The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-30

spoke. I thought the attention of the
Senate ought to be called to the sub
ject, because I did not believe the diplo-
matte or consular officials had a right 60
attack senators in such a manner. | have
not changed my opinion. This is mat
ter of which We ought to take cognzauce
II is no better coming from Il British
consul than from "A Spanish minister"
The matter was then referred to the
Committee on Foreign Relations.
The resolution OF Mir. Petugrew declar-
ing food products not to be contraband
OF war wns referred to the Committee
on Foreign Relations after brief speech
by Mr. Pettigrew.
Mr.. Carter presented a conference re-
port on the census administration bill. and
IL was agreed TO.
TiIImnn on Philippines.
In accordance with previous announce
ment Mr.. Tnlman delivered an address
upon the Philippines question. His dis
cussion of the subject was general,
Mr. Tilman deprecated the idea that a
man is disloyal to the flag if he declares
his belief that the prosecution of the war
in the Philippines is disloyalty to the
Declaration of independence and said he
was ready to locate the responsibility for
the blood that Mad been spilled | i'm
pugn no mans motives" he said, "but
whether the President be most to blame
or whether the crime rests on his dupes
and subservient party dependents ] say
with all the emphasis of my nature, that |
and none of those who voted against the
teeaty are responsible for the spilling ~
one drop of this innocent blood that has
been shed and l viii not endure patient
ly and without resentment any such accu-
sation.'
Mr.. Tillman then discussed at length
the race question as il re'ates to the
Philippines, in the course of which he cX4
pressed strong dissent from the statement
made recently by Senator Morgan that
the Civil War was ptecipltated by design
ing politicians who desired To thrust the
negro with social and political equality
upon the whites of the South.
Scouting the charge the Fiipinos were
not capable of lf-government, he said:
If the Filipino leaders and their fol-
lowers those men of affairs men 50 strong
in the faith of the right of men to govern
themselves after our great example, that
although lily armed and without artillery,
1t has required $1,000 American troops over
year 10 drive them from the field and
even yet they have not surrendered, but
have adopted a guerilla warfare-if these
are not tit for self-goVernment under kind
" tutelage let me ask OF those Republl-
cans here, who in part are responsible Tor
it,, and who were and are now in absolute
sympathy with ii, how dared they give
the control of the Southern states into the
govern themselves, but also to govern
white men? If the Fllipinos are children,
| what were and are the ex-SldVeS OF the
| South? How dared Republicans appeal
| TO the Northern masses to compet the
| South to grant the negroes free vote ana
| a fair count when IL involved negro RUE
| pure and simple?
Were the fruits OF the war mere Sodom
| apples to be turned to ashes in such a
brief span? Are the thirteenth, fourteenth
| and fifteenth amendments to be nullllled
| I'm their very essence because they faled
| of their purpose In the SoutG Are they
| for home use only? Is the flag TO become
| again a Haunting lie and float over
military despotism, first In the Philippines
| ana later at the homer Was the, memoir
bic conflict between the slavery ana free
| dom useless? Have we gained nothingY
| Is the commercial greed which dominates
| in our councils and coerces the President
| to do his bloody and dirty work, to make
of the constitution a new league with
! death and covenant with hell in the In
| terest of oppression akin to slavery? In
| order 20 do all-these things must we camp
outside the constitution and give the old
| INTERPRETATION of the Southern slaveho,d-
| ers to the Declaration of Independence
and uuillfy all pfecedents and decisions
! of our Supreme Court2 Did this nation
| offer up of its best and bravest upon the
altar of liberty the blood of 100000 men
| and spend and destroy five billions or
| treasure that we might have govern
ment of the people. by the people, for the
people.' 20 find that in the brief span of
one mans life the sacrifice was vain. the
| Civil War q mistake and that the colored
race has no rights we are bound TO re-
| spect at home and abroad?"
shot nt Beveridge.
Adverting to Mr. Beveridge's quotations
from the Bible, Mr.. Tillman said;
Il have heard that the devil can quote
Scripture for his own purposes. Why, 1
can quote Scripture myself Qaughter)
Verify. verify, | say unto you, Senator
from Indiana" pointing his finger dram
atically at Mr.. Beyeridge, who sat with
in a few feet of him, you cannot gather
figs from thorns, nor grapes from this
ties"
"If we mete out despotism and bayonet
rule TO that people, will it not be meted
back to us? 1t need not be from foreign
source. and IL cannot be from a foreign
source that the government by bayonet
will ever oppress the American people.
Our danger lies in famliarizing our peo-
pie with despotic methods, in abandoning
the American ideal and the principles of
our fathers.
"The curse of bayonet rule will come
back to plague you as sure as there Is
God in heaven"
In conclusion. Mr.. Tilman said:
Il protest against the continuance or
this unholy war. The President has de-
clared that upon Congress rests the re-
sponsiblity. He shirks the burden OF
his mistake and crime and endeavors to
shift il to our shoulders. Let us give
those people q government OF their own.
the only self-government, In whatever
form they might select and be rid Of
the burden as wen as the shame which
must be ours II we do not. Let us pro-
tect them against outside interference, and
in a small part compensate them for the
wrongs we hove done them.
I'm the name OF Washington, OF Jeffer-
son and Lincoln, let us stop this war,
which was a hideous blunder In its be-
ginning. 1t Is now a war of conquest,
crime In the sight Of God and man"
At o'clock the Senate adjourned.
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