The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-12-07
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In dealing With the Philippine PEG.
PIE we must show beth patience and
strength, feFsearanee and steaGfast res
slatisn. Our ain is high. We do act
desire to 90 for tae islanders merely
! what he's elsewhere been t.ene fer trop-
ie peoples by even the best fereigp
! governments. We ksne to do for them
what has never before been doas for
any people sf the t:epics--ts make
t4ea TT fer self government after the
| fashion Of the really free nations.
I The only fear is lest in cur sveranx-
iety We give them q degree Of indie
pendence fer which they are unat,
thereby inviting reaction and disaster.
AS fast AS there is any reasonable hope
that in given district tire pesple can
govern themselves self government
has been given In that district. There
Is net locality Fitted for self govern
ment which has not received. II. But 1t
may well be that in certain eases it.
will have to be Withdrawal because the
inhabitants show themselves unfit to
exercise 1t; such instances have already
| occurred. In other words, there is not
the slightest chance Of our failing to
show sufficiently humanitarian spirit.
The danger comes 10 the opposite diree-
ton.
Troubles Ahead Yet.
There are still troubles ahead in the
islands. The insurreetion has become
Al affair Of local banditti and maraud.
ers, who deserve no higher regard
than the brigands Of portions Of the
cid world. Encouragement, direct or
indirect, to these insurrectos stands on
the same footing "a encouragement to
hostile Indians In the days when we
still had Indian wars. ;.-a .... .... r..
The president declares that the time
has come for additional legislation for
the Philippines. He says:
1T 10 necessary that the congress
should pass laws by which the re-
sources Of the islands can be developed.
90 that franchises for limited terms Of
years. can be granted to companies do
ing business in them and every encour-
agement be given to the incoming Of
business men Of every kind. 1t Is W.
gently accessory to enact suitable laws
dealing with general transportation,
mining. banking, currency. homestsads
and the use and ownership of the lands
and timber. These laws will give free
play to industrial enterprise, and the
commercial development which will
surely fellow will afford to the people
Of the islands the best proofs of the
sincerity Of our desire to aid them.
The Cable and the Canal. ~
I call your attention most earnestly
to the crying need Of q cable to Hawaii
and the Philippines, TO be continued
from the Philippines to points in Asia.
We should not defer day longer than
necessary the construction of such q
cable. 1t Is demanded not merely for
commercial but for political and mill.
tary considerations Either the con.
gress should Immediately provide for
the construction Of government ca.
Bile or else an arrangement should be
made by which like advantages to
those accruing from government ca
bic may be secured to the government
by contract with q private cable com.
pany. ...,. 60,
No single great material work which
remains to be undertaken on this con-
tinent is OF such consequence to the
American people as the building of a
canal across the isthmus connecting
North and South America. Its impor-
tance to the nation is,by no means linn
tied merely to Its material effects upon
our business prosperity, ana yet with
view to these etrectssalone it would be
to the last degree important for us I'M
mediately to begin 1t. While it's bene-
fetal effects would perhaps be most
marked upon the Pacific coast and the
quit and South Atlantic states, 1t would
also greatly benefit other sections. 1t
is emphatically a work which it is for
the interest Of the entire country to be.
gin and complete as soon as possible.
] am glad to be able to announce to
you that our negotiations on this sub
ject with Great Britain, conducted on
both sides in a'spirit of friendliness and
mutual good will, have resulted in
my being able to lay before the sen-
ate a treaty which, If ratified, will en-
able sts to begin preparations for an
isthmian canal at any time and which
guarantees to this nation every right
that 1t has ever asked in connection
with the canal. 1t specifically pro-
vides that the United States alone shall
do the work Of building and assume
the responsibility Of safeguarding the
canal and shall regulate it's neutral use
by all nations On terms Of equality
without the guarantee or interference
Of any outside nation from any quarter.
i 2 The MONROE Doetrine.
The Monroe doctrine should be the
cardinal feature Of the foreign policy
Of all the nations OF the two Americas,
as 1t Is Of the United States. The Mon.
roe doctrine Is declaration that there
must be no territorial ACKNOWLEDGMENT
by any non-American power at the ex.
pense of any American power on Amer.
lean SOIL It is in nowise intended az
hostile to any nation In the old world.
Still less Is 1t intended to give cover to
any aggression by one new world power
at the expense Of any other. II Is sim.
ply step, and long step. toward as.
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