The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-02-15


great occasion for expansion Of mind
and oratory, if not of territory, and |
am proud to say that both in the Sen
ate and the House our Georgia mem
bers have borne themselves we'll and
added. luster to our States reputation
for forensic eloqucnce. 1t now seems
to be settled that the policy OF the
administration will not be sustained
and the Filipinos will not be robbed
of their country. Mr. Mckinley will
have to go back to his original declar-
alton. ''that forcible annexation would
be criminal aggression Our twenty
millions are gone where the woodblne
twineth,and all we have left for con-
ISOLATION is the glory of the Manila
victory. 1t may be worth that, pro-
vided we can settle up things and
establish permanent peace. Peace
is what our people want. If Edward
Atkinson's utterances even approx
mate the true situation, we are IN
bad condition to carry on any more
war. He is great conservative
statesman and is always careful about
his facts. A fresh regiment every
month to take the places Of the troops
who die in hospital from malarial and
venereal diseases. Just think OF 1T.
No, we are not going to do it. Heard
an expansionist say yesterday that the
Anglo,Saxon race must rule the world
because it was manifest destiny.
Who are the AngloSaxons, or the
English speaking race as they are now
called2 My reading tells nee that
there is no such race. There once
was, but it has been lost by emigra-
tion and amalgamation. 1t came
originally from north Germany when
the Saxons conquered England, and is
more Teutonic than English. 1t has
not preserved its blood nor its Ian
guage as many other nations have
done. The Russians aud Prussians
aud French and Scotch and Irish and
Jews are to-day more readily distin-
guished than the Anglo-Saxon.
Their purity as race IS gone, espe-
cially in these United States: where
the blood of our forefathers has been
crossed and recrossed until north of
the line not one man in ten can locate
his paternal and maternal ancestry.
And even down south this corruption
of blood is going on. Who am l? A
cross Of English, Irish and Scotch.
Who is my wife? A cross of English
and Low Dutch. Reader, who are
you? But the preachers say we all
speak English and that settles our
destiny under God to Christianize the
world. Well, Calvin dident speak it,
nor Luther, nor John Knox. The
Roman Catholics of this country
speak it, but our Protestant preachers
who are pleading for more missionary
ground do not recognize them as fit
ten for missionary work. Verify,
when I think of trying to subjugate
the Philippines to please the preach
ers, I am disgusted and am reminded
of that scripture which saith, "The
zeal of mine house hath eaten me ~,
and Of what Paul said, ;'They have
zeal of Coo, but not according tc
knowledge" The Lord does not favor
an unjust war. He may let it go on.
Just as He hardened the heart of Pha-
raoh that the plaques might come to
punish him, but it is blasphemy tc
say that the Lord is behind this criml-
nal aggression. Might as well say He
was behind Napoleon in making wild
ows and orphans of million of peo
pie. tell you, my brethren, if the
Scriptures be true there is an evl
spirit called Satan, and he is still
going to aud fro upon the earth ane
walking up and down in it. For rea
sons we know not, he was not destroy
ed when he fell and is still permitted
to tempt mankind from allegiance tt
the Creator. This is not only taugh
in the Scriptures, but the greatest o.
the heather philosophers, such al
Cyrus the Great and Socrates, use TIT
same language as did Paul, when h'
said, civil is preseutwith me. Tha
1 would not do that do L.
Cyrus said am ever conscious o
the existence Of two spirits within M
one ipcining me to evil and the othe
to good. Satan is a spiritual being 0
great power and assurance or the Lor
would not have held converse wit
him at Job feast, nor would Michat
the archangel had a contention wit
him about the body Of Moses; nc
would the Saviour been led away
the top of mountain by him an