Spain gained new empires, and maintained her rule over them for three centuries and more; the church enlarged its power by the acquisition of half a continent, in which its ecclesiastical authority remains, even to the close of the nineteenth century.
Boutwell discusses the long-lasting impact of Spain's conquests and the church's authority in the Americas.
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By the amendment of 1865 freedom and equality in government were guaranteed to all and especially to the negro race in America.
If the negroes in America are entitled to freedom from a state of subserviency, are not the colored races in the Philippines entitled to freedom, and that whether they are under the Constitution or beyond its jurisdiction?
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.
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