New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-28

Territories of its force and without legsla-
nose mos pr6Ghib dH which are also pTIyeses en-
g the soRpee ssrer Of 0 Ig
sress ' can nelther limit impair Al personal
DOM Properly rights freedom Of speech and nd.I the
era our as oas But outside Of the Con-
stitution and laws Is an unSrtt9 Ss ny
Power and controlling Its acts and officials IN all
eH We know from cicero's grafton that Ro;
| man pro-consul was subject TO this idea; England
& %h eeF she lost her colonies by
successful Revolution, and she has TO-DAY the
has ever known by granting such measures OF self
as zach colony bsye annih
lated time and distance. The Philippines are nearer
Jefersons ion The nag carries with
liberty and law No
and judiciary would be tyrants If they couId and
civil or it religious liberty by an American adminsz
aOn in far off LpzOR would be flashed under the the
in hot Indignation, demanding Justice and punish.
sS te and ee ana
All other nations have been familiar through the
have gradually, won Individual rights from the
lions this power We have developed the other
way slowly and reluctantly we have SURRENDERED red
have been hundred years trying to understa md
strength perpeutg and powers Of Sovereignty. but
with an ever present responsibility to the people;
those who denied that We are a Nation continued
senate and eRef JUSTICE MarsRa Imposing de-
cision from the bench When submitted to the
6a noble v 5e on one de aad
he eeRae Gf the y
unity the vast and expansive possibilities, the Gre
glorious power Of the Gnted States
LESSONS FROM EXPERIENCE
The fears daily expressed by Senators of disas-
trous consequences to ourselves from the produc-
cation G in the long expeTience Of other natohs
Br 5n h has T6 h of r r 6fP
them The same is true OF the crowded hig9X 1 or
land. The, people of the temperate zones govern
al tropical countries outside the A me The
the rulers and the organizers OF the productive
contact between all parts of the lands and peoples
G Ghieh are under one general government Though
tages with her colonies than other and competing
Imports ana if ahayzed So as 70 sesct only the
articles she produces the proportion would be
ability to crafty them created by civilization and
consumption and purchasing power of the inhab
itants Of our Island PossessiSas +n.
victims of the marvellous DEVELOPMENT of the nine
have stimulated produefion beyond living mits
unless unless new markets can be discovered The great
insignificant when compared with the exodus from
reach the enormous s Volume Of 6o of human
beings whose exile from home and country has
pr0dnStion and in emf by in
tries. Our fertile lands have attracted most of
them, but they are practically exhausted, and now
farms and factories, or low wages, want of en-
ployment, idleness and want is near our own doors
VAST POSSIBILITIES IN THE ORIENT.
aTsts fer the Sv of dssn and
soon be ed Ryf across the Pacific ARE are mitIsgs
NOT much en- greater than Havana from New-York
live 900 coo of people, PURCHASING now annually
dqce to the sum Of thousand millions of dollars
Pacific Coast and its enterprsing people the opening
of the canal across the isthmus and an American
vita railroads opening up these countries and
increase in their trade dazzles the imagRnafion
TO relieve home congestion starvation and
creasing their armies, charging their fleets and
iicts while partitioning Africa, threatening China
Selling Asiatic municipalities and madly building
BY victorious war and triumphant diplomacy we
Msna our o CHINA sa Mafhn easy reach at
Indies and Japan. Without war entangIlng ALI
hons the parts he orient With ali if t6at H it
manufactures and the surplus haryests of our
prehension of our Philippine policy or our rela
tons to our island colonies be sordid or purely
P91ssssesfsions we nave no policy to declare no
and in the future to embarrass US. We viii stamp
eminent We will organize local government. We
will constitute courts We will insure with the
and property, freedom of religion and the equal
and just administration OF the law
The Kindergarten of liberty, under competent
instructors rapidly develops its pupils for larger re
sponslb Utilities for citizenship respect for law for
judicial duties and for constantly increasing
share in their local and general assemblies One
year of rule by the United States in Cuba is a
convincing object lesson. Brigands have become
farmers and reVolutioniSts citizens
Order has taken the place of anarchy and law Of
license. The Cubans developing their indus
tries and rapidly acquiring the habits OF self-gov-
eminent So the uplifting of the people of the
philippines TO the comprehension and practice of
orderly industry, respect for individual rights con
ndence and then participation in government will
add enormously to their happiness and reciprocaIly
TO the strength, prosperity and power of our
country.