The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-17

lean war, supplemented five years later
by the Gadsden purchase
The next acquisition was that of
Alaska, secured from Russia by treaty
and purchase. Alaska was full of ma
tives, some Of whom had advanced well
beyond the stage of saVagery and were
Christians They were not consulted
about the purchase, nor was their ac-
quiescence required. The purchase was
made by the men who had Just put
through a triumphant war to restore
the Union and free the slave; but none
Of them deemed it necessary to push
the doctrine Of the consent Of the gov
erned" to a conclusion so fantastic as to
necessitate the turning over Of Alaska
to It's original owners, the Indian and
the Aleut. For thirty years the United
States authorities, military and civil
exercised the supreme authority in a
tract of land many times larger than
the Philippines, In which it did not seem
likely that there would ever be any con-
siderable body of white inhabitants.
Next Instance of Expansion Hawaii.
Nearly thirty years passed before the
next instance of expansion occurred,
which was over the Island Of Hawaii.
An effort was made at the end of Pres
| ident Harrisons administration to Sc
cure the annexation of Hawaii. The
effort was unsuccessful. In debate In
congress on February 2, 1894, one of the
leaders In opposing the. annexation Of
the islands etated: "These islands are
more than two thousand miles distant
from our extreme western boundary.
We have a serious race problem now in
our country and [ am not in favor of
adding to our domestic fabric mon
grel population COT this characteD. Our
constitution makes no provisions for
colonial establishment. Amy territorial
government we might establish would
necessarily, because of the population,
Hawaii has now been annexed and her
delegates have sat in the national con-
ventions Of the two great parties. The
fears then expressed in relation to an
"oligarchy" and armed soldiers are
not now seriously entertained by any
human being; yet they are precisely the
objections urged against the acquisi-
ton Of the Philippines at this very mo-
ment. We are making no new depart
ure We are not taking a single step
which in any way affects our institu-
tions or our traditional policies. From
the beginning we have given widely
varying degrees Of self-government to
the different territories, according to
their needs
No Imperialism or Mliitarism.
The simple truth Is that there is nothing
even remotely resembling imperialism or
''miIitarism' involved In the present de-
velopment OF that policy of expansion
when has been part Of the history Of
America from the day when she became
a nation. The words mean absolutely
nothing as applied to our present policy In
the Philippines for this policy is only la
perlalstic in the sense that Jeifersons pol
icy. In Louisiana was imperlalistic; only
military in the sense that Jackson policy
toward the Seminoles or Clusters toward
the Sioux embodied mitarism; and there is
no more danger Of Its producing evil re-
suits at home now than there was of It's
interfering with freedom under Jefferson
or Jackson, or In the days of the Indian
wars on the plains. ourarmy is relatively
ont as large as 1t was IN the days CT
W ayne; We nave not one reguiNt for every
thousand inhabitants There is no more
danger # q az there is OIL the re-
introduction Of slavery. 4
Have Pr.vsmtsa tniiiitarism,
When we expanded over New Mexico and
California we secured free government to
these territories and prevented their fall
Ing under the ''miltarism of a Dictator
ship Hike that OF Santa Anna or the i'm
Maxtmillian. We put stop to imperialism
Meximillian We put stop to Imperialism
In Mexico as soon as the civil War closed.
We made Il great antl-imperialistic stride
when we drove the Spaniards from Porto
Rico and the Philipplpes and thereby made
ready the ground Siif 'thes islands for that
gradually Increasing measure OF self-go
ernment for which their populations are
seyerally lifted Cuba is being helped along
the path 10 Independence as rapidly as her
go. or course the presence OF troops In tile
Philippines during the Tagnl Instruction
has no more to do with mllltarsm or inn
perlalsm than had their presence in the
Daktoas, Minnesota and Wyoming during
the many years which elapsed before the
final outbreaks Of the Sioux were definite
~ put down There is no more militarism
or Imperialism In garrisoning Luzon until
order Is restored, tlnn there was imperinl-
ism in sending soldiers to South Dakota In
which iustlhes our having made
wnr against Sitting Bull also iustifes our
b,xi,ee chool,od tho outbreolo or Aenjnolao
ar,t h11s foiln,rars directod 90 49, VS.
gninst PbilInninn and American oiIke
The only cartoIn way of rendering if nee
essary for our republic to enter ON career
Philippines to their own tribes. and at the
same tjme other to tunrnntee q stable rov.
ernment among these tribes or to gunIan-
tee them against outside Interference. A
FAR larger army yould be rouulrpd 70 cnrry |
ont ony sn ".n noIicy Than VIII he reoure11
TO secire order under the American flag:
while the presence of tbs fae on the |
Islands IL really rho only possible security |
against outside aggression. The whole ar