The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-10

claimed. for only evil can result from the
hopes raised by our opponents in the
minds OF the Filipinos. that with their
success az the polls In November there
,.il be- a withdrawal OF our army and OF
American sovereignty over the arChipel-
ago: the complete Independence OF the
sraealog people recognized and the pow
ers Of the government over all the other
Peoples OF the archipelago conferred upon
the Tagalog leaders.
Eject ON Insurgents.
The erect OF a belief Ia the minds OF
the, insurgents that this viii h. done has
slready prolonged the rebellion and in
.reases the necessity for the continuance
.f a large army. IL II now delaying fun
t-aco In the archipelago and the estab-
ishment OF civil government and nus
Influenced many Of the insurgents against
accepting the liberal terms OF amnesty
affered by Gen. Macarthur under my d.
rsctlon But for these false hopes a con-
sldersble reduction could have been had
81 our military establishment In the Phil
ioplnes and the realization OF a stable
government would be already at hand
rhe American people are asked BY our
opponents 10 Yield the sovereignty OF the
limited States in the Philippines 10 a small
traction OF the population. a single tribe
out Of eighty or more inhabltating the
mFENiIr laEQ "a hhNfAon knttn WhntDnlN
attacked the American troops In Manila
while in rightful possession under the
protocol with Spain. awaiting the ratifi-
cation OF the treaty Of peace by the SEN
ats. and which has since been IN active
open rebellion against the United States
We are asked 10 transfer our sovereignty
20 a small minority IN the Islands without
consulting the majority and TO abandon
the largest portion OF the popula ton
bu 49, -, a..
ties OF the guerilla insurgent hands More
than this, We are asked TO protect this
minority In establishing government
and 10 this end repress all opposition OF
the majority. We are required 20 set
up a stable government In the interest
Of those who have sssailcd our sovereign
~ and fired upon our soldiers. and then
maintain Il at any cost or sacrifice
against its enemies within ana against
those having ambitious designs from
without
This would require an army and navy
far larger than Is now maintained In the
Philippines and still more IN excess OF
what will he necessary with the fun
recognition of our sovereignty A mill
tary support Of authority not our own as
thus proposed Is the very essence Of mil
itarism. which our opponents IN their
platform oppose, but which By their pol
icy would OF Necessity be established IN
its most offensive form
The American people will not make the
murderers OF our soldiers the agents OF
the republic to convey the blessings OF
liberty and order 10 the Philippines They
VIII not make them the builders OF the
new commonwealth. Such a course would
b. betrayal OF our sacred obligations
TO the peaceful Philippines and would
place az the mercy OF dangerous advent
urers the lives and property OF the ma
uves and foreigners. II would make Dos
sinle and easy the commission OF such
atrocities as were secretly planned 90 be
executed on the End OF February. 1899
IN the city OF Manila. when only the Wig
lance OF our army prevented the attempt
TO assassinate our soldiers and all for
eigners and pillage and destroy the city
and les surroundings. In short the prop
usition Of those opposed 90 us Is TO con-
tinue all the obligations IN the Philip
pines which now rest upon the govern
ment only changing the relation from
principal, which now exists to that Of
surety. Our responsibility IL to remain.
but our power Is TO be diminished our
obligation Is 10 be no less. but our title
is 20 be surrendered 10 another power
which Is without experience or training.
or the ability 10 maintain n stable gov
eminent at home and absolutely helpless
10 perform It's international obligations
with the rest OF the world. To this we
are opposed. We should not yield our title
while our obligations last. Ia the Ian
euage % our platform "Our authority
should not be less than our responsible
~" and our present responsibility is TO
establish our authority IN every part OF
the islands.
Our Government the Best.
No government can 90 certainly pre-
serve the peace, restore public order, es-
tabiish law. justice and stable conditions
as ours. Neither Congress nor the Exec
utiye can establish stable government
IN these islands except under our right
Of sovereignty. our authority and our
nag And this we are doing.
We could not do IL as a protectorate
power so completely or SO successfully as
We are doing il now. As the sovereign
power me can initiate action and shape
means 20 ends. and guide The Filiplnos 20
acknowledgment and self-government. As
protectorate power We could not initiate
action but would be compelled TO follow
and UNFOLD a people with no capacity yet
to 20 alone. In the one case we can pro-
tect both ourselves and The Ftlipinos from
being involved IN dangerous complica-
tions: In the other we could not protect
even the Finpnos until after their
trouble had come. Besides. II we can
moi establish any government OF our own
without the consent of the governed as
our opponents contend then we could not
establish a stable government for them
or make ours a protectorate without the
like consent. and neither the majority OF
the people nor a minority Of the people
have invited US 90 assume H. Ne could
not maintain a pro,ecsorate even with the
consent OF the governed without giving
provocation for conflicts and possibly
costly wars Our rights. In the Philip
pines are now free from outside Interior
cnce and will continue SO In our present
relation They would not be thus free IN
any other relation. We viii not give up
our own to guarantee another sovereign
~.
our title Is good. our peace commits
sioners believed they were receiving a
good tile when they concluded the treaty.
The executive believed Il was a good title
when he submitted " 10 the Senate OF the
United States for is ratification. The
senate believed Il was a good title when
they gave Il their constitutional assent,
ind che Congress seems not TO have douht-
ed is completeness when they approprint-
al 81. ZOO dollars provided by the treaty
II any who favored lis ratification ne
lIsved Il gave US bad title, they we're not
sincere our title is practically identical
with that under which we hold our ter
rltory acquired since the beginning or enc
s,o,,errr,snt and uudqr which We have eN-