The sun., 1900-10-25

across the Pacific and laid In honored graves
among their Countrymcn But. not yet-not
vet has he soil stained bv their blood been sur
rendered TO their plAycrs Not yet has the
treacherou- aud wicked attack, which they
died To defeat, been turned into victory by the
act of an American President
But, We nt" told that, irrespective of agree
tucutS irrespective Of ANYTHING said or done
by the Filipino leaders or by ourselves. We ought
10 transfer to them sovereignty over the Philip
pine l-lnud- because government derives ~
lust powers from the consent Of the governed,
and our Maintenance ot sovereignty is u Nio-
latiou Of that great principle ot Ill" Declaration
Nothinr can hr more M i-lcadng than a prin-
Ciple misnpplIed Countless crimes have been
committed by men quoting texts ~ Scripture
or IuaNuS of political philosophy WTc,ttd
from ther true context aud meaning lh"
doctrine tnJi government derives ii- Just
powers from IN" consent "I IN" GOVERNED Wa
applicable To the conditions for which Jefferson
wrote IL and tu n" prppl" 10 whom u" applied
H. II J. true wherever a people EXIST
government aud to make free. inlrlllgrn aud
eNlraCious decision ~ to who ~hull govern.
But Jefferson did not apply II To Louisiana.
iaun Wrrr n. incapable of sell government a.
children, and hc governed th"ln without thrir
cou-"ut Lincoln dld not Apply u 20 ~" south.
and the great struggle Of the tiyIl War was a
solemn assertion by the American people that
there are other principles OF Inv and liberty
consent. Government does not depend upon
consent The immutabl" laws OF Justice and
humanity require that people -haIl hnv" gov
ernmpnt that the wolN shall be protected, thHt
cruelty and lust shall be- restrained. whether
there be- consent oT not.
Whru | consider the nyriadl ~ human be
ings who have lived IN subiecton To the rule
OF force. ignorant ~ any ,ihrr lot, knowing
life only Il the beast of the field knows It, with
ont the seeds of PROGRESS. without initiative
or capacity to rise. submissive To INJUSTICE and
cruelty and perp"tu nal Ignorance and british,
forces of civilization. to replace brutal and on
pres~i We government. with which such people
IN ignorance are content, by ordered liberty and
individual freedom and n rule that shall start
and lead them along the path 81 political and
social progress l, VIOLATION oi the principle
Of Jefferson. or false 20 the highest dictates Of
,rhg true queS,tion IN tie Philippl1ses was.
pie capable "i esta6li.hinS and main
tanning free constitutional government.
whether the humble and peaooahle inhabitants
who constituted the great mas Of the populaton
were competent 70 protect thrmselye~ whether
the wealth and commerce Of Manila the lner-
chants from all the nations Of Europe who were
gathered there the producers OF hemp and
tobacco and rice would be protected by rule
Of law and order and Justice. or whether on
erniug themselves would become the SUBJ jeCts
Of a Dictatorship or the prey Of bloody dlsCoTd
Let me read YOU What high Hp,h9ri'y deGqres r9I1s
the people Ot countries situated a. are these
islands when left TO themselves. In speech
on the annexation OF san Domingo. in the
senate Of the nited states on the nth OF jan
nary lS7l my friend MIR SChurz, who now
charge. that II was cruel injustice not to leave
the filipnos To govern themselves without
Head that history. read that OF all other
tropical countries, and men show NE single
instance Of the successful establishment and
peaCeable maintenance, for re-I ectable
period. Of republican institutions. based upon
popular seli-goyernment', under uopl'al
search To- the West Indies; look for II anywhere
else on the face Of the Rlobo IN tropical iatl-
.l.a ll..Vaa faH. II Is4tn Fll
nnsers 10 single one There IA none sir
The tropical sun lnhames the
Imagination TO inordluate activity and de-
velops the government of the passions he
consequences are natural. and there Is ten
dency to govern by force instead OF by argu-
ment. revolutions are Of chronic occurrence.
like volcanic outbreaks, and YOU will hnd po-
ltiCal life continually o1oillAtlng between
two extremes liberty, which there means
anarchy, and order, whlch there means ueS-
Tho testimony is absolutely overwhelming
peago are Incapable Of aeil -g2yernmenty ana
that the fate here described would have befallen
these Islands Of the tropics had AMERICAN sover-
p@opla Tho hundreds Of islands which COM
pose the archipelago are inhabited by more
Than eighty different tribes, sPeakin more than
sixty different languages. They hay" no COM
mon medium OF communication, aud they never
had a government except the arbitrary rule OF
Spain. Most Of them have not the first con-
cepton of what sci government means or the
first qualification for It's exercise. Many OF
them have the capacity 20 learn, Dut they nave
never learned.
The nrst Philippine Commission said OF them:
Should our power hy any fatality he with
drawn. the commission believe that the Govern
ment of the Philippines would speedily lapse
into anarchy which wou I excuse, II II did not
necessitate, the intervention OF other Powers
and the eventual division of the Islands among
them Only through American occupation.
therefore il th" idea OF free, selt-governinE
cnd a rHb@f naed from an
the Filipino point Of view, Of maintaining
American sovereignty over The archipelago Il
by those insurgents who desire an American
The latter. II T. true, would take
The revenues and leave US the responsibilities
Neyrrt heiess thcv recognize the indubitable
Thus the welfare of the Filipnos comedies with
the dictates of national honor in forhiddng
our Abandonment Of the Archipelago. We can
not, from any point ot View escape the re-
spCn-hil!fic- ~ government which our SOW
ereignty entails and the commission IA strongly
persuaded that the Performance Of our national
duty WI pr9ryIG laG sTsI,eCL Dressing 10 the
Thi- was the testimony OF President SChur-
man Of Cornell OF Prof Worcester ~ Michigan
OF that old-time Democrat. Charles DENLY,
our former Minister to China, and Of Admiral
The present Philippine Commission says:
A change OF policy by turning tho Islands
over to tho coterie Of Tagalog politicians will
prnvemeut, drive out capital. make lifo and
property and religious-mOst Insecure,
Danish by fear OF cruel proscTption u con-
siderable body Of conservative Filipino people
who have aided Americans In well-founded
belief that their people are not now lt for self
government and reintroduce the same OBJ
pro vinces under the Malolos insurgent Govern
ment during the eight months Of It's control
Tn" result will be iactional strife between
jealous leaders, chaos and anarchy. and will