The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-05-01
by WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

by using the arguments employed b.
kings and cmTerors as an excuse for
denying selfgoVcrnmcnt To their own
people. We cannot preach that gov
crnmcnt derives their just powers
from the consent Of the governed and
at the same time adopt q different
principie i'll practice.
It is worth while also to remember
that foreign service is more or less
dcmoraiizing on our troops. Cur
| sold ors are good. average men, but ali
men are more ." less lniiUenced by
environment, and our soldiers cannot
be expected to maintain as high 4
standard Of morality whom far away
from home and the Influences Of home
as when their good purposes are
strengthened by the presence Of moth
crs. sisters and friends. The hospital
records show the extent to which our
soldiers We'd to &C mptations which
surround the post. and the saloons
| that follow our army speak foclblN Of
/ the dangers which attend foreign
/ service. can we afford to subject the
| morals of our young mon To SNCh
| severe t-sts unless there is some ma
tiOnal gain commensurate with lAe
/ loss D.?
If orr nation would at once declare
it's intention % treat the FilipinoS
living north of Mjndanao as it treated
/ the Cubaus. and then proceed, FIRST
/ to establish a stable government pat
termed after .ou- own, second, 10 con-
! vert that government into a native
government by the substitution of Fill
piuo officials as rapidly rs possible:
third. to grant Independence to the
FilininoS. res"fNing such haFborS and
/ naval stations aS may De lhpOShJ
necessary. and fourth. 10 announce Is
purpose to protect the Fillplnoa from
outside interference while they work
+ out their dcstinN-if our nation would
do this. it would save a large annual
! expense. protect its jrad" Interests.
CRAFTY tho just ambition Of the Fiji
pinoS for national existence and repeat
the moral victory won 10 Cuba.
In return for protection from with
cut. the Filipiuo% would agree. as tn
/ Cubans did. that in their dealings With
other nations they would not embar-
rass us.
Tho reservations retained could be
| converted into ccmtcrs for th. cNtca-
sion of American Influence ana Amer
lean ideals and our nation would in
crease it's ;mportaIic" aS q real Wof'd
/ mower. Unless our religion and our
, phiIoSnphy are entirely wrong. moral
forces are more permanent and in the
end moro Dotcnt than physical force.
and OIlr. nation has an opportunity I"
prove that q Eation's greatness. like
/ the greatness Of All individual. is nc"S-
urcd by service. 1t also has an oppor-
tunitv to prove that the oriental can
bc led by advice and improved by eN
( ample and does not need 10 be coercGd
By military power.
our reservations ought to contain
model schools. With central college,
experimental farms and institutions
in which the people could be tfaiil"d
/ in the arts and industries most suited
to the natural resources OF th@ couh-
try our nation is untitled by h'S-
! tory ana by tradition to exploit the
tropical countries according to the
methods employed by some Of tae
monarche Of Europe. To hold people
in subjcction requires large mlilldfN
I cXpcnditure: if We were to attempt |"
make our own people boar such bur
den. they would soon protest; II We
were to make the Fiiipinos bear II, II
, would crush them. The FlllpinoS
would resist such q policy, If employed
| by Us, more bitterly than II it were
! employed by Il European country. be-
! cause the.- have learned from us the
/ lesson Of liberty. Suhject peoples are
not willing laborcrs. and our country
! would not endorse ii system OF com
/ p1IIsorv labor Education. too. : in
/ consistent with u permanent colonial
system. and cannot be carried far with
out danger to the ruling power
We must caoose, therefore. between
! two policies. and tho sooner the choice
/ is made the better As We cannot
/ adopt tho European policy without a
| radical departure from our ideals ana
ultimately from our form of govern
| melt IT home. We are virtually forced
! to adopt a plan distinctly America
"a nlIn in which advice. example
/ and hefpfulness shall bc er1ploEed as
! means Of reaching the natiNe heart
| some Ut the European nations haFe
/ h.ar content To seize land and de-
velon il with EuToncar capital and
| Chinese labor: orF plan must bo 4" de-
| leIop the natives themselves bN show
! ING them better methods and by
opening before them a wider horizon
| At our reservations there "'Nid he
| reiigio,ls freedom. freedom If speech.
| freedom of the press. -goNernmen mt
and public instruction for all, and