The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-09-20

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to another power, which is without expert.
ence or training, or the ability to maintain O
stable government Mt home and absolutely
helpless to perform It's international obliga-
lions with the rest of the world.
Will Defend Our Title.
70 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
Diilty,.' and our present responsibility Is to-
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 es.
taplisn q stable government in these Islands
except under our right of sovereignty, our
authority and our flag: And this we dre do
We could not do 1t as a protectorate mower
SO completely or so successfully as we are
doing It now. As the sovereign power we.
can initiate action and, shape means to ends,
and self-government.
AS a protectorate power we could not ini-.
tiate action, but would be compelled to fol-
low and uphold a people with no capacity
vet to go alone. In the one case we can pro.
tect both ourselves and the Filipinos from,
Deing involved In dangerous complications:
~ ~ othCl we. COulu uOl DTOJpS( even ina
Filiplnos until after their trouble had come.
Consent of the Governed.
Besides, If we cannot establish any gov
ernment OF our own without the consent Of
the governed, as our opponents contend,
then we could not establish n stable govern
ment Tor them or make ours a protectornte'
without the like consent. and neither the,
majority Of the people nor u minority Of the.
people have Invited us to assume 1t. We
could not maintain n protectorate even with
prOvocation 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
NOT give up our W to guarantee another
Our title is good. Our peace commissions
ers believed they were receiving a good title
when they concluded the treaty; The execu-
s s,Ie belleve ID It was was 9 good title when he
States for Its ratification. The Senate be-
liev,ed 1t was n good title when they gave it
their constitutional assent, and the Con-
provided by the treaty.
Title Is Unquestlonable.
If any who favored Its ratification believed
It gave us a bad title they were not sincere.
under which we hold our territory acquired
since the beginning Of the government, and
under which we have exercised full SOW
inhabitants.
1t Is worthy Of note that no one outside Of
the United States disputes the fullness and
real issue on this subject? Whether it is
paramount to any other or not, 1t Is whether
we shall be responsible for the government
authority which enables US to guide them to
regulated liberty, law, safety and progress,
or whether we shall be responsible for the
nority, without sovereignty and authority
on our part, and with only the embarrass-
ment of a protectorate, which draws us into
their troubles without the power of prevent
Ing them. .'E
Obligations of War.
There were those who two years ago were
rushing us on to war with Spain who are
unwilling now to accept its clear conse-
advocated the. ratification of the treaty Of
peace, but now protest against Its obliga-
lions. Nations which go to war must be
prepared to accept Its resultant obligations,
and when they make treaties must keep
them.
Those who profess to distrust: the liberal
ton in Its treatment Of the Philippines are
not justified. Imperialism has no place In
Its creed or conduct. Freedom Is a rock up
S on T MOVE rests eee hf HiSerty Is Party Par grs was R eui1ded
can doctrine for which the people went to
war and for which a million lives were Of
fered and billions Of dollars expended to
consent of master or slave.
Strain of Hypocrisy.
There Is a strain Of ill-concealed hypocrisy
In the anxiety to extend the constitutional
while their notification is openly advocated
at home. Our opponent may dlstrust them
selves, but they have no right to dlscredit
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 Fillpinos in their
hands. but II they do 1t is because they have
ers and have lost the vlrility Of the founders
Of the party which they profess to represent.
sert its devotion to the Declaration of indie
pendence. That immortal instrument of the
fathers remained unexecuted until the peo-
PIE th under Der, the LEAD L. Of the Republican party
ises into fulfllment. 1t wrote Into the Con-
stitution the amendments guaranteeing po-
litical equality to American citizenship, and
1t has never broken them or counselled 9TH
ers In breaking them. 1t will not be guided
IN Its conduct by one set OF principles at
belonging to the United States.
Doctrine of Lincoln.
If our opponents would only practice as
well MS preach the doctrines of Abraham
Lincoln there would be no fear for the safe
ty of our institutions at home or their fright
full influence in any territory over which our
nag floats.
Empire has been expelled from Porto Rico
and the Philippines by American freemen.
The nag Of the republic now floats over these
islands as an emblem Of rlghtful sovereign
ty. Will the republic stay and dispense to
education and free institutions, or steal
ism?
THE American question is between duty
and desertion. The American verdict will
be for duty and against desertion, for the
Republic against both anarchy and imperial
Ism.
The country has been fully advised of the
purposes Of the United States In China, and
they will be faithfully adhered to as already
defined. n g
Sufferers In Pekin.
The nation is filled with gratitude that the
little band, among them many of our own
blood. who for two months had been SUBJ
5ected to privations and peril by the attacks
of pitiless hordes at the Chinese capital, ex-
hibiting supreme courage In the face Of de-
spair, have been enabled by Gods favor to
greet their rescuers and find shelter under
their own flag.
The people not alone of this land, but of
all lands, have watched and prayed through
the terrible stress and protracted agony Of
at times the dark tidings seemed to make all
hope vain. the rescuers never faltered In the
heroic fulfllment of their noble task. We
are grateful to our own soldiers and sailors
and marines, and to all the brave men who.
though assembled under many standards.
representing peoples and races strangers In
country anu speech, were YET unlted In the
sacred mission of carrying succor to the be-
sieged, with a success that Is now the cause
Of a worlds rejoicing.
Passing of Sectiona1ism.
Not only have we reason for Thanksgiving
for our material blessings, but we should re-
joice In the complete uniflcation of the peo-
pie of all sections Of our country that has
so happily developed in the last few years
and made for us q more perfect union The
obliteration of old differences, the common
devotion to the flag and the common sac
riaces for Its honor, so conspicuously shown
by the men of the North and South In the
Spanish war, have SO strengthened the ties
Of friendship and mutual respect that moth