The Philippine Islands An Address Delivered Before the Chamber of Commerce of T
The Philippine Islands An Address Delivered Before the Chamber of Commerce of T
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
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The course which the so-called anti-im- perialists seek is the easy one. The course which we have on hand is a difficult one. If we pursue the policy which is now being pursued in re- spect to the Islands, the policy of holding the Islands for the benefit of the Filipinos, and of doing everything we can to elevate and educate the people, to increase their prosperity, and to furnish them full opportunity for the pursuit of happi- ness, we need trouble ourselves little about the alleged viola- ti...on of the principles of the Declaration of Independence. If that instrument is to be so construed as to prevent us from taking the course which the dilemma already presented re- quired us to take, then the history of the American Republic has been nothing but a violation of the principles of that in- strument from the beginning. Women and children and slaves were not permitted to exercise any political control at the time that the Declaration of Independence was signed. Those who by their suffrages had all the political control there was in the various colonies were, in many instances, in the minority of male citizens.
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