| Show y SETS SErS UP iiA A MAN AH OF STRAW or of W at the Iho Argument r Against lie III Does len of the le Cum lii Inn at L La 1 a F Farewell Ten T April Luke F 14 the Philippine oom missIon Will was a bun by two hundred dIstinguished men mart menat at the PeabodY hotel hutel After Atter thanking hi for tor hie sentiments ox ex pre General WrIght spoke poke on the question of and reviewed tM the purchAse ot of Louisiana and th the taking In of FlorIda Tax California and Alaska General Wright continued Wu Wit m may assume therefore It if there II I any force toree In the doctrine ot of practical that the lie power Iwer to expand is II Inherent and Itt short that whit whatever additional the ot of the United think thy they heed and can rightfully acquIre they hey may take In ach the lie lit is one ene of expediency and not of power to be determined u upon On a consideratIon ot of nil all the attendant ad advantage of Ie th the trans traM transaction fiction action I know of no one who I am nota thick and thin expansion let It It woW be both foolish ud and im immoral moral for tor u us to pursue urau a policy polley of greed and a aggression especially against our weaker wilker neighbors On the other hand It would be foolish and short shortsighted sighted to 10 fall fail to acquire by lou or Purchase any needed territory which we think useful to our The Th speaker said aid that the argument against I seemed to him Ir Irrelevant irrelevant relevant as It sets hi up a man ot of straw to be knocked down doII The only Impera Imperator tor to whom hom our allegiance I a due is II the will of 01 the people In a manner they lIar have subscribed On Wright said It been hI hii belief that ot of Cuba should be a part of the St State tN It Is so eo at as a at the ti map will show ita as to be the lbs key to the Gulf ot of Mexico and the Caribbean us In our ha hands th the former ronner becomes u as It ov ought ht to 10 bf be sa an American lake It command the Nicaragua anai when built Continuing the MId coId I 1 do donot donot not subscribe to the doctrine t that at wherever wherever ever the flag lIag orne noa floats It must host tOl forever ver but I do uy say that whenever er the nag flag Is rIghtfully raised It should never be furled In violation ot of the dictates or of dut duty and honor To abandon th these lelands now to 10 my Iny mind would be u a blot upon our good name nam among man mankind kind tor or an all time When an all JI to our author authorIty authority Ity Is Ie at In an end nd and not before the as to hi how hol the Ito Islands can be best beat governed at once and ci ai aiwa wa waye not only I a te but R a high highly ly Important for tor dl discUssion cu lon There Ther shall hall be upon this Ihl all as upon all other important matters fun full and tree Inter Interchange change ot of thought Permit me to J say that I take It we OR II nil r I t t i r IS s b i for 1111 our Cur Ii II I 4 I Iii t h eon humanity II and sound Mund ii I I V ut lure fur tur hr d s 8 it I Is In our 10 to IY It lilt they shall have Ih the c civil 1 finIS and r lu liberty manic rights ot of person and property t t II no e enjoy enjo and finally that so f lilt late r 1 ii I that as aa l speedily aft an iu Iv b t dune they should have I ro on the fr our other Territories Just bow f fur r w Ct al ont once go In that dl aith just whet what instrumentality or of shall hall be 00 presently opera th tie can ao only ho bo after In and honest investigation n and In Ill tb the natu nature of thing must mut largely dc pied upon upen the attitude towards UI uc ot of the theom lv The Th and oilier r grave rave tion bar ber tta the United d States front throw throwIng Ing ort off the burden ot of the PhIlippines PhilippIne it if It H lit a burden The Thu path of If duty dUly lies plain before betor u vi ant and we cannot hon honorably r recede e U II we would General GeneIll Wright closed with art arrel IO good Il bye to hili hI friends arid lId a as |
