El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-24
70 Young Men To Be True
To Self and Country.
TESTIMONY OF HISTORY
II there Was Ever Any Danger of
Imperialism 1t Was Just After
the Civil War The SIuggdrds
and Tumble Bugs OF the Coun-
try -Maon fiCent Presentation
OF the Promise OF Americas Flu
ture.
Concluded From Yesterday

The Spanish flag went down. and tn
star-spangled banner went up on Nor
Castle and the island of Cavite: ant
there is an American hand and hear
to defend it. Retreat for Dewey. $50
miles from home. was as Impossible a
it would have been perfidious.
And when Aguinaldo fired upon on
soldiers he became not only an IRE
claimable migrate, but a declared enc
N.Y. He represented nobody but a junt;
and some 1agalos. He owned nothing
but the corruption fund he had pocket
ed from Spain as the price of his per
fidy to and desertion of his own peo
Iple. He did not even own conscience
His audacity and treachery disguised
our people.
| We entered into treaty Stipulations
with SPAIN who had owned the islands
for 300 years. the only power known &c
| the nations of the civilized world who
held the rightful sovereignty. And
with full knowledge of ASuinaldo's
pretensions with full knowledge that
he had shed the blood OF our Soldier
boys and had uplifted the black flag
of the bandit and proclaimed himself
dictator, the American senate. by the
required two-thirds majority, voted to
accept the treaty made by our commits
sioners at Paris. by which we agreed
to pay Spain $40 900 900 in money and
To assume the sovereignty over the
Philippine archipelago.
Ii is a well recognized rule of the
common law. that a party who stands
silent when he should speak, will not
be heard afterward to oppose. In such
case he has create an effectual eS-
toppal against himself. The senate be-
ing advised of Aguinaldo's attitude and
claims when il ratified the treaty and
paid the money. we are estopped by
law from asserting any other position
than that of absolute sovereignty.
The money paid. the cession made,
We held the title TO the islands by the
same right. the same law of nations.
as we hold that to the state of Mis-
souri, under the Louisiana purchase,
and New Mexico. Arizona. Utah and
Colorado and Southern California I'M
der the treaty with Mexico. What
then became the attitude, politically
and civilly, of the inhabitants of the
coded islands?
This question was answered seven
ty-two years ago by the greatest jurist
that ever adorned the supreme bench
of the United States. Chief Justice
Marshall. respecting --.e attitude of the
government toward the inhabitants of
the coded territory of r lorida. He said:
The constitution confers absolutely
on the government of the union the
powers of making war ana of making
treaties: consequently that govern
ment possesses the power of acquiring
either by conquest or treaty.
The usage of the world is. if a nation
he not entirely subdued. to consider
the holding of conquered territory as
Il mere military occupation, until its
fate shall be determined at the treaty
of peace If II be coded by the treaty.
the acquisition is confirmed, and the
coded territory becomes part of the
nation TO which il is annexed. either
on the terms stipulated in the treaty of
or in such as its new master
shall impose. On such transfer of
territory il has never been held that
the relations of the inhabitants with
each other undergo any change. Their
relations with their former sovereign
are dissolved. and new relations are
created between them and the govern
ment which has acquired their terri |
tory. The right to govern |
may he the inevitable consequence of |
the right to acquire territory. Which, |
ever may be the source whence the |
power is derived. the possession of it 7!
Is unquestioned.
This has never been questioned by |
any nation or publicist in Christen- |
dom from that day to this. 1t is the |
universal law of international comfy |
As il is the law of common sense and |
national necessity. ] speak not here |
today as politician or as partisan. |
am forever out of that role. | speak |
As an American citizen and patriot |
who. above all things else. is for his
its honor and its flag.
This country of ours has had an OBJ |
ject lesson which should give TO every
honest man a quietus as to the hob |
goblin of 'militarism." Thirty-five
years ago. at this place. our regiment
was mustered out of service More
than LOCO. 900 of men in arms. flushed
with victory and burning with the pas
sion of conflict. We're mustered out
with us.
We had the guns in our hands. vet
Grams in their use. and if we had had
the disposition we could for the time
easily have mastered the land. me
homes many of us left behind were
marked only by lone chimneys. Greedy
Shylocks had taken advantage of the
absence of some and foreclosed the
mortgage. or seized under attachment
upon perhaps trumped-up claims and
sacrificed the little home. with its
goods: while the wife and
in scanty dress. with skeleton
babe pressed to ner desert bosom had
To the roof that sheltered her
or had wandered hither and
thither like an unfiedged bird fallen
from its nest. Some of you hardly
knew where to turn your steps.
But. in common with the mighty mil
lion host. you laid down your arms.
took your scanty pay. and turned your
steps with energy and high resolves to
the arts of peace. Proud of your citi-
ZenShip of a united country. YOU turn
ed in hopefulness to win other honors
in the world of labor and thought. You
planted and reaped. You builded and