The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-05-02
-v.ToR HoAR's TEN REASONS
30 OPPOSING IMPERIALISM.

C,rakOF H)8F pOuLs VIZ o
into the ranks OF the I'm
nerielists. Says he:
M man during this whole discus
-, has success sfully challenged, and
- man will successfully challenge:
.First. the affirmation that under
.zo constitution of the United States
.bo acquisition of territory, as Of other
-.,rerUy, is not a constitutional and,
trt only a means to a constitutional
md aud that, while the making of new
ststes and providing national defense
are constitutional ends, so that we may
acquire and hold territory for those
nurposes the governing of subject peo'
ME ia not 8 constitutional end, and that
there is therefore no constitutional
warrant for requiring and holding ter.
ritory for hat purpose.
Second, that to leave our own
try to stand on foreign soil is in viola
tion of the warning of fathers and
NJ the farewell address Of Washington.
Third. that there never was a trop-
zeal country governed with any toler,
ant success without a system Of con.
tract labor.
Fourth, the trade advantages of
the Philippine Islsnds, If there be any,
must be opened alike to all the world,
and that our share Of them will never
begin to pay the cost of subjugatipg
them By war or holding them in sub
lection in peace
Filth, that the military occupation
Of these tropical regions must be kept
at an immense COST both to the souls
and bodies of our soldiers.
SIKH, that the declaration as to
Cuba, by the President and by Con.
gress, applies with stronger force to
the case of the Philippine Islands.
Seventh, that Aguinaldo and his
followers, before we began to make
war upon them, had conquered their
y territory and independence from
Spain, with the exception Of a single
city, and were getting ready to estab-
lish a free constitution.
e ghrh, that while they are fight
ing for freedom and independence and
the doctrine Of our fathers, we are
aghting for the principles that one
people may control and govern anoth
gr in spite Of it's resistance and against
Is will.
Ninth, that the language and argu
ment Of those who object to this war,
are without change, the language and
Of Chatham, Of FIX, OF
Burke, of Barre, of Camden and of the
+ ,ylish and American Wings, and the
language and argument of those who
support It are the language and argu
mint Of George III, Of Lord North, of
Mansfield, Of Wedderburn, of ] Jhnson
and Of the I lglish and American To
RES.
Tenth, no orator or newspaper, or
preacher. being a supporter of this pol
icy Of subjIgation, dares repeat in
speech or in print any OF the great ut
terauces for freedom of Washington,
Of ] f5rson, OF John Adams, of Abr
ham Lincoln, or of Charles Sumner"
~KIFEsvILLv, Mo., april % As q
result of the tornado that swept over
the eastern portion of this city yester
day evening, demolishipg half Of the
T sciences and other bui' dings, 200
families are homeless, and more than
81 lead bodies and 20 injured persons
I've been recovered from the ruins.
More than a dozen of the injured will
die. Although the rescuers have been
g zrCding the ruins ever eince the
storm spent it's fury, many are still
missing, and it is thought that a con
siderable number Of the unfortunateE
were consumed in the flames that broke
out soon after the storm had ceased.
Tre work of rescue continues, but ii
may be days before the total number
Of the victims is known.
When the tornado struck the city
last evening most OF the residents
we're at upper The tornado cut
clean path one mile long, and six hun
bred feet wide through the residence
section, leaving death and destruction
IN i5s wake Buildings we're demolished
or visited apart and scattered TO t {
t3ur wines A conservative estimate
PLACES the aggregate amount Of dam
age at 5000, 600
~ May 1st the postal service OF al
most the entire State OF South Caro-
limo mill bo oItorad nonrIu oil stoy