New-York tribune., 1900-07-05
ISLAND POLICY CRITICISED.

ISLAND POLICY CRITICISED.
The prevailing sentiment of Democratic sympathy
for all people struggling for the blessings Of liberty
interfere with the despotc tyranny Of Spain over
Cuba, and secured 70 the oppressed people OF @ Inat
matum delivered. solemnly and officially de-
cared them 10 be iIee ana M ,tention
exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction or control over
asserted our determination when that accom-
pished leave the government and control OF the
The conditions of the ensuing sent Admiral
Dewey TO the distant Philippines. where another
people. engaged in the same struggle with the
same oppressors appealed 70 the same ing gus
Of natures. There he broke the power, o. SPAN
which; suing for peace submitted t. the doTr3uon @ %
ernment disdained the spirit OF us 4Iii1IG oI
April and became the purchaser Of the PhAlpPiHes
benefit of our civic institutions by governing her
through the War Department We have kept tt!th
for the Castian duke. and confirmed the Phliippine
snaniards' method Of colonial government in those
Islands Of the far off seas. The National sympathy
for all who seek self-g9vernInSnt mas been t';4G t4
the instrument by which cunidity ana greco hoId
feeble nation In thradom me rlsht o poL pTiS5
colonial policy by the great Western Republic. ana
home CONSUMPTION With Prohibitve G"{SS s5 "S. ~.
theiT the ~ The states and the con
gress it crea.ed has absolute JGTlsa!Cu%n %vGs % an an
come a bill of pattudes the military governments
centralized in the War Department are the agen-
cies of BENEVOLENT assimilation wherever Is Ime Has
ism has become fayorlte w"rd IN she N@.pl 9tofii
brother Trade expansion Is tho mystic verbal tie
that b RnGs 'ng f"r M @ n against the organic
of our fathers. while clamorous appeals 70 a SO
sages and Of statesmen against the certain tenden-
ees of b the ecesgy nsT IS apd to the Natona
science while its criticisms are stiIIe9 ny tie IN
canta.ions or statistics compiled in the inter
ests OF monopolies. which pursue their Path%ay
Of constant accumulation through an thy N'GlSt S
tldes Of the eventful years. unmindful OF the decay
Of our institutions and unperturhed by the ebo and
bau % oxrrUbeTo all who have used the machinery
of the Republic for the extinction OF \ common
We have cheerfully submitted 10 bprdenS9Ime P1 20 me
taxation that CuPa 4lEh' Se rr f,onsti+,on We
have consecrated sons 10 the cause OF liberty
vestige Of dospotism in our hemisphere; We pro.
test against payment of tribute or % me NJ
life 10 the cause OF empire we VIII eInuI,T HUHt, W-
archy neither in conquest nor in governmsnt. W., We
never entangle ourselves in the hros ol tIe pa
may NAY 'TsoT T tb VIII atten6ant Of imperiasm We should
iniaa he latter because once avowed as a National
policy It must undermine our d9oTG nad
TO other wars and other conquests TO the shedding
Of innocent blood to bErdenSome taXaon, 70 a
nr1er lands TO constant entanglements In the affairs
6i m be Father Of his Country and depicted in that
gotten or disregarded by our rulers
NO COLONIAL SYSTEM
We would have eQo9ial systsm It's psssnt
and has grown apace for months in distant Manila
It is the fruitful mother Of oppression and ma9d ia
republic It cannot live in the atmosphere Of free
GG5n fenoy II IS bToods 5 wrong and scandal It makes
tyrant ruler, rebel Of the ruled 1t deceives
ana PesOsS he suEiect neopo II is an instrument Of
despotism and the antagonist Of democracy 1t re
To"tarv estabishment Our National standard has
star for every Commonweath Of the sisterhood. It
has neither place emblem for subject peoples or
We believe in that expansion which under Demo
Of Commonweaiths into the Union. We denounce
that expansion which by contract overcomes the
d nGin oe m be tb ibt ~ CITIZENS when subtacts
hordes Of Orientals from the so-called American
provinces take his place at the forge in the field
The stretch of thirty-three peaceful years from
the close of the Rebellion to the opening of the
for Cuban Independence has wrought no change in
Inspired by the IotesL PATRIOTISM tne highest & de-
victories. On land, sea under burning tropic suns,
yorktown, at New Orleans. at San Jacinto and al
Gettysburg established maintained and perpetu-
and sailor the Nations gratitude extends It's debts
should be requied to their he h Widows and their or
the helpless and deserving To care for the men
in conflict the Nation is the most sacred Of our
obligations. and it shall be our constant care to
The sentiment which animate the American vol
unteer and makes him first among the soldiers
finds its inception in popular government, in the
identihcat ton Of the citizen with the Republic
spirit impels American sympathy wherever
democracy battles for existence struggles for es-
tablishment Wherever freedom makes a stand or
liberty utters a protest they find response in the
hearts and hope Of our people love of independence
is confined to no land or latitude In sunny France
in the South American republics. on the boundIess
veldts of South Africa II has given strength to
arms that night and courage to hearts that beat for
home and liberty II has been baptized In the best
blood Of martyred heroes everywhere "BattIed oft
it never dies" and we who have for a century
bathed in the sunlight OF its blessed presence nav
instructive homage to its defenders in other climes
May the day never come when a free people strug-
their country, shall look in vain for sympathy and
We would build the Nicaragua Canal as an
American enterprise for the American people We
would operate 1T in times of peace and control n
IN times OF war We would fortify It, notwithstand-