Speech #570014380

The Filipinos are a tropical people. they are of an entirely different race from that to which we belong. they have none of the ideas of government which we have. and they will not entertain such ideas. Even with our tutelage. even with all our efforts. they will have nothing of it. because our idea of government does not commend itself to the southern or oriental races. Government to the Asiatic mind is an entirely different thing from government in the mind of the AngloSaxon. In the whole history of mankind there has never been an Asiatic people which has risen to the high conception of the rights of man entertained by the AngloSaxon. A government suited to our condition. and which would be desirable for us. is not suited to them. nor would it be desirable for them. The President of the United States says with trnth that no nation has ever been able to fit and prepare a tropical people for a free government. as free government is understood by us. He might have extended that remark so as to embrace all Asiatic people if he had chosen to do so. and. more than that. he might have extended it to all the peoples of the world. I aver hereand if any Senator can find that I am mistaken. I shall be glad to have him point out the instancethat -in the whole history of the world no nation has ever elevated another nation when that nation resisted and objected to the attempt at elevation.