The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-03-24

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10 ing the slaughter Of 1000 or more Fill
ID pinos. In consequence there will be
l. better chance for the intrusion of II
tle calm discussion regarding the gen
n eral principles involved The dee
.r horriiied large portion Of our popul,
d ton and to another portion it was
y cause for rejoicing one portion, with
e out regard to previous politics. de
nounced the government for retrogres
sion, another portion defended ever
" act through thick and through thin
p Somewhere between these two is
p right line. Let us seek to find il.
b #4
First to those who denounce the whole
proceeding let me PROFOUND question
what would have been your feeling.
IF instead ofan American triumph there
had been Filipino triumph? In such
matters you are bound TO have sympa
thies-would they not have been with
those of your own kith and kin who by
mo- fault of their own but simply by the
leXigencies of war were brought face to-
: face with hostile natives? It's pro-
found credit 90 our national heart that
Dc can be moved with sympathy for the
defeated, but it is necessary to watch
that such sympathy does not wander So
FAR aiield as to approve the defeat of our
own. The spirit of Don't cheer boys:
these poor fellows are dying :" shown at
santiago is of necessity the spirit of all
of us who have hearts yet that same
spirit can at the same time have in il
the strength to put up a good fight for
that which appears to be right.
Being sure then that the feeling we
have shown is perfectly genuine and |
yet mt the same time utterly remote |
from any desire for the defeat of our |
own, it is safe to move on to four main
points that apparently give approval to
all that has been done in the Philippines
but which in effect contain much disap-
proval of methods thus so far shown
first-All parties would have de-
nounced any idea of giving the Philip
pines back to Spain. Her positive
inability to understand what progress
what mercy meant-had
brought us to the risk and the expense
)i removing her heavy hand from off
The shoulders of the oppressed. 1t
would be temerity to even hint that the
'all upon us for aid and for succor was
lot loud and insistent. We all heard il
% the remOtest crossroads of the coun-
ny and by our hands or by our hearts.
ma by our prayers we all responded.
'arty lines were broken down for the
line, and would have been again, if we
lad returned to the hand of the OPP
'ressor the land Of the oppressed.
.urely we all agree on this point.
second-All parties would have ques.
Toned the wisdom Of giving these ISL
nds over to any foreign power. The
ogic of the matter, appreciated Instant
} by the national mind, was this
aying fought for these feeble people
nd having conquered their enemies. .
hey become Our wards and we were u
therefore,, in honor bound to undertake "
heir betterment, no matter what the -
ost or the embarrassment to US. A
eed half done is never well done, and ."
child saved from a fire has but little
luse for gratitude if it is Immediately =
hereafter thrown out into cold world y
ithout friends. y
Ihird-lt was equally out Of the ques- w
ON among those who studied the con- 20
tons of the mixed population of the j,
to leave them instantly to ~
eir own devices. The fierce repres- w
ons to which they had been subjected
I'd not even united diverse peoples -,
TO common resistance or Spain had -
zen swept out long before. The Malay "
ment would not work well with the
li-breeds. The vast Chinese popula- ~
IN was out Of sympathy with both. In !"
cry direction therefore were the ele- ,
ants of most fearful anarchy among -.
10 millions of people No civilizing ~
wer and least Of all the United States ~
aid bring itselfto permit deliberately
self-destruction Of poor creatures .
10 as yet had no understanding of
erty except as license.
7ourth-Therefore when non.repre- 81"
native body Of men-not more than
boo out Of lO,OOO,OOO-led by an agita-
who had been bought of by the 49,
lniards at least once-opposed every 49,,
ASSURE for bringing the Philippine -
editions into the orderliness that is -
dear to English speakers, there was ~
hing to be done both for the sake of
tilipinos we would benefit and for 49,
honor and the dignity Of the United ~,
ties but to fight this agitator and 49,,
ing started to fight, to fight the -
It we knew how.
Tot one of these four points is unfair !
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