The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-22
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and everywhere Ii mas 1Oucned, It's III
nuence has ever been to put a more
.vrful and more intelligent sover-
eighty into the hands of the people.
The only practicable and effective
sharing of our civilization with those
not already capable of self-govern-
ment is by exercising sovereignty over
them. 1t cannot be done by sugges-
ton or example alone, for such ma
tons as need our help are incapable
of understanding either. 1t must
come through actual association and
first hand acquaintance with our form
of government. Take, for example,
the Philippine Islands; the industrial,
sanitary and educational reforms
America is now establishing there
would be useless without Americas
strong arm behind them.
But it is objected that our admins
tration in the Philippines is without
the consent of the governed. But
what other method can you pursue
until the Filipnos are further devel-
oped and trained along governmental
lines. and would we not overthrow
the good we have already accomplish
ed if we should stop to consider their
consent to be governed? Self-govern-
ment is no base and common thing
to- be bestowed on the merely clamor-
GUS audacious and Incompetent.
Government without the consent of
the governed is a principle of our
governmental policy not Just recently
applied. The trainers of the Consti-
tuition themselves governed the In
dams without their consent. We have
no more striking example of goxern-
ment without the consent of the gov
erned today than in the South where
we have recognized the unfitness and
incapability of the negro for the fran
chise and have therefore eliminated
him from the hereto conspicuous and
obnoxious part he played in our poll
tics.
Gentlemen of the Committee, we
ask that you bear in mind just how
our question reads. 1t does not say
that the United States may in case
of emergency, or If conditions at any
time in the future demand it, own and
govern territory anywhere outside OF
North America and adjacent islands.
But on the other hand, it is very de-
finite and says that the United states
should confine itself to the ownership
and government of territory included
i'm those limits. This is a very hard
and fast policy. 1t Will not allow own
erShip and government in single IN
stance outside OF North America. The
policy of the negative, on the other
hand. is not a hard and fat one: we
have shown but in one instance and
in only one, the United States should
own and govern contiguous ter
ritory For all other non-contigous
territory we are free to advocate
different policy, provided only that the
conditions are different.
But has our policy towards our de-
Tendencies been one Of imperialism.
OF greed of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT? Let
history answer. Seven years ago, the
United States came to the relief OF
Cuban suffering and liberated Cuban
i-i1 ON IN
United States has been doing and IS
still doing similar work in the Philip
pines. The sanitary improvements,
road construction, taxation and educa-
ton are some of the things we have
been looking after in those islands
Did not the people Of the united
States approve q vote of $4,000. 900 TO
relieve the Philippine people from suf-
ferlng due to cholera and cattle dis
case, Is that Imperialism? Is that
greed? Is that ACKNOWLEDGMENT!
Present conditions demand that we
hold those islands. Can we retain our
respect among the nations of the
world now that we have barely got
them on their feet? No nation is bet
ter fitted to take part in the destinies
of mankind than the United States
She must swing out of her compare
tive isolation. Our policy of expan-
sion at home and abroad has beneft-
ted mankind. The stars and stripes
still stand for freedom of conscience,
freedom of enterprise and even-hand-
ed justice.
Said President Mckinley to the
Philippine Commissions LABOR Tor
the full protection of all the lnhapl-
tants of the Philippine protection OF
all the inhabitants of the Philippine
islands with the hope that the time
NAV come when they Will look PACK
with gratitude to the day when Coo
gave victory to American arms at Ma
nilla and set their land under the SOY
ereignty and protection of the people
of The United states" A part of what
President Mckinley hoped has been
realized When Governor Taft sailed
from Manila a little over year ago,
he was followed to the shore by q
mighty throng not of oppressed ana
sullen subjects but of free and peace,
full people whose tears and prayers OF
affectionate farewell, showed that they
had already begun to learn that. "Our
flag had not lost it's eift of bcnedlction
in it's worldwide journey to their
shores
Stroller for Emory.
II. s. Stroller was the second speak
CT for Emory He began by pointing
out that the policy of imperialism
would weaken and partially destroy
the Monroe Doctrine and that our IN
fuence ana in supremacy in American
affairs would be seriously impaired.
The speech was mainly taken up in
showing that disposition could be made
of the Philippines which would regard
their interests and at the same time
not be inconsistent with the policy of
the argument that the United States
l. could temporarily govern the Phil
ippines, having first made an explicit
declaration that independence was in
tended for them. The remainder of
the speech was taken up with proving
that the Filipinos will soon be ready
for independence, and that We ought
to give it to them as soon as they are
capable of maintainingiit as Cuba and
the Central and South American
States.
f.. O. Coles Speech.
Mr. E. O. Cole, the second speaker
for Trinity. delivered the following ar
gument:
is not in accordance with our
past course. we have been free to act
guided only by good sense and justice.
Orr cOurSe i'm the Panama matter and