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Henry Cabot Lodge Imperialist Republican

**Occupations:** Served in House of Representatives and the Senate for Massachusetts

To annex the Philippines; promote American expansion and imperialism; increase foreign affairs; stronger navy
 * Point of Issue: **

Support of world trade and ship transport; interest of American Commerce and to ensure fullest development; New naval bases in the Pacific to protect Americans--"to give protection to the Americans in every quarter of the Globe."
 * Reasons for Interest:**

Supporter of Spanish American War Supporter of Panama Canal and Roosevelt's role as mediator during Russia-Japan War; insisted Open Door Policy in China
 * Experience/ Qualifications: **

Harvard (1872) PhD in Political Science
 * Education: **

Theodore Roosevelt 
 * References: **


 * Other Notes **

Quotes:

“Small states are of the past and have no future. . . . The great nations are rapidly absorbing for their future expansion and their present defense all the waste places of the earth. It is a movement which makes for civilization and the advancement of the race. As one of the great nations of the world, the United states must not fall out of the line of march.” --Our Blundering Foreign Policy

"our whole past record of expansionism is a crime" -- In response to anti-imperialists

"We have risen to be one of the great world powers," ... "and I think we have made an impression upon Europe that will be lasting." -- After Spanish War

"We must on no account let the islands go. We hold the other side of the Pacific, and the value to this country is almost beyond imagination." -- Economic reasons

"Such a policy falls to pieces in the statement. The only thing to do is to pacify the island and to maintain our authority there till the people are in condition for self-government. Their only hope is in the superintending care of some great power like the United States." -- Response to Bryan saying that control would rekindle the flames of insurrection

Reasons to become a Imperialistic Power Spread the benefits of American Culture -- in comparison to European Imperialism for ONLY profit and power <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Economically beneficial: expansion abroad would yield profit -- American economy would deteriorate without foreign markets

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Argument to Anti-Imperialists:

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Native American Civilizations government had virtually all power of Indians -- <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> "This colonial status of the Indians was used by the imperialist as a model for the alien subject people overseas (in the Philippines). Imperialism abroad was compared to expansionism at home, and since the imperialists favored the former, the stage was set for the argument that annexing the Philippines involved continuity with the past. Since expansionism in the United States meant progress, which in turn meant conquering the Indians, then it followed that incorporation of non-contiguous people as alien subjects was not a dramatic change." (The Online Library of Liberty)

Distance: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"the distance of the Philippines created no problem for government control. When California was annexed in 1848, it was less accessible than the Philippines were in the early twentieth century (given modern technology)." (The Online Library of Liberty)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Territories: " <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">the western territories were “colonies” and no different from overseas territories; that is, in both cases Congress had supreme and total power to do with them what they pleased." (The Online Library of Liberty)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Works Cited

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fleming, Thomas. "So Henry Cabot Lodge Was One of History's Villains?" History News Network. Web. 27 Mar. 2011. <http://hnn.us/articles/1580.html>. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Henry Cabot Lodge, The Business World Vs. The Politicians (1895)." Associated Content. Yahoo! Web. 27 Mar. 2011. <http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/831677/henry_cabot_lodge_the_business_world.html?cat=37>. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Lodge Answers Bryan." New York Times 23 Aug. 1900. The New York Times -. Web. 27 Mar. 2011. <http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F10917FC3C5B11738DDDAA0A94D0405B808CF1D3>. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Macasaet, Carlos. "American Imperialism in the Philippines." Carlos-m.net. Wordpress, 17 Mar. 2000. Web. 27 Mar. 2011. <http://www.carlos-m.net/2000/03/17/american-imperialism-in-the-philippines/>. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"The Spanish American War." Web. 27 Mar. 2011. <http://www.wccusd.k12.ca.us/elcerrito/history/span-amerwar.htm>. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"U.S. Imperialism: Indian & Filipinos." Online Library of Liberty. Ed. Leonard P. Liggio. Liberty Fund, Inc. Web. 27 Mar. 2011. <http://app.libraryofliberty.org/?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php? title=1296&chapter=101341&layout=html&Itemid=27>.