Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-11-26
MR.. MCCARTNEY
Gives good reasons for the faith
that is in Him.


dangerous and will lead to untold
Complications His old Monongalia
Friends will be glad to hear from
Him and will read His Opinions with
/ Care.
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ed faith
| When congress declared war against
4 Spain it proclaimed in a loud voice
to the world that the war was
not for conquest, but for humanity
/ free Cuba and assist the people to estab-
/ lish good government. This sounded
we'll and it has been and still is the
boast of our people that it was war for
humanity. With this sweet song still
upon our lips we have suddenly devel-
oped a lust for conquest that would put
to shame the empires of the old world.
Our grand success in the war has intox-
ieated and demoralized our people.
They are filed with bright visions of our
nation looming up as the mistress OF
the world. The genius of the devil is
/ being busily employed in inventing
reasons and excuses for holding perma
nent possession OF the Philippine
islands. These islands cut no figure in
the case at the beginning of the war.
/ Commodore Dewey followed the Span
/ ish fleet into Manila Bay and destroyed
/ it. Afterward he and Gen'l Merritt cap
tured the city of Manila.
These were incidents Of the war to
beat Spain and free Cuba. Now
spurred on by the combined money
power and lingo element OF our country
President Mckinley is being carried off
his feet and boldly demands possession
of the entire Philippine group, Situa-
ted in the Eastern hemisphere 10000
miles from home consisting OF 400
islands extending through IL degrees of
latitude with from 100000 to 100000
of semi barbarous Malays and for what
reasons. 1t il said by this lingo ele-
ment, we must have every inch OF terri
tory our flag has waved over. Our flag
has only waved over the bay and city
of Manila. That gives as good reasons
to claim the whole group as Great Brit
ain would have had in 1914, after cap
turing the city of Washington to claim
the entire United States. In the Next
can war our flag was carried trium-
phantly from Vera Cruz to the City OF
Mexico, yet no one dreamed we should
hold all we had captured. When i'm
perial Germany over run France and
captured Paris, France was as helpless
as Spain is to-day, and yet no German
lingo thought of holding all the terri
tory their flag had waved over. This
flag waving claim is new invention of
those who wage wars for sweet humans
ty. But they say that in capturing Ma
Mia we have taken upon ourselves du-
ties and responsibilities.
That we cannot evade; that our duty
to the world and the Filippinos compel
US to hold the islands. This is another
new invention OF the humanitarians who
who want an excuse for taking what
don't belong to us. We are under no
more obligations to hold the islands in
the interest OF the world and the Fill
pinos than we were to hold all Mexico
when we captured the capital Of that
country The Mexicans needed good
been benefited by the establishing Of
good government there. But our duty
in that line of missionary work was not
thought OF then. Our first duty in this
whole business is to ourselves. Besides,
our Declaration OF Independence says
that governments derive their just pow
ers from the consent of the governed,
we now propose to trample this princi-
pie underfoot, do we? The Filippinos
have not consented for us to govern
them, but on the contrary protest
against all such action. They were
fighting for their independence, the
same as the Cubans and are as much
entitled to it as are the Cubans, and if
we are sincere in our claim of fighting
for humanity we will give them their
/ liberty.
The Monroe doctrine is an unwritten
law that is canonized in the hearts of
our people. 1t has beeu approved for
three-quarters of century and was
most vigorously enforced few years
ago by President Cleveland against
Great Britain with the approval of all
parties. Now we virtually repudiate
that doctrine by going 1000 miles from
home into the Eastern hemisphere and
claiming an empire. Europe now has
the line. If our government persists in
its demands there will be great danger
of it leading to general war Of all the
principal nations. But they say the
people of those islands are not fit for self
government. Then how in the name OF
King Solomon can they be fit to help