The Senator from Massachusetts says that this is wrong. that it is a sin. that it is wicked. but the islands are so little that if we will forgive him for taking that country. he will sin no more. he will be virtuous and resist a like crime if it involves a larger acquisition of territory. But. Mr. President. the first step in wrongdoing is the dangerous step. If we set the example. regardless of honor. of acquiring title to a territory from puppets that we have set up. what will we not do? The Philippines next. with its 7.000.000 Asiatics. Puerto Rico and Cuba must come in.. and then the conquest of South America. Tramp the course that has caused the death of every republic in the past. and see our flag go down in misery and in shame.
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