Whitelaw Reid: “And why is life impossible to Americans in Manila and Cebu and Iloilo, but attractive to the throngs of Europeans who…”

They should persist in this claim respectfully, but firmly, taking care to bring no discredit upon it by their own action.

May it not prove, moreover, in that work of reorganization, which now engages the thoughts of all patriotic men, that universal suffrage is the best reconciler of the most comprehensive lenity with the most perfect public security and the…

Never was there a problem more serious or difficult than that which is now before the Nation, as to this race, whose destiny has been confided to the wisdom and honor of our Government.

They should strive for distinction by economy, by industry, by sobriety, by patient perseverance in well-doing, by constant improvement of religious instruction, and by the constant practice of Christian virtues.