government or tUDe OF ddiHihiSFrd-
Ti0n Where 90 Senators find constitutional
rant tor any special klH9 or n Tn ipn
guage Affirming orr power 10 govern such territory
e ss broad as tas requirements or all possible
SITUATIONS ana there IS nothing IN the CohsI III,
ton 70 limit that comprehensive language. me
eminent anywhere and in any manner the situa-
ZION demands would have been IN Congress II the
Constitution had been silent, not merely because
= IS q power not reserved 10 the State or people,
not merely because Il is a power inherent in and
attribute Of nationality because II
might BE- inferred from other specific provisions or
the Constitution. bur because Il Is the power most
necessary for the ruling tendency of our race-the
tendency 70 explore, expand and grow, 10 sail new
sess and seek new lands. suDdCe the wilderness
Teltal-Ze deeaying peoples. ana plant civilized and
eiF2llElug governments over al the globe
This Island empire is the last land left in ali the
oceans. i II should prove d mistake 70 abandon
x the blunCe-, once made. would be irretrieyable
corrected when viii: every other progressive
halcn stands ready 10 relieTe us.
II would be better 10 abandon this combined
garden and Gibraltar OF the Pacific. and count
our blood and treasure already spent profitable
ess than "a apply any academic arrangement Of
seli-goTernEleE- 10 these children They not
g-siaole OF se-f-government. How could they be?
dhey are 1ot Of self-governing race. They are
Orlenlals Malays, instructed by Spauiards in the
ALTERS worst estate.
The Declaration Of Independence does not forbid
= 70 40 our part In the regenerat ton Of the world
= Il dc rhe Declaration would be wrong, lust
ne articles Of Confederation, drafted by the very
s-ile men who signed the Declaration, were found
10 be wrong.
re very elect Of self-governing peoples TO a race
~ A1aiay children Of barbarism. schooled in Span
= Htt1oGs ana IDEAS And you, VINO say the
1.r--aIal-on applies 20 al men. how dare you deny
- dppAcarlOn % the American Indian And if
you deny = 70 the Indian al home how dare YOU
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