The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-10-25
IMPERIALISM.


J NE Mckinley administration has at
SAst declared for imperialism and col
enial subJugation and conquest This
declaration was made BY Senator Al
hegt ]. Beysridge, Of Indiana, the
uhnssa oracle Of Mckinley in the SEN
6tA. oa the Philippine question. and
H pursuivank and herald Of his policy
~ tAs stump. In . carefully prepared
ooeeeh. revised andOpprovsd by Pres
1naat Mckinley. delivered ut Chicago
= the svsping Of September 25th. Sem
ebsr Bsvsridge said these among other
hAinGp equally un-American:
Osls-0svsr1msas Dsnlsd.
1T b not true. - the opposition as
ut that every race Is naturally SELF
Upvurning without instruction and
9ubdaaca. II %. the Indians were cap
ahle q ssk-governmsnt.
II the opposition declares that We
uaGht to set up separate govsrnment
Dpoe - Philippines because We are
nstting mp . separate government over
euha, answer that such an error in
cuba dos not Justify the same error
= ehs Philippines
4 ~ that for the good Of Cuba
DsRe even than for the good OF the
dated States . separate government
ovoe Cuba, unsontrolled by the Aneri-
6aA rspubllc, never should have been
Droaissd.
The resolution hastily passed by all
parties IN congress at an excited hour.
Nns IN eEror which years Of time, pro-
SfSQuity of location, common COM
uercs, mutual interests and similar
hangers surely viii correct.
e eay that Porto Rico Il ours for
avse. the Philippines are ours forever.
ana Cuba ought to have been ours.
~ By the free choice Of her people
aoas day win be ours. and ours for
byse.
Dsoanas Cslssial Dsspseisa.
History establishes these PROPOSE
Alous:
Il. Every people who have become
u1sat have become colonizers or ad-
m1nistratorA
e. Through this colonization and
administration their material and po-
2itical greatness develop.
-. Their decline Is coincident with
4heir abandonment Of their policy Of
boasesaion and administration. or de-
parture from the true principles there
pf.
And a. Q corrollary to these propo-
ultlens IL this self-evident and con-
femporaneous truth:
cEvsry progressive nation Of Europe
bodAy u seeking lands to colonize and
governments to administer.
es.asss Royal Power ana ssasAing Armies
II the opposition say that this pro-
Ram, written not in the statutes Of
mln. but n the nature Of things. will
tnothsr our institutions with a myriad
Ct soldiers, I answer that the world to-
lay demonstzates that 1t win result in
he revsrse. II they point to Germany
Ind cher nations with vast military
establishments to prove that eoloniza-
bun. and administration over lands
kaid e. possessions and dependencies
kesu1n n The supremacy Of the SOL
tl1ase 01er the common people / an
kwer that tie examples do not sustain,
but dsstRey the proposition. Consider
ueenany. Her standing army In times
e paaee b 6s7. 900 mea. Does coloni-
ntion cauos or require themf No; be-
ean6s che maintained that mighty null
katuds before the present emperor
Ind his counselocs developed Ger
RaAy,s progressive colonial and ad-
Ninislsative policy. No again. be-
tansa, Of Germany standing army Of
pe1ooo men. lsas than 1000 are in her
boHs0sleaA The remainder OF her
0lshty host being stationed within the
Napics itssH No again. because Aus
~ With no coloaies at all. has .
bkanding army In times o< peace OF
Uvs 81. 90 men. mono Of whom are
pQDIoysd in the care oe possessions.
10 asAin, because France. q republic.
has Q standing army In times of peace
- e1s.oo0 men, Of which less than TO-
~ afs employed In her colonies and
Dossessious. except Algeria and Tunis.
which are considered an immediate
Dast Of France. No again: because
9talV. with hardly . colonial posses
b1on, maintains Q standing army In
tames of peace Of nearly $4,000 men.
Issssss ssala asS Dsvs to England.
mo again, because Spain. the
worlds second largest holder of pos
beosions before We won them. main
Gained q standing army OF less than
neoy $50 men, Of whom less than 10000
Wsfs kept In her misruled and op-
pceased possessions. No again, be
1auss the greatest colonial power
M world has ever seen is the Empire
- Great Britain. Great Britain's en-
tire standing army Of English, Scotch.
welsh and Irish soldiers throughout
the entire empire is only 231, ,351. of
which Ceylon, with a population Of
100000. has only one battalion OF
English infantry and two companies OF
EnSlish artillery. Egypt, with nearly
Il, 900, 900 has less than 5000 English
D1leers and men, and India, with 3O0.-
oo0. 900 population, has less than $4,000
English soldiers. The other soldiers
upholding the English flag throughout
2ng1and's possessions are native sol
Aiers. And no native soldier ever yet
aided the oppression of his own coun-
xTymen for any length of time. Blood
q thicker than water" but Just gov
1rnmeut is . thicker tie than blood,
England has learned the statesman
ship Of sentiment, and SO the people
England rules supply the soldiers who
defend her flag.
Cosstitutioa Does Rot Follow the Hlag.
IF the opposition say that our con-
stitution forblds the American people
to hold and govern possessions as their
situation may require, ! demand that
they shoY me the denial Of that power