The state herald., 1901-03-08

tors, and especially BY one importan
ruggestion, which I'supposs violate nj
confidence in saying came from the Son
ator from Colorado (Mr. Tellsrl hsl
somewhat modified and softeped th,
features Of this proposition. But still
however modified and soitsnsd, 1t 10, II
my judgment, proposition at varianc'
with the principles Of The Declaration o
Independence, with The principles Of th,
American Constitution, with the priuci
Piles Of every Ststs constitution aps
every State bill OF rights, and with th,
principles by which and through which
and in which the Rspuhlicap party cam,
to life and hsd lived irom the beginning
OF its honorable snd glorious history.
"Mr. Prssidrnt, whatever W ma,
have thought 10 the bsRinning, thss,
l2!0OO, ,00O people with whom ws sr,
dealing ass not savsges; they are an in
tslligrnt, Christian, Iibsrty.lovipe pso
pie. Every evideoos, whether It oams
from the reluctant admission Of militar,
officers or from Tire picture Of vhs, take,
place In this grsat struRgls sf theirs foI
their liberty, every evidence shows thai
psopls TO b raos OF men with whom
our own Revolutionary fathers need moi
have 6iushed to b compared.
"Amoug the great public document,
in our own history OF which am proud
ara the resolutions aud dscisra,ieos O
the Massachusetts and other New Eng
land towns in the beginning Of the Rsv
olutionsry war, whom The people from
their ample hcmes conducted tho great
debate Of liberty. Among thoss docu
rnenis still preserved, collected largely
by the industry Of our illustrious histUr
ian George Bancroft, more than one bsal
the sigma uiss and are tie compoa,tiou
Of my own ancestors and kindred; aud
have persunsl pride il that ancestry
and kindred which 1 would not exchsng.
for anything Of wealth or OF honor this
world has to bestow.
II hold 10 my hand the originals oi
the actions Of % towns, aud anoih her Sen
ator has produced others. When, only q
few weeks ago, the demand Of our Phil.
ippipe Commission and Of our military
officer was presented to the people Of the
island OF Csbu-thst is an island,
understand, Of seven or eight hundred
thousand people, loo miles, or there.
abouts, from Mainland 1t is the Island
which General Asc Arthur tells us il
the most absolutely pac,ted and recon.
oiled oi the whole Philipp,us Archipei.
ago.
"The people Of these towns were gath.
cred ny their mayors N their town balls
or in the public squares, aud discussed
this question, vital to them and vital To
the history Of public liberty vn earth as
was ever question debated by our Rrvo.
lutionary fathers, and here lexb,b,tiug]
signed by the men who participated in
the meeting, and drawn up in each case
by tn secretary OF the meeting, are the
records OF their proceedings. Every doc
ument is ip . different band writing from
the others; every one 10 In hand writing
which marks the ssholsr, the msu Of in.
telligeuce, the man d. for government,
- surely - the counienancs Of = human
being ever marked the charautsr of the
man or represented the soul which vas
bshind u. y.
"The resolution which ~as passed 10
the sane In each oi thsss 9 towns, o..
though the Spanish sogrossmens and
the signatures vary. I wish Ssuators
would look st these pspes; vish any
body Who has allowed himsslf to get up,
10 the height Of political sxa,tensnt, and
cay hero or on the stump that thsss nrp
were race Of ignorant ssvsges would
cooe aod see whether he eau name 23
towns In hi. own S,sts st this moment
the secretaries Of shieh 10 publ,c meet.
ing could have nsds document looking
like thsse. I csn not name then IN Hss.
sschusst's. There ere not q Massaehu-
sstts cities of our IS the result Ut WHOSE
deliberations would bripg any mors hoe.
or, either in form NJ substsnee, 70 their
psopls than the rstult Of sbsss dclibrra.
tons brings to this people.
"Mr. President, ! desire the Secretary
70 rrsd-it 10 very br,sf-ths translation
OF this sssver to the dsmsnd thst they
surrender their iissrtiss and submit 10
this despotism. unchecked, unparalleled
on the face Of the -srih, either by cssr
or emperor. which VISA proposed to then,
by the American commission and tbs
American military commander"
The documsnt referred TO by Senator
hoas r~ctsd the fact that . me~iine Of
the representative business men aud the
town officials u Cair.n was called 10
eoSs'der tbs proposition Of the An-ri
eau military sovoraor for ,be estatiiss.
mont OF the new municipal regime. Att.
or due consideration of the question. the
meeting adopted The following st.t~u,eut
- smbodying tho posi,iou Of those
present.
!. "rhat we d~sire thu blessing. Of liberty
and for this reason va aspire To TIM territorial
and political undergraduates of our county.
g. That ~ desire pracs. ordss. aud Tranquil.
lily, winch are thu fundamental principles oi
prosperity and thus jo no, snr- Ia the establish.
'neni of now municipal s,sicm which Ia no,
satisfactory 10 the Isoplr. for to recognise q
sovereignty which ID. conscience ivp.l. |. ~