Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-09-10

OF our sovereignty. military support q
dlutffSSrity az fS not our own as thus proposed,
our opponents In their platform oppose,
6nt which by their, policy would Of neees-
form.
As Sovereign Power.
The American people will not make. the
murderers OF our soldiers the agents of the
republic to convey the blessings of liberty
anf ana %Ska 0rder to the bphilpRnes They will
commonwealth. Such course would be a.
betrayal q our sacred obligations to the
mercy of dangerous adventurers the lives
and property of the natives and foreigners.
II, would make possible and easy the COM
planned. to be executed on Feb. 2, 1899, In
the city of Manila. when only the vigilance
snr army Gy the attempt to as
and pillaage and destroy the city and it's
SURROUNDINGS, sSrro IN short, the proposition Of
obligations in the Philippines which now
rest upon the government only changing,
me relation from principal, which now ..ex-
is to remain. but our power is to be di-
minished. .our. obligation is to be no less, |
other our Se wbcb is to be to
or training, or the ability to maintain a
stable government Al, home and absolutely
cations with the rest of the world. To this
we, are opposed. We should not yield our
title while our obligations last. In the Ian
should not be less than our responsibility"
and our present responsibility is to estab-
iish our authority in every part of the |
islands
NO government can so certainly preserve
Id fne peace, ,en, restore public order. establish
tablish stable government in these,
ejgntr sJjanGs exc except under our right Of soyer,
We could not do 1t as a protectorate
we are doing it now. " a As thSe'S, the sovereign.
power we can initiate action and shape
nss means to ends and guide the Filipinos to
protectorate power we could not Initiate
act1ion, ACTOR but would be compelled to follow
fd and 90 uphold pp5ond people with no capacity yet
teft both ourselves and the Fillpinos from
neing involved In dangerous complications;
Filiplnos until after their 'ts trouble Be had ii
come Besides, If we cannot establish any
goverpment Of our own Without the consent
then we could not establish a stable gov.
eminent for them or make ours n protec-
neither the majority Of the epi' people nor rA a
minority. of the people have invited us 20
assume 1t. We could not maintain a pro-
governed without giving S provocation for
conflicts c, nhl and Possibly costly wars. Our
IN our present relation. They would not
he thus free In any other relation. We will
not give up our own to guarantee another
sovereignty.
Clear Title Claimed.
Our title Is good. Our peace. commission;
ers believed they were receiving good
title when, they concluded the treaty. The
s syea e q ws soSa o @ nea
lleved 1t was a good title when they gave
gress seems not to have doubted Its com,
pleteness when they appropriated $24Ooo,eVo
psd pp9sdMd Is BY ss Tea gaa f apy aaye weo us ia
IS au rracticay rti ally Identical dent With that under
the beginning Of the government, and un-
der which we have exercised full sovereignty
tty and established government for the in,
1t is worthy Of note that. no one outside
of the United States disputes the fullness
is the real issue on this subject? Whether
It Is paramount, to any other or not. it
is whether We shall be responsible for the
sovereignty and authority which enables
us to guide them to regulated liberty, law,
6e'G be responsibie @ for the forcble ana nd aT5i
trary government of minority without
sovereignty and authority on our part
tectorate which draws US into their
troubles without the power Of preventing
them.
There were those who two years ago
We're rushing us on to war with Spain.
who are unwilling now to accept its clear
who. advocated the ratification of the
treaty of peace. but now protest againstl
N re
obligations and, when they make treaties.
must keep them. n
al and honorable purposes Of the admin j.
lstratlon In its treatment Of the Philippines
are arr not justified. Imperialism has no place
rock upon which the Republican party was}
bniided and now rests. Liberty Is the
people went to war and for Which a mill
Ion lives were offered and billions of do'-
lars la expended to make 1t lawful legacy
ny n.y. poG,risy In the anxiety TO extend the
the PHILIPPINES. while their nuIllfcStion IS IS
openly advocated at home. Our opponents
mgSy nlgSy distIpst themselves but they 'have no
otlsm Of the majority Of the people. Who
Sre Morst 9ppSsea soT,d to to them they may fear he
less Filipinos in thar hands. but if they
DO, it Is because they have parted With
bne have sprt nst ana ana fai,l Of the fathers and
the party which they profess to represent
Inc Republican party does not have TO
assert It's devotion to the Declaration ~
lndeependence. That immortal instrument
Of the Fathers rema med uneXecuted until
nar Ine people M under the lead of the Republican
rs promises into fulfllment. 1t wrote into
the constitution the amendments guaran-
leelng political equality 10 American cifi-
zenship and 1t has never broken them or
c, coahseied others in breaking them II viii
NOT he guided in Its conduct by one set Of
principles at home and another set in
States. ""'e'
II our opponents would only practice as
well as preach the doctrine OF Abraham
safety Of our institutions at home or their
rightful influence in any territory over
which our flag floats.
Empire has been expelled from Porto
Rico and the Philippines by American
rrn.a rreemen: The nag Of the republic now
rlghtful sovereignty. WIN the republic
Of liberty, education and free i,e in-
stltutlons, or steal away, leaving them to
anarchy or imperialism.
The American, question is between duty
for duty aud against deserton, for the
republic against both anarchy and Inn
The country has been fully advised Of
the purposes OF the United States In China,
and they VIII be faithfully adhered 10 as
The nation is alled with gratitude that
the little band. among them many of onr
own blood. who for two months have been
subjected to prlyatlons and peril by the
attacks of pitlless hordes at the Chinese
capital, exhibiting supreme courage in the,
fnpa deSnnir. have haen onohiad ~