Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-10-12
Crusade Against Righteous
ness.

CTuSaoo Against nlSHt0OuS.
at the threshold 81 the closing year
of the 10Th, century, the American
people are brought face to face, with
three important facts, viz: Is the
"government' by reason of the power;
by virtue of honesty; entrusted to Its
Chief Magistrate; to bee me nation
of pub.c aggrandizement?
Are the traditions of honest Estates
men," and honest Legislators"
adopted in the primary state of the
nations existence. too obselete.-and
deficient; to further protect and guide
US; as people, of the greatest demo
cracy the world ever knew; to place
of safety: And keep us free from the
hands of money usurers; tiendish i'm
perialists; and moral corruptionists?
Is the present war against the Philip
pines, not a ;wsr Of conquest; against
races? against righteousness? And is
this not against the Constitution? p
Against the declaration of God: IF
so-what would Jesus do?"
Today finds the army aud navy Of
the U. s. OIL the island Of Luzon; In
the Philippines, and in the bay of
Manila, with thousands of the best
soldiers that ever graced battle field.
Today finds the President of the
United States (y) wsging war against
Ian 6;rcnressed people; by reason and
virtue of q high office. Today finds
the sons of the fathers who fought in
the war of the rebellion for the preser.
walton of the same union that Wash
|ington inaugerated: Jefferson substan-
tiated; and Lincoln preserved; fight.
ing for what? Not for the purpose Of
freeing people suffering from op-
preston! Not for the humanizing Of
q tyrsnical foe! Not for the purpose
of humsnizing barbarian rsce!-but
for the purposei the one sole purpose;
of public aggrandizement.
The traditions of the; Statesmen
who fashioned and nodded the great.
est government of earth: are being
ignored for the purpose of expanding
!, tho -sances of the money usurer; the
'o w. i--~orialists:
moral corruptionist; the 4u.,..
that they may capture the ultimate
growth of the ignorant, and half
human weaklings; who have survived
the encroachments of barbarious.
and uncivilized power for more than a
century.
If the present war against the Phili-
ppines is not a war of pure conquest,
1t must be for the purpose of grant
ing autonomy to people, who have
suffered the half humanizing influ.
ences of isolation, to mould TIM
memorial traditions; that they have
adhered to, since the memory of man
runneth not to the contrary.
If not for conquest, 1t must be for
humanizing; but If for humanizing;
autonomy, is the only outgrowth of
pure righteousness; that nation as
an individual may enjoy that freedom:
Good" gave to man. If not for the
purpose of theft and knsvery, it must
be for the purpose of granting the
right to govern themselves: according
to the best judgment: "God," gave to
man. But Is highway robbery, and
murder of innocent beings (human If
not civilized) the proper way to
begin in order to institute an honest
belief, inculcste civilization, and teach
the value of liberty?
If it is, for conquest; aggrandize.
ment; is 1t not against the desire and
declaration of: "God?"
If it is against the declaration Of:
"God," what would: "Jesus do"?
Surely he would not murder the inno-
cent; rob from the poor; steal from
the blind; ravish the virtuous; shoot
the oppressed, and drive them from
their homes; would he? No! The
Philippine race are the Offspring of
man. They belong to the family of
nation and are entitled to the right
of government; the right of rule and
freedom; and the present method of
warfare is against every moral and
righteous precept, this people ever en-
deared, and because of these precepts.
being ignored; for the enhancing of
private interest; are not the Ameri-
can people going to repudiate the
party, of political chicanery; and wipe
them from the face of this continent;
politically; next national election
day?
What would Jesus do? Would he
for the sake of few autocrats, gut
and gore-half civilized humanity?
Would he send $4,000 star spangled
soldiers, 10000 miles, to crush an limo
cent peopleY Would he trail the
cradle of liberty in the muddy vale.