George Boutwell: “Consistency is not always a virtue, and inconsistency is not always a vice.”

Shall your representative stand for Nathan Dane and Abraham Lincoln and Freedom, or for William McKinley and Despotism?

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?

President McKinley and his supporters demand subserviency of all who are not within the lines of the American seas.

Of all the eminent men that you have sent forth into the service of the State and the country, he must be accounted the chief, when we consider the value of his contribution, historically, and on the side of freedom and civilization.