The Philippines; Speech of Hon. George Turner, of Washington, Vol. 1
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Excerpt from The Philippines; Speech of Hon. George Turner, of Washington, Vol. 1: In the Senate of the United States, Monday, January 22, and Tuesday, January 23, 1900 The Senate having under consideration the joint resolution(S. R. 45) declaring the purpose of the United States with reference to the Philippine Islands - Mr. Turner said: Mr. President: We have now had at the present session of Congress in this Chamber two deliverances on the Philippine question from an Administration standpoint - one by the President in his annual message to Congress, and one by the junior Senator from Indiana [Mr. Beveridge] in the speech delivered by him in this Chamber on Tuesday of last week. I think it may be presumed that both deliverances were authoritative - that of the President, of course, because it was the utterance of the President; that of the Senator from Indiana because we were told by the inspired press that its delivery was determined after consultation with the President, and because the Senator himself told us substantially that its delivery at the then early period in the session was on account of the general desire of Senators and Members of the other House to have an expression of his views at the earliest practicable moment. I think it may be presumed also that a discussion of the subject from two such distinguished sources would conclude everything that could be said on that side of the question. Notwithstanding this, I must confess that for one I am still unregenerate and unconvinced. Neither the stately periods of the President´s message nor the fervid oratory of the Senator´s address can change the truth of history or metamorphose a proposed course of action, already partially completed, which involves a shocking breach of national faith into an act of policy defensible on grounds of justice, morality, and national duty. I call the President´s policy a proposed course of action, because, while he is fully committed to it and has endeavored to carry it out so far as lay in his power, the path of honorable retreat is yet open to the American people. The President himself has consistently maintained that the ultimate disposition of these islands is for the determination of Congress. Everybody knows who knows anything that the ratification of the treaty of peace with Spain was not intended to cut off or abridge either the right or the opportunity for the fullest range of discussion and decision by the American Congress. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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