Evening journal., 1900-09-10

the lives and property OF the natives ano
foreigners 1t would make possible and
easy the commission Of such atrocities as
We're secretly planned to be executed on
the 22d of February 1889 in the city of
Manila. when only the vigilance OF our
army prevented the attempt.
No government can so certainly pre-
serve the peace, restore public order, es-
ta1lish law justice and stable conditions
as ours. Neither congress nor the eN-
ecutive can establish a stable government
I'm these islands except under our right
of sovereignty, our authority and our
flag And this we are doing. We could
not do 1t as a protectorate power so COM
pletely or so successfully as we are doing
il now. AS the sovereign power we can
initiate action and shape means TO ends,
and guide the bilipinos to self develop
ment and self government.
There were those who two years ago
were rushing us on to war with Spain
who are unwilling now to accept its clear
consequence as there are those among
us who advocated the ratification of the
treaty OF peace, but now protest against
its obligations. Nations which go to war
must be prepared to accept its resultant
obligations. and when they make treaties
must keep them.
eral and honorable purposes Of the ad-
ministration in its treatement of the
Philippines are not justified Imperialism
1 has no place in its creed or conduct. Free
! dom is the rock upon which the Repub-
/ lican party Is builded and now rests. Lib
| erty Is the great Republican doctrine
/ for which the people went to war. Our
| opponents may dlstrust themselves, but
/ they have no right to discredit the good
| faith and patriotism of the majority Of
| she people, who are opposed TO them;
| they may fear the worst form OF imperial
| ism with the helpless FiNpinOs I'm tn ~
| hands. but If they do IL is because tn "
! have parted with the spirit and faith of
the fathers and have lost the virility Of
| the founders of the party which they
| profess to represent
Emblem of RightfuI Sovereignty.
II our opponents would only practice as
| well as preach the doctrines Of Abraham
| Lincoln there would be no fear for the
| rightful influence in any territory over
| which our flags floats Empire has been
| expelled from Porto Rico and the Philip
! pines by American freemen. The nag of
| the republic row floats over these islands
| as an amblem of rightful sovereignty.
| VIII the republic stay and dispense to
their inhabitants the blessings Of liberty,
| education and free institutions, or steal
away. leaving them to anarchy or i'm
| periallsray
| and desertion-the American verdict will
be for duty and against deseriiOn, for the
republic, against both anarchy and i'm
perialism.
The country has been fully advised OF
the purposes of the United States IN
China. and they viii be faithfully ad-
| herred TO as already defined. The peo-
( pie not alone Of this land. but Of all
lands. have watched and prayed through
the terrible stress and protracted agony
of the helpless sufferers in Pekin and
while at times the dark tidings seemed
to make an hope vain, the rescuers
never faltereG in the heroic fulhllmeni
Of their noble task, with a success that
is now the cause Of worlds rejoicing.
| Not only have we reason for thanksgiv
ing for our material blessings, but W.
should rejoice in the complete unificatior
of the people Of all sections Of our cOun
try that has 50 happily developed i'm th'
last few years and made for US a more
! perfect union.
The oblictratioD OF ole differences. tn,
common devotion to the Nag and the com
mon sacrifices for its honor. so con
spicuously shown by the men Of tn
north and south in the Spanish war, hav
so strengthened the ties of friendship an,
mutual respect that nothing can eve
again divide US. The nation faces IN
new century gratefully snd hopefully
with increasing love OF country, will
firm faith in its free institutions, ant
with high resolve that they shall no
; perish from the earth"