The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-16
HAULING DOWN TIE FLAG.

LONNAN Lf10s
who dares TO advocate the hauling
down 4 the American flag where once
it has been plantedg" shrieks a subsi-
died organ of imperialism
This is The keynote of the syndicates
which hope TO turn the cheap labor of
The Philippines to account, to estab-
lish themselves on the islands at the
expense OF the American people for the
purpose Of enlisting the coolies in COM
petition with American workmen. But
it is a sentimental cry and must be an
swered
There was time when the wild yell
of a feat her bed hero aroused the pat
riotic emotions Of the people. There
was a time when the catch word of a
political knave was worth more than
tons OF logic. That time is past. A lit
tie common sense is needed now 1t is
necessary to reason with the masses to-
day. 1t doesn't do to get red in the
face ard hot in the collar and ask:
who is going to haul down the flag
where it has been raised?" People are
apt to inquire who the barker for
Hanna's sideshow is; how many wars
he has lived through; how many he.
served in. whether he made any sacri-
fees in war or wanted his neighbors to
do the fighting Then they are liable to
ask q question like this:
Suppose a corrupt clique of merce-
naries, through the aid of corruption
and deception, should ~et into power in
this country; that they should desire to
involve this country in war for the ben
eft of contractors and politicians out
Of a JOB; that they should hoist the
nag on the coast of England, or over
some British possession? The true
meaning of the childish cry would be
apparent to all. 1t would mean: who
dares oppose the work of the merce-
naries in power? VINO dares stand in
the way of the nations career of CON
cuest?"
That is what it means today. 1t
means that the Filipinos are the legiti-
mate spells of the Hanna, Plat & Co.
administration we used to hear so much
about. 1t means that when these crea-
lures of corruption, these agents of
monopoly who happen TO be in power,
decide to cover their infamy with the
American flag, who shall pull it off?
The Filipinos are a weak and friend
less race; they are therefore entitled to
all the protection. friendship and con-
sideratioa a humane power can give
them. MIR. Mckinley. representing the
syndicate that put him in power, paid
Spain S2Oo00.o09 for an option on
conquest that Spain had failed to carry
through after three centuries of almost
incessant wan. The flag was holsted
on Luzon just as it was hoisted on
Cuba. Yet some one viii have to haul
it dLayn in Cuba unless the mercenaries
in Office are dead to all sense of honor
and are determined to place this nation
on record as a quibbler and liar.
Who will haul down the flag in Cuba?
The hand that placed it there. The
hand of the American soldier. Had it
been necessary 10 carry the war into
Spain and the Tag had been planted on
the capitol at Madrid. it would have
been hauled down at the close of the
war just as it was hauled down at
Chapultapee. Cherubusco. Cerro Gordo, |
Conteras. Moiino del Rey. Palo Alto |
and Resaca de la Palma, CORY fields, the /
soil of which was moistened by the /
blood of American patriots. The stars
and stripes were raised above the Mex
ican capital, too. Who hauled the flag |
down? What difference does it make
who hauled il down? No man of sense !
objected Lincoln wanted it hauled |
down. A few jingoes insisted that the
people of Mexico were so badly demon
allied that they would be unable to
govern themselves. But all parties pro- /
tested against the pursuance Of any
policy which would leave on our hands
d country with population unsuited to
our form of government and unfit to
become states in our Union. Refer
ence to the congressional debates of the
time viii show that this was the opin-
ion Of all party leaders. Yet Mexico |
was a more promising country than the i
Philippines are, and it was contiguous
territory, something that all annexa-
tionists from time immemorial have in
sisted tpon