The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-11-01
PHILIPPINE
QUESTION.
U >IitE BREW OPPOSES
RETENTION Ot THE
ISLANDS.
Eu.s VI EMPIRE CLEARLY illUSIRA.
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Ih. Eniu-ut Ju-tlca Of tb. Dit4d ,,nt.-
7pprrme Court Abiy >er- Forth the
I'Irripl-, ON which Our Government
was Founded.
lu opposing retention OF the Phil
.gpnr Islands, Justice Brewer said.
81 !, said that the AngIo-Saxo
r... manifested II capacity 10 govern
well, that We are Of that ruce and
that, therefore, We could we'll gov
ERA the Philippine ISLANDS a. colo
ulr-. l do not question the "a paciI Y
ca the race we'll aud wisely 10 gov
cfu others. | object to the Philip
pine policy because it antagOniz.-s
rur principles upon whicn this gov
rtnmtnt Wa5 founded, which have
controlled It's life up to the present
Iur and the perfection OF which
hn- been the hopc and aspiration OF
every true American.
Very few nations, very few indi-
yidudo, live up To their high ideals,
hut surely the Declaration Of indie
pndeuce has been the ideal OF our
lite, and We have ,triven to. make il
more and more real. Now, govern
mrut by iOrro Is the very antipodes
vt this, and to Introduce govern.
urut by iur,C over any portion
ui the nation is to start the
second quarter OF the second cen
.ury OF our life upon principles
winch are the exact opposite of those
upon which We have hitherto lived.
u Is one ching To tail OF reaching
Your ideal; 1t Is an entirely different
thing to deliberately turn your back
upon 1t.
Tho test OF government is not i'll
the outward mechanical display Ot
ordef, but In the capacity to dcvei-
up the best men, and We have lived
IA the faith that government by the
consent OF the governed develops
the best men. We have not let the
wiSe rule the ignorant, the learned
the unlcarncd, the rich the poor, hut
w. have appealed always To 1.-the
plain people Il, the ONES in whose
Judgment to rely and upon whu1e
shoulders should rest the burden OF
thc government.
ideals are, after all, the eternal
force. Human Life and destiny are
controlled by them. They may seem
today of little significance, but
around them gather material inter
eSt-, and tomorrow their power i,
ii~Clu-Cd.
rNi:TGNC, on THE WAYS.
Government by consent and gov.
ernment by force, no matter how
we'll the government may be admin
istered, are two essentially antagon
istic principles. Doubtless no lm
mediate conflict will follow. W,
may see large measure OF prosper.
lty, but are we not sowing the seed;
which in the days to come will grow
NY into harvest OF trouble for onl
children and our childlen's children?
EVILS or ENTIRE.
A necessity of colonial pUestsslon
is All increase In our regular army
aud the first increase pro, ,.o,cd i,
from 10000 To 10000 iuen. 1t ia
strange commentary that al the clos,
Of the nineteenth century the hea,
OF the most arbitrary government
in the civilized world, the czar o
the nussias, is inviting the nations o
the world 20 Il decrease in their arms
while this, the t'reest land, is propo>
ing al increase in its. Vet eucl
seems to he the Imperative need, i
We enter upon the system OF colon
lal expansion,
GREAT ECONONIC QUESTIONS cos
FRONT Us.
Now the great problem in thi
country Is not chow can few nie
make Ill re money amt pile up larg
or fortunes" but chow can the grea
body OF the people make fair All
comfortable livIng?" The right t
work Is again and again insisted vi
on as more important than the rigI
10 vote, and the cry OF the right
work il supplemented by the CT
that the state furnish work 10 a
who cannot obtain it elsew here.
Are We likely to aid i'll soivin
this problem 10y bringing into ou
national life 1900, 600 or 1000, 90
OF unskIlled Malay labOrers! W
have shut the doors against the Ch
nese. Are they any worse than III
Malay? Shall we introduce in tn
nation more cheap labor? do IL,
wonder ut the action Of the Fetier
lion OF Labor in protesting again!
new competition ut' cheap labor 1
we'll IA an Increase OF the arm,
with It's consequent increase OF bu
atn aud taxation ON the employe
labOrer.
lvu~ From CONCENTRATED
WEALTH.
But they say there is money in /
Nhd, after all, this is really II
most potent factor in the propose
reaching out after the islands OF tt
orient. The wealth OF Ormus and
Ina is today, as in the days OF Mi
ton, the expectation and the ,dreal
"i many. Possession OF the Orien
With its accumulated wealth of ce
turtles Iuz1l..G N.