Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-09-20

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boinies ~ e, r' a. it ItnatIonaI ohiie..
tiops ,yi,h ,ba rest 90 tha .,nrId 0'e
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will Defend Our Title.
,
10 inns we are opposed. we shouiu NOT
yIelu our utIe Wile our opnsatonns iast'
IN tne language OF our PLATFORM. our au-
thority should not be less than our RESPONSE
bility, and our present responsibility Is to
estaDish our authority In every part OF inc
isianus. -
NO government can SO certainly preserve
,ne peace, restore Pubic oraer, estaonsn
law, Justice ana stable conditions as ours
Neither Congress nor the Executive can es-
taDhsh a stable government In these ISLANDS
except under our right OF sovereignty, our
authority and our nag. Ana TINS we are 10
We could not do II as protectorate power
SO completely or SO successfully as We are
uoIhs ~ now. AS ths SOVEREIGN power Me
can initiate action ana shape means 70 enas:
anu guiue Tue rhplhos 10 seii-ueFeioPment
ana sen ,sosetnuntnt. o,,, NJ. ,,,-
tiate action. but wonid be compelled to fol-
low and uphold people with no capacity
yet to go alone. In the one case we can pro-
tect both ourselves and the Filipinos from
being Involved In dangerous complications;
in the other we could not protect even the
Filipinos until after their trouble had come
Cu.
Nohseut OF the ooSerneo'
Besides, IL we cannot establish any gov.
ernment Of our own without the consent Of
the governed as our opponents contend,
then we could not establish a stable govern
ment for them or make ours a protectorats
without the like consent. and neither the
MA Iority of the people nor a minority of the
people have invited us TO assume It, We
could not maintain protectorate even with
the consent Of the governed without giving
prvvocatlon for conflict and possibly costly
wars.
Our rights In the Philippines are now free
from outside Interference and will continue
N In p,tr mi rata hay ,ns,Id
be thus free In any other relation. We will
not give up our own to guarantee another
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ie,o,ass ,.ho NO. 81, w. rI.'ns COO SoS ~,
providad NV th. trs. app'op''"'e' '-o'"''"'~
Title 10 Unquestionable.
IL any who favored Its ratification believed
IL gave us a 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 SOW
creignty and established government for the
inha bitants.
is Is worthy Of note that no one outside OF
the United States disputes the fullness AZ
integrity OF the cession: What, then, Is the
real issue on TINS suO1ectE Whether u 10
paramount 10 any other or not, II Is whether
we shall be responsible for the government
OF the phihpplnes, with the sovereignty and
authority which enables us to guide them to
regulated liberty. law. safety and progress,
or whether we shall be responsible for the
forcible and arbitrary government OF MI
nority, without sovereignty and authority
on our part, and with only the embarrass-
ment Of protectorate. which draws us into
their troubles without the power of prevent
Ing them.
OBLIGATIONS of War.
There were those who two years ago were
rushing us on to war with Spain who are
unwilling now TO accept Its clear conse-
quences, as there are those among US who
advocated the ratification or the treaty OF
peace, but now protest against Its obliga-
tons. Nations which go TO war must be
prepared to accept Its resultant obligations,
and when they make treaties must keep
them,
Those who profess to distrust the liberal
and honorable purposes OF the admlnlstra-
ton In its treatment of the ph1ffrbines are
not justified. Imperialism has no place In
Its creed or conduct. Freedom Is a rock up
on which the Republican party was bulded
and now rests. Liberty Is the great Republi-
can doctrine for which the people went to
war and for which a million lives were Of
fered and billions Of dollars expended to
make Il a lawful legacy of all without the
consent of master or slave.
S,r,i, Of uxoocr;.
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inere Is strain OF III eonceaIeu nypocrsy
rnarantaas to tho neonIa 81 The pb,iinninas
while their nulliication Is opepIy advocated
at home Our opponent may dist rust them
selves, but they have no right to discredit
the good faith and patriotism Of the major
ity of the people who are opposed to them
frhay NAV Goo. che ,.nrst fIr,,, 80 t,ona.iaI