The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-24


~ cvs dy~s ~ 10 stesss6>ly lmennbis
10 ave ess bsno~ sscsbs fkfossh vscfcv,
sN5 n II AUoslfy fnpo~aSiA ~ win p<s<ss
o. restore order ~ fns isise5e. ~ - pre-
pare me wsy fof s~if.scvsvnmsns ss~ss.
ssvs through vscfory. People eel yea srst
me fispfsS~ are sshtIns soS In5spen5~ncs
This wss essetlv vbst me ccsy9hssds Of
l9f ssh 81 the confsd~rass Here IN
Ohio valisndgebs0 rsa on th~ fssue mat
me war wss q failure. snd thst ire Inds.
yspdsnes ~ tho sousnsrs states shcuid 10
s~tnowledssS Tbs feeble vsilsndixhsrs
Of fovssy take the Sme position. sn9
Onto " frBe 30 the great memories 81 her
past, sss vill give the same answer nov
mat ss,s gave tnsn No man can hesitate
IN this strpaGIe. and ever afterwards call
himself q true American and frDe patr'ofs.
ue sy@ ssnd ~ the flag ffs must up
hold the honor ard ths interest ~ the ma
ton, and me only wy IN which he can
stand ~ the one and up5ef the ether -
% ovsrrhsIn the party That ssssils both.
TIE Osty N~s~SsS1e Cewsse.
1.-TWO ssess nue., be emphsrzei; FIRST.
that out ~ the present situation the only
honorable ara humane way 10 20 put down
Armed resistance IN the Philippines. and 20
ssfsbiish a government, ~ orderly justice;
and IN the second place thar this situation
Inevitably arose out OF fhs wsf, snd coild
NOT have been avoided save by shsmefui
conduct on our part. You WI meet snort
sighted people who say that Dewey. after
sinking the Spanish nesss should have sail
81 away from Manila bay. OF COURSE. such
conduct was impossible. II II not too n,nch
10 say that such conduct would have been
Infamous. Either the isIsndA would have
been left ~ their own fate hal such
course been followed. IN which case q
series Of bloody msssaeres would nave
taken place. and the war between the
Hpanisrds and the Fillpinos would have
dragged along Hs wretchsd length unfi
some outside interference took place. OF
else what IL far more probable, ~ Dcweys
fleet sailed out, the fleet NJ some European
power would have sailed in, and We shouid
have had the keen modification ~ seeing
the task which, we shrank from begun ny
some nation which dId not dsirust i's own
powers. which had the courage 10 dare ~
be great. Dewey had 10 stay and We had
10 hnisb the JOB We had begun. The talk
about the Fiifpinos hsyins practically
achieved their Independence IL. ~ cogrss
the yeriest nonsense. Asuinsito. who has
turned against us. owed hls return 10 the
islands 10 us, II was our troops and not
the F1llpibos who conquered the span
bArds, and ~ o consequence ~ wss ~ 10
the iaands fell. and ws shall show ouf.
selves not merely weakiinss snnt 20 take
our pisce among the great nations ~ mo
word but traitors 10 the osnss ~ the al
ysDesmenf NJ mankind, IL We finch from
dong srght the task whioh desfIsy has
intfustsd 20 our hand We have ~ more
right 20 leave the FiI.plbos 10 butcher ona
another, and sink slowly bseh into saw
assry, than ~ would have the riShf, IN an
eaesss Of ssbtimsntsufy, 90 declare ira
Sioux and Apaehss free ~ sspsi siI shifs
settlers from iBs lands they ones he'd
~ "A t.gS al a.
the future. with our aid they may be
brought ~ 10 the level ~ ssf govern
msbf, but ~ present they cannot stand
sions for any length ~ time,
~ weak nation ran be psfdobed for
giving 10 WORK which II does BADLY,
but q strong nation cannot he psffhned
for ntGehIrH from great wofk. bee
cause, f0fsossh. there ara attendant fifs
scsiftss and hssdstips The century
wbirh IL just closing has seen what fbs
century which IL lust opening viii surety
sse~vast strides IN civilization, fbs fs.
sntt Of the conquest ~ the worlds waste
spaces, The result ~ tho expansion ~
the great mssssrfui, fsitbG faces ~ tbs
world,
ssstvtsU ~ OtskSsSs I've GSsWssy,
Our opponents sfe fighting sss,ost ma
stars w fbsif courses, fof they ne sfnvs
ing ~ bftDs tjsh6sr ggSB The American
fey0blte, They ran qualify. refine, dfs
fSfssftsss and differ sn they wish, bsf,
Fundamentally, tbetr stfttahs 10 the sf,ls
snda ~ hostility o. the nss ~ hostility
~ our sailors ard soldiers ~ hostility
~ the sfSatnsss ~ the nation tbs great
nsss ~ shs faes The other day In New
YOrt = Democratic fub sfaasd ~ rail
Itself sbs Dewsg Cub sn5 haf ~ abans
fsn the name tsesuss the members dusrs
fsssd ~ among themselves half ~ them
fepgdistfDs Dewey bees8ss ts vas 30
esgs6sISni~s Think ~ So They dared
MT esii fhsmsoItss sffsf fhs greatest
hero, military ~ naVsI, whom 30 have
pf0Snced slnes fhs oiYn Wsf because
they we're n0' toysi ~ 'hs poiicy for
which that hero stood 10 fhe foifcy
wbiet be has done 30 NUN - pus into
sNsef
TIVE ssV~s sssssssssS.
NY fsll6w sslussns fhi. contest ~
yours in Offo H. no m6fs n state contest
4, fs n national contest nuf opponents
sra fighting ~ nsfi9nat grounds They
take their stand ~ favor ~ economic
nprsg ~ NnRGclai dishonesty sHd ~
( national dfst0nef we ssks 10 the glove
inst they TIRES fo@n Yea meet them
1n svefV gsdnf we sfsNd f6f n son
si6ga'lon ~ fhe conditions vhfen have
bressH yfDspsrffg ~ "a we stand
1 for M Intelligent effort ~ wfpe ouf any
wrong mat NAY snse without substifBis
I laN fenfaif greater svil Finally. see
stand f0r uthoffths shs srsfplonaf
/ American pSifeg ~ defending re hsnoe
/ ~ the Amsfirsn peopls IN fhs fses -
/ tns, a. Al sSfesfns~