People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1900-08-16

! less from a massive belief that Providence
/ delivered the Filipinos into our hands, for
| their good and our glory, TO the exuitation
" the minister who said that we ought 70
thrash the natives Fflipinosl untii tney
| understand who We are, ana tnat every
! bullet sent, every cannon shot ana every
! dag waved means righteousness.
No Calling Gossip.
| We cannot approve OF this doctrine In
,ne place unless we are willing TO apply
I everywhere. II there Is poison In the
blood OF the hand II will ultimately reach
3 the heart. Il is equally true that forciole
Christianity, II planted under the American
/ dag in the far-away orient, will sooner or
/ alter be transplanted upon American SOIL.
| II true Christianity consists In carrying
! out in our daily lives the teachings OF
/ Christ, who will say that We are command
I'd to civilize with dynamite and proselyte
With the sword? He who would declare
he Divine will must prove his authority
either by Holy Writ or by evidence or
! special diSpensation. The command, Go
| ye into all the world and preach the Gospel
to every creature" has no Calling gun at
tachment. When Jesus visited village OK
| Samaria and the people refused TO receive
| Him, some Of the disciples suggested that
| hre should be called down from Heaven
! 10 avenge the insult; but the Master re-
buked them, and said: ''Ie know not what
| manner OF spirit We are Of: for the Son OF
Man Is not come 10 destroy mems lives.
put to save them. Suppose He had said:
! I'VE will thrash them until they under
| stand who We are" how different would
have been the history of Christianity!
| Compare, If you will. the staggering, bull
! lying, brutal doctrine of Imperialism with
! the Golden Rule and the commandment,
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy
self"
! Lave NOT forca vras tba rpaanor % ,ho
! Nazarene; sacrifice for others, not the ex-
! ploitation of them, was His method OF
! reaching the human heart missionary
/ recently told me that the stars and stripes
/ once saved his life because his assailant
! recognized our flag as flag that had no
blood upon II. Let II be known that our
missionaries are seeking souls instead OF
sovereignty; let 1t be known that instead
Of being the advance guard of conQuering
armies, they are going forth TO help and
/ TO uplift, having their loins girt about with
/ truth and their feet shod with the prepara-
/ ton of the Gospel OF Peace. wearing the
breastplate of righteousness and carrying
! the sword Of the Spirit; let II be known that
/ they are the citizens of nation which
! respects the rights of the citizens of other
nations as carefully as 1t protects the rights
/ OF It's own citizens, and The welcome given
/ TO our missionaries will be more cordial
than the welcome extended to the mission
/ aries Of any other nation.
The argument, made by some, that Il
was unfortunate for the nation that II
had anything TO do with the Philippine
Islands, but that the naval victory at Ma
Mia made the permanent acquisition OF
those Islands necessary, is also unsound.
! We won victory at Santiago, but that
| did not compel us to hold Cuba. The she'd
| ding Of American blood In the Philippine
/ Islands does not make II imperative that
We should retain possession forever; Amer
lean blood was shed at San Juan hill and Ell
| Caney, and yet the president has prom
! ised the Cubans independence The fact
! that the American flag floats over Manila
does not compel US TO exercise perpetual
/ sovereignty over the islands; that flag
| waves over Havana to-day, but the pres
| ident has promised to haul Il down when
the flag Of the Cuban republic is ready to
| rise In It's place Better thousand times
| that our flag In the orient give way TO a
| flag representing the idea OF self-govern-
ment than that the flag Of this republic
should become the flag Of an empire.
An Honorable Solution.
There is an easy honest, honorable solu-
ton Of the Philippine question. Il Is set
forth in the democratic platform and II Is
! submitted with confidence to the Ameri-
can people. This plan | unreservedly in
dorse. II elected, / shall convene congress
In extraordinary session as soon as 1 am
inaugurated, and recommend an imme-
diate declaration OF the nations purpose,
first, to establish q stable form OF gov
eminent in the Philippine islands, just as
we are now establishing a stable form Of
| government in the island of Cuba: sec
ond, to give independence to the Filipinos.
just as we have promised TO give inde-
pendence to the Cubans; third, TO protect
the Filipinos from outside interference
while they work out their destiny. just
as We have protected the republics OF
Central and South America, and are, by
the Monroe doctrine, pledged to protect
Cuba. An European protectorate often
results In the exploitation OF the ward by
the guardian. An American protectorate
| gives to the nation protected the advan-
| tage OF our strength, without making II
| the victim of our greed For three-Quar-
tiers of century the Monroe doctrine has
been a shield TO neighboring republics
and YET II has imposed no pecuniary bur-
den upon US. After the Filipinos had aid
ed US in the war against Spain. We could
not honorably turn them over TO their
| former masters; we could not leave them
to be the victims OF the ambitious de-
signs OF the European nations. ard since
| we do not desire TO make them a part OF
US, or to hold them as subjects, We pro-
! pose the only alternative, namely, 10 give
them independence and guard them
against molestation from without
When our opponents are unable to de-
fend their position by argument they fall
back upon the assertion that 1t is destiny,
and insist that We must submit TO II. no
| matter how much IL violates moral pre-
cepts and our principles OF government.
| This Is compiacent philosophy. IL OBJ
| literates the distinction between right and
wrong and makes individuals and nations
| the helpless victims OF circumstances.
Destiny Is the subterfuge Of the in
vertebrate, who. lacking the courage to
oppose error, seeks some plauslole excuse
| for supporting II. Washington said that the
| destiny of the republican form OF gov
eminent was deeply. II not finally, staked
on the experiment intrusted to the Amer
lean people. How different Washingtons
| definition of destiny from the republican
definition. The republicans say that this
| nation Is in the hands OF destiny; WASH
| ington believed that not only the destiny
| OF our own nation, but the destiny OF the
republican form OF government through
cut the world was intrusted to American
hands Washington was right. The
destiny OF this republic Is in the hands Of
its own people, upon the success OF the
| experiment here rests the hope OF human
| ity No exterior force can disturb this
republic, and no foreign influence should
be permitted to change its course. What
| the future has In store for this nation no
one has authority to declare. but each in
dividual has his own idea OF the nations
mission and he owes II 10 his country as
| well as to himself TO contribute as best he
may to the fulhllment Of that mission.
Mr.. Chairman. and Gentlemen Of the
Committee: can never fully discharge the
! debt OF gratitude which owe to my coun-
trymen Tor the honors which they have so
generously bestowed upon me; but sirs,
ghether IL be my lot 10 occupy the high
ofiice for which the convention has named
ne. or 10 spend the remainder OF my days
In nriyats life, II shall be my constant am
bition and my controlling purpose to aid In
uisdom and courage and sacrifices brought
this republic into existence.
can conceive Of national destiny sur
nassing the glories Of the present and the
past-a destiny which meets the RESPONSE
bIlities Of to-day and measures up to the
possibilities Of the future. Behold rspub-
lic resting securely upon the foundation