The sun., 1902-05-31


consider seriously the main proposition
Of Senator HoAKS speech on filirin"
liberty. This main proposition !. that
IN. Governmeui of the Initial States
Ian. nn right, IN view of American prin-
c,rl.s tn Impo-s Constitution or laws
Of our making upon a peonle unwillins
,o accep, them, no right 20 govern with
ont the consent of the governed
Tn. whole argument 81 the distin-
guishel ami respected stat"sman from
Massachusetts reduCes its"!f 10 the qucs-
,ion IL moral right For this nations
legal power 20 enforce its VIII IN the
phi;ipplnez rc~,lts necessarily from the
soy.yeigntv regularly and lecitlmately
ccouired from S,,an No sane person,
whatever NAV be his opinion ~ the case
in i,s ethical aspect. sssails the technical
legality of our sovereignty there
The whole argument of Mr HoAR also
rests upon the assumption that the flll-
pino- meaning a majority ~ them' "t
course are unwilling to he governed
hy ia. or to submit tn the authority of
our flag For it the Filipino people, or
"A minority Of the same. are willing 10 ne
an governed the protest and the oratory
of senator UnAR are manifestly super
Cuous. His assumption To the contrary
is purely gratutuus IL IA unwarranted
by any evidence which the advocates
II the withdrawal of the American has
and sovereignty from the islands have
been able 10 present The assumption Of
non-consent rests in its r,irn solely upon
the individual belief or conjecture 81
certain worthy pcrsons in Massachusetts,
and elsewhere. and upon the incidental
circumstance that relatively small
mart Of the Filipinos scattered here and
there in the islands ar" now in armed
resistance an insurrection which II IA
the unuuesrionable duty and business
Of this Government To put down.
But even II We should concede Ia
Mr.. HoAR'S argument the correctness of
this sweeping and absolutely unproven
assumption that the insurgents represent
the entire population Of the Philippines.
or n majority nf the same, II We should
admit that our government of the fih-
pinos is government without the CON
sent II the governed. what truth ia there
in his proposition that we have no moral
right 10 govern them according 20 our
legal power
IL has appeared 10 us that there can
he no better answer 10 this than IL al
forded hv the whole record of Mr. HoAh's
ut,eranCcS and votes in the House ~
Reprcsen,ativcs during the fortv-hrst,
RArt,
fourth Congresses, and afterward IN
the United States senate on every quss-
ton concerning tho legal and moral
right II the Federal Government 20 i'm
po-c its will in legislation. sometimes
excecdin nclv drastic oven To the suppress
sion ~ the writ 81 habras corpus. upon
the white citizens Of southern States
against their consent and IN the f,ce of
their most vehement protests
Where did the Force hill of 1874. and
subsequent legislation on the same line,
hnd more Jealous supporter than the
Hon. GEORGE + HoAR Of Massachusetts
Who Was more frequently eloquent in
demanding that the powers of Federal
Government be exercised in the South
without regard to the consent of the
governed Who vas more ingenious
and persistent IN detecting and exhibit
ing those kukluX and Whitecap dis
orders which he held % Justify Federal
Interference o. an extent which oppressed
guilty and innocent alike, Who earned
in the seventies n reputation moro eS-
tensivc than Mr. HoARs as a shaker Of
the bloody shirt
And whom. IN August, 1879. a protest
was mad. bv the late LUCIrs QUIN-
TT. CiNCiNNATUS LAMAR Of Mississippi
against all this government without
the consent of the governed-s protest
Couched in language which, II It had
come from AGUIN.LDo or SINTo LoPrz,
would have made MIR Ho.Rs heart
bleed NJ each sympathetic throb-vho
turned upon the Southsrncr with these
reproachful words
Tn. attempt ot the Government ~ tbs tinted
s'A's, To e,.rris- ~ Corsuturonsl authority 10
pr~s,rv. 20 ,u- majority N any southern stat.
~. right ~ free sui '.ir elections n 10 him Mr.
L,Nbg' but the ,V-rton % hosui. ana sn.n
tsnwcr 20 keen down IN tho dIu what i, term,
MS peons,' hy wh'ch ] A1nrose no nesn, the
white Democrats oi ~, south The murders snd
ortrns-s committed upon weak ino~,ndng a.
i~ncrle,, American e'uSras are N him hui N. .:
i.r9t ~ dovntrDii.n reorl. IN turn Itself IN s
agony under the heel Of IN oprrss>or The
NtAl difference between the gentleman sna the
Republican party II that h. seems 10 think that the
remedy 'or vhst he diSlkrs IN government =,
Aisrce hy 'rrre
The statesman who pronounced thi.
rcbukc was the Hon. GEORGE + HoAR,
Twenty-Five wear. afterNard IN. defender
and champion, in N. United State.
senate, Of the kukluN infe.tins Areri-
can territory N the Philippine.