Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-29
ABOUT INGERSOLL.


To the Editor;
After sending you brief letter touch
Ing upon war matters I read fngsrroll'a
article on the Philippines In which he
strongly advocates their retention by
the United States. and In which. ~ you
pointed out In your article Of Tuesday
last. he makes the statement that we
send teachers. not preachers. that We
should not take from tho inhabitants
the supcratitions Of spain TO give them
the superntitiona Of our own country.
A I read his article thought % cali
Ing attention to that statement ~ well
AZ TO another In which he says the is
landerA were barbarlanA when the
spanlarda found them several hundred
years nRo and are worse Fnvugcn now.
l am OF the opinion that Mr.. ingcr-
soils tub VIII not hold water though my
objections are not the same as yours
II was a Rcncroun and humane Impulse
that actuatcd ''iIob."whon he advocated
the civillzlng OF those people. but his
statement that the teachers should pre-
cedc the preacher was not original. II
has been made over IN reference a.
the work of clcvating rnvages, The
man who gave u Frcntcnt prominence
was David Livingston. the great ART.
can explorer. Ito was a dcyout Chris.
tan. His statement was received M
a wise and practical one. The inln-
Honary may BE- a teacher. II so he
VIII see the Importance OF preliminary
common education as n basis for theo-
logical education. In fact this liz the
course pursued now believe by most
missionaries 60 ''the heather"
Whnt Mr.. InRcrroll doubtless intend.
"a was That the civilization OF IN.
united states should be carried 20
those Islanders. But there I think he
wrote without reflection. Spain was
once civilized nation. Nobility; that
". titles, families. royalty, priest craft
anu greed oNercamc her civilization.
uI,eu was the most degrading Influence
under which she lived only 10 declIn,.
She carried her civilization 10 nnva ~,
IN various parts az the world oud
everywhere the weak went down before
,he strong Hut how much better hau
pe.n tho effect OF presenting the civil
sation OF France. Great britain nnd
lnter the United States navagesP The
North American continent has be.n
,hkcn by force from tho Indians h..
eause the weak go down before Inc
s ck. We have long hoaatcd Of our
1niin,lan CIVILIZATION. and yet We have
cruelty diafeEardcd the very four.d..
lion OF chriatianlty az prrsenirS ~,
Mani '''"""u OF
why has II been forgotten Becnus,
i-nknAn-speaking people are a. much
controlled by greed, by worsbin ~
li'flmon ~ the Spanlards ever ,vcre
me North American Indians nav, been
nilNen back ana down because the
whites wanted their lands, their fish-
NY and hunting grounds. and Chris.
s,anly ms been powerless, even where
some OF lta professors Protested. Ia
prevent the wrong, the crime. Love ~
money, land and opportunity 10 I'm.
crease wealth will people Cuba. Porto
luco ana the Philippines with while
Iitn VINO care no more for the veal
islanders than others cared for our In
diars. IN the end the fate OF mo M.
ives 81 oil the Islands that seem 10 no
coming 10 M win be the same IA that
OF the poor creatures who once well
coined the whites 70 the now world A..
people from heaven.
II u a horrible thought TO contem.
plate. but II viii prove 10 be- The truth
unless Christianity. " n be the savinr
srace OF God for the elevation OF man-
hihd' can first convert our Christians
70 Christianity THAI slncerrIy ACCENTS
the Faiherhood Of God ana The brother
hooh or man az an eternal TRUTH Al
present our Christian civilization IL
carrying out Darwln's idea Of "the sur.
Nivnl OF the nstcst.". Not the hest, but
the firongeNi, regardless OF right or
wrong. We are but little In advance
or Spain as the guardian OF men and
women who are wholly incompetent to
hold ihelr cwn against men whose lives
are devoted, not To the good of man.
KIND. but TO the requirement Of wealth
by any means.
II law % nature and law of God are
the same. then see annihllati0n for all
the weaker portions of the human race.
Tor an the strongest grow stronger. tho
weaker become ioss competent Ia with.
Ftaud thom. If. on liz other hand, u
= the VIII and purpose OF God that In
Justice and unrightcouHnesa shall he
oVerthrown ana lime come when the
weak shan have the same proieetion