The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-08-14

| the starving Cubans-of corise it has
| failed of its purpose, for they have not
! been led. But even though our govern
ment made blunder in assigning 4
cause-a casus belli-and instead of feed
ing the starving have killed n thousand
Spaniards afar off in the Philippines, and
/ = 600 more at Santiago, nevertheless the
war seems to have been the elimination
of many grievances and has already
! resulted in inestimable good. Whether
| it be manifest destiny. or the will of
| God and the fulfillment of prophecy, we
cannot tell, but can only say, as of old,
eff this thing be of nah it will come
: to- naught, but if it come from God
we cannot fight against it. One thing
! is certain 1t has exalted the lrowess,
the genius and the resources Of the
American people more than anything
| that has ever happened. The United
| States now stand acknowledged by the
great powers of the world as equal 10
any % them, and her only rival has
| solicited her hand in fraternal union. AZ
banquet given the other day IN British
| Columbia to Lord and Lady Aberdeen.
Hon. Mr.. Macintosh, the lieutenant
governor paid to Americans the follow
Ing beautiful tribute:
TO our American friends who are
present we cannot refrain from extend
ing our congratulations for the recent
achievements of their army and navy
while waging white mans war for the
extension of modern civilization, and we
implore them to cast their influence FOR
a white mans policy of an Anglo Atneri-
can alliance. loud cheers.) There can
he no legitimate civilization where Il
Bible is carried in one nand and n
drawn sword in the other. When the
great English speaking nations link their
fortunes together, then the war drum
will throb no longer and the battle.tiag
will be furled and a union &c perfected
that will be sanctioned and blessed
by the Almighty. Qmense applause,
Then will be written by angel fingers
the brightest page in history. on which
will be recorded the union ~ the powers
owning the same origin, speaking the
same language. but long severed by
passion and prejudices for which the
older must accept responsibility. CAP
plause) Then will be established the
greatest confederation Of freemen the
world has ever dreamed Of. Each star
upon the flag of the United States will
then represent n civilizing power aIl
each British colony an auxiliary force,
all working together in concerr-all honor
ing the flag of our fathers and all revcr-
ing the banner of liberty and patriotism.
cloud cheering.) Mr. Mayor and gentle
men, | give you the stars and stripes
and the Union Jack. Long may theli
varying tints reunite and form in heav-
ems light one arch of peace"
Isn't that fine? Could it have been
better said? Are we not all for that
an alliance with grand old England. our
mother from whom we have been long
estranged-a white race who now asks
for an alliance with the white race Of
this country for the Christian civilization
Of the world.
! Our recent victories on sea and land
have done this. Old solid, sturdy Eng
land has long had doubts of our ability
and our craftsmanship. She has been
prejudiced against our republican form of
| government, but is now convinced and
, converted, and is forced to admit that
the people can be trusted to govern them
selves. But the stress and emphasis that
Mr.. Macintosh pays to white mans
| government must be whitening rebuke
| to Mr. Mckinley, who still seeks to
humiliate our people by placing the
negro over us. The New York Press is
now the most Infatuated organ of the
I Republican party, and in a recent issue
says: I'VE want no possession or
| control of the Philippine islands or of
any other islands that have a hybrid,
mongrel, lawless population. 1t would
! cost us millions of money and Il cen
fury of time to civiize them and edu-
, cate them to the blessings of good gov
eminent Right here within our own
domain we find it impossible to control
and regulate the conduct of some of our
/ own people. for in South Carolina and
Georgia we cannot punish the people
F! for killing one negro postmaster and
| manning another Isn't that funny -!
( That party still seeks to humiliate us
| with the negro and to keep up the
strife. We were hoping that this war
would wipe out all this bitterness, and
if it did it was a war worth fighting,
: but it looks now like politics is shaping
| itself to continue the sectional strife.
Mr.. Hemphill has been invited up North
to make speech on fraternal union.
and maybe he can stop this agitation and
/ help to give us fraternal peace, but | am
afraid not. If it We're left to the sol
diers, we would have white mans
government such as Mr.. Macintosh de-
sired, but already the contention has
begun-whose war is it-wno killed cock
robn-what party is to have the political
benefit of the glory?
But we shall see what we shall see
The smoke is not cleared away yet.
1t may be that peace is still afar off,
and if the preachers who are writing
about the prophecies are not mistaken.
the war has just begun. The fifth vial
Of st. John is not nearly poured out.
The preachers amuse me- When | was
a young man Napoleon Bonapart was pso-
claimed as the beast, and his number
was six hundred and sixty and six.
They found the number by giving II num-
erical value to each letter of his name.
and then added them all together and ac-
tually did make their sum to be 666.
But now the Roman Catholic church is
said to be the beast, and this war will
not end until the pope and his church
are all annhilated and then comes the
next vial which is TO be poured out on
Turkey an. that kingdom is to be annihi-
lated | heard n preacher say about the
time our late Civil war begun that if 1t
should turn out that the Lord was not
on our side he would forswear his reli-
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