The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-03

trasted force and love. Plate represent
ing force and behind him was Caesar, and
behind Caesar was the Roman govern
ment. and behind the Roman government
were the legions OF Rome, and before
PLATE, helpless and alone, preaching the
gospel of love, stood Christ, and around
Him standing, those hooking and jeer-
ing at Him and saying He r. dead or as
good as dead. But the minister pointed
out that from that time on the power
of Caesar wsned and the power OF Christ
increased-pointed out that In Few c"n-
turtles the Roman government was gone
and its legions were forgotten, while the
name and influence Of the Nazarene
grew and spread, while today millions
and millions take that name with reyer-
ence upon their lips. Then the minister
said that In this nation today Force ana Az.
Love met I'm daily conflict; that here IL
late and Christ again stand face TO face,
] believe he spoke the truth. ! ostdsse
we are g9h,nE 70 decided btsen tb o ns
ton shall stand before the world as an
embodiment of brute force or whether IL
shall stand as "A holy example Of reason:
confronts us and our civilization TOWARDS
the close of the eighteenth century; Inc
upon American soil, and during the pine
teenth century this doctrine mas grown
and grown and grown, ana as no other
This doctrine Of self government has
proven to be more potent than aii the
armies and all the navies OF all the ma
tions of the earth. and am not Wiling
TO lay aside this omnipotent weapon OF
trade. to seize again the sword OF el-
fensive warfare l am not willing that
this nation shall help 70 swing the pencu-
ium back toward brute force ana the
dark ages; and beg you, before you take
your stand upon n doctrine that Involves
the life or death Of republic; before you
cast your lot with those who believe In
force rather than reason, In might rather
than right, ! want you to stop to meas
ure the consequences of your act. We
are fighting the battle Of all the world
here. We are fighting the battle upon
the hilltop, and our contest Is being
watched by all II We succeed In making
self-government a success, IL We succeed
in solving those great problems we shall
be light TO all the world. You tell me
that / am pleading the cause OF the fili-
pinos Why. my friends, II every Filipino
were 10 die the world would go on, but
~ this nation puts out It's light, under
what nation shall struggling humanity
look for the hope and Inspiration In its
struggle for better things? tApplause.)
IF this nation abandons the doctrine OF
Justice and equity IN its dealing with 9th
or people. how long VIII Justice prevail
important TO you than the right 10 give
Filipino his self-government how long
will you preserve the rights that are de-
cisrei TO be God-given2 II your president
can trample upon the constitution when
he deals with Puerto Rico ana you applaud
him. who will censure him when he tram
pies upon your rights IN following the
same pOlcyf tApplause) II your con-
gress violates the constitution and you
applaud. then who shall eensure when
that congress disregards tho guarantees
OF the eonstitution when you claim their
protection2
They toll me that our flag has gone up
over Manila and cannot be hauled down.
l tell you that our flag went up over Ha-
yana. and yet our president told them that
we would haul. II down when the nag of
the Cuban republic would rise In It's place
And yet | would rather that the flag Of
the Filipino republic should rise In the
place Of the stars and Stripes. than that
our flag, the flag Of a republic, should be
made the flag of an empire and hold sub
Ject races. (Applause.)
Il believe that II the treaty OF peace
provided for the Independence Of the Phil
fppnes when II provided for the independ-
ence OF the Cubans, there would have
been no trouble, that treaty would have
been ratified. | favored the ratification
OF the treaty | believed II was better to
ratfy the treaty and close the war and
bring the volunteers home and settle those
questions by resolutions among the Amer
lean people than to settle II by diplomacy
with Spain and favored n resolution in
troduced before shot was fred, teso-
luton promising Independence upon the
same terms that Independence had been
introduced more than n month before hos
tiiities broke out at Manila, and II IL had
been passed by the senate and acted on
by the president. you would have had no
trouble and 5000 soldiers would have been
SUFFICIENT to establish stable govern
ment. But the vote of the vice president
defeated the resolution, and the Repub-
lcan party hasn't had time yet TO settle
That congress- met last December. and
dead bodies were floating back over the
sane as an effect Of that climate but the
Republican party didn't have time to set
nation. but It has time TO turn this gov
eminent over to the national banks and
hnancisrs TO do what they please with It,"
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