Willmar tribune., 1900-08-22

| lemS But the resolution was defeated by
and from that time to this republican
! congress has refused to take any action
| whatever in the matter.
C0wardly Accusations.
When hostilities broke out at Manila,
ors at once. sought to lay the blame upon
| those who had delayed the ratification OF
the treaty. and during the progress Of
cused the opponents OF Imperialism Of Civ
ing encouragement to the Filipinos. This
# Is hs evasion fes the Of s
hold the Philippine islands permanently
and initiate European empires in the gov
ought to state its position and defend it,
but 1t must expect the subject races to
protest against such policy and to resist
do not need any encouragement from Amer
leans now living. Our whole history has
@ @Deen an encouragement, not only to the
their own 90 err men T # pfeer the repuSic SSie
ans are prepared to censure all who have
nSed language calculated to make the
condemn the speech of Patrick Henry.
| When he uttered that passionate appeal:
Give me liberty or give me DEATH he
IN the hearts of men. Let them censure
| Jenerson; of all the statesmen of history,
none have used words so offensive to those
! bondage Let them censure Washington,
| VINO declared that the colonists must
if the statute Of limita lions % has rnn sca,nsfi
the sins of Henry and Jeffersnn @ and M Washt
| 1ngton, let them censure Lincoln, whose
fense of 1onmlsr o"varnt ne g4ot9I hon III tha Ie
present advocates 81 forcn and "mgm nnnn,aat ent
are forgotten.
snoken can ra~er u %a -oanm .mdi 2 'Tutn once
IL. dt goes On and on, and no one can set a
II UNIT to its ever widening influence. But
written or spoken in defense of 1hs mrin4 mT1u
ciples set forth in the declaration Of in
esya len war Of CONQUEST would st
it was God Himsef wh" ,Iat nand Ma;reo -, 9 aor
| human heart the love of libertv- He never
%asS of 5ade Of PSSPS leT tRe ssss
welcome a foreign master "o0'o
Lincoln said that the safety of this ma ton
was not in its fleets, its armies or its forts
but In the spirit which prizes liberty and
the heritage of all men, in ali lands. eyery-
where; and he warned his countrymen that
they could not destroy this spirit without
own doors.
Those who would have this nation en-
ter upon a career Of empire must consider
Filipinos, but they must also calculate its
effect upon our own nation. We cannot
repudiate the principle Of seif-govern-
ing that principle here.
Paralx.tnr 1n,n.~,.,,.
Two, .mp an."'
~ EsHn s11e1,ro now we are beginning to see the
t"forS thfs inauencs OF imperlansm Here
nrese IT, ms nata4h mas peen prompt to ex-
Rrbtine .s fog ni'i WITH 1nose VINO were
or,, or aSStivty mas been limited to the west
ssn s hemisphere, our sympathies have not
- eeh dne o1unoeo ~ oy tne seas: we have felt
We Men risht as 10 tnose VINO were strugsllns for
oia; ne a'the tt TO govern themselves, to pro-
CLAIM claim tn the interest which our people have.
felt in every. contest between human
tan tisnts ana arpltrary power. Three-quar-
,'7a svaS VI Geht4Iy aso, Wnen our nauon
aronsed orr neonie and Wehs+er ~ ,,G lSEce Gfos,
gave ELOQUENT expression to the universal
ali parties manifested a iiyely interest
in the success of the Cubans. but now
when war is in progress in South Afri-
the monarchiai idea or in the triumnh Of Of
a republic, the advocates of imperiaiism
in this country dare not say word in
Beers does not arise from anv unfrjend.
liness toward England: the American neo-
pie are not unfriendly toward the people
the fact that. as stated in our Ma tform
we believe in the principle of se1f-eovern,' ~
ment and reject. as did our forefathers,
sl,rrenders its heief IN Tho 1,niuorsni n1.aun aJ
nlication Of the nrincinles set fortb az, =,
me me aeclaraIa4ih 1e OF laoependence, It VIII
lose lose ed tne pfestage ana a. nn4ence mn 4ta Which 1t
ponent pom % Of p popular government. owe s aS d." e1-
Our opponents; 4%H'e consc19us scn Of the weak
eso,;s,' Gs ,neit eth sGeH 10 confuse I'M
g9erlansi. g9s III 1ai, Mair 1sao anu nave even
OF their @ 9o1iGy; 9eners4n ;9n spoke so freely
49, 10 uoeo ~ aoS ~ rs uef ~ PRECISION
On one ne occa sion he deciared u us aff VS~s; tb"rc
be be- one me- principle more deeply rooted than than
a. ny thet We ~ eho,1d W., ot every american,
with CONQUEST. conc And again he % said: "cono &c no
euest IS not IN our prlnclples: It Is In
consistent WIN our government.
Right Kind of Expansion.
be governed by arbitrary power differs as as
mnch from the acnnisition Of territorv 4 fo
be built up into states as a monarchy dif-
fers from a Democracy The demncratic
party does not oppose expansion when
c and land wheh id lsPqn be
our population people Who are " willis to to
become citizens and are canable ~ die
Charging their duties as such. The aconi
sition of the Louisiana territory, Florida,
secMred from time to fime an1arwed ofSn zen
republic, ana the constitution followed the the
nosed to seize INN distant teSrtorv MH~ psI- ~
ready more densely populated than our own
country. and to force upon the people @ a a
rant in our constitution or our laws. Even
the areument that this earth heiones tn
those Who desire to cultivate it and have
be invoked to Justify the appropriation of
the Philippine Islands bv the fInited STATES -
If the islands We're uninhabited American
and til the soil The whta race a. wiii rne nof
live so near the enlatnr Other natinns
have tried to coionize In The same Ia atitnde
800 wears. and vet to-dav thare are ,a9s a9s
than a. 0O0 neonje of Enr0nean hirth scst
tered among IS. 600. 600 NATIVES. After s a
in India. lie less g than thar o one.tWentteth Of one
per cent, of the people of india are Of Enr
fish birth and # ren11ires an army ~ N IN