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would be to call congress together for
the purpose of withdrawing our forces
and hauling down our flag in the Phil
ippines.
Mr.. Bryan's inconsistencies In regard
to the Philippine question have been
frequently pointed out, and it Is in or
der now to point out the corresponding
Inconsistencies of his organ, the New
York Journal. This can be done very
readily and without the slightest diff
ficulty by quoting from the editorial
pages Of The Journal during 1898 and
1899. The following editorial opinions
of The Journal are extracted verbatim
from the files of that paper and serve
to show what its present opinions are
worth. No comments are appended.
No comments are necessary. The pub
lie will make it's own comments:
"stupid Opposition to Annexation"
New York Journal, June 2, 1881
| We remember that Jefferson bought
Louisiana, but the names of the consti-
tutional lawyers who opposed the pur-
chase are buried with their empty
skulls. We shall always identify An
drew Jackson with Florida, Sam Hous-
ton with Texas and Seward with Alas
ka, but to find the names of the men
who opposed these extensions of the
sovereignty Of the republic we must
turn to encyclopedias or dusty archives.
! New York Journal June II, 1925
They (he Ladrones), together with
the Carolines, should be ours. They
lie midway between Hawaii and the
Philippines and in our possession, to-
gether with the Hawaiian group, would
| give us a chain of naval stations clear
to Asia. Hawaii, the Ladrones, the
Carolines and the Philippines will in
sure US strategic and commercial SUI
premacy in the Pacific.
soThe Bogy of Imperialism"
New York Journal June 10, $685.
It is hastily assumed that any car
rying of the flag away from home
means Imperialism. That is mistake.
To conquer and colonize distant lands
for the sake of glory and profit Is one
thing; to secure outposts, the posses
sion of which will better enable us to
preserve peace and be more efficient
for attack when war does come, is an
other
New York Journal, June %, 1881
| The final disposition of the Philip
pines should be of nature to augment
our strength as a great power, to adj
vantage our commerce and to advance
the ideas in government for which this
republic, founded on human liberty,
stands Is there anything imperialis-
tic about that?
New York Journal, June g. 1881
Perhaps, proceeding still slowly, Mr..
Bryan may find that his first eager
conclusion that we should surrender
the Philippines will not stand the tests
Of time and thought.
New York Journal, July l, 1881
Men who use their brains to think
with are not to be bullied by phrases.
imperialism" for instance. That word
comes down like portcullis before a
good many minds, and the blows Of
fact and argument beat against it in
vain. The Philippines are in point. A
| splendid naval victory has made us
masters there. Should we keep them
or give them up? An imperialism"
which means the spread Of American
power, free institutions and human hap
piness is not an imperialism" to be
feared by anybody who has faith in
the vitality of this republic and con-
fidence in the democratic principles on
which it is founded.
Never Haul Down the Flag.
New York Journal July go 1898
Keep the flag flying in the Philip
pines! Dewey has raised it there, and
there every American worthy to be a
citizen of the great republic should de-
mand that it shall remain, memorial
of victory and a pledge of freedom to
the people rescued from the robber
clutches of murderous and benighted
Spain.
New York Journal, July 81, 1893
AS practical people we must not be
so imbecile as to relinquish the mill
tary and commercial advantages that
have come to us and our posterity
through Dewey's immortal victory.
Duty and interest go hand in hand.
Hold on to the Philippines!
New York Journal, Aug. 8, 1881
The Philippines are ours. The flag
waves over the islands. Nail the flag
to the mast
No Backing Out.
New York Journal Aug. 9, 1898.
But how if we take the Philippines?
Is that not going out OF our traditional
sphere! Tne answer to that is that we
have won the Philippines in war and
need them In our business.
New York Journal, Aug. TO- 1851
American blood has been spilled at
Manila. Every drop was a sacrifice to
the cause of liberty. No retreat from
the PhilippinesI
New York Journal, Aug. IL, 1881
The American flag is up at Manila
Let it wave there until the people of
the Philippines, under American pro-
lection, have grown into capacity for
full self government That is the just,
the American, policy Nail the flag to
the mast!
New York journal, Aug. IL, 1881
The capture of Manila has made us
masters of the Philippines, and the |
American diplomat who would give |
them up would find it advisable to |
stay abroad for the rest of his life.
New York Journal, Sept. IA, 1881
Don't give up a foot of the Philip |
pines!
Our Duty to Civilization.
New York Journal, Sept. II, 1881
We have a duty to perform In the |
Philippines duty to the F'ilipinos, to
ourselves, to republican ideas, to civil
ization. The American people are per-
fectly willing to assume all the risks
and burdens of that duty. No dishon-
orable desertion of the rescued people
of the Philippines!
New York journal, Nov. e. 1881
The substantial fact is that 114,000
square miles of fertile soil are hence
forth to be opened to American civil
ization, to be developed according to
American ideas and to be occupied, as
far as practicable, by American set
tiers. Welcome to the American Phil
ippines! The flag is up in the old
world, and long may it wave!
New York Journal, Dec 16. 1884,
We have demanded from the first
the annexation of Hawaii; we demand
ed the war; we demanded the acquisi-
ton of territory in the West Indies
and the retention Of all the Philippines.
We now demand the government of
our new territories as integral parts of
this country.