On the record
What humanity forbade us to tolerate in the West Indies, it would not justify us in reëstablishing in the Philippines.
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhat humanity forbade us to tolerate in the West Indies, it would not justify us in reëstablishing in the Philippines.
He asserts that the principles of humanity that justified intervention in Cuba should also apply to the Philippines.
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