El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-23
A MAN
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'And He Sold His Birthright
For a Mess of POttaoe."
Written for the HERALD.
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the lawful authority in the Philippine
Islands, is a patriot, and the Washing
, ton of his country, should be remind
ed of the fact that Aguinaldo is a maj
without a country, and, consequently
an outcast on the face of the earth
, Moreover, he is an outlaw. For
, initiating the example of Esssu, he ha:
sold his birthright for q mess of pot
tage.
When Aguinaldo accepted from the
Spanish government b sum of $40O,
600, by that very act he expatriateG
himself from his country, and nou
ced all claims that he may have enjoy
ed as a citizen of the Philippines. BY
such act he sold to the Spanish govern
Ment. and forever renowned all rights,
privileges, or immununities hat he
possessed as a citizen of those islands.
Suoh being the status of this man,
what possible right a he show to act
as q leader or representative of the
people of the islands? None whatever.
less traficker in human flesh, who sold
himself and his cOmpstriots to the
Spanish, and thereby bartered with
the devil for his soul.
AS the legal successors of all rights
or privileges in and to the Philippines,
for value had n received, the United
States came into possession OF, and
hOW uOlOS, VIE Oil VI Sale WucT6Oy
Aguinaldo renowned his country n
all rights as a citizen therein, for the
sum of $500, 900. That agreement the
United States, as the successor of
Spain, has q perfect legal right to en-
force. It follows, therefore, hat
Aguinaldo has no shadow of claim,
either within legal or ethical prin-
form any duties in the Philippines.
For the same reason he has no shadow
of claim to act as the leader of the peo-
pie of the island in any contention
they may assert for their independ-
enee. He is not fighting for his coun-
try for the simple reason sthat he has
no country to fight for, that he sold
Philippines, whatever rights he enjoy
ed as q citizen, for S4OO, 600. Grovelling
mendicant. that he is, and al " avs was, by
nature, and by training, he submitted
to voluntary expatriation, aud thus
furnished one of the most BILE ex-
amples in. historyiof barter and sale of q
birth-right.
So much for the purely legal aspect
of the matter. Now when we come to
consider The moral aspect of the case,
1t appears more revolving. That this
man A~guinaldo. who calls himself q
patriot, should have been willing to
give up q sacred cause-to sell out his
cOuntrymen when they were engaged
in an effort to secure their independ-
ence, is most conclusive evidence that
he is not a patriot, has oone of the high
minded principles of q patriot, none
OF the elements of self-sacriice of q
patriot, but on the contrary, proclaims
himself to the world as an unprinci-
pied a~dventurer, q political bashiba-
zOuck, willing to sell himself body and
soul, and foreclOse the sacred cause of
liberty, for gold. That is the kind of
q man Aguinsldo is. IA tree is known
by it's fruits" The best estimate that
we have of the character of this man
world when he sold himself for the
love of money. He has been bought
once, might he not be bought again?
Is there any doubt but that he would
sell out again, and ruthlessly sacrifice
the alleged 'csuse of liberty" if an
emissary Of the United States should
thrust a bag of gold before his IVA
eyes? May his cupidity not
have been aroused when he heard that
United States had agreed to pay
Spain S20, 600, 900 in REIMBURSEMENT
Of all claims to the Philippines? L. it
not possible, indeed probable, that his
principles were fired by
feature of the treaty of Paris?
1t would require a tremendous stretch
u VIC lhdS la6GlOa " plCLuT6 O0OTG6 |
in the attitude of selling
'ut to The British for gold. He were bet
,er fitted to act as b hero of Valley |
than q low-bred, u~nprincfpled
ldventurer, ~consenting to foreclose the
of his country, and submitting to !
exile in return for $400, 600.
The exalted patriotism of George
struggling in the ruthless
!rasp of a northern winter, and Emil [
AguinaldO STOPPING to receive q
from the Spanish despOts, AS a
for his birthrieht, illustrates {
difference between the character of :
lative patriot and a 'servile mendicant \
e wide, as deep, and appalling as the !
'ulf between heaven and hell.
To the Intelligent people of this 4
it is but little short of an in
ult, their wisdom and pa
to attempt to compare Aeui-
and his copatriots, with the i'm
Mortal Washington. The excavations 4
Thich have been heaped upon the me
1ory of Benedict Arnold, may well be
upon the head of Emilisns
Aguinaldo. The one is as black a I
raitor as the other. Yet while Bene- .
Aguinaldo has b brazen i'm
udence to parade before the civilized
rorld as a patriot. Think of q man @
to pose az a liberator of a
from which he has expatristed
imself for the sum of four hundred
dollars! That is the price 4
'hich was paid for Emilio Aguinaldo. 3
That price shall we place upon the
lately form of George Washington?
j.. Q. BARTLETT. 7
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