What will be said of us, not by Christian, but by heathen nations even, if, after accepting the blood and sacrifices of these men, we hurl them from us, and allow them to become the victims of those who have tyrannized over them for centuries?
Boutwell reflects on the moral implications of abandoning those who have sacrificed for freedom, questioning the judgment of both Christian and non-Christian nations.
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President McKinley and his supporters demand subserviency of all who are not within the lines of the American seas.
Here are the assertion of power and the promise of goodness that have attended the origin and movement of every despotism that has risen to curse mankind.
They assert supreme authority over their fellow-men for an indefinite period of time, and they promise therewith good government.
Shall the avoidance of the Amendment in States of this Union be tendered as a reason for a denial of equality and the right of self-government in the Philippine Islands?
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