“ Schurz's assumption that what the Filipinos did and what they believed created an obligation binding on us to recognize their independence we have characterized as preposterous. We renew and emphasize that characterization. Mr. Schurz defies us to question his facts. We beg to assure him that although he may marshal mountains of undisputed facts as to the well-known history of the Filipino co-operation with our forces, reasonable men will not attend to him so long as his whole case rests upon the rotten arch of that assumption. ”

“ President McKinley proceeded to conclude a peace treaty with the “common enemy.” The Filipinos, our allies, asked to be heard concerning the future of their country. We simply slammed the door in their faces, as if the future of their country were “none of their business” and they were impertinent intruders. And behind the back of our allies we “bought,” as ex-Secretary Day has it, from Spain, the common enemy, the sovereignty over those same allies — the same sovereignty which in the Cuba precedent we had affirmed to have been forfeited to the people of the country. ”

“ To turn these islands over to the Filipinos would be a crime. It would result in anarchy, and every native who refused to join in the insurrection or aided the Americans in any manner would be butchered. They are not capable of self-government, and a government of Filipinos, by Filipinos, for Filipinos, would be a farce. ”