The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-08-03


ban army. One was q captain and the
other a private They were brothers.
but were not allowed to associate. The
rules and usages OF war forbade II.
One was dog the other his mas'~
said that privates were
food for powder and were the cankers
Of a cain world and q long peace. Al
a general rule the regular army 1.
made up u the waits OF misfortune.
the vagabonds. the idlers and the
iriendlos. No well raised young man
With respectable oonections would
think OF becoming a private In the reg
ular army. Enlistment is simply a
mode OF providing for the surplus pop
ulatim that might otherwise become
anarchists and endanger the govern
men. Indded. history tells us that
kings and emperors have found II good
policy to provoke wars In order to give
the Idle and restless class something to
do and to keep them out Of mischief.
Their monthly pay and rations and the
prospect Of a pension In old age Is at
traction enough. Paternalism Is the
hope Of the pauper. the communist. the
private soldier. The government In
their pap. and like young jaybirds
when the old ones come around they
dy drop q bug here"
But was Eliminating about this
copper colored Filipino. this man Agui-
naldo. and for the life OF me cannot
help admiring him. II his people con-
unue to back him how can We subju-
gate them. He can AFFORD to lose nve
10 one and then defeat us. He II exact
" In General Grants condition when
nearly the close Of our civil war. He
said he could give US three to one and
to conquer US, for ne had the world 70
draw from and we had nobody To take
our prisoners places. That Is tie rea-
son he was so Indifferent to the pris-
oners that we took and couldn't feed.
They were mostly foreigners, who
were not fighting for patriotism. but
for money. for a Evdng. Look At the
names on the headstones at ChIcka-
mauga and Andersonvil.e. II almost
gives a man the lockjaw to pronouno.
them. There were neardy three mill
lions Of men in that army and over two
million were foreigness-food for pow
der-the cankers Of a calm world and q
long peace. What did Grant and Sher-
man care for them? They enlisted for
SO a month and got 1t and took their
chances. Honors were easy. The dif.
erence was that our boys were all pa
triots and volunteers. and ono TO thyVl
was Q fair heht.
Now the population q the Philip
pines Is said to Be 10000 900. Tha,
would give them 1.o0o.0oo soldiers who
are At home. At home defending theil
native land and even II our boys should
XIII Or capture Aguinaldo. another mi
wor5ld rise up and lead the people
Spain Is chuckling over the 10000 .co'
re paid for the islands that she va
tired of. and II looks TO mo like W
have bought IN elephant. For the III
| Of me I can't arouse much interest II
Shis far Oh war with 1o.0o0. 900 negroes
| I don't Are anything about II. A
Spain treated the native Cubsas. 20
our government treating the Filipinos
I can't see any diRerenoe. I W.
thare was . diRerence. wish ther
was something to provoke n.
pride wheoever We obtain . victor,
but really this does not seen
like our var. It - IN ID
minstratioa war-republican va,
q war that will within . few year
cost millions and entail another pen
sion Outrage. There WAS no necensit
for It end no excuse Tor IL, and peac
might have been male soon after Dew
ey's victory over the SpAaiards. Agui
paldo repeatedly pruposed for Y. Yel
begged for Il, but our officials wodi
not e7en treat with him o. recogniz
him and 90 thousands Of our soldier
have gone to their death and more ar
called for. Let them call. Our bog
are not going-not one. II the negroe
choose to 90 that's al right. Put n
gross to fighting negroes. Il Wal be
good nddance of the vagaboods vh
won't work. This negro problem
stlu umolved and No win have to wal
on It.
I've been perusing another interes'
ing book. The History of the Nissoul
CompEomise." II 4s called. bot = u q