The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-09-28

/ fi'f Ut lIulnlnRs OF the uGllll 10 nululNln II
stable government at home and absolutely
/ helpless 60 perform It's international obliga-
tions with the rest Of the world.
Will Defend Oar Title.
TO this we are opposed. We should not
| yield our title while our obligations last.
In the language of our platform, Our au-
| thority should not be less than our RESPONSE
bility,' and our present responsibility Is Ia
establish our authority in every part Of the
islands.
No government can so certainly preserve
! the peace, restore public order establish
| law, justice and stable conditions as ours.
Neither Congress nor the Executive can cs-
| tablish stable government In these Islands
| except under our right of sovereignty, our
authority and our flag And this we are do
| ing
We could not do it as protectorate power
so completely successfully as we are
doing Il now. As the sovereign power we
can initiate action and shape means to ends.
ana guide the Filipinos to sclfdeyelopment
and self government.
As protectorate power we could not ini-
| tlute action, but would he compelled to fol-
low and uphold people with no capacity
yet 10 go alone. In the one case can pro-
| tect both ourselves and the Filipinos from
being involved in dangerous complications
In the other we could not protect even the
| tilpinos until after their trouble had come
Consent of the Governed.
BESIDES, IL we cannot establish any gov
| ernmcnt Of our own without the consent Of
| the governed, as our opponents contend
| lnen we cOulu not establish "a stable govern
| ment for them or make ours n prOtectorate
| without the like consent. and neither the
lLa Iority Of the people nor n minority of the
people have invited US to assume Il. We
| could not maintain prOtectOrate even with
| the consent Of the governed without giving
prUvocation for conflict and possibly costly
| wars
Our rights in the Philippines are now free
| from outside Interference and will continue
so In our present relations. They would not
be thus free In any other relation. We will
| sovereignty.
our title is good. Our peace commissions
| ers believed they were receiving n good title
when they concluded the treaty The cxecu.
| live believed II was good title when he
submitted IL to the Senate of the United
| States for it's ratification The Senate be-
! liCved ii was q good tile when they gave il
| their constitutional assent. and the Con
sress seems not TO have doub'ed is com
| peteness when they appropriated $50 O0J0)O
provided by the treaty.
Title Is Uuquestionabie.
II any who favored its ratification believed
II gave MS bad title they were not sincere.
Our title Is practically Identical with that
| under which we hold our territory acquired
| since tue beginning of the government. and
| under which we have exercised full SOW
| crcignty and established government for the
| inhabitants.
| It Is worthy of note that no one outside Of
| the United States disputes the fullness ana
| integrity Of the cession. What. then. Is the
| real issue on this subject? Whether It Is
| paramount to any other or not, Ii Is whether
we shall he responsible for the government
! Of the Philippines, 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
! fOrcibe 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.
| 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 Of the treaty OF
peace. but now protest against It's obliga-
| lions. Nations which go TO war must he
! prepared to accept its resultant obligations.
aud when they make treaties must keep
| them.
Those who profess to distrust the liberal
and honorable purposes of tie administra-
| ion i'm It's treatment of the Philippines are
| not Justified. Imperialism has no place i'm
it's creed or conduct Freedom is q rock up
on which the Republican party was huildod
and now rests. Liberty Is the goat Re?Ubl!-
| can doctrine for which The people went 10
war and for which million lives were Of
forGd ana billions Of dollars expended to
consent of master or slave.
strain of Hyrocrisy.
There is n strain OF ill-conccaled hypocrisy
in the anxiety to extend the constitutional
guarantees 10 the people Of the Philippines,
a. home. Our opponent may DIS ru I hem-
selves, but they have no right to diScrcdt
the good faith and patriotism of the major.
ity OF the people who are opposed to them.
They may fear the worst form OF imperial
ism with the helpless Filipinos in their
hands, but If they do II Is bcclusc they have
parted with the spirit and faith Of the faith
crs aud have lost the vir,lity of the founders
Of the party which they profess to represent.
The Republican party doesn't have TO as
sert it's devotion TO the Declaration of indie
pendcnce. That immortal instrument of The
! fathers remained uneXccuted until the peO-
pie under the lead Of the Republican party
in the awful clash of battle turned its prom
iSeS into fullmeut. 1t wrote into the Con-
stitution the amendments guaranteeing po-
litica equality 10 American ci iZrnship, ana
il has never broken them or counscllcd eth
crs In breaking them. 1t Will not he guided
IN It's conduct by one set OF prlnciniS .,S, nt
home ana another set In The new territory
belonging to the Uni. ed States.
Goctrine of inco'n.
If our opponents would only practice as
well as preach the doctrines Of Abraham
Lincoln there would he 10 fear for the safe
~ Of our institutions M home or Their fright
full influence In any territory over which cur
flag floats.
Empire has been expelled from Porto Rico
and the Philippines by American frcemen.
The flag of the republic now floats over these
islands as an emblem Of rightful sovereign
~. VIII the republic stay md dispense to
their inhabitants the blessings OF liberty.
education and free institutions, or steal
away, leaving them to anarchy or Imperial
Ism?
The American question Is between duty
and deserton The American verdict Will
he for duty and against dcsertiOn. for the
Hcpubllc against both anarchy and imperial
ism.
The country has been fully advised OF the
purposes Of the United States In China and
they win be faithfully adhered To rs already
defined.
Sufferers in Pckin.
The nation is allied with gratitude that the
little band. among them many OF our own
blood, who for two months had been sub
icctcd to privations and peril 10y the attacks
OF piticss hOrdes mt the Chinese capital ex-
hibiting supreme courage in the face of de-
spair. have been enabled by Gods favor 10
greet their rescuers and find shelter under
their own flag.
The people not alone of this land. hut ~
all lands. have watched and prayed through
the terrible stress and protracted agony OF
the helpless sufferers In Pekin; and while
at times the dark tidings seemed tn make all
hope vain. the rescuers never faltered Ia The
heroic fulfllment of their noble tnsk. We
are grateful TO our own soldiers aud sailors
aud marines. and to all the brave men who,
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