The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-10-06

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continent within the last quarter OF a cen
fury; as Ii the case to-day with one OF the
governments OF Central America. II that
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before and is doing now 80 would France
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fere? or course not, unless we were willing
to guarantee the Philippine debt.
.on Is c5 PTeS'e OUT e. we %as
Keep stable the government which we
first establish. or the purpose OF the estab-
III the second Proposition Of 4 the opposi-
ton is performed we must: -,
First, control the finances Of the Phil
pPsse eeonS Guarantee the loans the Phil
ippine government makes with other ma
Third. 20 to war with those nations to
defeat their collection of their just debts;
"Is this sound policy? Is II profitable
Is It moral? Is 1t just to the Filipinos. to
the masses OF those children who need
first Of all and more than all. order law
and peace? Is II prudent. wise. far-seeing
a similar course in Cuba justify It in the
Philippines?
suggests Program for Government.
Here is the program Of reason and
righteousness. and time and events VIII
First. we have given Porto Rico such a
| civil government as her situation demands
under the stars and stripes.
and them give the P RHi such ciS
government as the situation demands I'M
der the stars and stripes.
Third, we are regenerating Cuba, ana
when our preparatory work Is done we
should have given Cuba such civil gov
eminent as her situation may demand, IN
4. he otnr nd OF
1.-THE sovereignty OF the stars and strips
can be nothing but a blessing to any pep
pie and to any land"
Commercial Gain for Philippines.
| try Of keeping the Philippines formed an
other chapter In the senator's speech
| Said hei
ticles, as we'll as In the products Of the
farm. is chiefly with Europe. Our agricul.
tural trade will continue to dominate ole
world markets. although It Will not absorb
Every year we buy $500. ooo, 600 Of tropical
products: To-day we pay much Of til th y.
| for this in products which our artisans and
mechanics make and our farmers raise
Think OF the markets that would mean for
every American factory and farm And
remember that wages and prices depend
on markets, not money. and prosperity de-
tse incaicSiaSis benet to both Il this tre
mendous trade is between the American
people and their own possessions! And
then contemplate the magnitude OF the
markets which those possessions command
| In addition to their own markets!
1.-THE mercantile argument Is mighty
with Americans In merely mercantile
times, and il should be so. But the argu-
ment OF destiny is the master argument
| in the hour OF destiny, and 1t should be so.
| on a great movement for merely mercantile
| reasons. Sentiment and duty have started
| and controlled every. noble current OF
hour destiny is the controlling considera-
| ton in the prophetic craftsmanship which
conditions require of the American people.
History establishes these propositions:
First, every people who have become
great have become colonizers or admins
| traitors.
administration their material and political
| greatness develops
Third, their decline is coineident with
| session and administration. or departure
from the true PRINCIPLES thereof.
Denies Danger of MiIitariSm.
The opposition. he continued. says all
| this means large army and military
control This the senator denied. saying:
1.-THE greatest colonial power that tho
world has ever seen, the empire of Great
Britain, has smaller standing army In
less than half as many as Germany almost
two-thirds less,than the soldiers of France
nearly one-third less than the soldiers
maintained by Austria. an absolutely nom
what is it that establishes militarism in
Germany? On the west the immediate
| proximity of France. her hereditary foe, de-
termined on Germany's destruction. On
| the east the immediate proximity OF Rus
STA. her hereditary foe: on the south the
| immediate proximity of an heterogeneous
empire. destined to ACKNOWLEDGMENT In the
swiftly approaching future. What Is II
that establishes militarism In France? The
,adf 10 tn init ~ If nv an he
| east. her hereditary foe. against whom she
has sworn a national vendetta; the imme-
date proximity Of England on the north
an enemy at whose hands centuries of de-
feat has loaded Frances blood with the
poison of hatred: the immediate proximity
Of Italy on the south; the third OF the anti
which establish militarism In Europe-
not colonization, not possessions, not ODE
dience to the greet natural law of expan'
sion and growth
Predicts n Prosperous Future.
In conclusion the senator predicted Q
happy and prosperous future for the Phil
| ipplnes. saying:
"Of these institutions. the American CON
stitution IA the highest. noblest and ulti-
mate EXPRESSION: and so our constitution
can grow only where the simpler forms OF
| our institutions have already prepared the
| way. Therefore. our constitution may fol-
low the flag but our institutions do follow
the flag. Our constitution did not create
| our Institutions; our Institutions created
our constitution.
Free institutions are as definite. certain
| and concrete as our constitution Itself
| Free speech Is an institution of liberty
| Free schools are an institution of liberty
| The freedom to worship God according
to the dictates of conscience is an irsttu.
ton Of liberty. Any American schoolboy
can catalogue free institutions. And as IN 81
as the simplest OF these institutions Dre.
pares these children Providence has giver
| into our keeping for higher grades Just that
fast more complex forms Of our institu
tions will follow.
"And so the answer to the politician:
hattlecry that the constitution follows the
flag Is this great truth Of popular liberty
our institutions follow the flag.
| "Our institutions not orlv follow The
flag. they accompany Il. They troop be-
meath Its folds of glory. Wherever ar
| American citizen goes. he carries the spirit
| Of our institutions. On whatever soil his
blood II shed to establish the sovereignty
OF our flag, there are planted the imperish
able seeds OF the institutions OF the NO.
ton: and there those institutions flourish
In proportion as the soil where they are
planted Is prepared for them.
Predicts American Mastery.
"Men-patriotic, brave and wise-havt
sought to stay that tremendous purpose oil
destiny, but their opposition was the
finger of a babe against the resstless poul
of the gulf streams mighty current. Fol
Gods hand was In II all. His plans were
working out their glorious results. And
just as futile is resistance to the contin.
the American people toward the mastery OF
the world. This is a destiny neither vague
nor undesirable. IL Is definite, splendid
| and holy When nations shall war no more