Imperialism



Imperialist

Albert J. Beveridge of Indiana said the Senate, that "God has been preparing English language and Teutonic peoples for a thousand years, but nothing is wasted, and simple self-contemplation and self-admiration .... and all our race He has marked the American people as his chosen nation Finally, the cause of redeeming the world. " (Eric 2007: 72-81)

Albert Jeremiah Beveridge, who shared the same sentiments, advocated American imperialism for a better world, claiming, "We are winning the race. American law, the American order, American civilization and American flag will plant themselves on shores hitherto bloody and benighted, but these institutions God continue to be beautiful and bright "(Karnow 1989: 109).

9 January, 1900 after his visit to the Philippines, where American soldiers fought to put down the Filipino independence struggle, Senator Albert J. Beveridge of Indiana said: "In the Philippines, our forever territory belonging to the United States" as the Constitution calls them. And just outside the Philippines, China, illimitable markets. We will not abandon our responsibilities in the archipelago. We will not renounce our part in the mission of our race, trustee, in accordance with God civilization in the world ... Mr. President, this issue is deeper than any question of political parties, deeper than any question of constitutional power. This is elementary. God had been preparing English language and Teutonic peoples for a thousand years, but nothing is wasted, and simple self-contemplation and self admiration. No! He made us the master organizers of the world to establish system where chaos reigns. He has given us the spirit of progress to overwhelm forces of reaction throughout the earth. He has made us adepts in government that we can control the state of savage and senile peoples. If it were not such a force, as this world will relapse into barbarism and night. And all our race He said the American people as his chosen nation, finally, lead to the restoration of peace. "(Erik 2007: 72-81)

As anti-imperialists, who are represented in the likes of Andrew Carnegie and William Jennings Bryan, the general view of Abraham Lincoln, "No man is good enough to manage another person, that person with his consent. If the white people to control himself, that self-government, but when he controls and manages other people, which is more than self - it is tyranny ... our addiction to the love of liberty which God has planted in us. Our defense ...