The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-18

| submit, we will not deal with men in arm,
, against the flag says, in substance, the
| same thing.
"One thing there has been, at least
given to them as Americans not to say
| There is not one of these gentlemen who
will rise in his place and affirm that if he
were a Filipino he would not do exactly as
the Filipinos are doing; that he would not
despise them-if they were to do otherwise
So much, at least. they owe of respect to
the dead and buried history-the dead and
buried history, so far as they can slay and
bury it-of their country
Why, the tariff schemes which are pro-
posed are schemes in our interest and not
in theirs. II you propose to bring tobacco
from Porto Rico or from the Philippine ISL
ands on the ground that ii is for the inter
est Of the people whom you are undertake
ing to govern, for their best interests to
raise it and sell it to you. every irperialist
in Connecticut will be up in arms. The
nerve in the pocket is still sensitive,
| though the nerve in the heart may be
| numb. You will not let their sugar come
| here to compete with the cane sugar OF
| Louisiana or the beet sugar Of California or
the Northwest, and in determining that
| question you mean to think not of their in
terest but of yours.
| The good government you are TO give
| them is a government under which their
great productive and Industrial interests.
| when peace comes, are to be totally and ao-
solutely disregarded by their government.
You are not only purpostng to do that, bu,
you expect to put another strain on the
| Constitution to accomplish it.
| Why, Mr.. President the atmosphere
| of both legislative chambers. even now, IS
| filed with measures proposing to govern
and tax these people for our interest, and
| not for theirs. Your men who are not
alarmed at the danger to constitutional
| liberty are up in arms when there is dan
| ger to tobacco. AS an eloquent isepubli-
| can colleague said elsewhere. Beware
| that you do not create another Ireland un
| der the American flag Beware that you
| do not create many other Irelands-an-
| other Ireland in Porto Rico: another Ire
| land in Cuba: many other Irelands in the
| Philippines,
THE great complaint of Ireland for
eight centuries was that England framed
| her taxation and regulated her tariff, not
| for Ireland's interest but for her own.
| That when she dealt with the great in
| dustrfes of that beautiful isle she
| thinking of the English eXchequer and of
| the English manufacturer and of the Eng
| lish landowner; and she reduced ireland
| to beggary. Let us not repeat that pro-
! cess.
! "Is there any man SO bold as to utter
! in seriousness the assertion that where
| the American flag has once been raised it
| shall never be hauled down? | have heard
| it said that to haul down or to propose to
! haul down this national emblem where it
has once fioated is poltroonery. VIII any
man say it was poltroonery when Paul
| Jones landed on the northeast coast Of
| England that he took his flag away with
/ him when he departed? Was Scctt poi
I1nrrr al
! lor a poltroon? Was the United States a
nation of poltroons when they retired
! from the City OF Mexico or from VeIa
/ Cruz without leaving the flag behind
them? We're We poltroons when we
I ceded from Canada
If we had made the attack on the coast
| of Spain, at one time contemplated during
/ this very war. were We pledged 10 mold
and govern Spain forever or be disgraced in
the eyes of mankind if we failed to do it?
Has England been engaged in the course
Of poltrOonery all these years when SIZE
has retired from many a field of victory?
According to this doctrine, she was bound
to have held Belgium forever after the
battle Of Waterloo and Spain forever after
CoTunna and Talavera. She could not of
course. have retired with holor from Vene-
zuela if the arbitration had not ended in
her favor.
The FiIipinos Discussed.
Taking up the discussion of the Fill
pinos themselves, Mr.. Hoar sent to the
desk and had read a number of reports
from United States military and naval
commanders and consular officers, after
which he said:
Now, Mr.. President. there is no his
toric fact more clearly established by his
toTic testimony than the facts
'First-That these people were aiming
Of ir,de fro, . ha
'Second-That they achieved indepen-
dence
"Third-That our commanders, naEal and
military. our Secretary Of War, our Ad-
ministration at, home. knew all the time
that they were aiming. striving at indie
pendence.
"Fcurth-That we encouraged them by
every form of practical assurance.
IF we had dealt with them in the treaty
of peace as We dealt with Cuba there
would have been no war.
IF we had not hurried re-enforcements
: to Manila both of ships and of men.
Strengthening the forces Of our army and
navy there after Spain had yielded, there
would have been no war.
If the urgent request of AguinaldO, af
ter the outbreak OF the 5th of February,
that hostilities might cease. had not been
met by the declaration OF Otis that fight
I ing must go on, there would have been no
war.
If Aguinaldo's offer to withdrew his
troops and make a wider belt between the
two armies had been met in a like spirit
there would have been no war.
IF Senators had not been talking about
holding on to all they could get, about
making money out of their great act of
liberation. about keeping from the people
of these islands their liberty and their in
dependence for purposes of gain and trade.
there would have been no war.
And now the attempt to charge this
thing upon those of US who have but pre-
claimed the doctrine of the Declaration of
Independence and have but repeated again
the Cuban resolutions; who have but
quoted the language of the President of
the United States-the responsibility for
these hostilties-is proceeding not
matched in impudencc since the day OF the
upstream wolf and the downstream lamb.
Senators, if there were no Constitution,
IL there were no Declaration, if there were
no international law, if there were. moth
ing but the history Of the past two years.
the American people would be bound in
honor if there be honor. bound in common
honesty, If there be honesty. not to crush
out this Philippine Republic.
Clearly and beyond all cayil we formed
an alliance with them. We expressly ask
ed them to cooperate with us. We hand
ed over our prisoners 10 their keeping: we
sought their help in caring for the sick
and wounded. We were told by them again
and again and again that they were fight
ing for independence. Their purpose
as well known TO our generals, to the War
Deuartmput and TO the President as the