Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-10-28

half . century there are others who
believe il will only be few months"
The above is not . very pleasant
prospect. Itssys farther:
"But the vast majority of Ameri-
cans seem to be OF the opinion that it
is 4 bad situation which must be han
died vigorously, and that the best way
is to push il TO the earliest conclusion
possible.
"fhe moral estimate OF Sc case va.
ries, Of course. Burke said: The
blood Of man should never be shed
but to redeem the blood OF man. II fs
well TO shed il for our family. for our
friends, for our God, for our country,
for our kind. The rest is vanity the
rest is crime The Filipinos declare
that their liberty is 80 precious TO
them as ours is to us. We will be
slaves to nome said Aguinsldo in one
Of his recent speeches, and he sdded
The doctrine OF the great Monroe that
America is for Americans IL not forgot
ten. Just 80 we affirm that the Philip
pines are for the Filipinos.'"
No rebuke to the administratisn's
policy of expansion can be more eauE-
tic than this. II says further:
ST any one had said that after we
had paid twenty millions of dollars TO
Spain for the islands we should have
TO expend hundreds OF millions more
20 enforce our authority the assertion
would have been ridiculed. But here
are TIE facts: we have the war on hand.
and we are spending the money ss
fast as the war tax can raise il. Now,
|rrvt \ ~ l.
remains to be seen. Mr.. Mckinley is
and is Sinking no part OF his personal
responsibility in the matter. Mr.. Bry-
an is taking the other side OF the ques-
tion, bat is careful to say nothing
against the necessity of this Americans
winning, Thus the leaders are divid-
ed. The trend OF events will probably
determine which Of these two gentle
men viii occupy the White House on
and after March 4, 1901. 1t may be
truly called q war that has developed
itself and that is making things rather
interesting for the polSticians."
1t hints at retribution in the follow
ing language:
Chickens will come home to roost.
One Of the things that did as much as
| snything else to strengthen the Phil
| ippine sentiment against the United
States was the circulation OF state
ments giving the records of this gov
| eminent in its treatment of the In
dams and the Negroes. The Fihpinos
quote from our own history, aud show
how we had annihilated Indian tribes,
and they do not spare the adjsotives
when describing our methods OF lynch
l ing Negroes and horse-thieves. Il
/ might be supposed that the Literature
Of such campaign would reach only q
few people, but when the Americans
/ find out that q very large part of the
population OF Luzon could read. In
fact, there are villages on that island
where it Is difficult re find . persen
who cannot read, and the natural ef-
feet of such xeadiRg upon the natives
is evident"
And again:
"It has been observed that in the
private letters from our soldiers now
lighting in that country these natives
are referred 20 as 'niggers,' and thss
we have in q nutshell the causes of
that bitterness which the people ma
turally feel toward as in Mr.. McKin-
ley's policy OF 'benevolent assimila-
l tio.' Whatever may be the effect OF
the war, the race issue ia hound to re-
main 1t is a matter of history that
the whites have never treated any col
ored race with justice. We who are
Isupposed TO enlighte1 the world must
admit the record which we ourselves
have written in our own histories.
Great Britain, which makes such spien
1ISG g.
magnificent results in the way OF good
government, has never spared Qunpow-
der nor the lives Of inferior races when
her plans were opposed. Even after
We conquer the FiIipinos, this race is
sue-this race hate-will andoubtedIy
continue, and all the philanthroI
professions of our statesmen and all
the benevolent purposes OF our trade
interests will not remove the antagon-
ism which seems to be as old as life it.
SELF"
1t sites further:
I'VE have onlv to 60 to Hawaii ia
see what the coming of an alien and
superior NAV mean, and we can appre.
ciate the reply Of the native Congress-
to the American offer of autonomous
government in which the folio wins
paragraph occurred: We could have
accepted your autonomy il we had mol
seen by the behavior of the Americana
IN the beginning that they were strong
opposed to us by their race prejudices
and the high-handed methods OF deal
: ing with Us made as fear for the fu
ture in your hands,"
In dicussing the expense of the war
it says:
80 One hundred millions TO
the year, paying for ell branches o
the service, will probably not foot TIT
bill. The main question now is wheth
or these new forces will be able to con
Iquer the unwilling Filipinos within thu
!.