Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-03
Storey Says 1t is Wrong.

Mr.. Moorield Storey, the distinguished
Boston lawyer writes as follows:
"As was said of slavery, so may we say
of the attempt to subjugdte the Philippines
if it is not wrong, nothing is wrong The
moral law has not changed in year. The
commandments Thou shalt not steal and
Thou shalt not kin still forbid us to rob
another people of their country and to
slaughter them for defending their liberty.
The great principles of freedom which our
fathers proclaimed when this nation was
born, upon which they founded our state
and which the civil war Was fought to
maintain are still self-evident truths If
governments do not derive their just pow
ers from the consent of the governed, what
is left but the divine right ofTkings or the
savage law of might? If Spain vas wrong
in trying to subdue Cubans and Filipinos
our country is not right in carrying on the
work. Nay, we are far worse than Spain
for she was true to her principles which
we have always denounced. while we are
false to all that we have ever believed in
morals, politics and religion since We were
a nation.
Into this aggression. which he himself
has called criminal this country has been
led by the President. Upon him and his
eight cOunselors rests the first responsi-
hiity. Surely, before the policy of this ma
ton, established and approved by it's great
est men, was reversed the people should
have been consulted. The President has
said that what we shall do with the Philjp-
pines is a question for Congress- but Con-
gress is not convened, and i,ine men. of
whom only the President has been elected
by the people, and he for the wholly differ
ent purpose which has been neglected. pro-
pose TO crush the unhappy natives of these
Islands before Congress meets.
Since this ruthless war is wrong II
should stop. If we had no right TO begin
we have no right to continue.
1t is idle to say that we must restare
order; There was no reported disorder in
Ic FROM
ruary where the Philippine government
was IN CONTROL and there is none now save
such as claused by our armies The traitor
Is not ne VINO is seeking to keep his coun-
Try true to her highest ideals-Who is fobt
ing to save her from ruinous foitv Those
are the traitors who for political or nor
'onal ends are false to the principles of
this great republic, who are seesing 70 1o,l
us, as Lincoln said into the hateful p.atha
OF despotsm who are betraying the groat
trust or popular government which W.
COMIC to their hands. We owe them no
moral support. Our duty to our Conn.,. nv
oos US oppose them, and our right 70 d. ~
IS secured by the Constitution. Rv - o.
ute do they insist that weishall be iovni ~
human liberty? gut anu 10
Those who seek in the will of prov,
oehee an excuse for the bioodshed and "a
| pune which We condemn are but modarn
Oh history, have made their deities rel
| sponslble for their SINS Every tvr,nt
every inquisitor, every prosecutor ha :
PLEADED divine commission"
Contrary to High YdeaIs
Prof. Charles Eliot Norton, under reoen,
date, writes: qlI
This nation was consecrated at jts b,r,n
as no other has been. to high ideals: to tho
ideals of justice, of liberty, of equality of
rights-ideals which are the true princinIas
of all civilization, and on aIlegjanca %
which advance in civilization depends we
nave professed to regard them. NOT univ
as our peculiar birthright and BLESSINGS
but as also our special trust We baye
been, indeed, often unfaithful to them h,,t
We never denied their virtue and their or,
thority Today. through the action of the
national administration, each of these nrir.
| ciples is violated, each of these sanrad
| ideals is rejected. The course of tho ~. :
| ton, against its better will against its
conscience, has been turned from civil;za
| ton toward barbarism.
| Every good citizen is called upon ut +b;e
| moment to use whatever influence what.
ever power he may possess, to restore tho
| nation to its old, true course.
| Zone end is to be aimed at as nraI;r,5
| nary to all others--to bring the deI,Iora bic
| and shameful war in the Philippines IN y
| close"
| Mr.. Carnegie Writes From Scotland
| Andrew Carnegie writes from Scotland.
Upon no Fourth OF July celebration till