Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-11-18
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THE DESTINY cEr \ swINpLE.

The question of VIA; the United
| States should do with the PHILIPPINES
is attracting the attention OF public
men everywhere and much is being
x-itten and eaid upon the subject.
| Those who favor the annexation OF the
islands lay great stress on what they
call the manifest destiny Of the
] United States. Carl Schurz in a
speech in New York on the Sd Of No
vemter discusses the destiny cry rs
! follows:
I'VE are told that 'iestin. Is push
ing Us on-dcstipy, the power Of
which We cannot with stand. Mani
fest destiny! That CT! has played a
sinister part in the history OF the re-
public before this. l remember the
time when the slave power talked OF
extending the area Of freedom over
Cuba. meaning, however. to fortiiy
itself in Congress by the acquisition
q more slave States. and thus to
strengthen the slav" power-ot free
dom. because an irresistible destiny
demanded it. This was manifest
destiny then. When San Domingo
<as TO be purchased from the hands
Of its trescherous president, ready TO
sell his country for cash, manifest
destiny Was INVOKED again as tine IT.
resistible power compelling the com.
pletiOD Of the bargain. But in both
cases the sound sense and the moral
instincts OF the people iDterposed, and
manifest destiny skunk away. And
now once more it is the ouInipotence
OF manifest destiny that appears on
the scene, to force us To commit a
fragrant breach Of our national faith,
and to do that which President Me-
himself branded as an act Of
criminal aggression. Is it more ire.
sistible, more omnipotent. now than
was chen? Will il not hide its de-
head again when the honesty
and good OF tie people rise NJ
once more 20 interpose a veto: Des-
tiny? Why, nothing is destiny that
can be prevented or changed by the
human will. That deceptive mani
cry has more than once
been used IN our country to cover
foul schemes and to do dull the ma
tional conscience with the plea that
must be accepted as irresistible.
and thus that the people yielding to
it would be relieved OF all RESPONSE.
1t is like the plea OF moral
insanity used 10y lawyers to excuse
theft or murder. Am ] not justified
III calling the destiny cry adoSnrght
and dangerous swlndle? =
III We must dare TO be great. we
must above all things dare to be sane.
Whatever duty or responsibility we
may have in the premises can in
reason and justice not go further
'htui NOT VIC SuOulu HO Nlc DtsI We
can for the future welfare OF those
populations, without cursing our own
country with any Of those direiul
evils which the annexation policy
would inevitably int!ict Upon us. As
to the PHILIPPINES, We may secure the
best government and protection
practicable under existing circum-
stances, either by a conference OF the
powers most interested or in some
other way. To the liberated Spanish
West Indies, a respectable position
may be secured by uniting the prin-
cipal islands III a confedcraCy under
such American influence and aid as
may be beneficial, given to them in a
manner compatible with their indie.
pendence md with our safety.
-All this may be difficult. but ! tell
you land wish you to mark what /
say-the principal difficulty will dis.
appear the very momen, this repub.
lie clearly, emphatically, and ire.
Yocably declares that, after a war
which is solemnly heraldcd to tho
world as n war OF humanity. and not
OF conquest, it will under no circum.
stances nue. those islands 10 itself.
As soon MS the hypocritical pretense
disappears that those islands must DO
annexed because wc do not know
what else to do with them, mems
minds will honestly seek something
else that may be done, and it will be
found