The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-09-14

authority to do either, II he had been
so inclined, which he was not. So long
as the sovereignty remains in US It IS
the duty OF the executive, whoever ne
may be, to uphold that sovereignty, and
If it be attacked to suppress its assail-
less?
We are in agreement with all of those
VINO supporter the war with Spain; and
also with those who counseled the rau-
ncation Of the treaty of peace. Upon
these two great essential steps there can
be no issue, and out of these come all OK
our responsibilities. If others would shirk
the obligations imposed by the war and
the treaty, we must decline to act fur
Their with them, and here the issue IS
made. 1t is our purpose to establish In
the Philippines a government suitable
to the wants and conditions of the in
habitants, and to prepare them for self
That am aiming to do under my consti-
tutionaI authority, and will continue 10
do until congress shall determine the DO
httcal status of the inhabitants of the
archipelago.
Are our opponents against the treaty?
If so, they must be reminded that it could
not have been ratified in the senate but
for their assistance. The senate which
ratified the treaty and the congress which
added its sanction by large approprla-
ton comprised senators and representa-
tiVes of the people of all parties.
would our opponents surrender TO the
insurgents, abandon our sovereignty or
pose, then it should be promptly dis
claimed, for only evil can result from the
hopes raised by our opponents in the
minds of the FilipinoS, that with their
| success at the polls in November there
will be a withdrawal of our army and OF
American sovereignty over the archipel-
ago; the complete independence OF the
TagalOg people recognized and the pow
ers of government over all the other
parties of the archipelago conferred upon
the TagalOg leaders.
The effect of a belief in the minds of
the insurgents that this will be done has
already prolonged the rebellion and in
creases the necessity for the continuance
of a large army, 1t is now delaying full
peace in the archipelago and the estab-
lishment of civil governments, and has
influenced many of the insurgents against
accepting the liberal terms of amnesty
offered by Gen. Macarthur under my di
| rection. But for these false hopes, a
considerable reduction could have been
had in our military establishment in the
Philippines, and the realization OF
stable government would be already at
hand.
The American people are asked by our
opponents to yield the sovereignty of the
| United States in the Philippines to small
fraction of the population, a single tribe
out of so or more inhabiting the archi-
pelagO, a fraction which wantonly at
tackled the American troops in Manila
while in rightful possession under the
protocol with Spain, awaiting the ratiti-
cation of the treaty of peace by the SEN
ate, and which has since been in active,
We are asked to transfer our sovereignty
to a small minority in the islands with
out consulting the majority and to ADAM
don the largest portion of the population,
which has been loyal to US, to the cruel
ties of the guerrilla inSurgent bands More
than this, we are asked to protect this
minority in establishing a government,
and to this end repreSS all opposition OF
the majority. We are required to set UP
a stable government in the interest of
those who have asSailed our sovereignty
fro -n16 nd
maintain 1t at any cost or sacrifice
against its enemies within and against
those having ambitious designs from
This would require an army and navy
far larger than is now maintained in the
Philippines and still more in excess of
what will be necessary with the full rec
Ognition of our sovereignty. A military
support Of authority not our own, as thus
proposed, Is the very essence of militar-
ism, which our opponents in their plat
form oppose, but which by their policy
would of necessity be established in it's
most offensive form.
The American people will not make the
murderers of our soldiers the agents Of
the republic TO convey the blessings Of
liberty and order to the Philippines. They
will not make them the builders of the
new commonwealth Such a course would
be a betrayal of our sacred obligations
to the peaceful FflipinoS and would place
at the mercy OF dangerous Adventures
the lives and property of the natives and
foreigners.
In short the proposition of those OPP
posed to us is 30 continue all the Obliga-
lions in the Philippines which now rest
upon the government only changing the
relation from principal, which now eX-
lists, to that of surety. Our responsibility
IS to remain, but our power is TO be
diminished. Our obligation is to be no
less but our title is to be surrendered
to another power, which is without eX-
perlence or training, or the ability to
maintain a stable government at home
and absolutely helpless to perform it's
international obligations with the rest
of the world. To this we are opposed.
We should not yield our title while our
obligations last. In the language of our
platform, Our authority should not be
less than our responsibility" and our
present responsibility is to establish our
authority in every part of the island.
Our rights in the Philippines are now
free from outside interference and will
continue so in our present relation They
would not be thus free in any other reIa-
ton. We will not give up our own to
guarantee another sovereignty
Those who profess to distrust the liberal
and honorable purposes Of the administra-
ton in its treatment of the Philippines are
not justified. Imperialism has no place in
its creed or conduct. Freedom is the
rock upon which the republican party
was builded and now rests. Liberty is
the great republican doctrine for which
the people went to war and for which
a million lives were offered and billions of
dollars expended to make it the lawful
legacy of all without the consent of mas
ter or slave. There is a strain of ill-con-
cealed hypocrisy in the anxiety to extend
the constitutional guarantees to the people
Of the Philippines, while their nullifica-
ton is openly advocated at home. Our OPP
ponents may diStrust themselves, but they
have no right to discredit the good faith
and patriotism of the majority of the peo-
pie, who are opposed to them; they may
fear the worst form of imperialism with
the helpless FilipinOs in their hands; but
if they do it is because they have parted
with spirit and faith of the fathers and
have lost the virility of the founders Of
the party which they profess to represent.
The Declaration of Independence.
The republican party does not have TO
assert its devotion to the declaration of
independence That immortal instrument
of the fathers remained unexecuted until
the people under the lead of the republican
party in the awful flash of battle turned
it's promises into fulfillment 1t wrote into
the constitution the amendments guafan-
teeing political equality to American eiti-
zenship and it has never broken thern or
counseled others in breaking them II will
not be guided in its conduct by one set
of principles at home and another set in
the new territory belonging to the United
States.
Empire has been expelled from Porto
Rico and the Philippines by American