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American imperialism


             An additional argument in favor of U.S. imperialism was that of Charles Denby and his explanation of why we should not give up the "foothold" we have in the Philippines. According to Denby, commerce was the most important factor to a nation's well-being. Denby felt that by keeping hold in the Philippines China's market was much more easily accessible. China having a very profitable market and the U.S. being involved was very beneficial for the country in general. As long as China profited so did the U.S. In turn it was just easier and more accessible to the Chinese market if the U.S. had stake in the Philippines.
             All of these articles demonstrate a very high self-interest and also somewhat aggressive outlook on U.S. imperialism. All three seem to agree that expansion equaled commerce, which in turn equaled power. The articles chiefly suggest that other nations would be privileged to have the U.S. control them. They all take basically the same ethnocentric view that the U.S. is best.
             On the reverse was the anti-imperialistic argument. This argument was supported by Democratic presidential nominee, William Jennings Bryan and the National Liberty Congress of Anti-Imperialists. Bryan was a very moral person and was concerned with the freedom of all men. He believed that expansion was wrong because the U.S. was trying to constitutionalize lands and people out of its jurisdiction. He felt that people's rights were being sacrificed for cash flow. In reference to dealing with the Filipino problem, he proposed that the U.S. merely aid rather than control. The U.S. was able to help Cuba stabilize a government while protecting them with the Monroe Doctrine. Bryan felt that the same solution could have been asserted to the Philippines problem. The difference in the self interest of Anti-imperialists is that they are viewing it from the Filipinos point of view.
             The annexation of the Philippines was justified by President William McKinley in 1898, with the argument that if the U.


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