The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-21

concerned. depends not 50 much upon III
Constitution or upon its Government. as &
matter OF theory. and philosophy, as
practically and ultimately. upon the power
OF its army: and its navy to carry forward
such policies as It may please to advance
THAT is just where the matter stands
| ms between the Government OF the United
States and foreign Governments. according
TO the best Interpretation Of our Constitu'
tion and the practice under their systems
REPUDIATES TWINsHIP OF
AMERICANS AND FILIPINOS.
has been presented here by the Committee
| on Appropriations for our action. There Is
| provision in this bill for the erection of
barracks-a military postal Manila, in the
Philippine Islands, established upon a per-
manent basis: and in establishing that mil
itary post. We are told by the gentleman
from Illinois We are doing right, because,
| he says, We differ from other nations. In
| that we do right. while they do wrong.
I'VE must assume. then, suppose. that
We are doing right in the establishment OF
the permanent military barracks at Ma
Mia. The gentleman appealingly and elo-
ouently illustrated the impresnabiiity of
| his position--and he says that he has time
and time again saved one-half hours ex-
penditure of time by the employment OF
the illustration.
He did this when he cited the case Of
the young couple who had twins but would
have been entirely satisfied with and would
have positively enjoyed the blessing OF one
child in the family
Does the gentleman look upon the in
habitants of the Philippines as in the rela-
tion of twinship with the people Of this Re
public? Does he regard them as on a par
with our American citizenship?
Il. for my part. repudiate any such twin
ship, any such relationship. The American
people and the E1lipinos were not born
twins and are not. and in the future Will
not be twins. Their births did not take
place at the same time SO far as their
relations to this Government are concerned.
They are not of the same stock. They have
not the same paternity or the same mater
nifty. They have not the same achievements
or the same objects. They have not the
same prospects or the same hopes in life.
The one constitutes the citizenship OF
the mightiest Republic upon the earth.
people who heretofore have devoted them
selves to the Elories Of free government
at home and to the glories of the just ad-
otioA VI iu OuE 4OlC'Su iSio-
tions.
The Fflipinos. unhappily. have been the
dependents and the victims OF tyranny for
500 years. and when they hoped that. by
their own exertions and by our timely
AID. they had escaped from the taskmaster
and achieved their own independence, 10
and behold! by the administration of such
gentlemen as the gentleman from Illinois
and those who subscribe to and entertain the
same philosophy. they find themselves face
to face with the unexpected condition that
the rescuer was merely going to take the
place-was destined to take the place-of
The despoaler from whom they had es-
capped
And yet We are told the relation is that
OF twinship, and the anecdote Of the gen.
teman from Illinois not only saves time,
but makes clear his understanding OF what
That fs daughter on the Democratic side.)
DENIES THAT WE WE'RE BOUND
TO ACQUIRE THE PHILIPPINES.
The gentleman says that We are to hold
these Islands in perpetuity. He says it is a
condition that We have them and cannot
get rid of them. He says that upon this
side We had as much to do with bringing on
the war as those upon that side. and, there
tore, the conclusion which he would draw,
but which Is totally unwarranted and to-
tally unsupported in logic and in facts. is
tnat We are as much responsible as the gen.
tlemen upon that side for our present rela-
tons to the Philippine islanders. L deny ,it
The war for the relief Of Cuba, the war,
to aid the Cuban in his struggle against
tyranny and for freedom, the war that was /
with brave declaration of patri-
tho cbov h.
lean people took up as a war of relief
war OF patriotism. war of humanity-was
otic unselfishness. made here and echoed in
not designed by us as war Of subjugation.
1t was not designed by us as a war of spolf-
alton. ta
I'm its objects and in its fruits II was
not turned by us into criminal aggression,
to a perverson Of every principle of q Re
public. to the assertion of every doctrine
and the emulation of every practice Of
despotism- That does not lie with US We
do not carry that responsibility. The guilt
Is not upon us. You must bear that burden
yourselves.
rs It true that there is any connection,
logically and naturally, patriotically and
between the war for the
relief OF Cuba and a perpetual occupation Of
the distant Philippine Islands by force of
arms. the subjugation of their Inhabitants,
the forcing of our Government upon them,
the maintenance at tremendous cost in
blood and in treasure to the American peo-
pie OF an allen rule over an ALLEN race?
Il deny that there is any connection. We !
were not bound to acquire the Philippine |
Islands. II we had adhered to the spirit |
in which we engaged in the war; II we had !
been true to the lofty purposes and the |
holy traditions of our own country and |
our own Government. we never would have |
acquired them.
I'VE would have scorned the suggestion |
that. starting in as deliverers. starting in |
as the champions Of freedom, as the res !
cuers Of the oppressed. we ourselves in |
turn should become the spoilsmen and the !
and the tyrants. We would |
have scorned the suggestion: we would |
have had nothing to do with the islands |
except to give over their control gladly, |
not grudgirgly. to the people who dwelt |
there and who had endured many things |
grievous to be borne and multitudes of |
whom had died in the effort to free them. |
selves from Spanish tyranny.
NOT TOO LATE TO DO RIGHT,
DOOR IS NOT CLOSED.
"And what we ought to have done then. |
we still can do. The door is not closed |
Who bars US? What fell agency stands
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