The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-14
Imperialism and TIE Philippines,
WF7ATg AGAIN, MIR. GOODWIN?
GOODWIN

lean flag, but in the empIovna,A
army and navy and in the rnsi-t " ne
treaty 1t acts either under +h1s OF
tnorlty OF the constitution or v-itboSul-
the authority Of any law. By his t.lout
with the sultan, Mr.. McKinlaZ- - cary
tempted to pledge this nation - al
spect the religious customs of tn re-
hammedan MalayS- PoIyearo1, -I. NO
an institution sanctioned by the KS
and not a social vice. SIayar-v Il Al
full status and slave-huntins- . : + -eW-
Piracy IS a business, which The r-Sdee.
dent has by his treaty tearf17II,-P - 81
plOred the sultan and his Sarra~,S =. M
down Through the president keL
great repuDnc mas graciOuSly arraa5
with the sultan that any slave --0
purchase freedom by payment n -
master the usus- ~arket yal,,a o
pAO.AioSU 70 40 .'.. he sultan and his
subjects agaInS- -.- .rference b, a.,
other nation Any american can mn
chase lanu IN THESE domains. provided
he first obtains the consent of the S11I
tan. In order to keep the sultan 49,
his pirates on our side, he is Maid S10
600 down, and he and his SubOrdina+s-
are to receive annual salaries of 80
$4,000. Congress has not vet acted mr.,
the little side treaty Of the presi6a1t
probably through fear of the elecrioC'
When the ordinary man, deDIoring H.
terrible waste of human life and r7Sorsr-
in the war, is disposed to examine ana
challenge the right of the administra-
ton to proceed, he is told that h. :
giving aid and comfort to the aDsT,-~
and forthwith il is shrieked in the FMS
tan bOmbaSt of the party press ans
orators, who would pull down tbe
American f1ag?'' The answer is. thar
if the flag is beyond the limits of the
constitutional power and does not raD
resent and symbolic the constitlltioD
and free institutions OF the country in
the service in which it is planted ir
should come down, and that quickly
The flag Of the republic floating over
the pOlygamOuS, slave-oWning ana
SlaVe-hunting pirates of the Sulu archi-
pelagO, or waving above a conquered
people in LuzOn, is not inspiring.
In my discussion Of these questions 7
have given a true history of the con-
duct and policy Of the government in
the Philippines Upon the record il
becomes necessary for all Of US to de-
eide the questions which arise. Has
this government, conceived in liberty
and dedicated to the perpetuation OF
the equal rights of man. the lawful
power TO set up over a foreign people
a government by force, outside Of its
own constitution and law? And If so
is it right so to do? These questions
must be answered at the polls by the
American people 1t may be that the
vote in the coming November will not
settle the matter. 1t may be that the
the influence of partisan politics, the
domination Of the weak by the strong,
the poor by the rich, the servant bv
the master, altogether may be SUI
ficient to stay the tide of public Opin-
ion in the last supreme moment If SO
think not the question is settled. It
Will have been but deferred for a time
When the American people shall have
really awakened to realizing sense OF
the fact that the republic itself is in
peril and the conscience of the nation
shall have Quickened to the appeals Of
patriotism, the final answers to these
questions will be made. Such questions
cannot be set at rest until the answers
are spoken from the heart Of d great
and free people. Who can doubt the
result of an appeal from Phillip drunk
to Phillip sober? Such an appeal will
be made.
In closing, adopt the language and
sentiment of Senator Hoar, expressed
before he yielded to the very influences
he deolored:
ST appeal from the clapping Of hands
and the stamping of feet and the
chamber where the fathers gathered
in Philadelphia. I appeal from the
spirit of trade TO the spiritao Of liberty
I appeal from the empire to the repub-
lie I appeal from the millionaire and
the boss and the Wire-puller and the
manager to the statesmen Of the elder
time, in whose eyes a guinea never
glistened, who lived and died poor, and
who left to his children and his Coun-
trymen a good name far better than
riches I appeal from the present,
bloated with material prosperity. drunk
with the lust Of empire, to another and
better age. I appeal from the present
to the future and to the past"
G. S. VARIAN.