New-York tribune., 1902-02-14

the force of the Almighty, and from that day to
un ks as se sPne seen Sy Daniel in his vision
cut out of the mountain without hands II mas ned p
cihc that influence which found its home in ; the
Mayhower and its development Plymouth ROCK
has been extending and is extending its sway and
surely coming the time when the world shall
be Christianzed when the world shall be converted ted
United States is a provdentially appointed agent
and It may be in the far future but Re who has
studied the history OF this Western world iron, from
indeed if he cannot that the cause Of free gov
Wha the n tinted states IS is doing in the Philippine
Islands is in the extension Of that ben.hcent pur
pose
SENATOR HOAR'S REJOINDER.
Mr.. Hoar-Mr President. I think ought to de-
tain the Senate by word or two in justice to my
self and In justice TO great cause
from Connecticut Olr Piato in regard to the mat nat
S{ is Usual Win that se 70 R Is on
Inaccurate when he undertakes to deal with great
dom anG Of consttutionaf law; but it viii take
one brief moment to see how inaccurate he is In
The senator is inaccurate when he talks about
SAYS we voted that down when We put down our
brethren who were in arms against us during the
We did not do any such thing, We only claimed
wGs applicable to the right of one people to trampe
another under their feet. and that the southern
and had consented when they came into the Union
at the & beginning to be the people Of 6 the i United
CONSENT am not saying whether we were right
vaiIed-and Fad submitted with one consent all
their states to a declaration that the laws or the
governing law for them for more unless con-
stutionally amended anything in the law or con.
Notwithstanding. Is not that the consent OF the
out the constitutional consent of the governed on
the most important occasion in human history.
Mr.. President. Abraham Lincoln. whose utter
ences would be treason under the beautful statute
which the Senator from Connecticut lnaceuratey @
ing well through what peril even ct that time he
THIS gPeat Of the Consent Of the
was one for which. II need be, he was ready TO be
assassinated. 1t seems II his prophetic soul
This citation of the case of the Civil War by my
honorable friend from Connecticut is OF piece
with the parrot utterances that we hear of late,
standing by the great doctrire he had declared,
tie purchase of Alaska. was not standing by II
Sumner made an elaborate speech. In which ne
for which ne also ready to be a martyr The
gentlemen who think so are sincere gndoubtedily:
persuade themselves next that the Saviour Of man
kind never believed the doctrine nf the Sermon
the Mount and never practised the Golden Rule,
MI President let us now come to the Connecu7
cut statute the statute which my honorable friend
M Mttau, ne Conhecucut Statute ike the statute o!
in 1880. levelled at the crime of rendering aid
by 70 the wheh fnf mehomed
the other day. and which the Senator from CoIora-
do mentioned here to-day II was a crime which
would warrant and ctuse any mother to disown
ter to dsown brother and any to reject the
name of his father.
But is II for that reason that it is decent or
Citing when great people are standing together
Tor their ;ndepGndenGe & to put that In practice In
OF treason. 1t is true, during the Civil War but
Even then 1t considered that it should be
put in force. We felt. as Burke said he did. that
could not draw Indictment against a whole
people II would have filled mankind with horror
II this Connecticut statute II statute OF
treason OF 1890 had been eracted in 1861. any
time thereafter. TO he put in force against Ten
That Is the trouble with my honorable friend from
It was said once that eminent and well known
public man. who used 90 cite historic examples for
oe veS oBd a h ,he men VINO 4@G PREV,
seems to tbn .e bod a d ,Tp 6no
the great statutes OF the past.
DIsTRUsTs GOVERNOR TAFTs OPINION.
I shall not detaln the Senate long at this late
| should like TO talk about wish 10 allude only
cannot accept the opinion Of the Philippine '' Com
ons3dd % Ewing S anon vet e t hss H tbs P9f gt
He has given good deal OF 1t which has been
IKE ana T,sGsct Governor Taft and dare say
tainly some Of them the euogy Witch the S Senator
has pronounced Rut the trouble in believing Gov
ernor Taft and his commission is that we are
met by the army officers who tell us very dir
ferent story. Governor Taft meets Filipino gen
iieInan VINO comes to see him when he goes TO a
cty-whcther The Filipino Eenteman he sincere or
"A
ing story. rose coored and optimistic. and he re-
Tho Governor does not have to look out for the
men when they are situated where they can strik'
a blow. but the army officer does. He is all over
subordinates He is getting reports all the time |
from his military organization, and officials and in
strumentalities. and ne tells YOU that you must |
have many thousand troops for long period in |
the Philippines Now which we to believe?
from Connecticut and say Win you not accept the
honor Of an American soldier and the sagacity OF
an American officer? We have. unfortunately 10 |
choose between Two sources Of testimony-the sol
I have been told that even in Manila there are |
ladies'. the wives of famous soldiers. who sit
down In a room without having their back TO the |
do not know anything about that at all. and am |
testimony OF single witness so do not put |
But the United States cannot sit down I'm quiet |
among these people that long for It's sovere9ntv
and for II children cry for Mrs WinsIow's |
cannot sit down without placing their backs TO The
walls without 4OO0 or 800 soldiers to defend |
determine whether will take the evidence of |
the civilian or the soldier.
other fact Governor Taft, II h, Is correctly re |
ported. says that these people in favor OF our
sovereignty ana do not want independence. II |
hat be true. why does Governor Taft accompany |
that declaration by saying that II advo-
put thought OF forcible resistance ne must 90 |
Mr.. President have learned to trust IN m even |
the greatest and the best men. not by what thev
says that the Filipino people do not want ,nde
oendence and says at the same time nobody shall
ne opllloh ana Tor evidence of the fact look to
he act. ~ ~
American freedom. and the same ;ime he
pTomulgates law that makes 1t penitentfarv
he Fourth Of July, ] confess am very little i'm
pressed by his Judgment and very profoundly
THOTS1 1NDS RET nv CnCE- ,,J-