Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-25

| r,ines and to establish a government OF
orderly justice; and IN the s arose out Of
| the war and could not nave peen d uius s
! save BY shameful conduct on our par
You will meet short sighieu peop sn,m msib
| feet should have sailed away from MAMMA
hay. or course, such conduct was lmpos
! sible 1t is not too much TO say that sucn
| cnnduct would have been infamous
| G'ifher the islands would have been lett
| tn their own fate, had such course been
| followed, in which case series or bloody
massacres would have taken place, ana
tba war between the Spaniards ana the
FilipinOs would have dragged along ITS
wretched length until some outside inter-
ference TOOK place or else what is iar
more probable, as Dewey's fleet sailed
out the fleet Of some European power
would have sailed in, and we should hay"
had the keen modification of seeing the
task which we shrank from, begun by
some nation which did not distrust its
own powers which had the courage 70
dare 10 be great. Dewey had to stay and
we had 70 nniSh the Job we had begun
The talk about The tiipinCs having prae-
tically achieved their independence IS 81
course tho veriost nonsense. Agunaldo
who has turned against us, owed his re
tara TO the Islands 70 Us. IL was our
troops and not the F'ilipnos who con
queTsd the SpanidrdS, and as a conse-
uienCe II was to us The island fol-. and
i!ngs unfit 20 take our place among the
great nations w Nc world Hut traitors 10
Inc cause OF TIC advancement tI man
Kind. II We iliEch from doing Alright tar
task which destiny has entrusted tp cur
hand. We nave no more right to leaV h
the tHipin3s 20 butcher one another and
sink slowly back INTO SaEagerN, than we
would have the right in an excess of sen
timentality. To declare the Sioux ana
Apachea free 40 eAreI AN white settlers
.roal the !audS they once held. The tiii
pinaa orfcr excellent material for the III
lure, with OUT aid they may be brought
up 10 the lcvr! Of self government; but Al
present they cannot stand alone Tor any
tngln ~ time.
A weak nation can be pardonel for xiv
ing Up Il WORK which Il does badly. but a
strong nation cannot lie pardoned for
.lincAlnE from a Grta- work. because for
south tnere are attendant difficulties ana
haruships Glc century which Is Just
closing has seen what the century which
Is opening W!.l surely also see, vast
strides il civilization. The result of the
conquest III ne worlds waste spaces, the
r-SCI d. inc expansion OF the Ercut mas
.cr.ul lUia# races ~ The world
ti,r opponents are fighting against the
s.u.s il their courses, for they are striv .
IL" ~ lIiuE d.shonor upon the American
republic. I.S$ can qualfy, refine, d.fer
en- Ite, and differ all they wish, but fun
| daMentIly their attitude Is the attitude
| or hostility 10 the flag, OF hostility to our
sailors and soldiers, OF hostility TO the
| greatness Of the uation-the greatness OF
he race The other day in New York a
Democratic club started To call Itself Tho
Dewey club, ard had to abandon ;he
aame, because The members quarreled 50
i-,- no5vr..I, L.1..'1,r. H.. ~ II irn5ngi,n
isT mini ~ ift 'Tha1. t@rad nnt ra II
-,',.,o - af.rr .ba ,.r...'.st no, mil
t-rt- N. nayaI WIN, mi MA nrodurn /
since the Ciyii wan brcausa t1fy were.
no, inval in fhn rnlfcv for which tha-
rrro stood II Thu poliry which ~ hae
d1na On ,rrirh fn nut tnto' ,,Ft.r
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~ !t!-iiti4tl IiSI-N-i' Si: ana va ilituii''t
! diShcnpr. MS iake Up m" glove thAt
| t.cy throw DOWN W e meet tEem on -
| cry lcin.. We stand for continuation
! Of the conditions which have hrlul nl
| prosprIil. tJ MS. We stand Tor an iatr.
| i-ent tnurt To wipe out any wrong tEut
may arise WITHOUT substituting ten-iJ.u
! greater evil. Finally, We stand FOR up
| nn-dita me tr4d-lohh American p9iict
! " defeating me hon"F n ms American
| people III IN" lace O. any foreign roe ana
| Of giving Tree outlet 10 IN" vigorous ana
| apJUntirg strength Of the nation. II We
| tiiuch from doing Cut task III the face Ut
the nations il We ipe from the Philip
| pines, We snail have written a shameful
! page in the history Of our country. a
! PAGE which cur sons ana Erandaons Will
| read win bowed heads ! N"ri!y h"irN p
! tGat IN" shame ana anger S4yh aciIyN
| would arouse IN CUR boSuTs would force
US in q rev nTi~i years again 20 Tread tlt
| pa n upon which wc have now entered I.
! emily the delay would increase beyond
| measure the difficulty ana danger. W.
! cannot shrink from doing tho task al