The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-02

In2n IRON a spanish minister.
The matter was then referred to the
committee on foreign relations
The resolution Of Senator Pettigrew,
OF South Dakota. declaring food pro-
ducts nct 10 be conkraband Of war. was
referred TO the committee on foreign
relations. after a brief speech by Sen
ator Pettigrew.
Senator Carter presented a confer
ence report on the census administra-
ton bill and Il was agreed TO.
TILLMAN DISCUSSES THE FILL
PINo WAR
In accordance with previous an
n-ouncement. Senator Tillman. II South
Carolina, delivered an address upon the
Philippine question His discussion OF
n subject was general. He depre-
Gated the idea that a man is isloyaI
10 the flag IL he declares his belief tina
prosecution OF the war in xhe Philip
pines is d~isloyafty TO the declaration OF
independence and said he was ready
10 locate the responsibility for the
blood that has been spilled"
I impugn DO mans motives" he
said but. whether the presidene be
most 10 blame or whether the crime
rests on his dupes and Subserviart
party dependents. 1 say, with ar the
emphasis OF my nature, sha; / and
none of those who voted against the
treaty are responsible for the spilling
Of n drop Of this Innocent blood thae
has been shed and l will rot endure
patiently and without resentmen. n
such accusation"
Senator Tillman then discussed at
myth the race question as il relates
90 the Philippines. in the course OF
which he expressed strong dissent from
the statement made recently by SEN
a5or Morgan that the civil wa was
precipftated by designing politicians
who desired to thrust the negro with
social and political equality upon she
whites of the south.
Scouting the charge the Fflipinos
were not capable Of self-goverrment.
he said:
If the Filipino leaders n their fol-
lowers, those men OF affair, men 50
strong in the faith of the right Of men
to goveIn themselves after our great
example, that, although lily aIm.i and
without artillery, III has required 60. 900
American troops cvcI a year TO drive
them from the field and even vet hey
have not surrendered, but have adopt
ed a guerilla warfare-if these aEe not
fit for self-governmart under oui kind
ly tutelage, l1t IRE ask of those Iapub-
leans here who III pant are response
bic for il, and who were and are now
in absolute sympathy with ia now
dared they give the control OF 5he
southern states into the hands Of he
g"oes as bting fit rot only ,c-Sovern
themselves, but also to govsrn white
men? If the Filipinos ale childrnn
what were n are the ex-clav2s Of The
south?. How dared republicans appeal
to the northern masses to compel the
south to grant the negroes a free vote
and a fair count when ii involves ne
gro rule pure and simple?
Were the fruits of the war mere
Sodom apples to be turned to ashes in
such a brief span? Are the thirteenth.
fourteenth and fifteerth amendments
to be nullified. in thei1 very essence
because they failed of their purpose i'll
the south? Are they for home use only?
Is the flag to become again . 'fapnting
lie and float over a militaly deSpotism,
first in the PHILIPPINES and later at
home? Was the memol able conflict be-
tween slavery and 'freedEm' useless"
Have we gained nothing? Is the COM
mercial greed which domina'tes in our
councils and coerces the president to
do his bloody and dirty work to make
of the constitution anew league with
death and a ~covenan with hell ii the
interest of oppression akin to slavery?
In order to do all these things must we
camp outside the constitution and
give the old Interpretation of the .Cuth-
SA IA SAo ~ IN IN ~
independence and nullify all prece-
dents and decisions of our supreme
court Did this nation offer up CT its
hest end bravest upon the alter of lib
| erty the blood of 700, 900 men and spend
and destroy five billions of treasure
that we might have a COVE nmCnt OF
the people, by the people for the peo-
ple,' to find that in the brief span of
one mans life the sac ifice was vain,
the civil war a mistake and that the
| colored race has no rights we are bound
to respect at home or abroad?"
Adverttng ito Senator BeveI.dge's
quotation from the bible, Senator Till
man said:
II have heard that the devil could
quote scripture for his owr purposes
Why, 1 can quote scripture myself
Oaughter.) Verify verify, l say unto
you, Senator from Indiana" pointing
his finger dramatically at Senator Rev.
eridge, who sat within a few feet OF
him, you cannot gather figs frGlf
thorns nor grapes from thistles-
IF we mete out despotism and bayo'
net rule to that people Will II not be
melted back to US? 1t need not be from
a foreign source, and it ann be from
a foreign source that government BY
bayonet will ever Cypress the Ameri
can people. Our danger lies in tamil
iarizing our people with despotic meth
DDS, in abandoning the American idea
and the principles of our fathers. The
curse of bayonet rule will come Il
plague you as sure as there is 4 Goo
in heaven.
Il protest against the continuance o.
this unholy war. The president la de
clared that upon congress rests the re
sponsibility. He shirks the burden o.
his mistake and crime and endeavor:
to shift it to our shoulders. Let u!
give these people a government OF thei1
own, a self-government, in whatevel
form they might select, and be rid o.
the burden as well as the shame which
must be ours if we do not. Let US pro
tect them against outside interference
and in a small part compensate then
for the rongs We have done them
In the name of Washington, Of JEFF
ferson and Of Lincoln, let US stop thii
war which was a hideou blunder IL
its beginning. 1t is now a war OF con
quest, a crime in the sight Of God an
man"
AT 5 o'clock the senate adjourned
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
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