Dear Fellow Senators: Yesterday, February 6, 1899, was a great day in the history of the United States; we decided as a nation to annex the Philippines. The Philippines is an island country in Southeast Asia and remained independent until 1565, when the Spanish colonized the islands. I have a question for you, fellow senators: Should the United States have annexed the Philippines? The United States should have annexed the Philippines for three reasons: our duty to spread the values ​​of democracy abroad, the natural inability of the Filipinos to govern themselves, and the rescue of the Philippines from the tyranny of Spain or other European countries. The first reason why the United States should have annexed the Philippines is because it is our duty as a country to spread the values ​​of democracy abroad. For example, as stated here in Albert J. Beveridge's campaign speech, he says, "Have we no duty to the world?... it is up to us to save it for liberty and civilization (Doc B)." He is saying that it is our duty as a sovereign nation to help an uncivilized nation to modernize, to industrialize. another example is by William Mcki...