The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-08-17

opposing colonial policy. there ncvo-
was any dineftnce as 10 the great I'm
no dihofcnce now as TO the course 10
b. pursued.
filipiuoa according to American prn.
C4piCa. The bacon resolution, introduced
a month before hoatiiucs broke out az
Ftlipiuos ON the same terms that II was
promised to the tubaus. / supported
uiis resolution and believe that It's udop-
ton prior 10 the breaking out OF hos.
uuucs would have prevented bloodshed
ana that ~ adoption at any subsequent
time would have ended hostlliues.
siderable time would have necessarily
eiupsed before new treaty could have
been agreed upon and ratified. and duf-
been agitaUng the public mind. n the
bacon reaoiuuun had been adopted ~
the senate ana carried out BY the prcs-
dent. either at the time OF the ratification
uf the treaty or at any time aftCrward.
10 would have taken the question OF i'm
poriaiiHm uut OF politics and left the
American people Zee to deal with their
domestic problems. But the resolution
was defeated by the vote Of the republic
an wee president, ana rom that timo
10 TINS republican congress has refused
ter.
when hostliitics broke out at Manila
republican SPEAKERS and republican co..
tors at once sought to lay the blame upon
those who had delayed the ratihcauon
OF the treaty unu, during the progress
OF TIE war. the same republicans nave
accused the opponents OF imperialism of
giving encouragement TO the fiupinoa
ans Is a cowafd.y evasion Of tue re-
apuuaIullitS
II IL is right for the United States to
hold the Philippine Islands permanently
ana Initiate European empires In the EoN-
ctumcnt Of colonies, the republican party
ought To state It's position and defend u,
but u must expect the subject races TO
protest against such poucy ami 40 re-
s.at 70 no extent " their ability The
lliplnuH do not need any ENCOURAGEMENT
from Americans now living. our whole
h.atury has been an CucUurnECmUnt. not
uniy 70 the tilplnOs, but to all who are
, dru.td voice "a their own government
sure all who have uHci language call
culatod 60 Diako the Filiplnoa hate for
clgn domination let them condemn the
upuugh OF Patrick Henry When he ut
! tered that passionate appeal, Give mo
merry or HNp me dealh, he pAptctstd
sentiment which Hull echoes In the heurtg
/ VI men. Lot them conauro Jefferson. OF
all the statesmen OF history none have
used words 90 offensive to those who
would hold their follows IN political bond
age. Lot Them ccnsure Washington, who
| declared that the culOnlHts must choose
between liberty and slavery. or, N the
statutu Of limitations has run against the
/ SINS ~ Henry and Jefferson ana WASH
/ ingtoh, let them ccnBurc Lincoln, whose
/ Gettysburg speech viii be quoted In de-
/ Tense OF popular government when tho
| pl fagni nutucatoa VI force and conquest
/ somoonc mas said that n truth once
! spoken can never be recalled II goes on
/ ana ON, and no one can set a limit 10 is
overwhelming influence But if Il were
/ possible to oblltcratc every word written
/ or spoken In defense OF the principles set
/ form In the Declaration OF Independence.
/ legacy OF perpetual hatred. for II was
God Himself who placed in, every numan
heart the love . q liberty he never made d,
I civilization or intelligence that II would
welcome a foreign master.
Those who woula have this nation enter
| upon career Of empire must consider
not oply the edect OF Imperialism on
the fhiplnoH, but they must also call
eulaic l,s elects upon our own nation
We cannot rcpudlate the principle Of self
/ government In the Philippines without
weakening that principle here.
Lincoln said that the safety OF this
nation was not In It's fleets, lis armies
lla fortH, but In the spirit which prize,
llborty ah the heritage of all men In AL
lnnda, everywhere, and ne warned NJ
this Hpir.t without planting the seeds
d9spolism at their own doors Il.
parnlyxing influence OF imperialism
heretofore. this nation has been prompt
60 express It's sympathy With those whc
were nghtinE for civil liberty. While OUT
| sphere Of activity has been limited 10 the
western hemisphere, our nympn thica have
1 not been bounded by the ncaA. We have
| folt Il due 60 ourselves aud 10 The world
| nH well az to those who were strugEllng
| for the right to govern themselves, u
proclaim the interest which our people
nave; from ne da.s q .as,r own inde,
human rights and arbitrary power
/ Ihrcc-Qunrtufa or a century ago. when
our nation was small, the struggles oi
! Greece aroused our people, ana Webster
! and Clay gave eloquent expression to the
universal desire for Grccian indepcnd'
cnee. In 1895, all parties manifested a
| lively Interest In the success Of the Gu
| bans, but now whom war u In progress
| IN South Africa, which must result In eN-
| tension OF the monarchial idea, or In the
| triumph OF a republic, the advocates OF
| imperialism IN this country dare not say
| "A word IN behalf of the Beers. sympathy
for. the Beers does not arise from ans
unfrlendlineaH toward England; the
American people are not unfriendly 10.
| wnrd the people Of any nation. This sym
pathy IN due TO the fact that. aa stated
10 our platform. We believe IN the prin.
oiples OF self-government and reject. a.
did our forefuthors, the claims OF mon
nrehy. II this nation surrenders Il,
belief In the uniysrssl application OF
ton OF Independence. Il will lose the pres
tige and influence which II has enjoyed
among the nations a. an exponent Of
Our opponents conscious OF the weak
ness OF their cause, seek TO confuse i'm
perialism with expansion. and have ever
|
their policy. Jefferson spoke so freely
and used language with such precision
that no one can be Ignorant OF his views
on one occasion he declared: III Their,
be one principle more deeply rooted thar
any other Ia the mind OF every Ameri'
can. Il IL that we should have nothing
said; Conquest IL not IN our prin'
ciples; 7 10 Inconsistent with our gov
The forclble annexation OF terrltor,
TO be governed by arbiI'nry power differ
as much from the acquisition OF territor,
to be built up Into states as a monarchy
differs from a democracy The demo
cratic party does not oppose expansion
when expansion enlnrgeh the area OF tn,
republic and incorporates land which car
be settled by American citizens, or add
70 our population people who are will
Ing to become citizens and are capable
OF discharging their duties as such. The
acquisition OF the Louisiana territory
Florida. Texas and other tracts which
have been secured from time to time
enlarged the republic and the constitu
ton followed the Tag into the new ,sr
rltory. II 10 now proposed 10 selze> up
on distant territory, already more donHell
populated than our own country ana Z,
force upon the people a government fol
which there IN no warrant In our con
! aututlon or our laws, Even the nrEu
ment that this earth belongs to tnosi
who desire TO cultivate II, and who hay,
the physical power to acquire n, chnno
be invoked 10 justify the appropriated
| OF the Philippine NundH by the Unite
| states. III tile Islands were uuiuhuhltot