The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 18, 1898, Page 9

DISCUSSED BY General O. O. Howard, U. S. A. Judge W. W. Morrow OREBsibeonlsas ¢ Robert G. In 9060 gersol I think this dreat republic is o in the morning of her 1 € 1s. bors—our cust e want the “open door,” i China a 11 get its fingers pinched. We that the repu ust be consulted. tered on the vay and we are destined to become 1 1 and the most generous of nations. eople beneath the flag the better. 2 . The open mvirket of the Orient ¢ widl absord all the drain the e ] Pacifiz Coast ean produce. ¢ E of the big: of their country i We are not too la . ha is under our protec- the vote of her p Philippines will never be sur- bigger are inviting us to thelr and opportt This richest opportuni- under th the from It » a_ par: wealth. our flag, and furni Rico our also country our and people our ng these countries and the them by recognizing the m » was a different pro tion, though Flo e territories of Lc nd each year he ¢ Gen.0.0. Howard, U.8. &. The consummation of our duty at this critical period will have a glorious fruitag:. he consummation of the treaty between the United s nly fair at this writing, twithstanding a loud stern s against imperialism and expansion, fears made public of many chc app: age for uncertain and probably Ar to me to have arrived at some permanent con- , Porto Rico and the Philippines should not and v Good men say that the Spanish Government, as been heaping upon her iniquities in the form and murder, till the mea: ¢ is full to the over- beginning of the end is upon her domain and ill not , and that for Spain the Second—That the revolt in the Phippines against Spain's inhumanity and eelfish pol as be pronounced though not so long ng as in Cuba. 2 eling among us is that when we we ggling in the darkest hours evolutlor t the strong arm of the British King it was alto- right and neble for ayette to bring his me; his men to help he long conflict at Yorktown. So has it been altogett right and noble and a inhabita. to intervene d the Cubans, i. e., the pr in their freedom and inaugurate “a stable governme e to us asan Incident of war, but their case is ne as that of Cuba. True, they are farther off re vet in these days of swift navigation and speedy communi- ance is of little importance. of our republic and of every true republic is that re a volce in the Government. In f m thought the people shall govern themse rong in some way the Philippines shall exercise this self-gov- news of it had found its way to the poorest of their inhabi- » Admiral Dewey “roke the Spanish power g ye. “*We want a government, a fi 1 de- ates.” They rose in arms to resist tyranny that. They th Dewey and Merrift for that, and it is altogether possible , give them a sufficlent protectorate to secure this boon ts of those ds and make them a bless to the sperity of other nations, from which pros- first commercial advantage. ributors to the pr i i naturally reap 286 560000 .‘ d. Morgan 256660 © @General T 0006606666 seale. ROM when the early settlers landed on the Atlantic coast the torial extension has been a pervading and dominant one. ttlers soon began to push out into the wilderness, into the so that when the thirteen original States n they occupied a very considerable body of land reach- ic well out to the Ohio River. Then came the session 2 rnment of the Northwest Territory, lying Dbetween the Ohlo and Mississippi Rivers; then came the great Louisiana purchase, car- the border to the Rocky Mountains; then the anmexaticn of the ac ion of territory from Mexico, carrying our borders the to the Pacific shore. In 1867 we purchased Ala 1898 ¥ = annexed Hawaii, and taken under our control Perto nd the Philippine Islands. There is nothing more stri in our 1 history than tt rapid, almost uninterrupted, territorial expan- dering its extent, its resources, its varied climates, its oceans, s, plains and mountains, we have the most magnificent empire er t un. 1f this Is a correct account of the national Whence, it will kelp us to indicate in broad outline at least the national Whither. We cannot break with the past. We cannot sentially thpse formative forces which hi made us what we are. cannot forfeit the proud position which wa now hold among the nations of the 2arth, without being false to our fath- ers, faithless to our ohligations und deaf to the call of duty. The first great duty that devolves upon us as a people is to carry our Robert G. Ingersoll Dr. Lyman Abbott Horatio Stebbins, D.D. o What we arc we are to con- o tinue to be, but on a grander Chauncey M. Depew Frank G. Newlands General T. J.Morgan Ex-Commissioner Indian Affalrs fundamental principles into morz perfect practice. The constitution makes all our citizens, regardles C ivileges and immuniti h we are committed. is the Roal 56 i free men, entitled to all the rights ard This is the ideal to ich we shall be judged. ican citizenship. th ndard b; we are tendi should be raised to such a degree that it the limits of the republic any violation clvil libert conscier and state, ation of s of our citlz a > and un- \eaning of r anomaly should > shou Tt she t be possible obscure that the 1 and illumined It. r the stars and s v has pot penetrat R ma $H59H00P0 S CRORR > Let these islanders be taudht Abbott & to govern themselves and then canoe.” HE United States, many say, has not the right to acquire the Philip- pines and Cuba for the sake of expansion, and even further, that now that we really have them we do not know how to handle them, else we establish an imperial government. This was not the view taken by the President or t people who desired war in the name of human- We have be criticized in the colum of our own press for taking pos- on of the Philippines. The Unifed States weas criticized for ta History but repeats itself to-day. The Louisiana deal protection. “You manage your own affairs in your own way, ‘Il protect you.” on why it should be said that we took Cuba for ourselves iisiana. 1 see no res when one considers our actions in the matter. We conquered the Philip- pi true! For ourselves? No; for the sake of liberty and humanity. I want to the United States protect these new possessions not only against iies without, but al ot the United Sta the should other » the insurrection and anarchy within. Why sct them? Why should we not say to the ations, “Hands off on them is an attack on u Keep Give them a fair chance and they will govern themselv in time liberty has become a fact with these, our new pc en they are able to manage themselves s, I would then to them, “Govern yourselvy Be independent! your own canoe But not until they hav recovered from the rchial rule—not until th have recovered from the devasta- nd the discontent of anarchy will they be able to be independ- & protection we so generously offer them. s s - 0660606060060 06060 0 ly fear is that the princi- ® 2 of the constitution may s dudge W. W. Morrow be carried into the new Qee®e OO O &b territory. ve reached a critical period in our policy of territorial expan- With the acquisition of new territory the question of govern- t must be considered. In our original thirteen States the ques- arose as to the government of outsidc itories. Seven States med territory to the Mississippi. States had no outlying ter- aryland refused to enter the confederation unless some under- had with regard to the government of these territories. It was flnally agreed to cede the territories to the central government, gh Georgia did not cede hers for fourteen year Although Indian Territory, the District of Columbia and Alaska are gov- erned outside the constitution, I believe that the principles of that consti- tuticn are broad enough and expansive enough to cover schemes of gov- nment in our newly acquired po ms. I do not agree with Dr. Park- urst that when the Spanish fieet at Manila was blown up the constitu- tion of the United States was blown up also. only fear is that the priceiples of the constitution may not be car- ried into the new territory. idea is, not that the Phillppines shomid be ut in charge of either army ¥y, but that there should be a school of nial service from which to sena out trained Governors rather than ken down politicians. 1 find our constitution sufficentiy broad to permit us to govern all cur people with the same wisdom and the same grandeur as Great Britain gov- ers hers, for I know that we ara wise encugh to provide for our new people a government that will be for them a beon and for us a power. We cannot at onee give self-government to these people, but we can have a trained force to govern them. The basis of our system of govern- nrent is the consent of the governed, and we must not depart from rthis doctrine. Other nations send out educated gentlemen as Consuls, while we send out good for nothing politicians. The sclution of the difficulty lies in train- ing a colonial service just as we train an army or a navy—for a purpose. When we find a people not vet fit to govern themselves we can hava a government like that of Alaska or the District of Columbia or the Indian Territory. (« 3 POOOOOPPPOPOPPOPPPO W, Hed t tald 5 : e are calle otakie ane * Horatio Stebbins, D. D. ¢ EAg0nang [RCROR 460606 H60006000 mankind. great and far reaching. It was a victory over a declining power which has never established and maintained a successful colony. For over four centuries Spain has cursed every foot of land on which she has set her rule. The war has opened up new questions—new relations of the world and of mankind. One great moral victory and result of the war has been the wiping out of the prejudice and the passions which have ruled between the North and South. It is the finger of Providence in the affairs of nations. The conflict between the North and the South was ‘the irrepressible conflict.” But in the new America there is not any North nor any South. great moral achievement. The quarrel between England and America lasted for But now prejudices are wearing out. We have been more touchy toward England than she has been toward us. But we are getting over that, and we find that we have one race which dominates the conditions of the earth, We are on the verge of a repartition of the nations of the world. Victory has entailed upon us great responsibilities, but I have a mighty confidence that if we go forward the way will be opened out for us. We are called to take a new part in shaping the destinies of mankind, but I feel about it as the ancient prophet did, “Fear not, for I am with thee.” E HIS war of ours with Spain was a little war, but its results have been Itis a over a century. RO RCRORORCRORCRCRORCRCN + ) % i o I believe that this country’s % Frank Newlands. ® growth show!d bz internal 4960006606650 rather than ex‘ernal, ITHIN the last century ourcountry has expanded to a phenomenal extent. From 800,000 square miles it has grown to 3,600,000, without considering our new acquisitions. Thus we have grown five times in size as the result of war, diplomatic action and partly by accident. The last few months have added greatly to our growth. We have taken Porto Rico for good. We have taken Cuba for the purpose of establishing a stable government there. This will ultimately result in the absorption of that island by the United States. Hawalii has been taken and practically we have taken the Philippines—1740 islands in number, with a population of 9,000,000 souls. The scheme of our growth has involved the necessity for the acquisition of contiguous islands. We need.the Bahamas and the West Indies, because they block the way to the Nicaragua canal, which will some day be bulilt. The acquisition of Cuba and Porto Rico fit well in our scheme of growth. The acquisition of Hawall tends to isolate us and to give us an outpost es- sential in our defensive line. Asia is the field of conquest, and any attack aimed at us will be directed against our Pacific Coast; and no attack could be successful without a mid-Pacific coaling base. However, the acquisition of the Philippines is hardly in line with our scheme of growth, for, whereas Hawaii means ter- ritorial defense, the Philippines mean conquest and colonial expansion. 1 believe that this country’s growth should be internal rather than ex- ternal. We have one-half the railroad mileage of the world; we produce one-third of the steel, one-half the coal, nearly a guarter of the wheat, ten- thirteenths of all the cotton and four-fifths of the corn; while, judged by our consuming capacity, 500,000 Americans are equal to all the 9,000,000 inhabi- tants of the Phelippines. If we want to extend our fleld, let us extend it to the south, where these so-called republics are disgracing civilization. If we tell England and Ger- many that they must not enter that territory, even though their coming wnuml bring stability of government, we must exercise somne guardianship ourselves. PR @ say to them, " Padd'e your own 4 ® in shaping the destinies of @ % Vi