The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-18
DEFENSE OF THE FILIPINos.
H0AR's GREAT EFFORT AGAINST
IMPERIALISM.


Policy Means the Defeat of the Re-
publican Party-we should Treat
the Philippines ms we Treat Cuba
Islands should he Independent.
Washington, April 17-For more than
three hours to-day Mr.. Hoar. the senior
senator from Massachusetts, occupied the
attention of tho Senate with a speech i'm
opposition TO the policy Of imperiallsms
upon which. he maintained this govern
ment has embarked.
AS prepared, the address was $1,000
words In length, but Mr.. Hoar omitted
much of 1t, owing 10 an incipient attach
OF the grip. from which he was suffer-
ing.
The speech was brilliantly written. was
Illuminated with splendid rhetorical hg-
ures, and was rich with citations from his
tory.
One of the notable parts Of the address
was the eulogy of Aguinaldo. Mr.. Hoar
did not llken the insurgent leader To
Washington, as has been done heretofores
but to Koesuth, Dom Paul. Joubert. Ma
than Hale and other builders of the church
| of liberty.
In statecraft he hkened Aguinado and
his associates In the leadership Of the Fill
| ipinos to the best minds ever produced in
| the AsIatic race, a race which handed
down TO us the scriptures of the Old and
| New Testaments, the poetry of David.
| the eloquence of Isaiah, the wisdom foG
| Solomon and the profound philosophy OF
| Paul"
One Of the most effective parts of his
address was his fancied roll cali of some
/ nj hs. 1fefi CT aA Oe
| United States on the question: of the re-
| tention Of tho Philippines. He began with
| George Washington and closed with Will
lam Mckinley, each in a sentence giving
| the reason for his vote. Every vote was
| In the negative, except that OF Aaron
| Burr, who voted YES" and explaineds
| you are repeating my buccaneering ex-
| petition down the Mississippi. I am to
| be Vindlcated at last"
When the name OF William Mckinley
was called, he replied:
There has been a cloud before my
vision for moment, but ] see clearly
now; go back to what l said two years
| ago: Forctbie annexation is criminal ag-
| gression; governments derive their just
| powers from the consent of the governed,
not of some of them but Of all Of them.
| ] will stand with the fathers of the repub-
lie. l will stand with the founders of the
| Republican party. No."
| The effect was dramatic. AS Mr.. Hoar
| pronounced his peroration the stiffness in
| the chamber was intense Applause swept
over the galleries, but It was hushed
| quickly by the president pro tempore.
As We Dealt with Cuha.
Mr.. Hoar took as his text the Bever-
| ldge resolution declaring the Philippines
| United States territory. He cited the
glory Of the war with Spain. the prosper
| ity OF the American people at it's close.
| eulogized President McKinley's course at
| that time, characterizing him as the besF
| beloved President who ever sat in the
chair of Washington. He begged the Re
| publican party not to recede from its
| principles, and said If, when we made
| the peace treaty we had adhered to the
purpose we declared when we declared
war; If we had dealt with the PHILIPPINES
| Islands as we promised to deal, have dealt
| and expect to deal with Cuba, the coun-
| try would have escaped the loss or 5000
| brave soldiers, other thousands OF wreck
| ed and shattered lives, the sickness OF
| many more, the expenditure OF hundreds
of millions, and what Is far worse than
all, the trampling under foot of Its cher~
| ished ideals.
II do not expect to accomplish anything
for liberty In the Philippine Islands but
| through tho Republican party. Upon it
| the fate of these islands for years to
| come is to depend. I cannot look with
| any favor upon Mr.. Bryan as an alterna-
| tive. L DGllSNG ilOl OlllJ tHAL ptl~
| severance in the present policy viii be the
| abandonment Of the principles upon which
| our government is founded, that 1t Will
| change our republic into an empire, that
our methods Of legislation, of diplomacy.
of administration must hereafter be those
which belong to empires. and not those
which belong to republics; but believe
persistence in this attempt VIII result I'M
the defeat and overthrow OF the Republis
can party" J.
Constitutional Side of 1t.
Touching upon the consututIonality of
the question at issue Mr.. Hoar said:
II hold this acquisition of territorys
holding and governing can be only a
means for a constitutional end. And Q
maintain that you can no more hold ana
govern territory than you can hold and
manage cannon or fleets for any other
than a constitutional end"
Adverting to the authority TO be found
in the Declaration of Independence. Mr.
Hoar declared
mThere Is expansion enough in 1t, but ID
Is the expansion of freedom and not oc
despotism; of life, not of death. Never was
such growth in all human history as that
from the seed Thomas Jefferson planted
IL has covered the continent. 1t is ON
both the seas II has saved South Amer
lea 1t Is reVolutlonizing Europe 1t is the
expansion of freedom. 1t differs from your
tinsel. pnchbeck, pewter expansion as the
growth of a healthy youth into a strong
man differs from the expansion of an ana
conda when he swallows his victim. Ours
is the expansion of Thomas Jefferson
Yours Is the expansion Of Aaron Burr. IL
is destined to as short life and to like
fate.
The Experiment. at Home.
you have tried governing men of other
races than your own at home for a hun-
dred years. You have dealt with the
Indian you have dealt with the negros
close at hand, knowing oil about them-
l suppose you feel encouraged by your
success. There are 1O,O00,0O0 of them. And
now you go forth to lay your yoke on
0,OO0.O 900 more 1000 miles away OF whom
you know nothing. You 80 forth jauntily
ana boastingly as Louis Napoleon went
TO meet hts doom at Sedan"
MIR. Hoar reviewed the rebellion and
made a vigorous defense Of the Filipinoss
The state papers Of Aguinaldo, he said.
tho discussion Of tho law OF nations by his
attorney general. Mablnrs masterly ap-
peal, are the products of the Asiatic mind.
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