The Holly chieftain., 1900-09-14

navy far larger than is now main
tanned In the Philippines and still
more in excess OF, what VIII be neces-
sary with the full recognition of our
sovereignty. A military support Of au-
thority not our own, as thus proposed.
b the very essence of militarism.
which our opponents, in their PLATFORM
oppose, but which by their policy
would Of necessity be established In its
most Offensive form.
Neither Congress nor. the executive
can establish stable government in
these islands except under our righ,
Of sovereignty and under our authority
and our flag. This we are doing. We
could not do it as n protectornte power
SO completely OF SO successfully as We
are doing It now. As the sovereign
power we can initiate action and shape
means to ends, and guide the Filipinos
to self-developmeht and self-govern.
ment. AS protectornte power we
could not initiate action, but would be
compelled to follow and uphold n peo-
pie with no capacity yet to go 1t alone.
In the one case we prevsnt both our
selves and the Filipinos from being in
volved In dangerous complications: In
the other we could not protect even the
F1lipinos until after their trouble had
come. Besides, IL we cannot establish
any government of our own without
the consent of the governed, as our OPP
ponents' contend, then we could not es-
tablish stable government for them
or make ours protectorate without
the like consent, and neither the major
ity of the people nor minority have In
yited us to assume it. We could no.
maintain protectorate 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 inter
ference, and Will continue so in our
present relation. They would not be
thus free In any other relation. We
will now give up our own to guarantee
another sovereignty. Our title is good.
Our peace commissioners believed they
We're receiving good title when they
concluded the treaty. The executive
believed 1t was n good title when he
submitted 1t to the Senate of the Unit
ed States for its ratification. The Sen
ate believed It was n god title when 1t
gave 1t their constitutional assent, and
the Congress seems not to have doubt
ed Its completeness when they appro-
priated $20,0OO,OOO provided by the
treaty. II any who favored its ratifi-
cation believed It gave us bad title.
they were not sincere. Our title is
practically Identical with that under
which we hold our territory acquired
since the beginning of the government
and under which we have exercised
full sovereignty and established gov
sernment for the Inhabitants.
"Those who profess to distrust the
liberal and honorable purpose Of the
administration in Its treatment Of the
Philippines are not justified. Imperial
ism has no place in Its creed or con-
duct. Freedom is the rock upon which
the Republican party was builded and
now rests. Liberty Is the great Repub-
lican doctrine for which the people
went to war, and for which 1000. 600
lives were offered and billions Of dol
lars expended to make 1t the lawful
legacy of all without the consent OF
the master or slave. There is strain
of ill-concealed hypocrisy in the anx-
iety to extend the constitutional guar
antees to the people of the Philippines,
while their notification Is openly ad-
vocated at home. Our opponents may
distrust themselves. but they have no
right to dlscredit the good faith and
patriotism Of the majority of the peo-
pie who are opposed to them; they may
fear the worst form Of Imperialism
with the helpless Filipinos in their
hands; but II they do, 1t is because
they have parted with the spirit and
faith of the fathers and have lost the
virillty of the founders Of the party
which they profess to represent.
D1r ,,kV dnau 11k 1,o1 1,h
to assert It's devotion to the declara-
tion Of Independence. That immortal
instrument of the fathers remained un-
executed until the people under the
lead of the Republican party in the
awful clash OF battle turned its prom
ises into fulfillment. 1t wrote into the
constitution the amendments guaran-
teeing political equality to American
citizens, and 1t has never broken them
or counselled others in breaking them.
1t will not be guided In its conduct by
one set of principles at home and an
other set In the new territory belonging
to the United States.
'If our opponents would only prac-
tice as well as preach the doctrines of
Abraham Lincoln there would be no
fear for the safety of our institutions
at home or their rightful influence in
any territory over which our flag
floats.
Empire has been expelled from Por-
to Rico and the Philippines by Ameri-
can freemen. The flag Of the Republic
now floats over these islands as an em-
blem of rightful sovereignty. VIII the
Republic stay and dispense to their in
habitants the blessings of liberty, edu-
cation and free institutions. or steal
away, leying them to anarchy or I'M
perialism?
1.-THE American question is between
duty and desertion-the American ver-