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bestow upon them the same form OF

,estow upon them the same form OF
government we have accorded TO the
,eople of the Hawaiian Islands. whose
,eople give their consent to be gov /
,rned" and yet in whose behalf my
friend has not a word to say, even
they are deprived Of cert ain
liberties which the citizenB OF the
Of ever expressing q desire tOtake these \
ignorant and semi barbar0us people
into our great national family, placing
them Dol an equal footing with N.Y.
self in all matters OF citizenship" yet
did ] belief as my friend and mis- So
called ssanti-expansionist friends claim
to believe, that the FilipiDos are fully
to govern themselves and to
protect the interests of the cltizens.of |
other governments. and were my con-
victl0ns so strong as to cause me to
forget the duties Of q loyal American
citizen, / have no doubt but what /
would be delighted to clasp the whole
lot to my bosom ignorance, semi bar
barism and all-weIcoming them to our
national family with ali the affection
due q long lost brother; but knowing
them as / do from my seven months
association with them-three months of
which has been upon the firing line
facing the guns bought and paid for by
such patriots" at home as my friend
seems to be f0ll0wing-to be a people
ruled by superstition and fear and
whose tIeacherOus nature will render
them untrustworthy for several genera
tons, as their recent serious %quarrels
among themselves and their cowardly
murder of General Luna, n of their
foremost men, and undoubtedly the
the fall of General Montenegro, at
leave the brotherly-love part of the af
fair to those who, from the nature of
their speeches and publications. not
only 70 desirOus but by nature
especially designed for the task.
QUESTION SIX.
lido you mean by your letter to the
Telegraph to give your friends here at
home to understand that you intend to
desert the cause of 1.-THE great common
people" you have always claimed to
champion, and join the forces of the
%plutocrats and millionaire, who have
always been your foes; in other words
do you intend to turn traitor to all your
former convictions?"
In reply to this latter question. which
seems to be intended as the cap-sheaf
of personal insults and without bearing
upon the question at issue, / will simp.
lily say that if / am among those VIC
escape the balls of the enemies ill
gotten rifles and am permitted to return
home with health and strength and in
thine to take part in the coming cam
paign, and / find at that time that all
my former friends are opposing the
legal will Of our lawful government,
while all my former political enemies
are supporting the same, / shall Ger.
tainly consider that all minor questions
are for the time 0v~ershadOwed by the
great question Of whether we are to
inaugurate state Of chaos and disorder
Tor are tC maintain a government OF
peace and order, and will most assured.
lily cast my vote and my humble infla-
ence upon the side of the latter, and il
id so doing it shall be considered that ]
have turned traitor to all my former
lconvictionssl shall still feel fullyjusti
fled in the course / have taken, for
much prefer to be called a traitor tx
my own convictions. which after al
are not infalllble, than to know down
deep in my own heart that I was 8
traitor to my country and MY flag, the
sacredness Of which cannot be ques
tioned. At any rate / will risk nay
Reputation for loyalty while standing
with Dewey, Otis, Grant, Macarthur
and the thousands who proved theii
patriotism by existing in their coun'
Ifrv,a canse. rather than to ventura III in
the class with the stay-at-home sympa,
thizers Of Aguinaldo and his PREACHER.
GUS followers. w. B. EMERSON.