The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-12-21
''The Cipher In the Plays
and on the Tombstone''
Mr.. DONNELLY'S New Book.
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49, "HoI0 IHlSHt udkeS r1gnt, Inc
Verdict admits that; but do you claim
1t to be doctrine of the spirit or the law
of this republic? If we can accept ter
ritory against the will of the people in
cluded within that territory, cannot we
also part with territory? If Spain could
make over to us the Philippines against
Philippine consent, could we not give
| Maine to England or New Jersey to Ger
many without Maine or New JERSEY
+! consent? And might not the Briton or
| the kaiser send his Otises and his Law
| tons to ''subdue" the "rebellions' that
| would infallibly break out? What is
the difference between the case of the
Philippines and The Verdict's hypothe-
sis? Isn't it exactly the difference be-
tween tweedle-dee and tweedle-dumo
That you have evident doubts of your
right to take" the Philippines, by Span
1sh cession without Philippine desire, is
indicated in your foolish, false state
ment that: Il had every reason to be-
lieve. and l still believe, that this trans
fer OF sovereignty was in accordance
with the wishes and the aspirations of
the great masses of the Filipino people"
Who gave you any reason to believe"
such stuff. Whose word did you take?
And do you ''still believe" it. after fight
Ing year. and wasting lives and money
like water to put down that rebellion"
TAXED and censored stories as this is
read? If the great mass" of the Flip
mo folk were languishing for American
sovereignty, as you say they are, why
don't the great mass" arise in their
own interest, and after clubbing this
very slight rebellion" to death. bring
the Philippines into the Yankee fold
themselves? If the rebellion" is so
purlle-and you've been putting it
down for over a year-why do YOU
nnd 1t needful, to quote your own words
to maintain force now in Manila
which consists of 9O5 officers and 30. .57S
regulars, and 594 officers and 1888 of
the volunteers, making an aggregate of
1,499 officers and 45,96O men" to saw
nothing Of naval multitudes not mem
toned? II you "still believe" that the
great mass" Of the Filipinos want
American rule-and no one believes Won
SILL believe any supreme nonsense of
that sort-you are convinced by queer
and startling proof. Also in another
place you say; Manila, whose inhabit-
ants were fleeing to the country a few
months ago." Fleeing, were they? That
was curious evidence truly! for the
great mass" Of the Manila peonle To
give of their eagerness to have you rule
them! Bosh! Why don't you issue
forth, f1at-foot and frankly brutal, and
admit that you went after the Phi1in- |
pines In the first place, because vou
thought 1t would make for your re-elec- |
ton; and in the second place, because
the cormorant rings about you beheld |
IN them an Eldorado of limitless loot
and pillage? That's all there was to II |
Why don't you tell the truth. shame |
satan and give one some reason to think |
that your membership in the Canton |
First Methodist church isn't wholly q |
piece OF hypocritical and canting politics
like everything else-save your s11SOOO
bankruptcy and your pawnshop rescue
by Hanna and his clique-you've ever
been involved in? And you speak of
the horrors to descend upon the Flip
mos in event Of our failure to "beneyo
lently assimilate'' them-with the bayo-
net-and the 'barbarism" into which
they would lapse! What do YOU know
OF this "barbarism to come? Have
we an Elijah as well as a PRESIDENT
Speaking of "barbarism,' what. prav
tell one! is the condition of the miners
of the Osborn -Seeger coal mines for
sample-a mine in which you have
stock-if not that practical "barbarism
OF which you are SO tenderly fearful in
the Philippines? Why aren't YOU ex-
cited of the "barbarism" of the. coal
holes where million miners and their
babies aren't half as vel housed. fed
schooled, paid, protected uplifted or
cared for. as are the red, blanket In
dians of Arizona, to say nothing of the
Filipinos? No, that "barbarism" to in
spire you is as false as your terror lest
we fling" the Filipinos "a golden annie
of discord among the rival powers"
Golden is good! If you and the ring
about you didn't deem it "a golden an
pie you'd fling" it fast enough! And
why not? what have we to do with the
'barbarism" of the Filipinos more than
with the "barbarism" of inner Africa
or with the wars between the rival
powers" more than with the row now
proceeding in the Transvaal? If "bar-
barism" and sniveling pretense of re-
moving some possible casus belli of the
future from the notice of the sriyal
powers are to be your argument, you
might better, and SO logically, advise
to arrange for the immediate
Of the entire earth to the ,
md that you be allowed to carry the
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